Finally, you’re ready to put your pages on the Web, a process sometimes called publishing since they’ll become available for anyone to read. Dreamweaver’s expanded Files tab displays files on the remote Web server, along with those on your local machine. It plays a key role in helping you keep track of which files are where and when they were last changed.
It’s easy for you to help Web search engines highlight your site if you enter a succinct description, along with multiple keywords, in the home page. Dreamweaver places this information in the page’s hidden head code.
Few things are more frustrating for Web users than broken links. Dreamweaver can check your entire site in seconds and save everyone hours of frustration.
Once you make the fix, save the page and the Results panel automatically removes the broken link from its list. Repeat until you’ve fixed all broken links.
The Files panel serves as your main tool to put files from your local site on to the Web server that will host your files, known as the remote site. You also use it to get any of your remote files if, for example, you’ve accidentally deleted their local site counterparts.
After double-checking your files, you’re ready to add the details about the remote site. Your computer is the local site, whose details you defined on page 8. (See the first two “set up remote site” extra bits on page 133.)
Having set up the remote site, you’re ready to connect to it.
Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
Once the connection is made, the remote site’s files appear in the left side of the Files panel.
You’re ready to upload your files.
If this is the first upload to your Web site, you’ll be publishing multiple files, including all the necessary images for your pages.
This may take several minutes to complete, depending on how many files you’re uploading and the speed of your Internet connection.
Sometimes you’ll need to upload only a single page—for example, when you need to update information or fix a mistake.
A single progress dialog appears as Dreamweaver uploads the selected page. Use your Web browser to check the page on the remote Web site, and when you’re done, click the Disconnect button.