Connecting To A Server - MACROMEDIA HOMESITE Using Manual

Working with files on remote servers
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Connecting to a server

HomeSite+ for Dreamweaver MX provides FTP server access, and secure HTTP
access through Remote Development Services (RDS).
RDS lets you communicate using HTTP with ColdFusion on your local computer and
on any configured remote host. RDS features include:
• Secure server access
• Remote file access
• Data source browsing and SQL query building
• CFML debugging
You must have an RDS server connection to access data sources and to debug pages.
Required server information
You must have specific information about a remote server to connect to it, such as its
host name and user access requirements. You can obtain this information from the
owner of the server, whether it is your IT group, an ISP , or another provider.
Connecting to an FTP server
You can remotely access FTP servers for file transfers and other site management
tasks using the Macromedia FTP & RDS node. After the connection is established,
you can access files on remote servers and maintain websites located anywhere on
the Internet.
FTP server connection requirements vary greatly. The following instructions work in
the majority of cases.
Select the appropriate compatibility option:
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Allaire HomeSite/Studio 4.5.2 Enables the remote server functionality in
both this version and in previous versions, and changes the name of the SNE
node to "Allaire FTP & RDS."
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Macromedia HomeSite/Studio 5.0+ Enables the remote server
functionality only in this version.
Click Switch, then click Close.
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