Changing remote site definition

I am changing the domain name of my site but keeping my sites
design completely the same. After I buy the new the domain name,
how do I Change the Remote site definition in Dreamweaver 8 to use
a new site's connection info??
Can someone give me the steps?
Thanks so much!!!!!
Ryan

> I am changing the domain name of my site but keeping my
sites design
> completely
> the same. After I buy the new the domain name, how do I
Change the Remote site
> definition in Dreamweaver 8 to use a new site's
connection info??
Question:
Is the hosting changing? or just the domain name?
If just the domain name-
At the domain name Registrar's control panel, set the new
domain name up
with the DNS domain name server of your current hosting.
At your hosting- you'll need to add this new domain name to
their DNS name
servers also. Either through a hosting control panel or
through a
trouble-ticked to their help desk.
There will be no need to make any change to the site
definition in
dreamweaver, unless you change hosting to a different remote
server.

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How can I change remote site definition without breaking all of the links?

I've created a website and put it here http://home.comcast.net/~alpsf/index.html to test it during construction. Now when I change the remote site definition on the local site in DW, all of the links are broken. I now suspect the problem is that I made it site root-relative, and DW inserted /~alpsf/ in all of the links. Is there a way to fix this?
Thanks very much.

You can do a find and replace to change the links globally. Make sure you do a complete backup of the site prior to doing this incase you don't do it correctly. Let me stress that again, backup your entire site incase you need to restore. If you have created a "new site" and this will not be part of the /~alpsf site, then you will need to define a new site and copy all the files into that folder (I am guessing this is the case). I would copy the files outside of Dreamweaver. You could do this without touching the files in the ~alpsf directory. There are a lot of variable here as I don't know exactly what you are doing.
On the file menu select window/results-select search. (this is done if the search window is not open).
Find in: Entire Current Local Site
Search: Source Code
Find: "/~alpsf/
Replace:"/
That should do it, but this is a very tricky thing. I wouldn't have a problem doing this as long as I have everything backed up.
Jim
Edited:You might have to go into your css, spry files and any others that has links to do the same (this time only select Find in: Current document once the document is open). Once that is done, delete the whole remote site and upload the changes once you check that everything is completed.

Which port number to use in remote site definition? [was:Help!]

I recently upgraded from Dreamweaver 8 to Dreamweaver cs6. I'm having trouble accessing my website because I dont know which port to choose. I never had to choose a port in Dreamweaver 8. How does one decide which port to use? Do you just keep picking random numbers until you get one that works?

Generally, the port next to your FTP address in the site definition will be 21 by default.
If that isn't working, you'll need to contact your hosting company to see if they use something else.

Site Definition Change Help

Please help me to understand how to name a newsite with and
existing site name. I have an existing site created in Dreamweaver
and live. I have created a new site within a folder Unnamed Site 3/
on the same local drive (not within the root folder) where this
existing site lives. I did not want to name it the same name as my
existing site name,so not to confuse any of the files- since I had
to use some existing files and also create new ones. I have never
entirely replaced an existing site with another using the same
domain name. Obviously all my template files and pages have a path
of Unnamed Site 3/Blah/Blah throughout them. How (please tell me
this is possible) do I change the path throughout to the existing
domain name throughout the site files. I hate to seem so silly but
I never had to put up a replacement site before. Do I use Change
links sitewide? I have so much done already, it just wouldn't make
sense that there was not a way.

Name the new site "Original name NEW". Give it the same
Remote site
definition as the old site. When the time comes, move all of
the original
site files folders on the remote server into an archive
folder (preserving
the hierarchy) on the remote site (or even just delete them,
and upload the
new site. Bada bing, bada boom.
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"rakeeka" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Please help me to understand how to name a newsite with
and existing site
> name.
> I have an existing site created in Dreamweaver and live.
I have created a
> new
> site within a folder Unnamed Site 3/ on the same local
drive (not within
> the
> root folder) where this existing site lives. I did not
want to name it
> the
> same name as my existing site name,so not to confuse any
of the files-
> since I
> had to use some existing files and also create new ones.
I have never
> entirely
> replaced an existing site with another using the same
domain name.
> Obviously
> all my template files and pages have a path of Unnamed
Site 3/Blah/Blah
> throughout them. How (please tell me this is possible)
do I change the
> path
> throughout to the existing domain name throughout the
site files. I hate
> to
> seem so silly but I never had to put up a replacement
site before. Do I
> use
> Change links sitewide? I have so much done already, it
just wouldn't make
> sense that there was not a way.
>

Remote and Testing Server Site Definitions

I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site definition info and testing server FTC Host directory
text boxes. My host placed 3 directories: database, log, and www on
my server and Dreamweaver placed two directories, Connections and
_mmServerScripts in the same directory as the above 3. I have
placed all of my site files, including my home page and folders in
the www directory and my Access database in the database directory.
Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the Connections folder an
d _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
In order to construct my local site to match the remote site,
I created a www folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML
files and supporting folders in it.
From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP host directory
Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new web
page on my local site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www directory inside of the one my host created on
the remote site and uploads the file to it instead of placing it in
the www directory my host created. Also, when I use F12 to test my
page in my browser I get a 404 page not found because Dreamweaver
placed a www in the page URL that shouldn’t be there and
after I remove it I’m able to see my page in my browser. My
URL prefix on my testing server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
What am I not doing right?
Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it blank?
Also, what should my URL prefix be?
Thanks for your help.

What you need to do is set up so that in the remote server
you point to the
www level on the server, and don't replicate this locally.
Paul Whitham
Certified Dreamweaver MX2004 Professional
Adobe Community Expert - Dreamweaver
Valleybiz Internet Design
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"Jim_Moore" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I am confused about what information I should put in my
remote site
>definition
> info and testing server FTC Host directory text boxes.
My host placed 3
> directories: database, log, and www on my server and
Dreamweaver placed
> two
> directories, Connections and _mmServerScripts in the
same directory as the
> above 3. I have placed all of my site files, including
my home page and
> folders
> in the www directory and my Access database in the
database directory.
> Dreamweaver placed the connection info in the
Connections folder an d
> _mmServerScripts in the same directory.
>
> In order to construct my local site to match the remote
site, I created a
> www
> folder on my local site and placed all of my HTML files
and supporting
> folders
> in it.
>
> From various Adobe Tech Notes I have read, I was led to
believe my FTP
> host
> directory
> Should be www/. However, when I do this and create a new
web page on my
> local
> site and upload it to my remote site, Dreamweaver
creates a new www
> directory
> inside of the one my host created on the remote site and
uploads the file
> to it
> instead of placing it in the www directory my host
created. Also, when I
> use
> F12 to test my page in my browser I get a 404 page not
found because
> Dreamweaver placed a www in the page URL that shouldn?t
be there and after
> I
> remove it I?m able to see my page in my browser. My URL
prefix on my
> testing
> server site definition is:
http://I.P.number.html.
>
> What am I not doing right?
> Should I use www/ as my FTP host directory or leave it
blank?
> Also, what should my URL prefix be?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>

Site Definition - local info, remote info confusion

Hi,
I am new to DW CS4, but doing well getting to know it.
In the Site Definition dialog, Advanced Tab:
Local Info:
Links relative to document is selected.
-- HTTP address -- I'm not quite sure which of the following to use:
http:/www.johnblaustein.com -- this is my site
http://johnblaustein.com/var/www/html/ -- this is the folder on the server that stores the site.
Remote Info -- set as follows -- which works fine to connect:
Access: FTP
FTP host: johnblaustein.com
Host directory: /var/www/html
QUESTION: On the Local Info Tab, which of the above two addresses do I use? I think I simpy use http:/www.johnblaustein.com, but I am not sure. Also, do I need the "www"?
Thank you.
John

Yes, that's kind of what I thought, but I wasn't sure. The /var folder is not visible on the web.
Thanks for the quick reply.
John

Links not changed on REMOTE site

I posted a message similar to this one, but for some reason I
can't get to my message and reply.
I created a site and upon finishing the webpages I 'put' the
files to 'remote' site.
Not a single link has changed to the remote URL.
It shows all 'local' links and naturally it don't work. I
have no idea what I missed but doing it several times and even
re-creating everything ... same results. This is such a simple
automatic thing with any cheap editor, but DW it's a MAJOR problem
and so complicated that it takes more time to upload then create
the whole site.
Please send me a message if possible, because I am not able
to see my own message at Adobe for some reason.
thanks :)

DW doesn't change links when it uploads. If the links are
broken locally,
the will be broken when you upload. Conversely, if they are
broken when you
upload, that means that they are broken locally too. To see
that they are
broken locally you will need to look at the code - an
absolute file:/// link
*will* appear to work locally, but it is still broken.
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"webkruzer1" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I posted a message similar to this one, but for some
reason I can't get to
>my
> message and reply.
>
> I created a site and upon finishing the webpages I 'put'
the files to
> 'remote'
> site.
> Not a single link has changed to the remote URL.
> It shows all 'local' links and naturally it don't work.
I have no idea
> what I
> missed but doing it several times and even re-creating
everything ... same
> results. This is such a simple automatic thing with any
cheap editor, but
> DW
> it's a MAJOR problem and so complicated that it takes
more time to upload
> then
> create the whole site.
> Please send me a message if possible, because I am not
able to see my own
> message at Adobe for some reason.
> thanks :)
>

Remote Site Code change

Does anyone know of a trick to get the SCCM Client Center (by Roger Zander) to change the site code on a remote system? I change the site and click the blue save floppy disk icon, and no errors but it doesn't work. I found a VBScript
example that does it on the local system but can't get that to work unless I use PsExec.
Ideally I'd like to change the site code for amultiple systems in a list, rather than one at a time. Any suggestions?

Is the site code for a site in the same hierarchy or a new one? If it's in a new hierarchy, chaning the site code of a client will fail because the client des not have the trusted root key for the new hierarchy:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2009/04/09/reassigning-a-configuration-manager-client-across-hierarchies.aspx.
If it's the same hierarchy, you need to look at the client log files to figure out what is going wrong, specifically LocationServices.log.
For a script to change the site code en masse, you should be able to use the one posted in the last entry in this thread:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup/thread/90272410-19d8-4bb7-8ad1-fc9ff53aff72.
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Am having difficulty uploading editorial changes to remote site ???

Edited pages in Dreamweaver do not upload to the remote site. I have been doing this for years and suddenly the changes simply do not upload.

FTP connection works
server is online
no changes to Dreamweaver
Am using CS4
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Need help : cannot anymore select local info in site definition only remote

Hi
I made the mistake choosing in site deffintion for remote info and not local info
Now it seems impossible to reverse it cannot anymore select local info in site definition only remote
So now I can not make the site normally.
I've closed dreamweaver a couple times and tried it again and even my pc but it seems to be something irreparable?
Does anyone know a better idea than reinstall?
thank you
Paul

You are on the Basic Tab of the Site definition dialog in DW CS3. Unfortunately, that's also the more confusing way to define a site. Nevertheless, you'll note that there are 3 selections across the top of the dialog:
1. Editing Files
2. Testing Files
3. Sharing Files
Have you already filled out the first two?
A site definition in DW *could* only have the first of those three filled out - you really only need the local site defined until you are ready to upload your files (assuming you are only creating static pages - that is, pages without server scripting).
To define most remote sites, all you need to do is to select that you connect to your remote server using FTP, and then to state the folder within which your website files are stored on the remote server (often this is a folder called 'www' or 'wwwroot' or 'public_html').
In my mind, the better way to define a site is to go right to the Advanced tab - it's less confusing because you just fill in all of the fields without going through this 'wizard-type' interface....
So - does that help at all?

Site Definition issues when entering remote info in DWcs3

good day,
I am hoping someone can assist me with getting one of my new sites up and running. I am still on Dreamweaver CS3 as my hard drive at thsi time can not support hte size of CS4. I have created a new website for a friend of mine and she has provided me what information she has from her service provider, however when i enter the information and test the connection i get an error telling me an FTP error occurred. My friend is using 1&1.com, i have never heard of them before but have gotten a domain name, a directory file name, a username, and a password from them. below are picutres of the error and what i am entering to try and upload the site:
could someone or would someone be able to help me out - i would be eternally grateful!

Host Directory is the location on the server where your files will be stored.
This will not be plain text with a space as you have entered. It will be a folder name provided by the host - or it may be blank.
The FAQs at 1&1 suggests that no host directory info is required:
http://faq.1and1.com/web_space__access/ftp_account/dreamweaver_guide/3.html
(Note: the above FAQ is incorrect in that it directs people to set up a remote site via New > FTP & RDS Server which is rarely the case.
The usual route is New > Site.)
http://faq.1and1.com/web_space__access/ftp_account/3.html
Also, uncheck the Use Firewall box.

File does not exist on remote site, yet it does

I have been trying to understand how Dreamweaver handles remote files in CS5.
My server is setup as a remote server and a test server.
I open the remote file, it offers to get dependencies, so I click yes.
I click on Live view, then it tries to show me the following url
http://my_site.com/public_html/path/to/my/file/file.php
It should not put public_html in the path, and I did not specify this in my site setup. My root setting is /.
Anyway, If I change the url manually, then it shows correctly. Then it offers to discover dunamically linked files, which I agree to.
Now it tells me that 'Dynamically-related files could not be resolved because the site definition is not correct for this server'
If I try to open one of the files that it has discovered, I am told that it is not on the disk, so would I like to 'get it', so I agree.
Finally, I am told that 'Get operation failed since linked-file.php does not exist on remote site'
I suspect that this is all to do with my site definition, but I fiddled with the settings and can't resolve this. I think that the whole problem goes back to Dreamweaver's insistance on putting public_html in the path, but I can't stop it doing so.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
ian

Hi,
Well, yes I did manage to fix the dynamically linked resources issue. As mentioned above, I did need to mention public_html in my Root Directory setting in server setup (silly of me).
I had tried this at first, but it didn't work, as I had the server set as a test server and not a remote server, anyway, i now have it set as both and all is well.
Except that, the first issue that mentioned is still with me: namely, dreamweaver mentions the public_html in the url path when on live view, which is not correct and I don't know where it is inferring this from. I can change it manually, but this doesn't seem right to me. Am I still missing a setting?
In anwer to the questions:
1) My setting (now) in the Root Directory setting in DW is: /public_html/
2) My actual path on the server (that i mention in php scripts) is: /home/login_name/public_html//path/to/my/file/file.php
[In the advanced settings of DW site setup on the Local Info page I have set Links relative to Document option, although it does not seem to make a difference when I change it to Site Root.]
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks
Ian

Preview versus Real View Not the Same, Site Definition Errors - Dreamweaver CS4

I am having trouble working on sites where it seems that Dreamweaver wants me to specify different file locations for various "includes" depending on whether I want to view the site as a preview (F12) vs. on a local test server vs. on the real website server. Note I am using Dreamweaver CS4 (ver. 10) on Windows, my local test server is Apache running via an Xampp installation on Windows, and my production server is also Apache, running at Hostgator. I am building a fairly basic html site using SSI via SHTML files, rather than PHP or a more sophisticated method. Here is what seems to be happening:
1. In my index.shtml file I call, for example, a subheader file called "header-nosub-menu.inc.htm." I have my site definitions set to "relative to document root." Using the insert -> SSI command, Dreamweaver links to the file with the following: My first problem is that, as specified, the subheader.menu.inc.htm file is not found and the preview gives me an error. I get the same error if i try to display the file on my local test server (http://localhost/domainname). However, if I upload the file to my production server, it seems to work fine. If I change the include command to: #include virtual="./includes/subheader.menu.inc.htm," by manually inserting the "./" to change the directory reference, then the file seems to work in all three situations Which is the correct directory specification, and why is Dreamweaver not generating it automatically?
While I can make the manual changes in the directory specifications, I am concerned that if Dreamweaver is making an error in this instance, it may generate more serious problems that are harder to find later.
2. The second issue seems to involve the Site Definition file configuration.I get an error message when I set up my site definition in what seems to be the correct way, specifically, using the following specifications:
Local Root folder: "C:\htdocs\domainname-dev\"
http address: "http://www.domainname/"
testing server folder: "C:\htdocs\domainname-dev"
url prefix: "http://localhost/domainname-dev"
The error message is: "The site url prefix for the testing server does not match the site url prefix specified in the http address for the site."
However, when I change the testing server url prefix to one that does not yield an error message ("http://localhost") I then have problems with the preview (F12) display. Specifically, instead of a preview request generating the following url: "http://localhost/domainname-dev/TMPm393xnclqu.shtml" I find that it generates the following: "http://localhost/TMPm393xnclqu.shtml" The so called incorrect definition seems to be the correct one, but why is Dreamweaver not recognizing it as such? Am I making a error somewhere else in my configuration?
I would appreciate any assistance that anyone here can provide,
Thanks,
http://localhost/

except for the Apache virtual host configuration, which I do not see a need for
I wasn't suggesting that you use virtual hosts (although I have defined about 50 virtual hosts on my own development machine). I was trying to understand the url you listed:
http://www.domainname/
Without a virtual host definition, that would have no meaning and could not point to anything, unless you simply were leaving off the TLD in the example. (.com, .net, etc)
I often use the PHP $_SERVER superglobal to define paths and handle differences between the development environment and the remote server environment. Examples:
DOCUMENT_ROOT: D:/ZendServer/Apache2/htdocs/website/ranch (machine path)
REQUEST_URI: /topic/calendar (url parameters)
SCRIPT_NAME: index.php
HTTP_REFERER: (the url of the script preceding the current script)
HTTP_HOST: (this is the domain name. It is very useful for distinguishing between the local and remote environments)
COMPLETE EXAMPLE:
echo "<p><a class='noPrint' href='".$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']."'>RETURN TO PREVIOUS PAGE</a></p>";

Remote Login Definition

We're using Dreamweaver 8 with WnXP Pro systems, all our work
is held on a local server rather than on the dev PCs.
I have been having a problem lately with the login username
and password not saving in the site definitions, and have been
having to re-add the info in order to use the ftp upload feature
everytime I start dreamweaver. Everything else is saved in the site
definitions, its just the username and password.
I should add that, I have just changed over to a new PC, and
have migrated all the site definitions from the old PC to the new.
The old PC never had this problem, but our other developers PC has
always had this problem.
Any help would be appreciated.

> You think maybe it has something to do with the
export/import of the site
> definitions from one PC to the other?
I doubt it.
Are you saying that every time you fire up DW, you have to
re-enter the FTP
username and password for your remote sites before you can
upload anything?
Regards
John Waller

Site definition Help needed....Thanks

I am working with Dreamweaver 8. Vista operating system. My problem is a simple one but I am really
stuck on it.
In the past I have learned that to set my site definitions
to always work OFF line and then transfer changes to my hosing company. For some reason this has changed to working
ON line in the ftp:\\ mode.
I am unable to find a way to get back to the SITE
DEFINITIONS PAGES to change back to “Edit locally and then upload to remote
testing server.” Need help, PLEASE
Joe

DW will just give a site a name when you first try to define
a site. That pop-up box which says those names should give you the
option to click in the text areas and change the name and path to
whatever you wish.
To answer your questions I will say the following:
1 - To do this would would serve no purpose I will explain
why with the answer to #2.
2. I wouldn't recommend putting only C:\ in the local root
folder box. That would potentially cause issues down the road
because then DW would have access to work in the WINDOWS directory
and this is not good. I would highly recommend keeping it in your
user account on Windows XP (this is anything inside the
C:\Documents and Settings\Username folder, which includes your My
Documents folder). Now to jump back to #2. Without defining a
proper directory you would not be able to use its functions for
PHP, ASP or any server-side script. You would also not be able to
insert Flash files onto your web pages nor would you be able to use
the new features such as Spry. This is because DW needs a folder to
work in so that it can create the associated files and folders
which accompany making those types of scripts and functions. You
don't necessarily need to connect it to a remote website if you do
not have one, but you do need to specify a local folder to work in
and I would highly recommend it. Thus defining the Name only gives
the site definition a way for you to reference the site, even if it
is for testing many sites. For instance I put my sites in a folder
called "Sites" and then inside that folder I have many subfolders
which are defined sites in Dreamweaver. Each folder has a name
which corresponds to it that DW sees.

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