Working With Dreamweaver

Before you get started, it is important that you have a space to upload your Web site
When it is completed. BGSU offers 15 MB of free personal Web space for each
student, so you can use this space to upload your project.
To activate your personal Web space, follow these steps:
1. Log onto your MyBGSU Account.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the My Computer Accounts box (Fig. 1).
3. Click the Add Server Account button.
4. In BGSU Server Account Registration window, check the box next to Personal
(Fig. 2).
5. Click he Submit button. Now your Web space is activated.
NOTE: An email will be sent when your account is activated

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GETTING STARTED

CREATING YOUR LOCAL ROOT FOLDER

First, you need to decide what you want to put on your website: images, buttons,videos, PDF documents, PowerPoint presentations, etc. To create and maintain an

organized website, you need to establish a hierarchy of folders that contain all of thecomponents that make up your site. This folder is called your Local root folder. This

folder is important because this is where Dreamweaver looks for all your files.

To create a root folder, follow these steps:

1. Create a new folder on your desktop. On a Mac, click File > New Folder. On a PC, right-click and choose New Folder.

2. Give the folder a brief, but descriptive name. Do not use capital letters, spaces,

or special characters when naming folders and files for your website. All of your pages will be saved within this folder.

3. Open the folder, and create another new folder inside. Name this folder images.

Put all of your images, buttons, movie files, etc. inside the images folder.

NOTE:

MANAGING YOUR SITES

Now you are ready to launch Dreamweaver CS4. On a Mac, click the Dreamweaver

CS3 icon from the Dock. On a PC, click Start > Programs >Macromedia Dreamweaver CS4.

The most important step you need to take every time you launch Dreamweaver CS4 is to define your Local Info. The local root folder is the name for the folder where you are storing all of your website’s contents.

To define a site, follow these steps:

1. Click Site > Manage Sites.

NOTE:

1. Click New > Site.

2. Select the Advanced tab.

3. Enter a name for the site in the Site Name text field (Fig. 3). (This name will be

for your use only – it will not be published with your site.)

4. Click the small folder icon next to the Local Root Folder text field.

5. Navigate through the folders on the computer and/or disk and locate the folder

that you have designated for your website project (local root folder).

6. Select the designated folder and click the Choose button.

If you are using Dreamweaver CS4, go to Site > New Site.Make sure that all your pages and images are saved in your root folder, or they will not appear the next time your website is opened.