Self Help - Dreamweaver Web Site Setup Guide

Configuring Dreamweaver for managing your personal website at SUNY Geneseo

1. Open Dreamweaver and go to Sites -> Edit Sites.
2. Click on New..
3. Click on the Advanced tab at the top
4. In the Local Info screen type in the name this site will refer to in the "Site Name" box
5. Local Root Folder (the folder where your web files are stored on
   your local harddrive). Click the folder to the right of the box and
   navigate to the folder you set up for your site.
6. Leave Default Images Folder blank
7. Type in the web address of your site (ex. http://www.geneseo.edu/~sitename)
8. Click on Remote Info under Category and edit the following fields:

• Change Access to FTP
•  FTP Host: ftp.geneseo.edu
•  Host Directory: public_html
•  Login: your user id for your site
•  Password: password of this account (you can click Test in MX version to be sure you entered the proper password).
        9. Click OK and then Done in the Edit Sites window.

For detailed instructions and a tutorial visit  http://personalpages.geneseo.edu/tutorial/