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Using Dreamweaver with Your Hosting Account

Emily Hall
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You can send your Dreamweaver site files straight to your hosting account from the Dreamweaver interface. Using Dreamweaver to transfer files cuts out the extra step of using an FTP interface or SSH.

Using Dreamweaver with Your Hosting Account

  1. In your Dreamweaver client, open your site files
  2. In the Dreamweaver navigation bar, click SiteSite.png
  3. In the drop-down, click New Sitesitenew.png
  4. Next to Site Name, enter the name of the site and, below, select the file path where the local file should be savedname-filepath.png
  5. In the left side of the window, click Serversserver.png
  6. Click the + button to add your hosting accountplus.png
  7. Fill in the server information

    Server Name Enter a name for this server. This can be any name and is only for your personal use.
    Connect using Select the protocol used when transferring the data. We recommend using SFTP, since it is secure.
    SFTP Address Enter the server name. This will always be username.pairserver.com. Replace username with your Pair Networks username.
    Username Enter your ACC username
    Password Enter your ACC password
    Root Directory

    Enter the file path to the directory where the site files should be stored on your server. For example, a file path may look like this:

    /usr/home/username/public_html/domain.com
    Web URL

    Enter the site’s intended URL
    server-info.png
  8. Click Save
  9. On the next window, review the information. If correct, click Save
  10. In the right side of screen, click the up arrow button to send your current files to your serverpush-changes.png

This will send your site files to your chosen directory. If you keep the server connected, you can click the up arrow at any time to send new changes to the server.

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