Importing an Existing Web Site
When a Web site already exists at a remote site, you need to define the Web site in Dreamweaver, connect to the remote site, and download all of the files in the site to work on it. Remember, you should edit only files that are located on your own machine. You can download and edit an existing site even if it wasn't created with Dreamweaver.
The first time you download the site may take some time, depending on how you are accessing the site and what your network connection speed is. After you initially download all the files, however, you should need only to download any files that change.
To import an existing Web site, all you need to do is mirror the existing site on your local drive. There is no conversion process, ...
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