© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning Chapter 7 Managing a Web Server and Files.

© 2011 Delmar, Cengage Learning

Chapter 7

Managing a Web Server and Files

Chapter 7 Lessons

© 2011 Delmar Cengage Learning

1. Perform website maintenance

2. Publish a website and transfer files

3. Check files out and in

4. Cloak files

5. Import and export a site definition

6. Evaluate web content for legal use

7. Present a website to a client

Chapter 7 Lessons



• Before publishing a site:– Test it to make sure the content is

accurate and up to date– Use the Link Checker panel to check for

broken links and orphaned files– View the web pages in at least two

different browsers


Tools You’ll Use



Perform Website Maintenance

• You should perform maintenance tasks frequently to make sure your website operates smoothly and remains “clean”.

• You should run website maintenance tasks periodically to make sure the website is always error-free.



• You can use the Assets panel to check the lists of images and colors in your website.

• You should evaluate any non-websafe colors that could cause contrast problems.



Assets displaying websafe and non-websafe colors

Several colors are listedas non-websafe



• You can use the Link Checker to make sure all internal links are working.

• You can use the Reports command to generate website maintenance reports.


Reports dialog box


Report on list arrow

Scope of report choices



• Design Notes are separate files in a website that contain additional information about a page or graphic file.

• When Dreamweaver searches through code to look for errors it is called validating markups.



• You should test your website using many different types and versions of browsers, platforms, and screen resolutions.

• The Adobe BrowserLab is a useful tool for cross-browser and cross platform compatibility.


Publish a Website and Transfer Files

• A web server is a computer with software that enables it to host websites and is connected to the Internet with and IP address.

• You can specify remote settings and define the site root folder when you first create a site.



Accessing the server settings in the Site Setup dialog box

Servers tab

Add new Server button



• Dreamweaver CS5 allows you to set up multiple servers.

• The Secure FTP (SFTP) allows you to encrypt file transfers.

• Once you set up a remote server, you can view the folder in the Files panel.



Viewing remote server settings in the Add New Server dialog box

Server name

Connection method

FTP site location

User login and password to access remoteserver

Folder on FTPsite where sitewill be published



• Once a remote site is set up, you will need to upload files from the local version of your site to the remote host.

• You can upload all dependent files (such as graphics) for a selected page.



• Files that you have developed for a website can be downloaded or transferred from a remote site to a local site.

• The Synchronize command compares the dates of the saved files and transfers only copies of files that have changed.



Synchronize Files dialog box

Instructs Dreamweaverto synchronize all filesin the site


Check Files Out and In

• When you use Dreamweaver’s Check Out feature it ensures that team members cannot overwrite each other’s pages.

• If you use the Check Out feature with a document, it is important to use the Check In feature when you are finished.



Check Out File(s) and Check In buttons on the Files panel toolbar

Check Out File(s) button

Check In button



• To use the Check Out feature, you must enable it.

• The Subversion control is a remote SVN (Apache Subversion) repository that contains historical versions of website files.


Cloak Files

• When you cloak a file you are marking it for exclusion from being uploaded.

• You can cloak folders as well as files.

• You can cloak particular types of files, such as .jpgs.


Cloaked assets folder in the Files panel

Cloak FilesPanel options button

Red slashes indicate folder and files in it are cloaked


Import and Export a Site Definition

• The site definition for a website contains important information about the site, including its URL and preferences.

• The Export command creates a file with an .ste file extension.


Import and Export a Site Definition

You can import the site definition file in order for you to be able to access the site.

Import Site dialog box


Evaluate Web Content for Legal Use

• Intellectual property is a product resulting from human creativity.

• Copyright protects the particular and tangible expression of an idea, not the idea itself.

• Generally, copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.



• Trademarks protects an image, word, or slogan.

• Symbol, or design used to identify goods or services.

• Copyright attaches to work as soon as you create it; you do not have to register it with the U.S. Copyright Office.



• A copyright owner’s rights:– Reproduction– Creation of derivative works– Distribution to the public– Public performance– Public display– Public performance by audio transmissions



• Fair use allows limited use of copyright-protected work.

• Work that is no longer protected by copyright is in the public domain.

• A licensing agreement is the permission given by a copyright holder to use their work.



The Library of Congress website legal page

An example of a website’s “term of use” page



• The permission process is specific to what you want to use.

• The request should contain:– Your full name and address– A description of your intended use– A signature line for the copyright holder– A target date for when you would like a

response from the copyright holder



• When you post or publish a copyright, you are stating that the work is claimed by you.

• You must give text excerpts in a document proper attributions by including references.



• Guidelines for references must include:– The author’s name– The date of publication– The title of the document– The title of complete work or website– The URL– The date of access



• Guidelines for citations of images must include:– Name of the researching organization– Date of publication– Caption or description– Brief explanation of data type– Project name and retrieval information


Present a Website to a Client

Adobe Flash Catalyst information on the Adobe website

Adobe Flash Catalyst is a high-fidelity wireframe that is interactive and multidimensional to be used in a client presentation.


• Base Camp is a web-based project collaboration tool that can be used when developing a website for a client.

• You can present the final project by publishing the site to a server or by creating a PDF file of the site and sending it to the client.

Present a Website to a Client

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