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Unit 2: Dreamweaver Basics

Create/Define a Site

Before you begin putting things (images, text, graphics) on a web page, you must define the local and remote sites in Dreamweaver. The local site is the folder where you save the files on your computer. The remote site is where the files reside on the Internet (on the server). You should create a new site for every different website you create. For example, you may want one separate site for your personal web pages, and another separate site for your course web pages.

Local Site

Step 1.  Create a New Site

• Open Dreamweaver. On the top menu bar, click on Site > New Site..
• Click on the Advanced tab
• Notice the options listed under the Category heading on the left side of the window. We will fill in the information for each of these categories, one at a time, by selecting the category on the left and filling in the form on the right side of the screen.

Define Local Info:

• Select the Local Info category in the list on the left side of the Site Definition window.
• On the right side of the window, enter a descriptive name for the site in the Site Name field. This can be anything that will help you to identify the site. You may use your name or the name of  a course, for example.
• Next, fill in the Local Root Folder field by clicking on the folder icon and browsing to find the local root folder.
• You may browse to your images folder, if you are using a specific images folder.
• In the next field (HTTP Address), enter the main URL of the site. An example URL for a tilde (~) site would be:    http://www.uncg.edu/~yourunixusername.
• Select Enable Cache to speed up certain Dreamweaver tasks.

Remote Site

Step 3. Define Remote Info

• Click on Remote Info in the category list. You will be presented with a drop down list labeled Access. This refers to how Dreamweaver will remotely access your site on the Internet. The types of access listed are: None, FTP, Local/Network, SourceSafe Database, and WebDAV. If you don't have a URL for your site, select none -- you can always come back later and fill in this information. FTP is by far the most common type of access.
• For Access, select FTP
• For FTP Host, enter: unix.uncg.edu
• For Host Directory enter the path to your folder on the server (for ~ space, just type in: public_html).
• Enter your UNIX username and password.

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