Make a template To make tutorial easier, I have made a basic website layout consisted of the follwing: header, left column, right column, and footer.. Save this HTML file as Dreamweave
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First you have to define a site in Dreamweaver The following are the basic information you need for now:
Site name
Local root folder
Default images folder
2 Make a template
To make tutorial easier, I have made a basic website layout consisted of the follwing: header, left column, right column, and footer Save this HTML file as
Dreamweaver template, File > Save as Template Then you need to make
two editable regions: left_column and right_column
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Left Column:
Select the left table cell, Insert > Template Objects > Editable Region
(Ctrl+Alt+V) and name it left_column
Right Column
Select the right table cell, Insert > Template Objects > Editable
Region (Ctrl+Alt+V) and name it right_column
3 New from Template
Now create a new html document from template and save it as index.html in the root folder
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Note that the html document is locked except the left_column and
right_column editable region Add the following to the left side menu: About
Me, See My Portfolio, and Email Me I put a blank link(#) to the menu for
now and they will be replaced as soon I have all the pages ready.
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4 Library Item
Select the left side menu, go to Assets/Library pallate, click on the (+) icon
to make the selected codes into a Library Item and name it "main_sidenav" Note that the side menu is now locked and placed in the library When you update this Library Item, Dreamweaver will update all the pages within your site that use this item Library Item is good for common content such as sub navigation, page signature, column content, etc
5 Save As
Make a new folder ‘about’, and save this page as "about.html" in the
‘about’ folder Select the side menu, in the Properties pallate, click
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Save your changes and Dreamweaver will ask if you would like to update all
pages based on this template, click Update Go preview your site and note that the changes applied to all the pages This will save a lot of time since you don’t have to go to each individual page and edit manually
7 Update Library Items
Go to the Library, open each Library Item and plug in the according link
to each menu button Be sure to click Update to the update the files
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8 Synchronize
This is the last step and it is also a very important step I will show you how
to synchronize your site, in other words, upload your site
Before you can synchronize your files, you need to set up your server in the
Site Manager Go to Site > Manage Sites, in the Advanced tab, select Remote Info, select FTP Access and enter your server information You may test your server information by clicking the Test button Be sure to check Maintain synchronization information
Right click on your site folder and select Synchronize
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Dreamweaver will then show the action to all the files Click Ok to upload all
the files to your server
Try this:
Rename one of your files in the Files pallate For example, rename
"about.html" to "about_me.html", now Dreamweaver will ask you to update the links that link to this file This will prevent broken link within your site
Try update your template or files and Synchronize again Dreamweaver will compare your local files with the remote server and see which one
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to the remote server With Dreamweaver Synchronization tool, you
don’t even need to upload your files manually by a FTP software
Create a new image in the ‘image’ folder and synchronize the ‘image’ folder, Dreamweaver will automatically detect the new file and upload it
to the server
Some Website Maintenance Tips
Use template to keep your site consistent
Organize your files with folders
Save all your images in the ‘images’ folder
Use Library Item for common code
Style 1
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Source Code
Basically I have a H1 and a UL list
wrapped around by a DIV id=style1
<div id = "style1">
<h1>My Site:</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href ="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href ="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href ="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class = "content_box1">
Style 1 Content box
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
list-style: none;
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text-decoration: none;
background-color: #FFCC33;
} CSS for content box
.content_box1 { font-family: Arial;
font-size: 11px;
clear: left;
background-color: #FFFF91; border: 1px solid #FF6600; width: 720px;
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<li><a href ="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href ="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class = "content_box2">
Style 2 Content Box
} CSS for UL
#style2 ul { margin: 0px;
#style2 li { width: 130px;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #FF9900;
border-right: 1px solid #DF5900; border-bottom: 1px solid #FF6600; border-left: 1px solid #FF6600;
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<li><a href ="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href ="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href ="#">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
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<div class = "content_box3">
Style 2 Content Box
padding: 8px 0px 0px 0px;
list-style: none;
} CSS for LI
#style3 li { width: 130px;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
border-right: 1px solid #FF6600; float: left;
} CSS for link
#style3 li a { width: 120px;
gradient1.gif = CSS for visited link
#style1 li a:visited {
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dropdown, select ‘body’ or type in ‘body’ In general, you should define all your
CSS in a separate file by selecting "Define in: New Style Sheet File" But for this tutorial purpose, I’m going to write the CSS in the same file: "This
document only"
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Now in your CSS definition window, it allows to define almost everything with CSS You can set style for Type, Background, Box area, Border, Padding, Margin,
List style, etc In the Box options, enter Width=770, Margin Right=auto,
Margin Left=auto This will set the html ‘body’ tag to 770px wide, align to
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Go to Dreamweaver Code view and enter the following code within the body tag
Then preview your page by pressing F12 in Dreamweaver, and you should see a
770×130 grey rectangle with text "header" in it
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5 Footer
Finally, add the last CSS class ‘.footer’ and enter the following information:
Notice this time I entered Clear: right ? This will clear the right float of the
‘.right_column’ and display ‘.footer’ below
6 Enter the HTML codes
Now enter the final HTML codes as follow and your page should look like
Editing CSS styles
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1 Form
I assume you have your HTML form ready If not, you can use my
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2 Name your fields
In order to validate your form, you need to give a proper name to each field Name your fields as follow: Name, Email, Phone, and Comments
3 Validate form
Select the ‘Send’ button Go to Window > Behaviors to active the Behaviors pallete Click on the plus [+] icon and select Validate Form
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Form Data
Now you should see all the fields in the form: Name, Email, Phone, Comments
key/character)
Select ‘Email’, check Required, Accept = Email address
* if you do not want to make the field as required, uncheck Required
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