Hi Dreamweaver can be a bit of a beast I am sorry to say - but do bear in mind that it is a professional web development bit of kit so do not despair as there are tons of stuff you can do with it.
I gather you want to use the testing server facility in Dreamweaver so I will give you step by step notes on how to do it. PS Remember that Dreamweaver has a first class help facility - don't be scared to use it...even experienced developers will use it from time to time.
1. Open up Dreamweaver ( obviously ) and select Site then Edit Sites
2. You will then bring up a dialogue box. Select your site from the list.
3.Select Edit
You will bring up the Dreamweaver Site Definition dialogue box for your site.
4. Select the basic tab. I may be teaching you to suck eggs here but I am going to assume you know nothing about this part of Dreamweaver.
Ener the name that you want to call your site on Dreamweaver - select next.
5. Check the box that says 'I don't want to use server technology - select next.
6. Check 'Edit directly on server using FTP or RDS.
7. In the dialogue box fill in where you want Dreamweaver to save your files ( just click on the browse option. This make sure there is no mistakes on the file path)
8. Check the box that says ' Upload files every time I save to my server' select next
9. In the How do you connect to your sever select FTP.
10. In the next box fill in the ftp address of your server - your ISP should have provided you with this.
11. Select which folder you want to store your files in on the server..the usual format is /web/.
12. Fill in the boxes that ask for your ftp login and password.
13. Check the save option then click on the Test button. If all is well then Dreamweaver will tell ou that the connection has been successful. If it fails..go back and make sure your details are correct and check for any typos. If ok select next
14. Complete the dialogue box ...check yes you want dreamweaver to check in and out files, check that you want Dreamweaver to check files out in the next dialogue box, in the next ones enter your name and email address. Now click on the Advanced tab on the top left of the dialogue box.
15. Select Testing Server option. Unless you know specifically the server type your ISP has select none from the options. As if by magic you will see. I hope, that most of the fields have now been filled in by Dreamweaver.Do not check any of the other options open to you. Just fill inn the URL of the server in the format http://...........
16. here comes the moment of truth....click on TEST! If you have entered all of the info asked for correctly it will work my friend. If Dreamweaver cannot connect to the server go back over your info and check EVERY detail...Dreamwaever is not very forgiving when it comes to incorrecr data.
Good luck and I really hope this helped.