Working with Site Folders The development environment for a Dreamweaver site consists of three main folders: Local root, Remote, and Testing server. The local root folder, known as the “local site,” stores your site files and folders you work on during development. You can store the local root folder on your local com- puter or a network server. The remote folder, known as the “remote site,” stores your site files and folders for production on the Web. The remote folder is typically the Web server, known as a production server, where visitors access your site on the Web. If you plan to use dynamic pages — Web pages that change based on circumstances — in your Web site, the Web server also needs to run an applica- tion server. An application server is a network server with software, such as ColdFusion, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, or PHP, that processes dynamic pages. If you want to test dynamic pages during development, you also need a testing server folder, which provides a place to generate and display dynamic content while you work. You can store the testing