How to Access your site though Dreamweaver

Contact:

Web Support

bssweb@sfsu.edu

415-405-2195

Dreamweaver is more advanced than Sharepoint and while it includes features that make it attractive to web developers, you may not have time to take advantage of them. Dreamweaver costs $104.18 for installations on University computers. For personal computer installations, the software is available at the SFSU Bookstore for $199.

Site Definition setup instructions for both on and off campus:

You must have a BSSNT account (login/password) to have a Web site on the BSS Web Server. If you are a new faculty/staff member and you need a BSSNT account, send a request to Network Administrator Alex Keller (alkeller@sfsu.edu) .

If you have a BSSNT account (login/password) and you would like a Web site on the BSS Web Server, send a request to Web Support .

If you have completed all of these steps and have been notified that your web site is ready for use, follow these instructions to set up your site definition in Dreamweaver:

1. Launch Dreamweaver
   
2. In the Site menu (top bar) click Manage Site then click New (from the given list select Site)
   
3. A site definition wizard will appear. Click the Advanced tab
   
4. Under the the Category menu at the left portion of the window the only areas that need to be set up are "Local Info" and "Remote Info"

For Local Info:

1. Create an empty folder anywhere on your hardrive. (note: Eventhough your web site lives on the BSS server every time you edit or create a page Dreamweaver copies a version of the chosen page onto your hardrive into this new folder. This protects you from making any unwanted changes.)
2. In the "Local Root Folder" field locate the file you just created in step 1. Then click Remote Info from the Category list.
   
   

For Remote Info:

1. In the Access field select FTP from the given list.
   
2. In the FTP host field type bss.sfsu.edu
3. In the host directory type "/" followed by your first initial and last name (i.e. Fox Mulder = fmulder and the host directory should then be /fmulder)
4. In the Login field enter BSSNT\username; Your username is your first initial and last name like the example in step 3.
5. In the Password field enter in the same password you use to log into your computer.
   
6. Before you finish be sure to click Test to make sure that the connection to the server is full functional.
   
7. If the test succeeds click OK and you are ready to begin creating your html files and your site.