Using Dreamweavergetting started
1) Start in your “My Documents” folder2) Create a new folder called “website”3) Create a sub folder called “images”
4) Start Dreamweaver (Desktools/Math and Business/ Adobe CS4)
Setting up Dreamweaver
1) From the top menu choose … Site .. New site2) Name the site “Mysite”3) Browse to the location of your site
(U:\Documents\website)
Copy your logo to your images folder
It should appear inside your images folder
We’re ready to go!
1) Choose File New (Ctrl-N)2) Choose Insert … table3) Size the table according to how many top menu items you
would like (1 row … 4 columns)4) Highlight the entire table5) Choose the CSS tab (bottom left) and then the centre icon6) Name it mycentre
Making a menu
Adding a title
1) Insert a new table (4 X 4) .. Set the width to 100%
2) Highlight all the “cells” in the top row
3) Find the Merge icon in the bottom left
4) Place your company name in the top row, centre, bold, and BIG!
Adding your logo
1) Drag your logo into one of the cells
2) Resize it
3) Adjust the size of the table cells accordingly
Viewing your site
Save it Call it “index”Hit F12
Add your motto
• Insert your motto into a cell (or merged cells)
• Change the color of the text by:• Highlighting the text• Choosing the color from the CSS
menu
More stuff
Right click on the page and choose “Page Properties” to change the background color
Turn off the borders by clicking on the <table> tab and setting Border to 0