Dreamweaver - overwriting FTP files with older versions?!

[psyickphuk]

1) On my desktop I used Dreamweaver to work directly on files on my FTP server, all OK...

 

2) Then on my laptop I used PSPad to work directly on files on my FTP server, all OK...

 

3) Earlier I load up Dreamweaver, open up some pages from my FTP sever to edit them and then save them to FTP.

 

4) Now I look at my site and all the changes I made to my CSS files on my laptop have been overwritten with the old values! I'm concerned there may be other stuff I haven't noticed yet too.

 

I think what happens is that DW is uploading the dependant files that it has in its local copy of my site. Which is cr@p imho! I have previously turned off load dependant files to speed things up - is this the problem, in that DW isn't first getting the latest versions from the server when I open a page?

 

Preferably can I just make DW only save the file I'm working on to FTP and forget about trying to be clever uploading any dependants? I'm not using a local server etc so don't see why this is needed at all?

 

 

[psyickphuk]

PS: I just managed to save everything by reuploading everything PSPad holds in its temp files.

 

But a proper solution for DW would be great!

[eddie21leeds]

what about downloading the new files to your local machine when you start up dreamweaver (after you have edited them on your laptop) and then working from there??

[Ninjakreborn]

You can't cut off uploading dependent files.  When you change that option you are telling it to not ask you and upload dependent files automatically.  So it happens like this.

Either Dreamweaver asks you and you say yes/no.  Or you cut off the option and Dreamweave just does it for you without asking.

 

There is no-way to turn this off as of version CS3. I have tried to find a way and there was none (not without hacking dreamweavers code.