When you build a website in Dreamweaver, you do not simply start creating web pages willy-nilly; you begin by defining a new site and then you create the various pages within it.
To create a new site, choose Site - New Site. The Site Setup dialog window which appears has four categories of information: Site, Servers, Version Control and Advanced Settings. This arrangement represents an improvement over previous versions. It is clearer and gives you rapid access to just those site settings that you need to change. This is particularly true if you do not yet have all of the necessary information and just want to plug in the bits that you do know and then move on to building the site.
There are two key parts to defining a new Dreamweaver site: firstly, the Site information and, secondly, the Server setup. Site information applies to details of your personal, local version of the site-the version that only you can see; stored on your workstation or laptop. Information supplied in the Servers category tells the program how to connect to the server hosting your site-and, if necessary, other servers that you may want to use for testing purposes.
First of all, you must enter a name for the site. This will only be seen by you as you work on the site; so feel free to enter any descriptive name.
As we have seen, a website consists of many different files and several different file types. Before you begin to create any of these files, it is important to designate a location for them all. Dreamweaver refers to this folder as the Local Site Folder; "local" implying "for your eyes only"; in contrast to the live version on the server.
The Local Site Folder will contain your version of a given website, the version that you develop and test. When you are happy with a file that you have created and tested in the Local Site Folder, you upload it to the server to make it live.
The folder itself does not have any special attributes; just create a folder in any convenient location. If this is a brand new site, the folder may be completely empty. If any resources are available, they can be placed inside the Local Site Folder. For example, the Local Site Folder in figure 1-9, below, shows sub folders for images, flash movies, PDF files and video clips.
If you plan to work on an existing site which is already live (let's say for example; all of the files have been emailed to you or have been downloaded via FTP), the site files can be placed inside the Local Site Folder ready for editing in Dreamweaver.
To show Dreamweaver the location of the Local Site Folder, click on the Browse for folder button (the folder icon), navigate to the folder, open it then click the Select button, on a PC, or the Choose button on a Mac.
To create a new site, choose Site - New Site. The Site Setup dialog window which appears has four categories of information: Site, Servers, Version Control and Advanced Settings. This arrangement represents an improvement over previous versions. It is clearer and gives you rapid access to just those site settings that you need to change. This is particularly true if you do not yet have all of the necessary information and just want to plug in the bits that you do know and then move on to building the site.
There are two key parts to defining a new Dreamweaver site: firstly, the Site information and, secondly, the Server setup. Site information applies to details of your personal, local version of the site-the version that only you can see; stored on your workstation or laptop. Information supplied in the Servers category tells the program how to connect to the server hosting your site-and, if necessary, other servers that you may want to use for testing purposes.
First of all, you must enter a name for the site. This will only be seen by you as you work on the site; so feel free to enter any descriptive name.
As we have seen, a website consists of many different files and several different file types. Before you begin to create any of these files, it is important to designate a location for them all. Dreamweaver refers to this folder as the Local Site Folder; "local" implying "for your eyes only"; in contrast to the live version on the server.
The Local Site Folder will contain your version of a given website, the version that you develop and test. When you are happy with a file that you have created and tested in the Local Site Folder, you upload it to the server to make it live.
The folder itself does not have any special attributes; just create a folder in any convenient location. If this is a brand new site, the folder may be completely empty. If any resources are available, they can be placed inside the Local Site Folder. For example, the Local Site Folder in figure 1-9, below, shows sub folders for images, flash movies, PDF files and video clips.
If you plan to work on an existing site which is already live (let's say for example; all of the files have been emailed to you or have been downloaded via FTP), the site files can be placed inside the Local Site Folder ready for editing in Dreamweaver.
To show Dreamweaver the location of the Local Site Folder, click on the Browse for folder button (the folder icon), navigate to the folder, open it then click the Select button, on a PC, or the Choose button on a Mac.
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