Downloading from a remote site

In addition to using the Publish window to upload local files to a remote site, you can also download remote files to your computer. This capability is especially useful if you have accidentally deleted local site files on your computer.

The Publish window has two commands for transferring files from a remote site to your computer:

  • The Mirror Download command, available only in Site Mode, automatically copies selected remote files and/or folders to their corresponding locations on the current local site, regardless of the current local folder. For example, if the path (relative to the site’s root folderThe “home” or top-level folder of a local or remote site; the folder that contains the site’s home page or main index file. a root folder may contain subfolders in addition to documents.) of a selected remote file is “/global/images/example.gif”, the Mirror Download command will copy the file to the same location—”/global/images/example.gif”—on the local site, no matter what the current local folder is. If several remote files in various folders are selected, the Mirror Download command will copy each of them to its appropriate location on the local site.
  • The Download command copies selected remote files and/or folders to the current folder on the local site or file system. (See “Determining the current local folder” below.)
To download selected files and/or folders to a local site
  1. If the Publish window is not open, press F4 to open it.
  2. On the toolbar, click Namo Web Editor button connect remote site Downloading from a remote site (Connect Remote Site).
  3. Double-click the remote site to download from. Namo WebEditor will now connect to the remote site.
  4. In the Remote pane, select the files and/or folders you want to download.
  5. Click Namo Web Editor button mirror download Downloading from a remote site (Mirror Download). Namo WebEditor will copy the selected files to their corresponding locations on the local site automatically.
To download selected files and/or folders to a specific local folder
  1. If the Publish window is not open, press F4 to open it.
  2. On the toolbar, click Namo Web Editor button connect remote site Downloading from a remote site (Connect Remote Site).
  3. Double-click the remote site to download from. Namo WebEditor will now connect to the remote site.
  4. In the Remote pane, select the files and/or folders you want to download.
  5. In the Local pane, select the folder to which you want to download the remote items. (In Explorer Mode, you can change to a different drive by selecting it from the box in the upper-right corner of the Local pane.)
  6. Click Namo Web Editor button download Downloading from a remote site (Download).
Determining the current local folder

Namo WebEditor uses the following rules to determine which local folder is current—that is, which local folder will be the destination of a Download command at any given time. (The current local folder is not relevant when you use the Mirror Download command.)

  • When you open the Publish window, the current folder is initially the local site or file system’s root (top-level) folder.
  • If a folder is selected (highlighted), it is the current folder.
  • If a file is selected, the folder that contains it is the current folder.
  • If items in multiple folders are selected, the last selected item determines the current folder.
  • If no folder or file is selected, the current folder is the local site or file system’s root folder.

Downloading from a remote site