Dreamweaver-FTP server test connection?

Question

I'm a newbie in using dreamweaver. I already buy domain name and register host server. When I try to manage my site by entering FTP site,directory, login user and password and push the test server button. It Showed :

"An FTP error occurred - cannot make a connection to host

What's happened?

I feel i put all info correctly.

Pls help me!!

Answer 1

If you sure that your type is correct try it again, may the network was busy. It's good idea to ask your support administrator which your web/blog hosting on.  

Answer 2

I don't know exactly what could be going wrong without being there but here is what my remote info looks like in Dreamweaver:

Access: FTP

FTP Host: 201.55.141.92

/home/wwwmmm/www/

Login:wwwww

Password: ******

Use Secure FTP is checked

I suggest that you go to your hosting company's website and looked through their FAQ - I am sure that you can find Dreamweaver FTP help or just FTP help in general. Their is probably some little thing you are missing that they require.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Make sure your host doesn't have a separate account for FTP this usually is the case for free web hosting, and shared.

Also sometimes you may have to format your url like

ftp://www.bob.com/ or ftp.bob.com

Next, make sure your firewall isn't blocking it

Try connecting the old way to see if it's dreamweaver

Open up, My Documents (assuming windows vista)

type in ftp://mydomain.com assuming it's a .com extension

After you have done that just fill out the user and pass information and should login in if not, call the host or write them an email.

Always double check passwords, caps lock is a beotch, so yeah.

I hope I helped in anyway at all.