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

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> On 2 separate computers using 8.0.2 I have been having
issues with my site
> definitions loosing the login info on only a select few
sites. This is
> only
> occasional but is annoying when you have deadlines.
>
> If I re-import the definition it works fine again.
>
> I just recently spoke with someone else that has the
same issue and now I
> tried it on Vista and had the same issue again.
>
> I also noticed there were some posts in here referring
to IE 7 Beta as
> being
> the problem, but I have the regular version of IE 7 and
never installed
> the
> Beta.
>
> Has there been a fix posted anywhere?
>
>
>

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

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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.
>
>

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> I am changing the domain name of my site but keeping my
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> completely
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Sorry - need to delete this post, but don't know how.
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On Wed, 9 May 2007 11:48:43 +0000 (UTC), "IndigoGrape"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I realise this is probably just a basic 'user problem; -
but as a relatively
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and work and the
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Greetings
I created a site locally and then FTPed it up to a server at
my ISP. The site was working fine until I made a number of changes
that I note below. When in DW and I try try to preview in a
browser, I am unable to view any of the files in any browser
because DW is unable to locate the files locally and remotely.
The error message I get is:
Firefox can't find the file at
/______/______/_____/_____/ThankYouVeryMuch/Website/tyvmi
3/index.htm.
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- I reorganized my folders locally thereby creating a new
root folder. When I tried to add 3 pages, I received several error
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local and web sites were not synchronized so I was receiving more
error messages.
- I then downloaded the site to a new directory in the new
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3/index.htm
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----------> Website
-------------> tyvmi 3
---------------> index.htm
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Remote: host: ip address
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---------------> pages
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Marlene

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"troika22" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Greetings
>
> I created a site locally and then FTPed it up to a
server at my ISP. The
> site
> was working fine until I made a number of changes that I
note below. When
> in DW
> and I try try to preview in a browser, I am unable to
view any of the
> files in
> any browser because DW is unable to locate the files
locally and remotely.
>
> The error message I get is:
> Firefox can't find the file at
>
/______/______/_____/_____/ThankYouVeryMuch/Website/tyvmi
3/index.htm.
>
> The changes that were made to the site:
>
> - I reorganized my folders locally thereby creating a
new root folder.
> When I
> tried to add 3 pages, I received several error messages.
One of them was
> that
> DW was unable to locate the home page. Another was that
it was unable to
> create
> the site map and if I'm not mistaken DW was unable to
create cache files.
>
> - My client had a friend add some Google analytics to
the site. This
> person
> also created an XML site map. Obviously, the local and
web sites were not
> synchronized so I was receiving more error messages.
>
> - I then downloaded the site to a new directory in the
new root folder I
> created above. This downloaded site is my local root
directory in the Site
> manager and is located at
>
./______/______/_____/_____/ThankYouVeryMuch/Website/tyvmi
3/index.htm
>
> - These are my current directories for the site
thankyouverymuchinc.com:
>
> Site name: Thank You Very Much Inc
>
> Local: ThankYouVeryMuch
> ----------> Website
> -------------> tyvmi 3
> ---------------> index.htm
> ---------------> pages
>
> Remote: host: ip address
> ----------> www/htdocs/
> ---------------> index.htm
> ---------------> pages
>
> Many thanks
> Marlene
>

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Since I've upgraded when I close down dreamweaver I lose the
Remote Info
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>>> Since I've upgraded when I close down
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>>> (login and password). Any ideas why or how to
avoid please?
>>>
>>
>
>

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