Downloading a site to update it


    You can update local site files with files on a publish server by downloading as well as uploading. Update the files by downloading if you make changes at the server-based site that need to be reflected at the local site.

    Note: You can also perform a synchronization to download files from the publish server to the local site. (See Synchronizing a site.)

    For downloading, you have three options:

    • Download all options copy all files from the server.
    • Newer downloads copy only site files with modification times on the server that are newer than the modification times of the corresponding local files. (If a local file has a newer modification time, GoLive won't download the corresponding server file.)
    • Selection downloads copy your selection of files from the server. They are useful for the same reasons that selection uploads are useful. (See About uploads.)

    Note: If you remove GoLive tags and attributes from files, upload the files to a server, and then download them to your local site, GoLive overwrites your local files with the versions that don't contain GoLive tags and attributes. This may cause unexpected results. Use care when replacing local files with files from the server. (See Setting upload options.)

To update a site by downloading it:

  1. Open the site and connect to the publish server.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Download All button Download button on the toolbar.

    Note: Three different commands are associated with the Download button. To change the button command, click the arrow to the right of the Download button and choose an option from the Change Download Button To menu.

    • Click the Download Newer button on the toolbar.
    • Click the Download Selection button on the toolbar.