Can't upload file - FTP error - file activity incomplete

Question

I'm totally new to Dreamweaver and websites - trying to pick
up and run with a voluntary organisation's website. I have the
public_html folder on my PC. I have set up the 'New Site' within
Dreamweaver; made changes to the index.htm and have tried numerous
ways of 'putting file to the remote site'.
I get the error message as above - FTP error - file activity
incomplete re this 1 file called index.htm.
I have no idea how to trouble shoot this - used a colleague
who successfully uploaded a sample index1.htm, yet when I tried I
couldn't do anything; used my website host technical support but
they don't know Dreamweaver and although they tried various ways
they couldn't help.
Please, is there anyone who can throw some light of what
might be the problem?

Answer 1

Hi Eunice,
In your site definition in DW, you set up the FTP parameters.
In the
Advanced tab, check the following:
Access: FTP
FTP Host: Enter the URL of the server, without any
http:// or www
or subdirectories (i.e. just servername.domain )
Host directory: /public_html/
Login: Use your username that you created the site with
Password: Use your password for that account
Select the "Save" and the "Use Passive FTP" check boxes. Then
click "Test".
You should get a message saying "Macromedia Dreamweaver
connected to your
Web Server successfully."
If this doesn't work, then you need to double check your
login information
and your Internet connection.
HTH
Steve
"eunice07" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I'm totally new to Dreamweaver and websites - trying to
pick up and run
> with a
> voluntary organisation's website. I have the public_html
folder on my PC.
> I
> have set up the 'New Site' within Dreamweaver; made
changes to the
> index.htm
> and have tried numerous ways of 'putting file to the
remote site'.
> I get the error message as above - FTP error - file
activity incomplete re
> this 1 file called index.htm.
>
> I have no idea how to trouble shoot this - used a
colleague who
> successfully
> uploaded a sample index1.htm, yet when I tried I
couldn't do anything;
> used my
> website host technical support but they don't know
Dreamweaver and
> although
> they tried various ways they couldn't help.
>
> Please, is there anyone who can throw some light of what
might be the
> problem?
>