Creating Server Connections

You can set up quick connections to remote servers to transfer files without going through the process of defining a site. Using a Dreamweaver site, such as the one that you initially set up in Lesson 1 and have been working with throughout this lesson, gives you access to a large number of site-management features. Server connections using FTP or Remote Development Services (RDS) do not provide access to the Dreamweaver site-management features that have been covered in this lesson.

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Choose Computer (Macintosh) or Desktop (Windows) from the Show menu on the Files panel. Collapse Macintosh HD (or whatever you have named your hard drive–Macintosh) or My Computer (Windows) if it is open. Right-click or Ctrl-click ...

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