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Setting up a Site in Dreamweaver

You first need to know how to define your site in Dreamwever. You need to set up a local site stored in a folder on your hard drive. Inside this folder you will set up a folder for your images and css files. When you are ready to publish your site, you will also work with a remote site where you will upload your site to your host server. Follow the instructions below to set up your site in Dreamweaver.

  1. Open Dreamweaver CS4
  2. Choose Site > New Site for the Site Definition and the Site Definition dialog box will appear
  3. Click on the Advanced Tab
  4. Choose the Local Info Category of the Site Definition Dialog box and fill in the following categories
    1. Site name: (name your site).
    2. Local root folder: Browse to the folder containing the files that you set up for your site
    3. Default images folder: This is the "images" folder that should reside inside your site folder
  5. Click the OK button and you should see your site files cache to your Local files area in the Files Panel

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