The purpose of this dialog box is to set up a local folder for a Dreamweaver site (also known as a local site).
The site name appears in the Files panel and in the Manage Sites dialog box. Use any name you like; its only for your reference and does not appear in the browser.
When Dreamweaver resolves root-relative links, it does so relative to this folder (see Site root-relative paths). If the local root folder does not yet exist, create it from within the file-browsing dialog box.
Deselecting this option improves the speed of Dreamweaver when copying such files, but means that the Local view of the Files panel does not automatically refresh. You can click the Refresh button in the Files panel toolbar to manually refresh the panel.
This folder is where Dreamweaver places images that you add to your site. For example, when you drag an image from your desktop into an active document, Dreamweaver adds that image to the current site in the default images folder.
By default, Dreamweaver creates links using document-relative paths. Select the Site Root option to change the path setting. For more information on relative paths, see Understanding document locations and paths.
If you select the Site Root option, make sure you specify the HTTP address in the next step.
Changing this setting will not convert the path of existing links after you click OK. The setting will only apply to new links you create visually with Dreamweaver.
NOTE |
|
Content linked with a site root-relative path does not appear when you preview documents in a local browser unless you specify a testing server, or select the Preview Using Temporary File option in Edit > Preferences > Preview in Browser. This is because browsers dont recognize site roots--servers do. (See Previewing and testing pages in browsers.) |
This enables Dreamweaver to verify links within the site that use absolute URLs or site root-relative paths (see Checking for broken, external, and orphaned links). Dreamweaver also uses this address to make sure site root-relative links work on the remote server, which may have a different site root. For example, if you are linking to an image file located on your hard disk in the C:\Sales\images\ folder (where Sales is your local root folder), and the URL of your completed site is http://www.mysite.com/SalesApp/ (where SalesApp is your remote root folder), you should enter the URL in the HTTP Address text box to ensure that the path to the linked file on the remote server is /SalesApp/images/.
This option is useful on UNIX systems where filenames are case-sensitive.
If you do not select this option, Dreamweaver asks you if you want to create a cache again before it creates the site. It is a good idea to select this option because the Assets panel (in the Files panel group) only works if a cache is created. For more information, see Template expressions.