Naming Conventions
All files and folders:
all lower case
no spaces, letters and numbers only
names should be descriptive
homepage should be named index
Create New Folder
Create a new folder on your desktop or in your H drive
Open Dreamweaver
Create New “HTML” only
Site; New Site (name) ànext - No, server tech ànext- Edit local copies, select folder you created àconnect server “None”, DONE
Save as “index”
Set up Table
Open Dreamweaver
Choose Layout, layout mode
Create Layout table (entire space for website) 770 X 400. The 770 should not change but the 400 could.
Change background color if desired.
To Center Page
Go to “Code Mode”
Put cursor after bgcolor, before > sign; hit space, double click “align”, double click “center”
Add text or images
Create cell
To add text
begin typing in cell; change font size, font color, etc. Don’t change font list
resize the cell to the dotted line so you don’t waste space
To add images
insert àimage
All images must include an alt tag
Add Backgrounds
To insert a background
Modify>Page Properties Select Appearance on the far left under Category. Go to Background Image and Browse. Open picture
Links
When linking to an external webpage make sure to put target as _blank! (copyright issues)
Put the name of the webpage or name of the document in the link box. You also may use “point to file”
To change color of links
Modify>Page Properties>Select Links under Category. Click in color boxes and change colors as desired
Create Photo Album in Dreamweaver
Open new HTML
Commands>Create Web Photo Album>choose names, browse, thumbnail size, format, check create navigation page> Click OK
Will open fireworks to make thumbnails
Album created Click OK
You must add alt tag to each picture
Copyright
Insert àHTMLàspecial characters
Date
InsertàDate (check update automatically)
After type out email address, select address, go to link box
mailto:youremailaddress
Line
HTMLàhorizontal rule