Dreamweaver: Files
This page focuses on introducing you to Dreamweaver's file
operations. We'll cover:
- New Document
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When you first open Dreamweaver, it sometimes creates a blank new
document by default. If it doesn't, you can make a new document by
selecting the File menu and choosing "New."
- Save a document
- To save a Dreamweaver document, choose the "File" menu and select
"Save." The save dialog window will open, and you will be asked to
enter the name of your file. Be sure to choose your network space
(either "H" or "I" on the IBM intellistations).
Tips for naming your files
- Don't put spaces in the filename; use hyphens or underscores instead.
- If you just type the name of the document, Dreamweaver will
automatically add the file extension. For instance, if you type
wombat as your filename, Dreamweaver will use
wombat.htm as the file name. If you want to use a different
file extension, just include it when you enter the file name (
wombat.html ).
When you've chosen your file name, press Enter.
- View a document
- There are two ways you can view your completed document using Dreamweaver.
Preview in browser -- Dreamweaver's preview feature is handy for
web designers who want to wait to publish their page on the web until
it is completed. The feature allows you to load your page into a web
browser and view it without it being enabled for the world. However,
the preview feature sometimes makes it difficult to see problems that
sometimes result from working on a single machine. In other words,
your document may look good using the preview feature, but look bad
(or broken) on the web.
- Select the "File" menu and choose "Preview in Browser"
- Select the Browser you'd like to use for your preview.
- Your document will open in that browser.
View on the Web -- in the IMAGE Lab, users logged into the CLAS
servers have access to their "web" space (also referred to as their
"I" drive). If you save your document in your "I" drive, you can
check your document straight from the web. Your document will be
stored at http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/username/ (of
course, substitute your username where this says "username").
- Save your document to the "I" drive.
- Open a web browser (like Netscape or Explorer).
- Direct the web browser to your document on the web.
- Close a document
- To close a Dreamweaver document, select the "File" menu and choose "Close."
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