We’re going to use the PC version of Dreamweaver MX for this tutorial but the steps should be very similiar on a Mac or with other versions of Dreamweaver.

1) Click on the ‘New site …’ option in the ‘Site’ dropdown menu.

2) In the new window, make sure that the “Advanced” tab toward the top of the window is selected. I find that the “Advanced” configuration is actually a bit easier than the “Basic” configuration. You’ll be in the “Local Info” section where we’ll need to set the following options:

Site Name: Whatever you’d like to refer to your site as. This is for your own identification.
Local Root Folder: Select the folder on your computer where you’d like to store or are currently storing your site’s files.
Default Images Folder: This is the folder on your computer that contains the images that you are or will be using for your site. If you are going to select a folder, the folder needs to be within the Local Root Folder. But you don’t need to select a Default Images Folder if you don’t want to.

The other fields (HTTP Address and Enable Cache) aren’t necessary.

3) Now select the “Remote Info” category to the left of the window. We’ll need to set some more options:

Access: Select “FTP” from the dropdown list.
FTP Host: ftp.mydomain.com (If you’re domain name hasn’t resolved yet, you can use ftp.okpublic.com here instead).
Host Directory: public_html/
Login: (This is the username that you selected when you signed up for an OKPublic account. It should also be contained in the “Domain Account Activation” email that should have received when your account was setup.)
Password: (This password is contained in the FTP section of the “Domain Account Activation” email that should have received when your account was setup. If you didn’t receive it or you are unsure about what to use here, please contact us and we’ll be happy to help).

You can check the “Automatically upload files to server on save” option if you’d like to upload the file you’re working on each time you save. I personally don’t like to do this as I save a lot while I’m working on a page and I don’t want to put the file on the server each time I save. It’s up to you though.

That’s it! Click on the “Test” button to make sure all of the settings are correct. If you get an error, run through the above steps again and don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re still having problems.

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