The purpose of this dialog box is to select an access method for Dreamweaver to upload or download files to your web server where your remote folder (also known as a remote site) is located.
None if you do not plan to upload your site to a server.
Local/Network if you are accessing a network folder or if you are running a web server on your local machine.
FTP if you connect to your web server using FTP.
RDS (Remote Development Services) if you connect to your web server using RDS.
For this access method, your remote folder must be on a computer running ColdFusion.
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe if you connect to your web server using Microsoft Visual SourceSafe.
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe support is only available for Windows. To use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe with Windows, you must have Microsoft Visual SourceSafe Client version 6 installed.
WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) if you connect to your web server using the WebDAV protocol. For instructions, see Setting Remote options for WebDAV access.
For this access method, you must have a server that supports this protocol, such as Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 or an appropriately configured installation of Apache web server.
For instructions, see the following topics: