Setting up Internet access


    Before you can use GoLive to connect to a publish server, you may need to customize your network settings to access the Internet. For example, your Internet service provider (ISP) may require you to use a proxy server for security reasons or use passive mode to work with a firewall that forbids incoming connections.

To set up Internet access:

  1. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or GoLive > Preferences (Mac OS).
  2. Click the Internet icon Internet preferences icon .
  3. Select Internet options as follows:
    • (Mac OS) If you want to use your computer's system proxy settings for GoLive Internet access, click the Import Now button, and then select Always.
    • If you need to use an FTP proxy or HTTP proxy, select Use FTP Proxy or Use HTTP Proxy and provide a host name and port number. For information, ask your server administrator.

    Note: Select Use Proxy when you set up a server to ensure that GoLive uses the proxy settings you configured in Internet preferences. (See Setting up access.)

    • (Mac OS) If you use the system Keychain feature for storing passwords, select the Use System Keychain for Passwords option.
    • (Mac OS) Keep the Use ISO 8859-1 Translation option selected to use the Latin 1 character encoding set, which encompasses the majority of Western European languages.
    • If you need to connect to an FTP server in passive mode, select Use Passive Mode and click OK.

    Note: If you need to connect in passive mode, be sure to select Passive Mode when you set up an FTP server. (See Setting up access.)

    • Enter values in the FTP Timeout and HTTP Timeout text boxes to specify how long GoLive will try to connect to a publish server before cancelling the connection.
    • If you want GoLive to display details after an upload, download, or synchronization, select Ask for Publish Server Report.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Tip If you receive the message, "Can't connect to server <servername>. Reason: Cannot connect to <protocol>." check your proxy settings. Information on proxy settings is available in the support knowledgebase on the Adobe Web site.