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Dreamweaver Install & Setup

Dreamweaver is an HTML editor that uses a simple word-processor model to allow you to do the bulk of web page creation without knowing any HTML. Dreamweaver is available to GSD affiliates for use within our network as a keyserved application.

Install Dreamweaver 8

Contact Help Desk if you need assistance installing Dreamweaver. If you are already using an older version, you should upgrade to Dreamweaver 8. To install it yourself, see our manual on installing applications. The install files are available at L:\public\software\winapps\dreamweaver

Configure Dreamweaver

Once Dreamweaver is installed, set it up to work on your public_html directory. We suggest the FTP setup below.

In Dreamweaver, select Site -> New Site from the drop-down menus. The Site Definition dialog will pop up. Click the Basic tab and answer the questions as follows:

(note: anywhere you see username, replace it with your own gsd username (the part of your email address before the @gsd.harvard.edu)

What would you like to name your site?	Choose any name you like
What is the HTTP Address (URL) of your site?	http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~username
Do you want to work with a server technology such as ColdFusion, ASP.NET, ASP, JSP, OR PHP?	No, I do not want to use a server technology
How do you want to work with your files during development?	Edit local copies on my machine, then upload to server when ready
Choose local root folder for site	We suggest creating a folder inside My Documents and selecting it
How do you connect to your remote server?	FTP
What is the hostname or FTP address of your Web server?	terra.gsd.harvard.edu
What folder on the server do you want to store your files in?	public_html
What is your FTP login?	username
What is your ftp password?	use your gsd email password
Use secure FTP?	CHECK (yes)
Do you want to enable checking in and checking out files, to ensure that you and your co-workers cannot edit the same file at the same time?	No, do not enable check in and check out

After setup, Dreamweaver may warn you that it is creating its cache -- click Ok.

When the cache is complete, you should see a file browser in the lower right area of the dreamweaver interface, as shown below. Dreamweaver now knows about public_html and will use that site as its default project the next time it starts up.