Chapter A Skills Review:
Getting Started with Dreamweaver
A) Explore the Dreamweaver workspace.
- Start Dreamweaver.
- Create a new HTML document
- Change the view to Code view.
- Change the view to Code and Design views.
- Change the view to Design view.
- Expand the Application panel group.
- View each panel in the Application panel group.
- Collapse the Application panel group.
- Close the page without saving it
B) View a Web page and use Help.
- Open dwa_3.htm from the Chapter A folder.
- Locate the following page elements: a table, a banner, a graphic, and some formatted text
- Change the view to Code view.
- Change the view to Design view.
- Use the Dreamweaver Help feature to search for information on panel groups.
- Display and read one of fhe topics you find.
- Close the Help window.
- Close the page without saving it.
C) Plan and define a Web site.
- Select the drive and folder where you will store your Web site files using Windows Explorer.
- Create a new root folder called "lastnamefirstinitial blooms".
- Close Windows Explorer, then activate the Dreamweaver window.
- Create a new site called Blooms & Bulbs.
- Specify the blooms folder as the Local root folder.
- Verify that the Refresh local file list automatically and the Enable cache check boxes are both selected.
- Use the Remote Info category in the Site Definition dialog box to set up Web server access (specify None.)
- Click OK to close the Site Definition dialog box, then click Done.
D) Add a folder and pages and set the home page.
- Create a new folder in the blooms root folder called "assets".
- Edit the site to set the "assets" folder as the detault location tor the Web site graphics.
- Open "dwa_4.htm" from the folder where your Data Files are stored, then save this file in the blooms root folder as "index.htm".
- Set "index.htm" as the home page.
- Select the Blooms & Bulbs banner on the page.
- Use the Property inspector to browse for "blooms.gif", then save it in the "assets" folder of the Blooms & Bulbs Web site.
- Create three new pages in the Files panel, and name them: "plants.htm", "workshops.htm", and "tips.htm".
- Refresh the view to list the new files alphabetically.
E) Create and view a site map.
- Use the Site Map Layout dialog box to verify that the "index.htm" file is shown as the home page.
- Select Map view in the Files panel.
- View the expanded site map for the Web site.
- Show the page titles.
- Compare your screen to the picture below (click for an enlarged view.)
- Collapse the site map, return to Local view, save your work, then close "index.htm".