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Dreamweaver CS3Concepts and Techniques
Chapter 1
Creating a Dreamweaver Web Page and Local Site
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Chapter Objectives
• Describe Dreamweaver and identify its key features
• Start Dreamweaver• Describe the Dreamweaver window and
workspace• Define a local site• Create and save a Web page
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Chapter Objectives
• Add a background image• Open and close panels• Display and describe the Property inspector• Format and modify text elements on a Web page
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Chapter Objectives
• Define and insert a line break• Change a Web page title• Check spelling• Preview a Web page in a Web browser
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Chapter Objectives
• Print a Web page• Define Dreamweaver Help• Quit Dreamweaver• Open a new Web page
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Starting Dreamweaver
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 on the Start menu or point to All Programs on the Start menu, and then point to Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 on the All Programs menu
• Click Adobe Dreamweaver CS3• Click HTML in the Create New column. If necessary,
maximize the Dreamweaver window and the Document window by clicking the Maximize button in the upper-right corner of the windows
• If the Insert bar does not display, click Window on the menu bar and then click Insert
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Starting Dreamweaver
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Displaying the Standard Toolbar and Closing and Opening Panels
• Click View on the menu bar, point to Toolbars, and then point to Standard on the Toolbars submenu
• Click Standard• Press the F4 key• Press the F4 key again to redisplay the panels
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Displaying the Standard Toolbar and Closing and Opening Panels
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Using Site Definition to Create a Local Web Site
• Click Site on the menu bar and then point to New Site
• Click New Site• If necessary, click the Advanced tab. Verify that
Local Info is selected in the Category column• Type Colorado Parks as the site name• Click the folder icon to the right of the Local root
folder text box
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Using Site Definition to Create a Local Web Site
• If you are creating and saving your sites at another location or on other media, navigate to that location and substitute the location for Local Disk (C): default path
• Click the Create New Folder icon• Type your last name and first initial (with no
spaces between your last name and initial) in the folder text box
• Press the ENTER key to select the folder
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Using Site Definition to Create a Local Web Site
• Click the Create New Folder icon• Type parks as the name of the new folder and
then press the ENTER key• Double-click the parks folder name• Click the Select button
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Using Site Definition to Create a Local Web Site
• Click the folder icon to the right of the Default images folder text box
• If necessary, navigate to the your name\parks folder
• Click the Create New Folder icon• Type images as the name of the new folder and
then press the ENTER key. Double-click the images folder
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Using Site Definition to Create a Local Web Site
• Click the Select button• Verify that the Refresh local file list automatically
and the Enable cache check boxes are selected in the Site Definition dialog box
• Click the OK button
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Using Site Definition to Create a Local Web Site
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Copying Data Files to the Local Web Site
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and then click Computer. If necessary, click the Views button arrow on the toolbar and then click List
• Double-click Local Disk (C:) and then navigate to the location of the data files for Chapter 1
• Double-click the DataFiles folder and then double-click the Chap01 folder
• Double-click the parks folder and then double- click the images folder
• Right-click the parksbg image file
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Copying Data Files to the Local Web Site
• Point to the Copy command• Click Copy and then click the My Computer Back
button the number of times necessary to navigate to the your name folder
• Double-click the your name folder, double-click the parks folder, and then double-click the images folder
• Right-click anywhere in the open window to display the context menu
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Copying Data Files to the Local Web Site
• Point to the Paste command• Click the Paste command• Click the images window Close button• Double-click the images folder in the
Dreamweaver Files panel
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Copying Data Files to the Local Web Site
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Hiding the Rulers, Changing the .html Default, and Saving a Document as a Web Page
• Click View on the menu bar, point to Rulers, and then point to Show on the Rulers submenu
• Click Show• Click Edit on the menu bar and then click
Preferences• Click the New Document category, delete .html as
the default extension, and then type .htm as the default
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Hiding the Rulers, Changing the .htm Default, and Saving a Document as a Web Page
• Click the OK button• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar• Type index as the file name• Click the Save button
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Hiding the Rulers, Changing the .htm Default, and Saving a Document as a Web Page
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Adding a Background Image to the Index Page
• Click Modify on the menu bar and then point to Page Properties
• Click Page Properties• Verify that the Appearance category is selected• Click the Browse button and then click the
images folder• Click the OK button
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Adding a Background Image to the Index Page
• Click the parksbg file• If necessary, click the Preview images check box
to select it• Click the OK button in the Select Image Source
dialog box and then point to the OK button in the Page Properties dialog box
• Click the OK button and then click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
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Adding a Background Image to the Index Page
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Hiding the Panel Groups
• Click the expander arrow on the panel groups vertical bar
• Click the Property inspector expander arrow
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Adding Text
• Type the heading Colorado National Parks and Monuments as shown in Table 1-1 on page DW 67 and then press the ENTER key
• Type the text of Part 1 as shown in Table 1-1 on page DW 67, and then press the ENTER key
• Type the text of Part 2 as shown in Table 1-1, and then press the ENTER key
• Type the text of Part 3 as shown in Table 1-1, and then press the ENTER key
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Adding Text
• Type the three items for the bulleted list as shown in Table 1-1. Press the ENTER key after each entry
• Type the closing paragraph shown in Table 1-1, and then press the ENTER key
• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
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Formatting Text with Heading 1
• If necessary, scroll up and then position the insertion point anywhere in the heading text, Colorado National Parks and Monuments. Click the expander arrow to expand the Property inspector
• Click the Format box arrow in the Property inspector and then point to Heading 1
• Click Heading 1
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Formatting Text with Heading 1
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Centering the Web Page Heading
• If necessary, click anywhere in the heading, Colorado National Parks and Monuments. Click the Align Center button in the Property inspector
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Changing the Font Type
• Click to the left of the heading, Colorado National Parks and Monuments, and then drag through the entire heading
• Click the Font box arrow and then point to Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
• Click Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
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Changing the Font Type
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Creating an Unordered List
• Click to the left of the line, “Four national parks are located in Colorado: Rocky Mountain, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes, and Mesa Verde”
• Drag to select the text, “Four national parks are located in Colorado: Rocky Mountain, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes, and Mesa Verde”, and the next two lines
• Point to the Unordered List button in the Property inspector
• Click the Unordered List button
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Creating an Unordered List
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Bolding Text
• If necessary, drag through the bulleted points to select all three lines
• Click the Bold button and then click anywhere in the Document window to deselect the text
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Adding a Line Break
• Click at the end of the first bulleted item• Press SHIFT+ENTER two times• Press SHIFT+ENTER two times at the end of the
second bulleted item to insert blank lines between the second and third bulleted list items
• Press SHIFT+ENTER two times at the end of the third bulleted list item
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Adding a Line Break
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Adding Your Name and Date
• If necessary, scroll down to display the closing paragraph. Click at the end of the closing paragraph
• Press the ENTER key• Type your name and then press SHIFT+ENTER• Type the current date and then press the ENTER
key
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Adding Your Name and Date
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Changing the Text Color
• If necessary, scroll up, select the heading, and then click the Text Color box in the Property inspector
• Position the eyedropper on the shade of green represented by hexadecimal number #336633 (row 2 and column 10 from the right)
• Click the eyedropper to apply the color to the selected text, and then deselect the heading by clicking anywhere within it
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Changing the Text Color
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Changing the Web Page Title
• Drag through the text, Untitled Document, in the Title text box on the Document toolbar
• Type Colorado National Parks and Monuments in the Title text box and then press the ENTER key
• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
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Changing the Web Page Title
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Checking Spelling
• Click at the beginning of the document• Click Text on the menu bar and then point to
Check Spelling• Click Check Spelling
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Checking Spelling
• Click the Ignore button• Continue to check the spelling and, as necessary,
correct any misspelled word by accepting the suggested replacement, by clicking the Change or Change All buttons, or by typing the correct word in the Change to text box
• Click the OK button and then press CTRL+S to save any changes
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Checking Spelling
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Selecting Primary and Secondary Target Browsers
• Click Edit on the menu bar and then point to Preferences• Click Preferences and then, if necessary, click the
Preview in Browser category• Click the plus (+) button in the Preview in Browser area• Click the Browse button and then locate the Mozilla
Firefox file. Most likely this file is located on Local Drive (C:). Use the following path to locate the file: C:Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox. The path and file name on your computer may be different
• Click the Open button
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Selecting Primary and Secondary Target Browsers
• If necessary, click the Secondary browser check box to select it
• Click the OK button• If necessary, click the Preview using temporary
file check box to select it• Click the OK button. If a Dreamweaver CS3
dialog box appears, click the OK button
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Selecting Primary and Secondary Target Browsers
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Previewing the Web Page
• Click File on the menu bar, point to Preview in Browser, and then point to iexplore or your selected browser name
• Click iexplore or your selected browser name• If necessary, maximize your browser window• Click Internet Explorer’s Close button
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Previewing the Web Page
• Click File on the menu bar and then point to Preview in Browser
• Click firefox.exe on the Preview in Browser submenu
• Click Firefox’s Close button
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Previewing the Web Page
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Printing a Web Page
• Press F12• Click File on the menu bar of the Internet
Explorer window and point to Print• Click Print. If necessary, select an appropriate
printer• Click the Print button• Retrieve the printout and then click Internet
Explorer’s Close button
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Printing a Web Page
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Disabling the Welcome Screen, Closing the Web Site, and Quitting Dreamweaver
• Click Edit on the menu bar and then click Preferences
• If necessary, click General in the Category column
• Click the Show start page check box under Document options to deselect it, and then click the OK button
• Click the Close button in the right corner of the Dreamweaver title bar
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Chapter Summary
• Describe Dreamweaver and identify its key features
• Start Dreamweaver• Describe the Dreamweaver window and
workspace• Define a local site• Create and save a Web page
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Chapter Summary
• Add a background image• Open and close panels• Display and describe the Property inspector• Format and modify text elements on a Web page
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Chapter Summary
• Define and insert a line break• Change a Web page title• Check spelling• Preview a Web page in a Web browser
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Chapter Summary
• Print a Web page• Define Dreamweaver Help• Quit Dreamweaver• Open a new Web page
Dreamweaver CS3Concepts and Techniques
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