I. Connect to Network on a PC
Note: When you open Dreamweaver, a blank document automatically
appears.
A. Right mouse click (on your desktop) on "My Computer" (see A).
B. Select "Map Network Drive" (see B).
C. A "Map Network Drive" dialogue box will appear (see C).
1. Drive: choose any letter from the pull down menu (see
C1).
Note: You may want to select the same drive for Webspace each
time you map to a network to avoid conflicts in Dreamweaver. For
example, if you choose drive Z to work in your Webspace today
and then tomorrow choose drive H, you will need to redefine your
site map in Dreamweaver to point to drive H.
2. Folder - \\www\webspace (see C2) select this
path from the pull down menu next to folder or type this path.
When mapping a network drive, paths are not case-sensitive. However,
they are in a URL . Also, if you select "Reconnect at log
on", you are telling the PC to try to reconnect to your Webspace
every time the PC starts up. Under most circumstances, you will
want to make sure that the "Reconnect at logon" box
is not checked.
Webspaces
Here are examples for the path to select when mapping the network
drive. These examples are not included in the pdf file.
Academic Webspace:
- I.E.: URL http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/engl
- Enter the path: \\www\webspace
Office Webspace:
- I.E.: URL http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/dof
- Enter the path: \\www\webspace
Student Organizations:
- I.E.: URL http://www.mtholyoke.edu/org/thenet/
- Enter the path: \\www\webspace
Courses Webspace:
- I.E.: URL http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/hgarett
- Enter the path: \\www\courses, then
- Open COURSES folder and find your faculty USERNAME folder
AMBR: For example, department shared space,
- Enter the path: \\ambr\depts
Personal Webspace:
- I.E.: URL http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~tchamber/
- Enter the path: \\www\username (insert your user name)
3. Reconnect at logon - we do not recommend that
you select this option (see C3), as this leaves your Webspace
vulnerable to unauthorized users.
4. Select Connect using a different user name (see C4
above).
5. A "Connect As." dialogue box will appear (see C5).
6. Enter your User name (see C6).
7. Enter your Password (see C7).
8. Select OK. (see C8).
9. Select Finish (see C9).
10. A window for your Webspace will open (see C10).
- Close this window (see C10).
- Do not open files from the desktop folders.
- You will open files from Dreamweaver's site map tool.
- Open Dreamweaver and define your site (see instructions on
next page).
II. Define Local Site in Dreamweaver
After connecting to Webspace, open Dreamweaver.
A. Define Site
1. Choose > Menu > Site > New Site. (see A1)
B. Site Definition: Editing Files:
Next, a "Site Definition" dialog box will appear (see image below);
complete the site definition as follows:
1. Click on the "Basic" tab (see B1)
2. What would you like to name your site?
Enter the name of your site (see B2). This is for your reference
only, therefore caps and spaces are allowed here.
3. Select or click "Next" (see B3).
C. Site Definition: Editing Files, Part 2
1. Select "No, I do not want to use server technology" (see
C1).
2. Select "Next" (see C2).
D. Site Definition: Editing Files, Part 3;
1. How do you want to work with your files during development?
2. Where are your files on the Network?
Select the folder icon (see D2) and pull down the arrow next
to box to choose the local root folder for your site; see details
(see D3 below).
3. From the pull down menu, drill into your Webspace (see D3).
4. Choose "Select" (see D4 below).
5. Choose "Next" (see D5).
E. Site Definition: Summary
1. Choose "Done" (see E1 below).
F. Edit Sites
Next, an "Edit Sites" dialogue box will appear again.
1. Choose Done (see F1).
G. Scanning Files.
You should see another dialogue box indicating Dreamweaver
is "scanning al files in site" (see G). Allow this scanning to
take place.
H. Site Map Tool
Use the site Map tool (see H) to view and modify your
files.
