Creating Website with Dreamweaver

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Follow the same steps above to choose your

Next, every time you launch Dreamweaver, you have to define your Remote Info.

The Remote Info tab is used to tell Dreamweaver where to put your files when you are ready to upload them to the web. If you are using the BGSU personal server space, use the diagram below (Fig. 3) to fill out the information. (If you are using any other server you will need to know the host name.)

To define the remote info, do the following:

1. Click on the Remote Info (Fig. 4) tab located on the left side of the toolbar.

2. Select FTP in the Access field.

3. Type in personal.bgsu.edu for FTP host.

4. Type in public_html for Host directory.

5. Type in your webmail username for Login.

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6. Type in your webmail password for Password.

7. Make sure the Use passive FTP box is checked.

8. Click Test to make sure it connects to the server correctly.

9. Click OK.

10. Select your site name and click Done.Fig.4:

CREATING A HOME PAGE

To create a Web page, follow these guidelines:

1. To add a new page go to File > New and choose a basic HTML page. Save this

page by clicking File > Save As. Name the first page index.html. This will be the

first page that users encounter when they visit your site. Save this file to your

local root folder as index.html. Naming the homepage index.html tells the Web browser that this is the first page it should open when someone visits your site.

2. After your homepage index.html is created, you can use this page as a template layout for all the other pages in your site. Simply hit Save As and name the file whatever you wish, but be sure to keep the name is simple, for example

history.html, resume.html, etc. Remember not to use capital letters or spaces when naming files, this will make it easier for web browsers to find your files.

3. To save the pages of your site simply click File > Save for each page. Make sure your homepage is named index.html, and save all of your files in the folder you chose when you defined your site, i.e. in your local root folder.

NOTE:

working on it.This process will save your files to your local site. You can transfer each file separately to the remote site or transfer the entire site once you have finishedDefault Images Folder, which is located in your Local Root Folder.