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Galeodan
Galeodan
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June 21, 2021
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How Do I Choose to Publish to Remote or Local Server?

  • June 21, 2021
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Discovering how to publish\put files to servers and struggling a bit. I want to have a local\testing server where I can run the site locally to see it works OK. I plan to set up a local Wamp server but for now I just want to get publishing to work. At the same time, I want to setup a remote server - i.e. the live website.

 

To start: could you please confirm whether I understand the terminology correctly:

 

•  I believe "Put" is the same as Publish - ?

 

• I believe "Dependent" files are all the files that are referenced \ linked to the main index file - So that would be all html, css etc. plus any images actually used in the website. - ?

 

My indexfile is D:\webs\mysite\index.html

Images are in D:\webs\mysite\images\ - This contains all the working images, draft images, etc. not just the dependent images needed for the site.

CSS files are in D:\mysite\css\ - Again, there may be draft versions as well as the working \ dependent versions.

 

The local server is setup at: D:\webs\mysite\publish\ - For now

I have setup and tested an FTP connection to the website server. 

 

 

Actual questions:

 

1) Am I basically on the right track? How about those radio-buttons?

 

2) I want to publish to the local server until satisfied it works OK and then publish to the web. But there is only one "Put" choice in the site menu - How do I specify whether DW puts to the local or remote server?  

 

Thanks in advance.

 

PS - I am having particular trouble putting scrcset images to servers - I will post separately on this.

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 22, 2021

    PUT = UP arrow = upload to remote server.

    GET = DOWN arrow = download from remote server to local site.

     

    See my screenshots below for defining your local site within your local testing server on your primary drive.  My primary drive is C:\ not D:\

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Define Remote Server:

     

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 22, 2021

      With the above set-up, saving files automatically places them in your local testing server.  There is nothing to upload until you're ready to deploy files on the live site.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Galeodan
      GaleodanAuthor
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      June 22, 2021

      Thanks Nancy. I already had the servers setup as you illustrate. And I know how to set Auto-push. The missing piece was how to determine whether I am  putting to the local or remote server. But I think I see the answer now - In the Files panel to which you directed my attention.

       

       

      In addition to the Up (Put) and down (Get) arrows, I see there is an icon to connect \ disconnect from the remote server. Once the connection is made, clicking Up-arrow will send the files to the remote server (I assume they also go to the local server at the same time.) While disconnected, only the local server is fed. I have read all sorts of guides but this last step seems to be some kind of secret. 🙂

       

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