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Adobe - Dreamweaver TechNote : How to convert an existing site into a Dreamweaver site

How to convert an existing site into a Dreamweaver site

Entire sites constructed in other web page creation programs can be edited with Dreamweaver. This migration can happen all at once or file by file over a period of time.

• The site files are on a web server
  There may be situations when you need to get the site files directly from the web server. This may be because you don't have them locally, but know where to find them on the server.
  1. Create a new folder on your computer system's hard drive.
  2. Define the empty folder as the local root folder.
  3. Connect to an FTP server. (For FTP issues, see Setting up Dreamweaver's FTP Connection (TechNote 14787).
  4. Download (you can use "Get" in the Site window) the folder that holds all of your web site's files from the web server.
  5. Define the site by using that main folder as the local root folder.