Dreamweaver upload

[JanG]

Is it possible to use Dreamweaver to build the site and then upload to blue host?

[felgall]

Yes it is.

[ron mexico]

Can someone explain where in the control panel you would do this? I have only had my site up using the PageWizard, but I have recently made a site with Dreamweaver and want to use that now.

Thanks

[Early Out]

You don't use the Control Panel to do it. Dreamweaver has its own built-in FTP client (i.e., a program to upload the stuff). You just feed Dreamweaver the info it needs (domain name, username, password), and have it upload your completed stuff.

Here are a few entries from the knowledgebase about uploading with DW: Click here (http://helpdesk.bluehost.com/kb/index.php?mod_id=2&kb_keywords=dreamweaver).

[charlesp]

You don't use the cPanel, you use DW. site > manage sites > new then you can configure local site, testing server, and remote site. You want to configure remote site, which is really and FTP client. Fill in the blanks. Then click on the plug-in on the main screen to connect, select the files you want to upload and then click on the blue "arrow" to upload the files.



I should have looked before I uploaded.

[ron mexico]

Thanks for the help! I'm getting closer, and I think I have done all these steps now, but I still get my old site when I try to go to it online. Is there a final step I need to take or does this mean something is wrong with the new site I made?
I guess the last thing I have done is "put" all the new files onto my public html folder. But thats it.
Sorry for my noobness. I learned DW a long time ago, and now its like I don't know it at all anymore.:(

[Early Out]

If you've uploaded your pages to public_html, that's all you should need to do. If you're still seeing the old pages, refresh your browser cache (go to the page, then hit CTRL-F5).

[ron mexico]

OK, I can see my new stuff online if I type their URLs. But not if I try to just type the website address. Is it because I have the old "index" file in there still? The new one isn't called simply index, but "blahblah index".

Thanks again. This has helped me alot.

[felgall]

The home page MUST be named index.html or index.htm

If you call it anything else then it will not load as the home page.

[ron mexico]

Got it, problem solved. Thanks everyone for the speedy replies.