Step 2: Selecting a Target Server

The next screen in Site Studio Replicator asks you to select a target server. This is the server where you are replicating your site hierarchy to. You can select the server by selecting the actual server or a project file on the target server.

Selecting a Server as the Target

To select a server as the target, perform these tasks:

1. Select a server from the Target Content Server drop-down list. (It is not valid to leave the Target Content Server field blank.)

   Selecting a Server

   
   

   To add a server, edit an existing one, or remove one, click the Additional Information icon (Figure) beside the list of servers (see Modifying Server Connections).

   Additional Information icon

   
   

2. Click Advanced and choose an option:

   • Choose Replicate hierarchy information directly to the target content server to replicate to the target content server directly.

     This option is only available when you choose a server as the target (as opposed to a project file).

   • Choose Generate a hierarchy information file for manual replication to generate a hierarchy information file.

     Specify an Output File Name for the hierarchy information file or click Browse to locate one.

     By choosing this option, a project file is created that you can later check into the content server.

3. Click OK to return to Site Studio Replicator.

4. Click Next (and log onto the content server, if prompted).

5. If prompted to create a Web site (the project file), click Yes.

6. Proceed to the next step (see Step 3: Selecting Items to Replicate).

Selecting a Project File as the Target

You can use a project file as the target, but you must first download the project file from the target server (see Viewing the Content Information Page for the Project File). Using a project file instead of a target server is useful when you must manually transfer the hierarchy because the target server is not accessible on the network.

To select a project file as the target, perform these tasks:

1. Select <Load From File> from the Target Content Server drop-down list.

2. Click Next.

3. Click OK when prompted that an output file name is required.

4. In the Output File Name field, specify a name for the hierarchy information file.

   Or, click Browse to locate an existing file.

5. Click OK to return to Site Studio Replicator.

6. Click Next.

7. In the Open dialog, select the hierarchy information file to use and click Open.

8. Proceed to the next step (see Step 3: Selecting Items to Replicate).