Site Planning and Publishing: Transferring Files With FTP
This topic page is useful for customers using Dreamweaver to move their website content to another server using FTP. Developers creating HTML pages as well as pages using a scripting language will benefit.
TechNotes
Setting up Dreamweaver's FTP connection
Once you've defined and then created your site, you can deploy it on the web using FTP.
Troubleshooting FTP Issues
FTP transfers can fail for a number of reasons. Narrowing down the source of the problem is the only way to start solving it.
Synchronize and Select Newer Options are not working correctly
In order for Dreamweaver's Synchronize function to work correctly, it must be able to determine the remote server's time.
- tn_19491—"Login or password is incorrect" error when connecting to remote server via SFTP
- tn_19401—Defining a site that uses PWS/IIS locally and FTP remotely
- tn_18820—Error when putting files from a Macintosh
- tn_16762—Files do not FTP from Dreamweaver 6.1 to a Mac OS X server
- tn_16598—ColdFusion developers cannot easily switch between RDS and FTP
- tn_16418—Command line FTP instructions
- tn_16159—SSH and SSL encryption for FTP connections
- tn_16143—Creating an SSH tunnel for secure authentication (Mac)
- tn_16126—Creating an SSH tunnel for secure authentication (Windows)
- tn_15962—Dreamweaver fails to prompt for including dependent files when putting
- tn_15931—Site window modification date of local file changes after file transfer
- tn_15448—Error in Firewall Port setting for Dreamweaver 4
- tn_15356—Dreamweaver ignores the specified method for FTP transfer
- tn_15237—Why does a _notes folder appear on the server?
- tn_15220—What is Passive FTP?
- tn_15092—Dreamweaver 4 cannot connect to same FTP site as Dreamweaver 3
- tn_14834—Troubleshooting FTP issues
- tn_14832—Server issues
- tn_14787—Setting up Dreamweaver's FTP connection
- tn_14771—Server-side include does not work on the server
- tn_14536—Checking the FTP log
- tn_14096—How to configure Dreamweaver to access a different FTP port
- tn_13546—FTP data transfer mode
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