Dreamweaver

• Dreamweaver is a program designed to help build webpages.
  
  • Using Dreamweaver has its benefits
    • It allows the designer to see the HTML version and the web version of your website.
    • Dreamweaver is easy to use and allows you to create templates to keep web pages consistent.

-It also allows you to directly upload your web page using a built in FTP.

Setting up an Account

• Open Dreamweaver and click "New site"

• Fill in the fields with your website information
  

• For server technology choose one, for CIS we use php mySQL.

• Specify your editing preferences and where to save the files on your computer

• Specify how you would like to share files, fill in the fields as in the picture if you are using FTP

Common Tasks

The first thing you want to do after creating your site is to create an index.html as your homepage. Your site is one folder, in order to better organize your pages and information, you can create sub-folders. To create more folders right click and choose the new folder tab.

• Get/Put:Once you have made your changes, to transfer it to your web site click the "put" button. To transfer what is on your web page to Dreamweaver click the "get" button.

• Creating a Link:To create a link you can either use the toolbar or the link tab at the bottom of the page. For using the tab: Type the text on the page and then highlight it. Then on the "link" tab type in the full address of the web site you want it to link to.

• Images:To save images, its best to have an images folder in your site folder. Images must be "put" on the webpage separately.

To add images go to the insert tab on the toolbar then click on image. Choose the image you wish to get. For the alternate text you can write a short description of the picture. Click OK and your picture should come up on the page. Don't forget to "put" the picture!

• Using Templates

• CSS