Define site... is there a trick to this thing?

[TequilaJohnson]

well i am novice to Dreamweaver UltraDEV first off.

but i am just trying to do the simplest thing.


i wrote " hello " on a blank Dreamweaver ultra DEV document.

saved it as hello.html


then i thought i uploaded it to the server to view it on the website. but the website is still showing a blank page.

Why is that?

i thought i defined the site appropriately, anyone got any ideas what to check or any clues what is wrong?

i could sure use some help, it doesnt even explain this in a book i have.

Thanks

 

[Ladyborg]

Are you seeing the hello.html page at all? Is it there or do you get an error page? If it's there, your address bar will say hello.html and you'll have a blank page, otherwise you'll probably get the awful "Page Not Found" error. Need to make sure it uploaded first of all.

Not much to defining sites. Mainly make sure local folder is defined correctly and remote info (FTP Host, Directory, Login is correct). Also, see if you get different results while uploading with WS_FTP.

 

[Guest_imported]

Well... Ladyborg all i see on the website is Forbidden error.

i open up the site box , you have 2 windows your application server and your local folder, i see the same Hello.html file in them.

But the website shows that forbidden.


i connect and am able to upload the file there.. why does it now show up on the website?

is something wrong on my end?... Web Server host tells me its the program.

 

[zumie]

Have you published other pages to this same folder on your server before, using any other html authoring software?

What do you mean "the website shows that forbidden"? That's the error messsage you get when you try to view the page on the server with your browser? "Access forbidden"?

Maybe you could give us the URL and we'll take a peek.

BTW Ladyborg has a good idea. Try uploading the file to the server using an FTP software like WS_FTP or CUTE_FTP.

Let us know what you find out. MSB

webdev@cox.net

Visualize whorld peas.

 

[schase]

I'm willing to bet that you defined the path incorrectly.

Most webhosts will have a structure like this.

F:F:\Inetpub
F:\Inetpub\yourdomain
F:\Inetpub\yourdomain\html
F:\Inetpub\yourdomain\logs
F:\Inetpub\yourdomain\private

You put all of your files to be accessed via the browser inside the html folder.

Logs are used to check the raw usage data.
Private is often where your webhost wants you to put your databases and such.

Tell us more on what you see when you connect.

Specific is better. "Insert witty remark here"

Stuart

 

[ScottNeth]

This might be stupid - but my DWUD defaults to cfm extentions (ColdFusion), and this dang near drove me nuts when I kept trying to find index files on my development server and couldn't figure out why they were never changing...well, the browswer defaults to looking for index.htm not index.cfm. If you're new to DWUD it's worth looking at. Scott Neth
Web Designer/Cyberpunk

 

[Guest_imported]

well i seem to have figured it out.. was able to put up a picture. changed in the remote folder on the define site tab the pull down that asks: none, ftp, asp 2.0 etc. ) i had it on ftp and switched to none. and then it was able to publish. or i was able to change files on the remote folder. i dont know, but it is uploading and publishing for the most part.

Thanks for all the help and advice. being new i am sure i will need more, books just dont seem to answer those intricate questions or problems that come up.

Thanks ALL.

 

[Guest_imported]

You're right, books don't seem to be very helpful, this is the best type of exchange. (I just recently found this web site and am in love with it now! I even made it my home page).

I'd like to recommend "Short Order" book, I have "Short Order Dreamweaver 3" still, but I'm sure there must be a newer version out there. For more advanced stuff I like "Macromedia Dreamweaver Ultradev 4 - Training From The Source".

 

[Ladyborg]

Oooops, that last message was from me BTW. :->
Ladyborg
"Don't be afraid to try new things,
Remember: professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the Ark"