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Using the site wizard
Use the site wizard to create a new, blank workgroup site, or a new workgroup site based on existing files. When you create a workgroup site using the site wizard, GoLive places the full site on the Workgroup Server and a partial copy of the site on your local computer. The local site is a placeholder version of the server site, with the same folder structure but containing no files except the site project file. Opening the local site project file connects you to the server and allows you to view and edit the full site in the site window as if it were on your computer.
Logging into the Workgroup Server
After selecting a site creation option in the site wizard, you log into the Workgroup Server to create the site on the server. Before you use the site wizard, obtain the following information from your server administrator: a username and password, the IP address or server name of the computer the Workgroup Server is running on, and the server port number (default port is 1102).
Advanced URL handling
During site creation you have the opportunity to specify how GoLive handles site URLs, including how URLs are encoded and whether they are case-sensitive. If you're creating a site by importing an existing site, it's particularly important to set URL encoding correctly to avoid broken links in the new site. After you create the site, you can change the URL encoding (but not URL case-sensitivity checking) using the Site Settings dialog box. (Choose Site > Settings, select URL Handling, then select URL Encoding options.) For more information on URL handling, see Importing sites from remote servers
To create a workgroup site using the site wizard:
- Choose File > New Site to open the site wizard.
- Select Workgroup, and click Next.
- Do one of the following:
- Select Blank Site to create a site project file; a root folder containing a blank home page named index.html; a data folder containing empty subfolders for resource files; and a settings folder containing site specific settings on the Workgroup Server database.
- Select Mount if you want to connect to a workgroup site that's already been created on the Workgroup Server by another member of the workgroup (see Mounting a workgroup site).
- Select Import from Folder to create a new workgroup site based on a folder of existing Web files--HTML, XML, XHTML, or other resource files--on your computer. GoLive creates a copy of the folder and makes it the new site's root folder, and adds new folders for the site's data and settings files. You specify a name for the site project file and create a folder to put it in.
- Select Import from GoLive Site to create a workgroup site from one of the site templates installed with GoLive. The templates are located in the Site Templates folder, inside the GoLive 6.0 folder. (See Using site templates.) You can also use this choice to convert an existing GoLive single-user site to a workgroup site.
- Click Next. If you selected Import from Folder or Import from GoLive Site, follow the instructions for selecting a folder or GoLive project file, respectively, then click Next to log into the Workgroup Server. (For Blank Site or Mount, proceed directly to the login dialog box.)
- In the Workgroup Server login dialog, enter the server login data:
- In the Server text box, enter the IP address or server name of the computer the Workgroup Server is running on. If the Workgroup Server is running on the same computer with GoLive, you can also enter localhost as the server name.
- In the Username and Password text boxes, enter your Workgroup Server username and password.
- The Port value defaults to 1102.
- Select the Save box if you don't want to be prompted for the password during subsequent logins. Since you only have to connect once per session, we recommend that you don't select this option unless you work on a computer that is physically secure.
- Click Next, and follow the instructions in the site wizard.
Use the Import from Folder option to bring a non-GoLive site under GoLive management.
Note: To create a workgroup site based on a copy of a site downloaded from the Web via FTP or HTTP, you must first use the site wizard to create a single-user site, then convert the site to a workgroup site. (See Adding files to a site, and Converting single-user sites to workgroup sites.)