Dreamweaver MX Unit A

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Dreamweaver MX Unit A

• CIS 205Web Site Design Development

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Student Files

• To download files to use with the text,
• go to www.course.com
• search on the ISBN number for the text
• click the student downloads link
• click the link to download the appropriate files
  for Windows
• store the files on your hard drive, CD-ROM, or
  Zip disk
• You can also view the Student Online Companion
  (see http//www.course.com/downloads/designprofess
  ional/macromediaweb/index.cfm)

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Lesson 1The Workspace

• Examining the Dreamweaver workspace
• Obvious components are those such as the document
  window, menu bar, status bar, etc.
• The _________ inspector at the bottom displays
  properties of selected objects.
• A _______ (usually in a group on the right side)
  is a window that displays information or
  commands.
• Working with Dreamweaver Views
• Design view__________, used for designing a web
  page
• Code viewshow HTML code
• Code and Design viewcombination, for debugging

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Lesson 2View a Web Page

• Web page elements
• Some common ones are text, hyperlinks, and
  graphics.
• A ________ is a graphic at the top of the screen.
• A navigation ____ contains multiple links for
  navigation.
• An image _____ is a graphic divided into
  sections, each of which is a link.
• Flash button objects provide links with special
  effects.
• Help
• Clicking Help, Using Dreamweaver displays various
  options
• Index of topics
• Search for keywords
• Favorites to bookmark certain topics

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IP Addresses and Domain Names

• A web site is published to a web server with an
  IP (Internet _______) address, such as
  123.456.789.123.
• A domain name is assigned to a specific IP
  address, such as www.macromedia.com.

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Lesson 3Web Site Development

• Plan the structure of a site using a ___________
• i.e., a sketch that represents all pages in the
  site
• a storyboard contains parent and child pages
  based on links
• Plan the _______ hierarchy for the site
• e.g., a folder named assets can hold files that
  are not web pages
• Collect page ________ (all files needed)
• Create, test, and modify web pages
• Publish the site to a web ________ using FTP
  (file ________ protocol).

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Setting Up a Remote Site

• Site definition window for TripSmart site
• Instead of r and raj127f, use your own SMSU
  account information for Magenta
• For some other ISP, check its requirements

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Lesson 4Adding Pages

• You can create an ________ folder initially to
  hold non-HTML files.
• The assets folder could contain subfolders for
  things such as text, ___________, graphics, and
  sound.
• The first page users usually see is called the
  _______ page.
• Its a good idea to create all pages for the site
  before _________ is placed in those pages.
• Its also a good idea to collect all your
  non-HTML files and import them into Dreamweaver
  before adding content to pages.

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Lesson 5Create a Site Map

• A site map is a ___________ representation of the
  pages in a web site.
• In Dreamweaver, a site map can be saved for
  printing or for displaying in a web page.
• Note Meaningful page titles are important since
  many search engines search text in page titles.