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Initial Setup

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These instructions describe how to set up your site in Dreamweaver for the very first time. If you have an existing site (that you created from these templates), see Editing Pages.

Download the Template Site

The "Template Site" contains the files you will need to build your web site.

  1. Download the template site by choosing one of the template packages on the preview page and downloading it to your hard drive.
  2. Double click the ZIP file on your hard drive to see the contents
  3. Windows users: In the left hand of the folder window, click "Extract all files." The Extraction Wizard" will open. Follow the steps in the wizard (next, next, finish). Mac users should only have to double-click on the file for it to be automatically extracted to its own folder in your download location.
  4. You should have a folder called "My Site" or "My Department Site." Name this folder whatever you would like (this guide assumes "My Department Site") and save it wherever you like (in My Documents or on the Desktop is recommended)

Define the Site in Dreamweaver

Defining your site tells Dreamweaver where to store files on your computer (local) and where to upload them for your web site (remote).

  1. Launch Dreamweaver
    • Windows: Under the Start Menu, All Programs, Adobe Dreamweaver
    • Macintosh: In your hard drive, under Applications, Adobe Dreamweaver
  2. Under the Site menu, choose Manage Sites...
  3. Click the New... button, select Site
  4. Enter a name for your site (this guide assumes "My Department Site"). Click Next >
  5. Choose No... when asked about server technologies. Click Next >
  6. Choose Edit local copies on my machine... when asked how you want to work with your files
  7. If you already have your files downloaded or if you want Dreamweaver to store your files in a different folder than the one it selected, click the folder icon to choose a new location. Click Next >
  8. Choose FTP when asked how you connect to your remote server. Enter the information provided to you by WeinbergIT into the boxes that appear. Make sure Use Secure FTP is on (checked).

    Do not save your password if you are on a public machine (shared department computer or a lab).

    Click Next >

  9. When asked about enabling check in and check out, answer No, do not enable.Click Next >
  10. Review all the information. Click Done
  11. An "Updating the site cache" window may appear for a few seconds. This window will automatically close when Dreamweaver is done reading your site files
  12. In the Files window, change the view to Local view if it is not already. (See image, right.) Remote view is used to view the files on the server. Your edits to your pages should always be done in local view.

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