Shared Discovery, troubleshooting, Web Design

May 1, 2009

Dreamweaver Logo Last April, I reported my findings on how to use Adobe (formerly by Macromedia) Dreamweaver to change the permissions of web files and folders. The versions of Dreamweaver I had used were older, and the only way to accomplish this was to use a command-line interface built into Dreamweaver to enter FTP commands the ol’ fashioned way.

Being, by far, the most popular post with several follow-up comments, I felt it was time for an updated post with all the tips rolled together.

Any version of Dreamweaver before 8 (MX or prior): Manual FTP commands, found here.

Dreamweaver 8.0 (MX): The FTP command line was removed from this version. The only way to CHMOD within Dreamweaver is to download and install the extension. [Thanks, bill and eskimo]

Dreamweaver CS3, CS4 (9.0 and above): The GUI interface for changing persmissions is already included. Just right-click!

5 Comments

maque April 1, 2010 at 5:57 am

Very nice post. It’s gonna save tones of hours.
azbooks July 28, 2010 at 4:27 pm

A little side note that I came to realize, but in order for the GUI interface in Dreamweaver CS4 for Mac to appear, you MUST be in remote view when right-clicking on the file or directory.
dam October 12, 2010 at 12:44 pm

Thanks for all the info… I always used shell of WS_FTP…
electricmeg January 19, 2011 at 2:00 pm

Wow, I see the permissions and set it, but it doesn’t open the live folder…. and it keeps resetting itself. Bummer.
check July 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm

@ electricmeg:

i thought the same in the first place, but i just found out that it really doesn’t reset itself. dreamweaver just displays the previous settings when re-opening the rights window. but when you reconnect you can see, the rights have actually been changed.