Dreamweaver CC Outline
Chapter-1: Getting Start
- Open a page: Command O to open an existing page. You can open last 10 files from File menu.
- Create a new page: Command N to get a new HTML page
- Create a new local site
- Give a page title t the HTML document.
- Open the following windows ready for project:
- Object Panel: Command F2 or Window > Insert
- Property Inspector Window: Command F3 or Window > Properties
- Site Files Window: Command F3 or Window > Files>
- Behavior Window: Shift F4 or Window > Behaviors
Chapter-2. Adding Content to a Page
- To place text: Start to type. (Command F2 if the objects bar/text panel disapeared)
- Press Return to make a paragraph break.
- Press Shift Return to make a line break.
- To create a heading:
- Select the text you want to be a heading
- Open the Property Inspector window
- In Format drop-down menu to select.
- To insert a Table: Insert > Table.
• If the Table can not be inserted: View > Table Mode > Standard Mode
- To insert an Image: Insert > Image (you must convert any image to a jpg format or a gif format)
- To insert an rollover image: Insert > HTML > ROllover Image. (If you need to replace one image with the others, double click the image to open the image source folder then pick it up.)
- To insert an Hyperlink: Insert > Hyperlink
- To insert an E-mail link: Insert > Form > Email or Insert > HTML > Email Link
- To insert a viewport: Insert > HTML > Viewport
- To insert Bootsrap Components: Insert > Bootsrap Components
- To insert a navigation: Intert > Navigation
- To insert a side bar: Insert > Aside
- To insert an HTML 5 Video: Insert > HTML > HTML 5 Video
- To insert an HTML 5 Audio: Insert > HTML > HTML 5 Audio
- To insert a Flash Flash Element: Insert: HTML > Flash Movie / Flash Video
- To insert a Form: Invert > Form > Text Field / Button / Passcode / Checkbox / Radiu Button
- To insert a jQuery UI: Insert > jQUery UI > Tabs / Slide / Button / Button Set
Chapter-3: Creating an external css
- Window > CSS Designer
- Click the plus sign next to "Source" to create a new css file.
- Name the css file, then click "OK"
Chapter-4: Editing your Local Site
Site > Edit Site,
make sure the following:
- Edit your site at the beginning or before saving the page.
- To create a root directory (home folder) for your local site
- Save all supporting image files (jpg or gif files) and HTML files into the Root Folder
Keep in mind:
Bring the entire Root Folder if you need to move files, and edit your site again when you handle your site/ files in another computer.
Chapter-5: Finalizing your Page:
- Save your page: Command S
- To save all opend file: File > Save All
- File extension should be .html or .htm consistently
- Close your pages: Close those pages you saved Command W
- Validate your page: File > Validate > Current Document (W3C)
- Preview pages in browser: File > Real-time Preview > Firefox or Chrome.Commend R (Mac) F5 (PC) to reflash the browser window.
- Back up your Root Folder