Step 2: Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorial – Create a new webpage

[This is Step 2 of the Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorial]

Create and save a new page

After you have set up a site, you are ready to begin building web pages. You’ll start by creating a new page, and saving it your website folder.

1. In Dreamweaver, select File > New.
2. In the Blank Page category of the New Document dialog box, select HTML from the Page Type list, select <none> from the Layout list (these two options should already be selected by default), and click Create.
3. Select File > Save As. In the Save As dialog box, browse to the folder that you defined as the site’s local root folder. Enter index.html in the File Name text box and click Save. The file name now appears in the title bar at the top of the application window, as well as in the tab of your new document.  The fil will now appear in the files panel on the right.
4. In the Document Title text box at the top of your new document, type the title of your webpage .

   

   This is the title of your page (different from the file name). Your site visitors will see this title in the browser window title bar when they view the page in a web browser.

5. Click once on the page to move the insertion point out of the Document Title text box. You’ll see that an asterisk (*) appears next to the file name in the document’s tab. This asterisk indicates that a file has changed and that you need to save the file if you want to keep the changes.
6. Select File > Save to save your page.

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