Mac - DW 'forgetting' site definitions

DW (CS3) has occasionally 'forgotten' the sites in my Manage
Sites dialog. It will complain that I must re-designate the site
root folder(s). Are there similar experiences? Is this a prefs
problem? If so, which prefs do I trash (and what else do I lose
...) I have searched the forum, and I did not find other posts on
the subject. On Mac 10.4.11, with CS3.
Thanks much for your help.
Lorena

The Preferences for the problem go to your user
folder->Library->Preferences and delete the .plist file that
has Dreamweaver in the name.
Although I don't know if this is a preferences problem or not
from the description. Is anything moving on your hard drive? And
something else you may want to consider is booting up from your OSX
disc and repairing permissions.

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Dreamweaver 8 "forgetting" site definitions

Greetings!
Lately, on new sites I've created, each time I close down DW,
it loses the
username and password from the site definition, so that when
I go to FTP, I
have to fill the info in again. Any fixes, other than
re-installing DW?
Thanks,
Jerry
http://MauiWebDesigns.com

<shudder> then I'll keep it on the laptop only in the
meantime, not the
development computer.
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>>>> Greetings!
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>>>> Lately, on new sites I've created, each time
I close down DW, it loses
>>>> the username and password from the site
definition, so that when I go
>>>> to FTP, I have to fill the info in again.
Any fixes, other than
>>>> re-installing DW?
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DW MX Site Definitions for Verizon FIOS? Mac

Hello, Everyone,
First time poster, longtime user/dabbler. All help is greatly
appreciated.
I'm using DreamWeaver MX for Mac and trying to do a site
definition for Verizon FIOS. The instructions on their web site do
not work, are sketchy at best anyway, and Verizon's tech people
don't give tech support on this in general and don't know the
answers so far!
Does anyone know what to put in the fields for an ftp
connection in site definition? Really - is anyone successfully
using DreamWeaver with Verizon fiber optic?

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> Thanks for responding, Murray!
>
> Here is the meat of what is on Verizon's FIOs web site:
> QUOTE
> 2. Launch your FTP client.
> 3. If a dialog box does not automatically open, there
should be a
> prominent
> button or menu item for connecting to a remote host -
activate it.
> 4. In the dialog box that appears, you will need to
enter the following
> information:
> * HOST NAME: ftpmysite.verizon.net
> * User Name: your user ID (e.g. - jsmith)
> * PASSWORD: your password
>
> At this point, you should be connected to your site on
the Web server.
> ENDQUOTE
>
> In DreamWeaver MX, I put the HOSTNAME stuff in the field
for FTP Host. For
> the
> mysite part of the name there I put my subaccount email
address prefix
> [what I
> have before the @ part]. I put ftp with and without a
dot after it, and
> tried
> leaving out ftp.
> Where they ask for User Name, I again put in my
subaccount email address
> prefix in the DWMX Login field. The prefix happens to be
survivorevents.
> For PASSWORD, of course I put in the password for the
email subaccount.
> For Dreamweaver's Host Directory, I left the field empty
as I do with my
> cable
> internet company.
>
> The only thing that I DIDN"T DO that they mention
elsewhere on their site
> is
> to use the extension htm for my index file. I left mine
at html. I
> wouldn't
> think that would matter.
>
> I have been using a cable company that allows multiple
email addresses.
> But Verizon does a strange thing: there is a main
account and the rest are
> SUBemail accounts of the main one. For some reason, that
made it
> impossible for
> me to set up Apple's Mail application without the help
of tech support
> from
> Verizon. It is otherwise quite literally impossible. You
need to know what
> Verizon calls the subaccount, which is completely
different from what I
> enter
> it as.
>
> I did get the Verizon version of the name of the
subaccount and entered it
> under user name and that didn't help.
>
> In short, HELP!
> As always, any ideas are greatly appreciated.
> Sorry for the yelling.
>
>

Mac users: back up your site definitions before applying the 11.0.2 update

The 11.0.2 update to Dreamweaver CS5 is intended to fix the problem with FileVault on Mac OS X. I don't know the full details, but I presume that it locates the program settings in a different place or rebuilds them. Unfortunately, this has the effect of deleting login details for sites you have set up in Dreamweaver. Make sure you back up your site definitions before applying the 11.0.2 update on a Mac.
The update doesn't affect site definitions on Windows (at least, not in my experience).

One could also try a machine restart after the patch has been successfully applied.

Can I transfer site definitions from PC to Mac

More specifically, I have a registry export of all my site definitions from DW MX 2004 on a PC and I now have DW CS4 on a Mac. The registry export was the recommended way of exporting all sites in DW MX as it was only possible to export one site at a time using the export site tool. So I now have a file containing all my site definitions which I cannot use on a Mac.
Is there any tool to convert the registry data into .ste files so the sites can be imported on a Mac?

Mac isn't able to read Windows registry files as anything other than text.
If at all possible, I'd try to find a PC with DW and see if the registry files can be converted to .ste files.
CS4 on Mac will read the .ste and set all the site preferences.
I move my sites back and forth between a laptop (PC), a desktop (PC) and my MacBook all the time The easieat way to update my site cache is to reimport the .ste when I replace a site folder.

Mac: lost MX 04 site definitions

Hi, all,
Thought I'd try to do a better job of explaining what my
issue is. In DW MX 2004, on my Mac G5, I removed and replaced my
preferences and library files to fix a problem Apple was helping me
with. In the process, I lost all of my DW site definitions. I have
the old prefs and library files and have put back everything that
looks Dreamweaver-ish, but the site defs are still missing when I
launch DW.
Is there a file or two that contains these definitions, or am
I stuck re-creating them?
Thanks!
Chuck

Aquaweb_IRL wrote:
Any ideas?
Yes, check the Dreamweaver FAQ. You'll be surprised what you can find in there. You're in luck because you're on a Mac. Windows users who fail to export their site definitions won't be so fortunate.

Site Definitions Missing in DW CS6 Mac

I had to reboot my computer this morning and when I reopened DW, none of my 100+ sites were defined. After reading several forum posts I've restored both my site prefs and configuration files from Time Machine without any help. Is there any other way to restore them other than recreating them manually?
Thanks!

If you previously exported your site definitions to .ste files & saved them in a safe location, you could import them into DW. Site > Manage Sites > Import Site.
Nancy O.

Backing up and restoring site definitions

Losing your site definitions in Dreamweaver can be a disaster, but it does happen sometimes. The best way to prepare for such an eventuality is to back up your site definitions on a regular basis.
Creating a backup
You can back up all your site definitions in a single operation by selecting Site > Manage Sites. In the dialog box that opens, Shift-click to select all site names, and then click Export.
In Dreamweaver CS6, the Manage Sites dialog box looks like this:
In earlier versions of Dreamweaver, it looks like this:
Dreamweaver asks if you want to include passwords and login details (this is the default option). Whichever option you choose will be applied to all sites, so click Cancel if you want to treat some sites separately, and export your sites in two sets by using Ctrl/Cmd-click to select them.
When you click OK, Dreamweaver asks where you want to export the definitions. Navigate to a suitable location, leave the File name field unchanged, and click Save. Although only one site name is listed in the File name field, Dreamweaver exports all the site definitions as .ste files in a single operation.
NOTE: This process backs up only the details of your sites, such as the location of the root folder, FTP details, and so on. It does not back up the actual files in your site, such as .html (or .php, .asp, .cfm) files, images, and style sheets. It's a good idea to use your normal file backup routine on your actual files from time to time, as well as exporting the site definitions.
Restoring site definitions
In the event of losing your site definitions in Dreamweaver or moving to a new computer, open the Manage Sites dialog box, and use the Import button to navigate to your backup .ste files.
What if I don't have a backup?
Often, if you don't have a backup of .ste files, you need to go through the whole process of re-entering the details for each site manually.
However, you might be able to restore them by using a restore point on Windows or Time Machine in Mac OS X.
On Windows, the site definitions for Dreamweaver CS6 are stored in the Windows Registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Common\12.0\Sites.
In Mac OS X, they are at Macintosh HD:<username>:Library:Application Support:Adobe:Common:12.0:Sites:Site Prefs.
In recent versions of Mac OS X, the Library folder is hidden. In the Mac Finder, select Go > Go to Folder, type ~/Library in the search field, and click Go.
Dreamweaver CS5.5 site definitions are in the same location, except use 11.5 instead of 12.0. The numbers for CS4 and CS3 are 10 and 9 (without a decimal fraction) respectively. For earlier versions of Dreamweaver, substitute Macromedia for Adobe, and adjust the number accordingly.
If you don't have a backup of the actual files on your site, download the files from your remote server.

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We are running iPlanet 5.2 Messaging Server and need
to migrate to another (duplicate) 5.2 Messaging
Server. We have all the software installed and the
LDAP user accounts created. Now we just need to move
the existing mail from one server to the other.
I found the Backing Up and Restoring the Message
Store section in the Admin Guide says to back up and
restore your data, Messaging Server provides the
imsbackup and imsrestore utilities.
However I am wondering about the Queue?
Under <instance>/imta/queue
What is the difference between the Message Store
and the Queue? The Message Store is where messages get delivered to, so you can read them.'
The queue is where messages are temporarily stored, pending delivery to wherever they go.
You can use tar, cpio, or what have you for the queue. Stop the server first. . .
You then just restore the files to the new server. No need to restart or anything like that. Just dump the files in, and run
imsimta cache -sync
to tell the MTA to re-read the queue.
Can I just backup and restore the
Queue using tar or cpio?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Regards,
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Site definition files

I had to reinstall my dreamweaver software completely, and
now I would like to reconstruct my site definitions without
manually entering them all again. Unfortunately i didn't export
them before my computer crashed. I have all the files that
dreamweaver created before in the application data folders etc and
I was wondering if there is a way that I could use that with my
newly installed dreamweaver to recreate teh site definitions?
thanks

a0123aa wrote:
> Unfortunately i didn't export them before my computer
crashed. I have all the
> files that dreamweaver created before in the application
data folders etc and I
> was wondering if there is a way that I could use that
with my newly installed
> dreamweaver to recreate teh site definitions?
Unfortunately, no. I'm not sure where site definitions are
kept on a
Mac, but on a Windows machine, they're stored in the Windows
registry.
Site definitions can be automatically rebuilt only if you
exported them
in the first place.
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Site Definition losing FTP User ID and Password

My configuration:
iMac 2.4 GHz Intel C2D
10.6.1 Snow Leopard
DW v10 (Build 4117)
Not sure if my issue is related to the one described in this thread.
I recently performed a clean install of Snow Leopard and DW. Afterwards I imported my site definitions and everything was fine. On quiting and then re-opening DW the FTP User ID and (optionally Password) in the site sefinition(s) have disappeared. I re-entered them and am able to connect to my site(s) via FTP, but again on closing and re-opening DW the information has disappeared again.
What I've done;
- deleted and re-configured all Site Definitions several times.
- deleted the ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CS4/en_US/Configuration/ folder
but still the problem persists.
Not sure if this a Snow Leopard/DW incompatibility issue, but I do recall this happening maybe once or twice with Leopard.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

I beleive this happens if:
- you are using a trial version
- you don't enter your keychain password to record this information
I lost my kechain passwordon my mac,and i have to reenter password and FTP info everytime. Very frustrating util I can find the time to figure out how to reset my Mac keychain password.

Site definition settings - simple question

When I use Dreamweaver to FTP my site elements via my Mac I
have no problems. Sadly not the case with a PC though. I cannot
connect, yet all the site definition settings are the same as for
my Mac. Is this a simple problem to solve?

As David says, such problems are almost always the result of
Firewall
intervention. You might consider disabling the firewall
altogether if you
are using a Router for your internet connection, since the
router also
provides this functionality.
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> Hello David.
>
> I've checked the passive FTP box. Now when I try to
connect it finds the
> /www/ folder where the site elements belong, but it
doesn't show any of
> them.
>
> When you say change the firewall settings, do you mean I
have to disable
> them
> everytime I want to FTP to the server. I cannot find a
check box that
> enables
> the McAfee security centre to allow Dreamweaver inbound
and outbound
> access.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

Site definition files? anyone?

OK so I am new to website creation, so please cut me some
slack. Using Dreamweaver CS3 on a Mac, in the manage sites window,
none of the sites I created with Dreamweaver 8 are shown, yet they
all reside in a local sites folder in my documents folder. When I
choose the import function, it asks for the location of my site
definition files (ste) but none are visible anywhere on my system.
How do I import/recognise my previously built sites in Dreamweaver
CS3? Totally confused here...

The sites *should* have been migrated when you installed CS3,
but you can
always go back into DW8, EXPORT the sites, then IMPORT them
into CS3.
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> OK so I am new to website creation, so please cut me
some slack. Using
> Dreamweaver CS3 on a Mac, in the manage sites window,
none of the sites I
> created with Dreamweaver 8 are shown, yet they all
reside in a local sites
> folder in my documents folder. When I choose the import
function, it asks
> for
> the location of my site definition files (ste) but none
are visible
> anywhere on
> my system. How do I import/recognise my previously built
sites in
> Dreamweaver
> CS3? Totally confused here...
>

Site definition issue (maybe???)

My desktop computer had some issues and I am having a hardware and operating system upgrade done on it. It had six hard drives, none of which were damaged and all of the data is intact. This data includes all of my DW CS4 sites which are in one of two directorys (i.e, "Client A-M" and "Client N-Z"), under a client sub-directory in the client's name.
I have a free-standing docking station where I mounted the hard drive with the client files and copied them to an external drive which is attached to my laptop, which has a full CS4 Premium Design Suite, including DW CS4, installed. I have already edited and updated some sites, a couple with no problems, and a couple with some problems reocognizing and updating templates.
In a previous post, I addressed this issue and it was suggested that on the ones where I had problems, the issue was site definition files. I have just recieved a request to do some updating on a site which I have not opened on the laptop. As a prevention to avoid any problems, my quesiton is this:
Should I redefine the site in it's existing folder on the laptop as a new site since this installation of DW CS4 has never seen that site before and the subject site is not on its recognized list of sites.
Thanks in advance for you help,
Joe
PS: What is the file extension for the site definition files, and where do they reside on the computer?
J.

Without knowing the issues it's hard to determine. You could always try to bring the files over. Assuming your computer was setup with a RAID configuration and you didn't lose data then you should have no issues transferring the files. But if you were running 6 independent hard drives and you have already run into issues you may want to consider just entering the data in fresh just to ensure no corruption down the road. The files for the site definitions will vary. Typically on the Mac they are located in the Library->Application Support->Adobe->Dreamweaver CS5 folder, on Windows it's hidden away in the Application Data folder.

Site definition has disappeared

hey there, I did a disk cleanup last night and lo... this
morning I have no file information on dreamweaver. I have learnt
from this to keep a record of all the site definition data , but in
the meantime, as I hadn't made a note of those, I have lost all the
details for connecting to my three websites.
Can anyone tell me where this information may be and how I
can reconnect dreamweaver to it? I haven't emptied my recycle bin
yet but can't see anything in there that may contain this data.
love Kim

What version of DW do you have, Kim? If you have 8 (I can't
remember if MX
2004 had this or not .. been years since I used it), you can
reimport the
site definitions (if you exported them initially). If you
don't have the
ste files saved somewhere, then you'll have to rebuild them
.. thank
goodness you only have 3 and not 30. :)
The site definition info is stored in the registry on Windows
.. not sure on
Mac. However .. if it's gone .. it's probably gone from the
registry as
well and unless you do it routinely, I don't advise people to
mess with the
registry.
Nancy Gill
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2003)
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"kimmgould" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> hey there, I did a disk cleanup last night and lo...
this morning I have
> no
> file information on dreamweaver. I have learnt from this
to keep a record
> of
> all the site definition data , but in the meantime, as I
hadn't made a
> note of
> those, I have lost all the details for connecting to my
three websites.
>
> Can anyone tell me where this information may be and how
I can reconnect
> dreamweaver to it? I haven't emptied my recycle bin yet
but can't see
> anything
> in there that may contain this data.
>
> love Kim
>

All site definitions gone in DW CS4

I'm using CS4 on a Mac running OS10.5.6. I accidentally removed one site, went into Time Machine and recovered it, then next time I started up CS4 ***all*** my sites are gone -- some 30 sites. I still have CS3 running (I have to support others here at work with older versions), so I can go and export some of the sites from CS3, but there are still many sites that were only built in CS4. Any idea on how to get these back? Is there a file I can restore from Time Machine that might contain that? I read the previous posts regarding missing site definitions, but they refer to the PC registry - not a solution for a Mac user. Help! Thanks for any suggestions.

You're a star, David! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Mac - DW 'forgetting' site definitions

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