Setting+Up+Your+Website

Setting Up a Web Site
Before you create your Web pages, you need to define your site in Dreamweaver or Kompozer (or what ever editor you choose to use). You must create a folder on your local hard drive where you can store, your HTML, images, and other files. Create a folder on your local drive to hold your Web site. Within that folder, create a folder to hold your images.

Defining a local site enables you to manage, your Web page files in the Site window.


 * 1) Click **the Manage** Sites link in the File panel. (The Manage Sites dialog box appears)
 * 2) Click **New**
 * 3) Click **Site** (The Site Definition dialog box appears)
 * 4) Click the **Advance** tab
 * 5) Type a name for your site
 * 6) Click the Folder icon to search for your Web site folder. (The Choose local root folder dialog box appears.
 * 7) Navigate to where your folder is located
 * 8) Click **Select**
 * 9) Click the folder icon and select the folder where you want to store the images for your Web site.
 * 10) Type the URL of your Web site (if you have one)
 * 11) Click to enable the cache, which makes it faster to creat links.
 * 12) Click **OK**
 * 13) In the Manager Sites Window, click **Done**

Create a New Web Page

 * 1) **Click File**
 * 2) Click **New** (The New Document dialog vox appears)
 * 3) Click **Basic page**
 * 4) Click **HTML**
 * 5) Click **Create**

Add a Title to a Web Page
A Web page title appears in the title bar when the page opens in a Web browser. The title helps search engines to index pages with more accuracy, and is saved in a user's Bookmark list if they bookmark you Web page.


 * 1) Type a name for your Web page in the Title text box.
 * 2) Press **Enter**

Preview a Web Page in a Browser

 * 1) Click **Preview in Browser** (the global icon on the toolbar)


 * Add/Remove Browsers**
 * 1) Click **File**
 * 2) Click **Preview in Browser**
 * 3) Click **Edit Browser List** (the Preference dialog box appears)
 * 4) Click + to open the Add Browser dialog box
 * 5) Type a name for your Web browser
 * 6) Click **Browse** and select a Web browser for your computer
 * 7) Click **OK** to close the Add Browser dialog box
 * 8) Click **OK** to close the Preferences dialog box