Can anyone help me with Dreamweaver uploading to Godaddy?

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I have a "premium" hosting contract with Godaddy that allows me to host multiple sites there.

Unless you use Godaddy and Dreamweaver you probably will not be able to answer this because it is a specific question about how to upload to the folders in Godaddy from DW.

So here's my problem:

When I upload via Dreamweaver, under Define Sites, I have the site, whatsthebestwaterfilterdotcom set to upload to " / " (without the "s).

However, for some reason I cannot fathom, when it uploads my files it uploads them to a folder within the control panel at Godaddy called "MulitPure". I do not understand why it does this, since I have it set to upload to / which should, in my thinking, put the files at the Root level which in this case is the folder called "html" which - as I understand it - where the files HAVE to go in order to work.

The problem is a minor annoyance: Every time I upload files from within DW, I have to then go to the Godaddy control panel and Move them from the MultiPure folder to the html folder so they will then be part of my site.

The weird thing is that the *other* sites I have do not require this. The other sites go automatically from wtihin Dreamweaver right into the folder they belong in without their having to be moved.

I assume this is because the "main" site (Whatsthebestwaterfilter) has to go to the root or "html" folder. And for whatever reason I cannot figure out how to make that happen from within DW. I have tried leaving the "upload files to: " blank, or to tell it to put them in /html but I can't seem to figure out how to send them there, so they keep going into the MultiPure folder even though I have / set as my destination.

I have asked Godaddy about this and they don't know anything about DW and won't help, they tell me to go to Dreamweaver to ask but DW has lousy support so I'm trying my luck here.

Thanks to anyone who has any ideas, I'll try anything...
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  • Profile picture of the author Kyle Oliveiro
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    • Profile picture of the author Beetlesales
      Don't use Dreamweaver's upload system. Try Filezilla.
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
    Double-check the FTP login that you're using in DW to connect. If you're using the wrong one (say, for a different site on your account) you'll be shuffled off into the wrong folder.
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  • Profile picture of the author Roll3rBoX
    Just copy the site content onto a folder and upload them via Filezilla..
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    • Profile picture of the author seosoldier
      So I guess the winning answer is "Upload using Filezilla"!

      However, I have to weigh whether downloading and learning to set up and use Filezilla is worth it just to solve this one little problem. Dreamweaver works fine for uploading my other sites, it just doesn't upload this one site correctly to the root folder.

      I'd really like to understand what is causing it to upload it to a different folder when I have it set to upload to / .

      Thanks for the replies and maybe I will change to Filezilla at some point.
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      • Profile picture of the author adribabe
        Filezilla doesn't really have a setup or learning curve. Where it says host you type in host, user you type user, password you type password. Then you hit connect.

        In your situation if I didn't have the email from when I first signed up stating exactly what my FTP info is, I would put in a support request to HostGator and ask for it. You could also try creating a new ftp account via cpanel (I think HostGator uses cpanel?).

        Keep us posted.
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        • Profile picture of the author seosoldier
          Originally Posted by adribabe View Post

          Filezilla doesn't really have a setup or learning curve. Where it says host you type in host, user you type user, password you type password. Then you hit connect.

          In your situation if I didn't have the email from when I first signed up stating exactly what my FTP info is, I would put in a support request to HostGator and ask for it. You could also try creating a new ftp account via cpanel (I think HostGator uses cpanel?).

          Keep us posted.
          Hi, thanks for the assurance that Filezilla is easy. (It's godaddy that I have, not HostGator by the way.)

          I am convinced it's some weird function of Dreamweaver, and someone who really knows Dreamweaver could easily solve my problem. For now I'm leaving it alone because it's not an emergency - I can just manually move the files where they should be within the Godaddy CPanel. I just thought maybe someone could tell me how to avoid having to do this. It's really just an "annoyance" more than anything.

          I think I will try Filezilla though when I get a chance.
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