Setting Remote Info category options

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.

To select an access method:

Select an access method from the pop-up menu. The dialog box changes depending on your selection. Select one of the following:
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.
Complete the dialog box depending on the access method you selected.
For instructions, see the following topics:
- If you selected None, skip this step.
- If you selected Local/Network, see Setting Remote options for Local/Network access.
- If you selected FTP, see Setting Remote options for FTP access.
- If you selected WebDAV, see Setting Remote options for WebDAV access
- If you selected RDS, Setting up RDS access
- If you selected Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, Setting up Microsoft Visual SourceSafe access.
Click OK to close the Remote Info category of the Site Definition dialog box.