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Dreamweaver Tip #1
By Joel | May 26, 2007
Set up your web site as a ’site’ in Dreamweaver.
To do this, you need to follow a few simple steps.
- Open Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
- Click the ‘Site’ menu item
- Click ‘New Site’
- The Basic tab is sufficient for most web sites, except if you are developing in ASP, PHP, etc. Select the ‘Basic’ tab
- Type your site name (this can be anything)
- Type the URL of your site
- If you are not using ASP, PHP, etc, then click ‘No’ for server side technology
- On the next screen, navigate to the folder/directory your web site lives in on your computer
- Te next screen asks about how you connect to your remote server. Dreamweaver can handle FTP connections, but I choose not to use the built in FTP functions of Dreamweaver….so choose ‘None’
- Click ‘Next’
- Click ‘Done’
That is it. Now you have access to some great built-in functions such as automatic site-wide link updating, connection string management, plus much more. It also provides a good clean interface for working directly with your web site files.
A quick introduction I know, but one that so many people skip who really should take the 2 minutes and 30 seconds it takes to set it up right the first time!!
Topics: Web Development, Web Design |
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