Websites - Directories

 

Local Website Directories

To open the Directories Properties window:

  1. On the View menu, select the Resource Manager submenu, and then select Websites.

  2. In the Websites Manager resource panel, make sure that the Websites tab is selected.

  3. All websites are displayed with the following website file icon: . Right-click over a website name and select Properties.

  4. Select Directories / Backups on the tree view of the WebSite Properties dialog.

From this window you can set the different directories that make part of your website.

Documents Directory

The Documents Directory is most important, as it and the Web Server Directory define where your files will end up when they are uploaded.

For example, if you store all the HTML files that make up your website in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\HotDog6\HTML Files\Website_Files

and define this directory as your Documents Directory, and also set your Web Server directory to Public_HTML, then when you upload your website, all the HTML files in the Website_Files directory will be copied to the Public_HTML directory on your server.

For more details, see the Beginner's Guide to Websites tutorial.

Local Upload Directory

This directory allows you to upload your website locally to your computer or onto an intranet.

This can be especially useful if you have added publish fields to your document and would like a local copy of the published website. Doing this also allows you to see what the published documents will look like prior to uploading to your server.

To upload to a local directory, you need to select Upload Options on the tree view of the WebSite Properties dialog and tick the Upload to Local Directory check box.

Website Home Page

This simply specifies the document within your website that is your home page. Your home page should be within your Documents Directory. For instance, using the example above, if your homepage is named index.html then your home page address could be:

C:\Program Files\HotDog6\HTML Files\Website_Files\index.html

Website Backups

If you wish to save a backup of your website then you can specify the directory to which it will be saved.

NOTE

  • In Step 3. above, you should be right-clicking over the website name, not any of the files that are included with the website.