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OVERVIEW. Chapter Lessons. Explore the Dreamweaver workspace View a Web page and use Help Plan and define a Web site Add a folder and pages, and set the home page Create and view a site map. INTRODUCTION. Getting Started with Dreamweaver. What is Dreamweaver?

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  1. OVERVIEW Chapter Lessons • Explore the Dreamweaver workspace • View a Web page and use Help • Plan and define a Web site • Add a folder and pages, and set the home page • Create and view a site map

  2. INTRODUCTION Getting Started with Dreamweaver • What is Dreamweaver? • Web design software for creating a Web page or a complex Web site • What is a Web site? • A group of related Web pages that are linked together and share a common interface and design

  3. INTRODUCTION Using Dreamweaver Tools • What does Dreamweaver offer? • Design tools that can create dynamic and interactive web page without writing HTML code • Organizational tools • Site management tools • Graphic site maps

  4. LESSON 1 FIGURE 1 Dreamweaver 8 workspace Select tool Hand tool Title bar Menu bar Insert bar Zoom tool Document window Status bar Property inspector

  5. LESSON 1 Working with Dreamweaver Views • Design view • Code view • Code and Design view

  6. LESSON 1 Starting Dreamweaver (Windows) • Click the Start button on the taskbar • Click (All) Programs Macromedia  Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

  7. LESSON 1 Dreamweaver 8 FIGURE 3 Starting Dreamweaver 8 (Windows)

  8. LESSON 1 Starting Dreamweaver (Macintosh) • Click Finder in the Dock, then click Applications • Click the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 folder, then double-click the Dreamweaver 8 application Dreamweaver 8 FIGURE 4 Starting Dreamweaver 8 (Macintosh)

  9. LESSON 1 Changing Views • Click the Show Code View button • Click the Show Code and Design Views button • Click the Show Design View button

  10. LESSON 1 FIGURE 5 Code view for new document Show Code and Design View button Show Code View button Show Design View button Coding toolbar

  11. LESSON 1 Viewing Panels • Expand the Application panel • Click each panel tab • Collapse the Application panel • Study the CSS and Files panel groups • Collapse the CSS panel group

  12. LESSON 2 Opening a Web Page • Create new or open existing • Web site • Web page • Homepage • First Web page that appears when viewers go to a Web site • Sets the look and feel of the Web site and directs viewers to the rest of the pages in the Web site

  13. LESSON 2 Basic Web Page Elements • Text • Hyperlinks (links) • Graphics • Banners • Navigation bars • Image map • Flash button objects

  14. LESSON 2 FIGURE 7 Common Web page elements Navigation bar Graphic Form

  15. LESSON 2 FIGURE 8 Striped UmbrellaWeb page elements Graphic Text Banner Table Flash button object Text links

  16. LESSON 2 Getting Help • Contents • Index • Search • Favorites Keywords … … in results Topics found FIGURE 9 Dreamweaver 8 Help window

  17. LESSON 3 Web Site Creation Process FIGURE 10 Phases of a Web site development project

  18. LESSON 3 Planning a Web Site • Audience needs • Site goals • Gathering content • Budget • Schedule • Team • Updates

  19. LESSON 3 Creating Storyboards FIGURE 11 The Striped Umbrella Web site storyboard

  20. LESSON 3 Testing the Pages • Browsers and browser versions • Screen sizes • Speed on different connections • Testing is a continuous process

  21. LESSON 3 Modifying the Pages • Changes are constantly needed • Test page after each change • Modifying and testing is an ongoing process

  22. LESSON 3 Publishing the Site • Transfer all the files to a Web server • Web server: a computer that is connected to the Internet with an IP address • A Web site must be published to the Web server before it can be viewed by others

  23. LESSON 3 Publishing the Site • IP: Internet Protocol • IP address • Example: 207.456.123.2 • ISP: Internet Service Provider • Hosts Web site • FTP: File Transfer Protocol • Host, host directory, login, password

  24. LESSON 3 Publishing the Site • Create a root folder • Define the Web site • Set up Web server access

  25. LESSON 3 Root folder FIGURE 12 Creating a root folder using Windows Explorer

  26. LESSON 3 FIGURE 13 Creating a root folder using a Macintosh

  27. LESSON 3 Web site name Links relative to options Local root folder Enable cache Refresh local file list automatically FIGURE 14 Site definition for The Striped Umbrella dialog box

  28. LESSON 3 Remote info category Access list arrow FIGURE 15 Setting the remote access for The Striped Umbrella Web site

  29. LESSON 4 The Assets Folder • Stores all non-HTML (media) files: • Image files • Sound files • Video files • Set it as the default location to store the Web site images • You might want to create subfolders for each type of file

  30. LESSON 4 Setting the Home Page • Usually index.html (.htm), or default.html (.htm) • Starting point for a site map • Tell Dreamweaver which page you have designated to be your home page • Add folders to the Web site • Set the default images folder

  31. LESSON 4 FIGURES 16 and 17 The Striped Umbrella site in Files panel with assets folder created Windows (left) and Macintosh (right)

  32. LESSON 4 Browse for file icon Default images folder FIGURE 18 Site definition for The Striped Umbrella Web site with assets folder set as the default images folder

  33. LESSON 4 Page title and path Index.html FIGURE 19 index.html placed in the striped_umbrella root folder

  34. LESSON 5 The Site Map • Graphical representation of pages • Displays folder structure • Page link type/status • Checked out pages • Map view in the Files panel • Tree structure

  35. LESSON 5 Verifying Page Titles • Search engine keywords • Title in browser window • Bookmark in browser

  36. LESSON 5 Uses of a Site Map • In the Web site as an informational tool • PNG or JPEG • Print for report or meeting • BMP or PICT

  37. LESSON 5 Site Map Layout category Path for home page Page titles option button FIGURE 24 Options for the site map layout

  38. LESSON 5 Site list arrow View list arrow Click to hide all panels FIGURE 25 Expanding the site map

  39. SUMMARY Chapter 1 Tasks • Explore the Dreamweaver workspace • View a Web page and use Help • Plan and define a Web site • Add a Folder and Pages, and set the home page • Create and view a Site Map

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