Hi,

I just started working with "Beginning Dreamweaver MX" (Wrox). I got IIS installed OK, and configured my first web site. My local file is C:\Test\images. My IIS file is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Test. I think I configured the site right so that the local files should be uploaded to the server when I save an edited document in Dreamweaver.

I created my first page in the site called index.htm. I added a table to the page and inserted an image file into a cell. (I first dragged/dropped an image file into C:\Test\images through the Dreamweaver interface.)

When I save index.htm, or attempt to view it in a browser, the image file isn't getting uploaded to the server.

How am I supposed to get the local image file uploaded to the server?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Bob

Hi Bob,

You are correct in your assumption that the .html file is uploaded to the server when you save the page (that is, if you configured the site properly). However, you don't save the image in Dreamweaver, so Dreamweaver doesn't know it should upload the image as well.

To get the image to the server, locate it on the Files panel of the Sites panel group. Right-click the image and choose Put. Alternatively, you can right-click the images folder, or the entire site and then choose Put to upload more than 1 file in one step.

This should Put / Upload the image to the server, so you can view it in your browser.

HtH

Imar


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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Hi Imar,

Much obliged. A little concerned, though, that page 69 of the book is going to leave a bunch of us newbies hanging. Step 9 only mentions using File | Save, but if one has been meticulously following the tutorial, they are in for a surprise when the images don't appear in the browser. As of page 69, the image files aren't on the server yet, and there isn't any discussion about how to get them there. Course I might of missed something.

But thanks for your help. Hope to be through chapter 3 by the end of the evening. Don't go anywhere ;).

Thanks again,

Bob

Hi Bob,

I'll look into this, and if necessary, I'll have the Errata section for the book updated.

Cheers,

Imar
(Still in the office ;) )


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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.

Thanks Imar,

I'll check back on this thread to see if I got something wrong. As far as I can tell, after creating the web site, the default images folder only exists on the "local machine" (C:\TheCookingPlace\images).
It doesn't exist yet on the "remote machine" (C:\inetpub\wwwroot\TheCookingPlace), right?. On page 61, the image files are drug into C:\TheCookingPlace\images via the Dreamweaver interface. But they still aren't on the server yet, I don't think. Anyway, I'll check back to see what you make of it.

Have a good night (you can go home now):)

Bob

Hiya Bob:

This seems to be an inconsistency with Dreamweaver MX. As a rule of thumb, when I do updates, I select the Put button on the site panel.

When I did that section of the book it seemed to work fine. Afterwards, however, I got reports of the inconsistency.

If it does happen, just use the Put button and all should work fine.

Here is something else to look out for:

I have gotten some reports of the site not rendering properly with an interim release of Netscape Navigator version 6. I tried, but could not reproduce the problem here.

Let me know if you come across anything else.

Much thanks,
Charles E. Brown
Author - Beginning Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX - Zero to Hero
Contributor - Macromedia Studio MX Bible

Hi Charles,

Thanks much for the feedback. I stumbled across the whole Get, Put, Synchronize machinery this afternoon just playing about a bit, and have everything up and running fine now.

I'm enjoying the book. I installed Dreamweaver last week when handed the assignment to develop a Learning Center web appliction for a local community college. I have until the end of August, and clearly have a lot of reading to do. So I'm counting on you guys!!! ;)

Best,

Bob

Bob,

Here's what I would do. If you created an Assets folder for your site (which I would recommend doing) and you have images in there, right-click the Assets folder and opt to put the entire folder out to the server.
    If you did not create an Assets folder for the site yet, I would suggest that you do this now since it will only benefit your site as far as organization is concerned. Trust me, I know how valuable Assets folders are because I have been working with them every time in the assignments I had to do for my online Dreamweaver course




Ben
Madison Area Technical College student

Hi Charles,

I've been following this topic extremely close for a couple of days. I do have one question regarding putting files out onto the server. Couldn't you also create an Assets folder that is exclusively for site images and just put the entire Assets folder out when the site updates are completed? I mentioned to Bob that if he had an Assets folder inside his site, he could just put the contents of the Assets folder out.

Would this work? I mean, I've been doing that for every assignment that I have had to do for my Online Dreamweaver course







Ben
Madison Area Technical College student