Dreamweaver FTP Can't Connect
As I've mentioned before, Dreamweaver's FTP works fantastically well. No need to switch to another FTP program to FTP files that you're already looking at in DW's tree view.* Except that, in some circumstances, DW simply will not connect to the server, no matter that you've followed all the usual instructions.
Thanks to Craig Lido for pointing me to Macromedia's Dreamweaver TechNote:
Add a colon and the port number to the end of the FTP host name in the FTP Host text box. The FTP host name will appear similarly to the following examples:
-www.myhost.com:80
-123.456.789.012:80
Much appreciated.
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Becky Bohman says:
Comment posted on 02/23/09 @ 2:10 pm
I just switched hosting companies and am having difficulties connecting to the server through Dreamweaver. I have ALWAYS used Dreamweaver for coding, designing, uploading, etc. but for some reason with this new server, it absolutely will not accept my username and password. I've connected using FileZilla just fine using the same login info, but for some reason Dreamweaver is being stubborn. Any ideas please?
Diane Vigil says:
Comment posted on 02/23/09 @ 2:17 pm
A few things to try:
- make sure you're using the correct username and password
- are you
- try the tips in my article above
- In Sites > Manage Sites > Edit > Remote Info, deselect "Use Secure FTP (SFTP)
One of those ought to do it. Let me know what happens.
moira says:
Comment posted on 03/16/09 @ 10:05 pm
I have been using an old version - Dreamweaver 2 - which has been great - and now I am having ftp problems. I have tried all of the above and I still get a message - host found connecting - and then - an ftp error occurred - connect make connection to host.
I have rung mine host and want me to use their Zilla thing as well which I have to buy. Why would I when D/W has been perfect. Hope you can help.
Cheers Moira
Diane Vigil says:
Comment posted on 03/17/09 @ 12:43 am
A couple of questions: have you switched hosts recently? If not, have they changed something? Are you trying to upload via a secure connection (SFTP) that's being rejected?
You can always try Filezilla, which is free. If nothing else, that may give you some clues.
Thing is, I'm not sure whether FTP protocols may have changed. I used WS_FTP '95 for years before upgrading, and then using DW's internal FTP functions. So I'm not sure whether there may be something different with respect to FTP functions this much later on.
Joshua Solomon says:
Comment posted on 03/17/09 @ 6:54 pm
I was having the same issue with Dreamweaver not connecting to my site via ftp while Filezilla was having no problems. Here's what I did:
Go into: Manage Sites
Select Your Site
Click Edit
Select the Advanced Tab
Select Remote Info from the list on the left.
Then in the ftp host enter:
yourdomain.com:21
or
your Static IP address followed by :21
ex. 192.168.0.1:21
NOW HERE IS THE KEY!! Change the FTP Time Out setting
Click the button that says "Firewall Settings"
Find "FTP time out:"
Replace the 2 Seconds with 10 Seconds.
Then try it if it still doesn't work check the "Use passive FTP" check box and try again.
Diane Vigil says:
Comment posted on 03/17/09 @ 7:03 pm
Port number 21? Interesting; mine's already set for port 21 in the firewall settings, but not in the host name.
Thanks, Joshua.
john says:
Comment posted on 05/8/09 @ 3:08 pm
i had the same prob. filezilla connects but not DW. i only changed my timeout, under "firewall settings" from 10 secs to 60 secs and that fixed it.
Diane Vigil says:
Comment posted on 05/12/09 @ 1:17 am
Excellent. Great tip, John.
Steve Douglas says:
Comment posted on 05/29/09 @ 11:07 am
Thank you thank you thank you! Adding the colon and the port made DW CS3 immediately connect! I'd been getting the dorky error dialogs for over an hour until I found this site and your suggestion.
Thanks again!