Select Edit>Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver>Preferences (Macintosh).
- Dreamweaver User Guide
- Introduction
- Dreamweaver and Creative Cloud
- Dreamweaver workspaces and views
- Set up sites
- About Dreamweaver sites
- Set up a local version of your site
- Connect to a publishing server
- Set up a testing server
- Import and export Dreamweaver site settings
- Bring existing websites from a remote server to your local site root
- Accessibility features in Dreamweaver
- Advanced settings
- Set site preferences for transferring files
- Specify proxy server settings in Dreamweaver
- Synchronize Dreamweaver settings with Creative Cloud
- Using Git in Dreamweaver
- Manage files
- Create and open files
- Manage files and folders
- Getting and putting files to and from your server
- Check in and check out files
- Synchronize files
- Compare files for differences
- Cloak files and folders in your Dreamweaver site
- Enable Design Notes for Dreamweaver sites
- Preventing potential Gatekeeper exploit
- Layout and design
- CSS
- Understand Cascading Style Sheets
- Laying out pages using CSS Designer
- Using CSS preprocessors in Dreamweaver
- How to set CSS Style preferences in Dreamweaver
- Move CSS rules in Dreamweaver
- Convert inline CSS to a CSS rule in Dreamweaver
- Work with div tags
- Apply gradients to background
- Create and edit CSS3 transition effects in Dreamweaver
- Format code
- Page content and assets
- Set page properties
- Set CSS heading properties and CSS link properties
- Work with text
- Find and replace text, tags, and attributes
- DOM panel
- Edit in Live View
- Encoding documents in Dreamweaver
- Select and view elements in the Document window
- Set text properties in the Property inspector
- Spell check a web page
- Using horizontal rules in Dreamweaver
- Add and modify font combinations in Dreamweaver
- Work with assets
- Insert and update dates in Dreamweaver
- Create and manage favorite assets in Dreamweaver
- Insert and edit images in Dreamweaver
- Add media objects
- Adding videos in Dreamweaver
- Insert HTML5 video
- Insert SWF files
- Add audio effects
- Insert HTML5 audio in Dreamweaver
- Work with library items
- Using Arabic and Hebrew text in Dreamweaver
- Linking and navigation
- jQuery widgets and effects
- Coding websites
- About coding in Dreamweaver
- Coding environment in Dreamweaver
- Set coding preferences
- Customize code coloring
- Write and edit code
- Code hinting and code completion
- Collapse and expand code
- Reuse code with snippets
- Lint code
- Optimize code
- Edit code in Design view
- Work with head content for pages
- Insert server-side includes in Dreamweaver
- Using tag libraries in Dreamweaver
- Importing custom tags into Dreamweaver
- Use JavaScript behaviors (general instructions)
- Apply built-in JavaScript behaviors
- About XML and XSLT
- Perform server-side XSL transformations in Dreamweaver
- Performing client-side XSL transformations in Dreamweaver
- Add character entities for XSLT in Dreamweaver
- Format code
- Cross-product workflows
- Installing and using extensions to Dreamweaver
- In-App updates in Dreamweaver
- Insert Microsoft Office documents in Dreamweaver (Windows only)
- Working with Fireworks and Dreamweaver
- Edit content in Dreamweaver sites using Contribute
- Dreamweaver-Business Catalyst integration
- Create personalized email campaigns
- Templates
- About Dreamweaver templates
- Recognizing templates and template-based documents
- Create a Dreamweaver template
- Create editable regions in templates
- Create repeating regions and tables in Dreamweaver
- Use optional regions in templates
- Define editable tag attributes in Dreamweaver
- How to create nested templates in Dreamweaver
- Edit, update, and delete templates
- Export and import xml content in Dreamweaver
- Apply or remove a template from an existing document
- Edit content in Dreamweaver templates
- Syntax rules for template tags in Dreamweaver
- Set highlighting preferences for template regions
- Benefits of using templates in Dreamweaver
- Mobile and multiscreen
- Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
- Understand web applications
- Set up your computer for application development
- Troubleshoot database connections
- Removing connection scripts in Dreamweaver
- Design dynamic pages
- Dynamic content sources overview
- Define sources of dynamic content
- Add dynamic content to pages
- Changing dynamic content in Dreamweaver
- Display database records
- Provide and troubleshoot live data in Dreamweaver
- Add custom server behaviors in Dreamweaver
- Building forms using Dreamweaver
- Use forms to collect information from users
- Create and enable ColdFusion forms in Dreamweaver
- Create web forms
- Enhanced HTML5 support for form elements
- Develop a form using Dreamweaver
- Building applications visually
- Build master and detail pages in Dreamweaver
- Build search and results pages
- Build a record insert page
- Build an update record page in Dreamweaver
- Building record delete pages in Dreamweaver
- Use ASP commands to modify database in Dreamweaver
- Build a registration page
- Build a login page
- Build a page that only authorized users can access
- Securing folders in Coldfusion using Dreamweaver
- Using ColdFusion components in Dreamweaver
- Test, preview, and publish websites
- Troubleshooting
Select preferences and transfer modes in Dreamweaver to control file transfer features that appear in the Files panel.
FTP Preferences
You can set preferences to control how files are transferred between local and remote sites in the Files panel.
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In the Preferences dialog box, select Site from the category list on the left.
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Set the options and click OK.
Always Show
Specifies which site (remote or local) is always shown, and in which Files panel pane (left or right) the local and remote files appear.
By default, the local site always appears on the right. Whichever pane is not chosen (the left one by default) is the changeable pane: this pane can display the files in the other site (the remote site by default).
Dependent Files
Displays a prompt for transferring dependent files (such as images, external style sheets, and other files referenced in the HTML file) that the browser loads when it loads the HTML file. By default, both Prompt on Get/Check Out and Prompt on Put/Check In are selected.
It’s usually a good idea to download dependent files when checking out a new file, but if the latest versions of the dependent files are already on the local disk, there’s no need to download them again. This is also true for uploading and checking in files: no need if up-to-date copies are already at the destination.
Note:If you deselect these options, your dependent files are not transferred. Therefore, to force the Dependent Files dialog box to appear even when these options are deselected, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) while choosing the Get, Put, Check In, or Check Out commands.
FTP Connection
Determines whether the connection to the remote site is terminated after the specified number of minutes have passed with no activity.
FTP Time Out
Specifies the number of seconds in which Dreamweaver attempts to make a connection with the remote server.
If there is no response after the specified amount of time, Dreamweaver displays a warning dialog box alerting you to this fact.
FTP Transfer options
Determines whether Dreamweaver selects the default option, after a specified number of seconds, when a dialog box appears during a file transfer and there is no user response.
Proxy Host
Specifies the address of the proxy server through which you connect to outside servers if you are behind a firewall.
If you are not behind a firewall, leave this space blank. If you are behind a firewall, select the Use Proxy option in the Site Definition dialog box (Servers > Edit Existing Server (pencil icon) > More Options).
Proxy Port
Specifies the port in your proxy or firewall through which you pass to connect to the remote server. If you connect through a port other than 21 (the default for FTP), enter the number here.
Put Options: Save Files Before Putting
Indicates that unsaved files are saved automatically before being put onto the remote site.
Move Options: Prompt Before Moving Files on Server
Alerts you when you attempt to move files on the remote site.
Manage Sites
Opens the Manage Sites dialog box, where you can edit an existing site or create a new one.
Note:You can define whether the types of files that you transfer are transferred as ASCII (text) or binary, by customizing the FTPExtensionMap.txt file in the Dreamweaver/Configuration folder (on the Macintosh, FTPExtensionMapMac.txt). For more information, see Extending Dreamweaver.
File Transfer modes
The FTP protocol (inapplicable for SFTP) is used to transfer files with the below transfer modes:
Binary Mode/ Image mode
Used for non-text files / binary files. In this mode, file is transferred byte by byte and a copy of the transferred file is created in the recipient's system.
ASCII Mode
Converts the End of Line characters in the file from the sender's system to that of the recipient's system. It is used for text files.
Dreamweaver identifies and selects the transfer mode when an FTP connection is initiated. When a Get or Put command is triggered, Dreamweaver identifies the transfer mode of file extensions present in FTPExtensionMapMac.txt and FTPExtensionMap.txt.
If the file extension is unavailable in the configuration file, Dreamweaver transfers the file using the transfer mode configured on the server.
The above mapping files for File Extension and FTP transfer mode are available in:
Win: %appdata%\Adobe\Dreamweaver <version>\en_US\Configuration.
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver <version>/en_US/Configuration.
The Default file extension and the relevant transfer modes are provided below:
File Type | Default Transfer Mode |
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AIF |
BINARY |
AIFF |
BINARY |
AIFC |
BINARY |
AS |
ASCII |
ASCX |
ASCII |
ASMX |
ASCII |
ASP |
ASCII |
ASPX |
ASCII |
BIN |
BINARY |
BMP |
BINARY |
CFM |
ASCII |
CFML |
ASCII |
CGI |
ASCII |
CS |
ASCII |
CSS |
ASCII |
DCR |
BINARY |
DIR |
BINARY |
DMG |
BINARY |
DOC |
BINARY |
DWT |
ASCII |
DXR |
BINARY |
EXE |
BINARY |
FLA |
BINARY |
GIF |
BINARY |
HTM |
ASCII |
HTML |
ASCII |
INC |
ASCII |
JPG |
BINARY |
JPEG |
BINARY |
JS |
ASCII |
LBI |
ASCII |
MNO |
BINARY |
MOV |
BINARY |
MPEG |
BINARY |
MPG |
BINARY |
MXML |
ASCII |
BINARY |
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PHP |
ASCII |
PHP3 |
ASCII |
PHP4 |
ASCII |
PHP5 |
ASCII |
PIC |
BINARY |
PICT |
BINARY |
PL |
ASCII |
PNG |
BINARY |
PSD |
BINARY |
QT |
BINARY |
RA |
BINARY |
RAM |
BINARY |
README |
BINARY |
RM |
BINARY |
RTF |
BINARY |
SEA |
BINARY |
SHTM |
ASCII |
SHTML |
ASCII |
SIT |
BINARY |
SND |
BINARY |
SWF |
BINARY |
TEXT |
ASCII |
TIF |
BINARY |
TIFF |
BINARY |
TPL |
BINARY |
TXT |
ASCII |
VB |
ASCII |
WAV |
BINARY |
XHTM |
ASCII |
XHTML |
ASCII |
ZIP |
BINARY |
You can change the transfer mode of any file type.
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Quit Dreamweaver. In text editor, open FTPExtensionMapMac.txt (for MacOS) or FTPExtensionMap.txt (for Windows) from the below path:
win: %appdata%\Adobe\Dreamweaver <version>\en_US\Configuration
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver <version>/en_US/Configuration
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In the configuration file, change the default value to the desired transfer type. If the file type is unavailable, type the file extension followed by a space and transfer type. For example: PHTML ASCII
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Save and close the file.
- A binary file (JPG or MPEG) transferred in ASCII mode over FTP could be corrupted. All file types with non-ASCII content must be transferred in binary transfer.
- A text file (HTML, PHP, and so on) transferred in Binary mode via FTP retains the End of Line characters from the originating system. Text files transferred via FTP to a system with different End of Line characters are either double-spaced, compressed onto a single line, or corrupt. Such files must be transferred via ASCII mode.