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Dreamweaver 8 Site Configuration

From the Dreamweaver Menu select Site, New... and choose the Advanced Tab as shown. Then select Local Info from the Category window on the left

Local Info

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Local root folder:
is your working directory. The best practice would be to have a directory on your hard drive (C:) where you edit your site before uploading to the server, but you can specify direct editing on a server by mapping the drive and using the drive letter, as shown here.

Links relative to:
 indicates how you want Dreamweaver to edit your links. For WWU servers use "Site Root" so that your links start with "/" indicating the root folder of the site.

HTTP address:
 Use your real URL, up to the root folder and "/" but no file name.

Case-sensitive links:
 On Ra and all UNIX machines the folder "docs" is different from "Docs" so it's important that when Dreamweaver proof-reads your links it checks for case. However the best practice is to use only lower case characters in directories and file names and then there will be no confusion.

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