Making Website

Creating a Website

The term Web site is a fairly generic one. In general way when you talk about a "web site", you mean a collection of related, interconnected web pages.

1. The Dreamweaver Files and Assets panels make it easy for you to manage your site files. Choose Site, then Manage Sites from the drop down menu. This brings up the Manage Sites dialog box, as shown in given figure. Click new.

   
   Figure-2.1

2. You are given the choice between setting up a new site or an FTP connection. For our purpose, just select site. The site definition Wizard appears, as shown in given Figure. There are two tabs in this dialog box. Select the Advanced tab and enter your own specifications and make sure the Local info category is selected.

   
   Figure-2.2

3. Set the Site name as Home and to set the local root folder, click on the browse button to the right of the Local root folder field. Click the Create New Folder button and call this folder Home too. Select this folder and click select.
   
4. To set the default image folder,click on the Browse button and navigate to the the c:\Home folder you just created. Click the Create new folder button and call the new folder images.Select that folder and click select.
   
5. Set the HTTP Address field to http://<your server>/Home. Here your server is the web address of the web server you are using to test the web site. Enable Cache option checked. Don't click ok.
   
6. Chek the Remote info category on the left. From the drop down list called Access. Change its value from none to local/Networks. To set the Remote Folder field, Use the browse button to navigate to the folder. Create New folder button to add a folder called Home and select that folder. Make sure the Refresh remote file list automatically, Maintain synchronization information and Automatcally upload files to server on save option is checked. Don't click ok.

   
   Figure-2.3

7. Click the Testing Server category. Set the Server Model to None. From the Access drop–down list's value, change None to Local/Network. This time, the Testing server folder and URL prefix values should automatically be filled as shown in given figure. Make sure that the Refresh remote file list automaticlly is selected and then click ok. This creates the site in Dreamweaver. Select Done on the Manage Sites dialog box.

   
   Figure-2.4

8. Select the Site panel from Files panel group or press F8 to see the site you just created as shown in given figure below.

   
   Figure-2.5