Connect to Dreamhost WP from Dreamweaver!

It took me hours to work out the correct settings, so here is a summary to save you some time!

This lets you work from Dreamweaver on the the ‘live’ files (on the server/host).
It also lets you view your Mysql database from within Dreamweaver.

(I haven’t been able to get the ‘live data’ for index.php to work in Dreamweaver. It is certainly not a big problem, but if you work out how to do it, please share with the forum!
It would be nice to see the layout in Dreamweaver while actually coding. Currently I save the serverside file and then view it in browser. So no WYSIWYG / Design editing is not possible. )

If you host with Dreamhost and want to connect to a WP blog from Dreamweaver 8.

Dreameaver Site Management Dialogue box – Remote Info:
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Access: FTP
FTP Host: https://ftp.domainname.suffix (like .com or .net)
Host Directory: https://www.domainname.suffix/wp-content/themes/themename/ (like kubrick)
ftplogin (user specific)
ftppassword (user specific)
Use Passive Mode: checked
Use Firewall: unchecked
Use Secure FTP: unchecked
Maintain Syncronization Info: checked
Automatically Upload Files upon save: checked Enable File check in and out: unchecked

Site Dialogue box – Testing Server:
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Server Model: PHP mysql
Access: FTP
FTP Host: https://ftp.domainname.suffix
Host Directory: https://www.domainname.suffix
ftplogin
ftppassword
Use Passive Mode: checked
Use Firewall: unchecked
Use Secure FTP: unchecked
URL Prefix: https://domainname.suffix

Cloaking Option – Enable Cloaking: checked; Cloaked Files end with: unchecked

Dreamweaver Database dialogue box: mysql Connection Settings:
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Connection Name:
mysql Server: mysql.domainname.suffix

User Name: database user name (user specific)
Password-database userpassword (user specific)
Database: Name of the database to access on the server (as there may be multiple)

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Hope this helps!
Jo