Setting up and managing your WHOI website with Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver Class

Site Structure
Setting up a local folder
Naming files
Index pages
Define a site

Design tips

Templates

More Site Structure

Remote Site


Staff Training and Development

Define a site

Exercise: When you build a website, you begin by defining your local site.
  1. Determine which folder on your PC/Mac will be your root folder. For this class, the root folder will be WebNN on your desktop, where NN is your station number in the GTF (01-12).
  2. In Dreamweaver:
    Choose Site--> New Site
    Enter the Site Name (eg. Class NN) and designate the local root folder by clicking the folder icon next to the Local Root Folder field and then browsing to the folder on your hard drive.
  3. Make sure that the box labeled "Refresh Local File List Automatically" is selected.
  4. In the HTTP Address field, fill in the WHOI url for your website
    For this class, use: http://www.whoi.edu/services/training/userNN where NN is the number of your station in the GTF (01-12).
  5. Make sure Enable Cache is turned on.
  6. If a dialog box warns that Dreamweaver is about to create a cache for this site, click OK.

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