Connecting from Adobe Dreamweaver to the Content Manager Server
Set up a set up a site in Adobe Dreamweaver hat connects to the Content Manager using WebDAV allowing you to create and edit Adobe Dreamweaver Templates (.dwt files) for use in Compound Templates using WebDAV.
Procedure
- Ensure that WebDAV is configured for Basic authentication only.
- To enable LDAP users to connect to the Content Manager server from WebDAV, set the webdav virtual folder on the Content Manager to accept only Anonymous authentication.
- Start Adobe Dreamweaver on the client machine.
- In the FILES window, select Manage Sites from the drop-down list.
- In the Manage Sites menu, selectNew.
The Site Setup for <dummy name> wizard (where <dummy name> is a name proposed by Dreamweaver) opens in order to guide you through the process of creating a new site.
- In the initial screen, specify a Site Name and a Local Site Folder for your site.
- Select Servers on the left.
A (possibly empty) list of servers appears on the right.
- Click the Add button (marked '+') under the list.
A popup opens for configuring a new server.
- Enter a Server Name to your liking and select WebDAV from the Connect using drop-down menu.
The input fields in the popup change.
- Fill in the fields as follows:
- URL
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Set to the Web address of the WebDAV server for Content Manager. This URL is the URL of the Content Manager Explorer Web site with the folder name /webdav/ added. For example, http://cms.myorg.com/webdav/.
Entering this URL adds all of the Publications in this installation of the Content Manager, plus all of their contents, to the site. This can slow down Adobe Dreamweaver. If your Dreamweaver Templates will be stored in only one Publication, or better yet, in one specific Folder, enter the WebDAV URL of that specific location here. For example, if your Dreamweaver Templates are all located in the Publication called
EngPubin the Folder Building Blocks\Templates\Dreamweaver (or its subfolders), fill in the following URL:http://cms.myorg.com/webdav/EngPub/Building%20Blocks/ Templates/Dreamweaver/ - Username
- Set to the name of a user authenticated to access the WebDAV server (Basic authentication)
- Password
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Set to the password of a user authenticated to access the WebDAV server (Basic authentication)
Check the Save check box to allow the user to interact with WebDAV without having to reenter their credentials.
- Click Test to test your connection. If the connection can be made, a popup appears reporting success.
Click OK to close the popup.Note: If you cannot connect to the Content Manager, ensure that WebDAV is set up and properly configured on the Content Manager server.
- Click Advanced at the top.
The advanced options appear.
- Select Enable file check-out and specify a Check-out Name (username) and Email Address.
- Click Save to create your new site.
The Manage Sites dialog reappears.
- Click Done to close the Manage Sites dialog.
- Press Ctrl+U or select Edit > Preferences from the Dreamweaver main menu to open your Dreamweaver preferences. From the list on the left, select the New Document category, which contains settings for any new document created in this site.
- In this screen, do the following:
- Under Default encoding, clear the option Use when opening existing files that don’t specify an encoding
- Under Unicode normalization form, select C (Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition).
- Click OK to close the dialog.
- In the FILES tab, select the site you just created and click Get File(s).