Importing sites from remote servers

Using the site wizard, you can create GoLive sites based on other sites imported from FTP or HTTP servers. To import sites from a remote server, you must create a single user site rather than a workgroup site and download the files to your local hard disk. Then you can use the Import from Site option in the site wizard or choose Site > Workgroup > Convert to Workgroup Site to import the site into a new workgroup site. (See Creating workgroup sites.)

Login information

To create sites based on files imported from an FTP server, you need valid account information to log on to the server--this includes the name of the server, and your FTP user name and password. The site wizard gives you the opportunity to change the port number and to use passive mode if the site is protected by a firewall. To create sites by importing sites from HTTP servers, you only need access set up to the Internet and a valid home page URL. See your Internet service provider or system administrator for login information.

Advanced URL handling

If you know the type of character encoding that a site uses for its URLs, you can specify it in the site wizard before the site is imported. Unicode's UTF8 encoding covers all major languages and platforms. % HH Escaping uses hexadecimal encoding notations for character escaping in URLs (for example, %20 is used to escape spaces, which are not allowed in URLs). You can also check for case sensitivity in URLs. These advanced URL handling options remain in effect for the new site. After you create the site, you can change the URL character encoding (but not the URL case sensitive checking) for the new site in the Site Settings dialog box. To comply with W3C standards, you should select both URL encoding options. (See Specifying preferences and settings for Web sites.)

Importing a site from an HTTP server

Using the site wizard, you can import an entire Web site into GoLive including every linked page that branches out to multiple HTTP servers and every source file (such as images) referenced by the pages. Because large sites can take a long time to download, you can restrict the number of page levels in the page-link hierarchy to import.

In addition to the number of page levels, you can select Only Get Pages Under Same Path to download only the pages that are located in the same folder (or a subfolder) that contains the home page URL, and Stay on Same Server to download only those pages that are on the same server as the home page URL. However, whether you select Stay on Same Server or not, GoLive downloads from other servers any source files referenced by the pages it downloads.

GoLive imports only the pages on the levels you specify and the source files for images and other objects on those pages. GoLive converts any remaining page links that go to other levels into external URLs and lists them in the External tab of the site window. After you create the site, you can individually download the pages from these external URLs by choosing Download from a URL's context menu.

Downloading pages from external links

To download a page and its source files from an external link, Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the external link in the External tab in the site window or in the In & Out Links palette and choose Download from the context menu. GoLive downloads the page and the referenced source files (such as images) to the Files tab in the site window. For information on other ways to download files from a server, see Uploading and downloading files using FTP.