Hi Mary it's under your site server settings and "Advanced" uncheck the "Automatically upload files to server on save" it can be annoying, I know ---- Scott Strawbridge | Graphic Artist scotts1@xxxxxxx scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.liquidphoenixdesign.com http://www.scottstrawbridge.com tel:(519) 474-2754 iChat/Skype/Twitter: scotts1 On 08-30-2011, at 10:28 AM, Mary Read wrote: > This is probably a silly question, but I've always uploaded sites through an > FTP client and am not familiar with how Dreamweaver 5.5 manages the process. > Can someone tell me how to disconnect from my test server in Dreamweaver? I > want to preview files locally without having to upload associated files every > time I peek at a page (which is constant, believe me). > > The closest I've found is in preferences (disconnecting after "X" minutes) > but that seems a pretty silly way of doing it. How can I routinely log in and > out so I can live test or not live test at will? > > Help! > > Thanks, > Mary--- > Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo