Adding a site to a ftp connection

Hi,
Just upgraded to DW CS4 and in doing so I pressed a wrong
button...!
I have numerous sites in my site manager window and one I am
working on has reverted to being nothing more than an ftp
connection. This was my fault as I went back into the set-up window
for the site (edit site) and made it an ftp connection only, rather
than a full site with connections to local folders as well as
remote connections.
Problem is, now on the site manager list the icon has changed
from the folder with the name of the site to the ftp//sitename here
icon and I have no idea how to get it back so I have access to my
local folder.
Any help?
Thanks,
SunsV

> Problem is, now on the site manager list the icon has
changed from the folder
> with the name of the site to the ftp//sitename here icon
and I have no idea
> how
> to get it back so I have access to my local folder.
There really isn't any way to go back from that choice.
so- Make a New site definition and pick "site" and not "RDS"
connection.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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** operation system
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Brendon
"vivi_sclark" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:eumiqa$qtc$[email protected]..
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've gone through many forum postings but none seem to
be quite like this
> problem.
> Can anyone help, please?
>
> I have been working and updating 3 websites (different
servers) with
> Dreamweaver 8 with no problem until yesterday. I'm
pretty sure I didn't
> change
> any settings of my firewall or dreamweaver. But since
yesterday I couldn't
> connect to just ONE of my websites. I always get the
message: "Dreamweaver
> could not connect to the server. User canceled.
Operation time out".
> It's odd because when I "test" the connection on "remote
settings" it does
> work. But when I try to only upload any file it doesn't.
> The "passive FTP" was always checked when was working. I
tried to
> unchecked
> and didn't work too.
>
> So, I reported to the server and it was not a problem
with them. I tried
> to
> connect by ftp in Firefox and worked. So I realize it
could be something
> with
> my ftp connection.
> I tried to turn off my firewall, but still not working.
> I tried to test the TCP/IP port 21 (and it is open).
> I tried to delete the site definitions from Dreamweaver
and re-create
> again,
> but no luck.
>
> I just didn't re-install Dreamweaver because I'm afraid
to lose the
> connection
> with my other 2 sites.
> Does anybody have any tip, or link with similar issue
that I can get some
> turn
> around???
> Please any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Viv
> ** operation system
> MacBookPro2,2
> Mac OS X v.10.4.9
>
> 2.33 GHz
>

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>
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>
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Hi everyone,
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But I don't understand why I get ftp connection with
2 websites and just one is not working??? should this
be happening if it was a "port" problem???
I can help clarify this. With FTP, there are TWO connections. The first is the control connection, and that occurs on port 21. This is where the authentication takes place, and where commands are passed from cliet to server.
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http://filezilla-project.org/ and http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Tutorial#Using_the_site_manager
Mac: Mac OS X (Use: Show additional download options)
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php
Of course, you also need all the access data to reach your server and for MIME issues, you should contact your web host/provider.
Good luck!
Hans-Günter
P.S.
Since I use two screens, the whole thing became even more comfortable.

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