Adobe GoLive is a world
class web publishing program. It is great for creating simple changes
to managing sites with thousands of pages.
This tutorial will show you how to upload your web pages and/or site
from GoLive to one of our FTP servers. Although the screen shots are
from the Macintosh version, the Windows version is similar. If you
are not familiar with Adobe GoLive you can purchase or download a
trial copy from Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/
Additional information and tutorials on Adobe GoLive can be found
at the above link.
After you have completed your site and tested all links and pages,
you can proceed to uploading your site to the Web server, so your
audience can browse your pages.
Adobe GoLive features two FTP tools:
- The built-in FTP tool
is integrated in the Site Window. It resides in a vertical tab in
the right pane (Macintosh), in a lower left arrow (Windows). You’ll
use this FTP tool to upload your site to the Web server or edit
pages remotely. [Click here to jump to this tutorial]
- The standalone FTP
Upload & Download window allows you to access FTP servers on
the Web and upload or download file from within the application.[Click
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Note:
the home page needs to be called index.html if you are
uploading to a unix server, ie. home.labridge.com . If you are uploading
to our Macintosh server then your home page needs to be called default.html,
ie. labridge.com. If you are not sure what server to upload
please send us an email: GoLive@LABridge.com
FTP
Option 1.
First, make sure you are
in a site window, then click the Site Settings button 
or select Site > Settings. Now you should see Figure 1,
select FTP from the list.
Now you want to fill in
the FTP information:
- Server: ftp.home.labridge.com
or ftp.labridge.com (specified in welcome email from L A Bridge)
- Directory: your
Username
- Then add your Username
and Password
(Figure 1)
Now we will go to the
FTP view. Macintosh users click this icon 
to display the right pane of the Site Window. Windows users
click this icon 
on the lower left corner to display the bottom pane of the Site
Window. Now select the FTP tab. As shown in Figure 2.
(Figure 2)
Now we will open a connection
to the FTP server. Click the Web server icon 
to connect to our FTP server. Now you should see Figure 3. (Note:
if you have not uploaded anything before the directory will contain
a few tutorial files.) Here you can see what the L A Bridge support
directory looks like before I upload this tutorial. Notice empty
golive folder.
(Figure 3)
Now to upload pages
and images you can select the items you want to upload and simply
drag them to the directory you wish. As shown in Figure 4b. When
files begin to upload a dialog window comes up showing you what
files are transferring. See Figure 4a. Notice golive folder now
has HTML files and images ready to be viewed by Internet users.
(Figure 4a)
(Figure 4b)
Now to close the FTP
connection just click the Web sever icon .
That's it!
To see your home page enter http://home.LABridge.com/~your_username_here/
into the location bar of Netscape or Internet Explorer.
FTP
Option 2.
To open the standalone
FTP Upload & Download window select from File > FTP
Upload & Download then Figure 5 will show up.
Now you want to fill in
the FTP information:
- Server: ftp.home.labridge.com
or ftp.labridge.com (specified in welcome email from L A Bridge)
- Directory: your
Username
- Then add your Username
and Password
(Figure 5)
Now we will open a connection
to the FTP server. Click the Connect button to connect to
our FTP server. Now you should see Figure 6. (Note: if you have
not uploaded anything before the directory will contain a few tutorial
files.) Here you can see what the L A Bridge support directory looks
like before I upload this tutorial. Notice empty golive folder.
(Figure 6)
Now to upload pages and
images you can select the items you want to upload from anywhere on
your computer the Finder/Explorer and simply drag them to the directory
you wish. As shown in Figure 7b. When files begin to upload a dialog
window comes up showing you what files are transferring. See Figure
7a.
(Figure 7a)
(Figure 7b)
Now notice the golive
folder now has HTML files and images ready to be viewed by Internet
users. Figure 8
(Figure 8)
Now to close the FTP connection
just click the Disconnect button.
That's it!
To see your home page enter http://home.LABridge.com/~your_username_here/
into the location bar of Netscape or Internet Explorer.
If you are having problems
uploading your web pages via Adobe GoLive please send us an email:
GoLive@LABridge.com
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