Dreamweaver real-time preview

[Cris Gennari]

If I already published the site, everytime I try to preview the html page, it starts to update my published website. That is very dangerous! How can i change it?

[BenPleysier]

That is dangerous, so much so that it would put me off previewing for ever.

Having said that, I tried to replicate the problem without much success. Perhaps you could lead me through the process that you are using. I have already setup a test site so that it will not harm my production sites.

[Cris Gennari]

I develop the page or correct any error that I found and then i try to preview it by clicking FILE/REAL-TIME PREVIEW. Imediatly the local site gets conected to the remote one and begins to upload all the files on the folder.

[BenPleysier]

Did you save the file before previewing?

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

Previewing would not commit changes to the server.  But saving the files would if you have checked the option to automatically upload files to server on save.    See reply #2 again.

[Nancy OShea]

Go into your site definition settings.

1. Site > Manage Sites > Servers > Advanced tab. 
2. Turn off the option to automatically upload files to server on save.  See screenshot.
3. Hit Save.