University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Computing Support Services

Macromedia Dreamweaver


For information on getting started with your web page refer to the previous Publishing A Web Page on UCS.
These are instructions for Dreamweaver3.

Saving the Web Page for the First Time
Click File->Save As... Locate the public_html folder that you created on the floppy disk. In the file name: box type index.html. Your page MUST be named index.html so that the site may be properly viewed

Defining your Site

  1. Click Site->Define Site->New.
  2. You must first name type your Site Name in the text field. Then locate your site by clicking the small folder icon.
  3. Now choose the directory your site is saved in and make sure it appears in the Local Root Folder text field.
  4. From the menu on the left choose Web Server Info.
  5. Pull down the Server Access: drop box and select FTP.
  6. In the FTP Host text field type d#.ucs.louisiana.edu and replace the # with any number between 1 and 116.
  7. In the Host directory text field type /home/abc1234/public_html/, replacing abc1234 with your User Name.
  8. In the User Name and Password text fields type your UCS User Name and Password and click OK.

Proper Site Design
The entire site must be placed into a special director named public_html directory. It is recommended that you keep all of your files in a special directory on your hard drive or a disk. All of your sites dependent files should be saved in both of these directories.

To add text, images and links refer to the Dreamweaver's help page by clicking on Help and selecting Using Dreamweaver. For additional assistance see the Help Desk (SMH 201; helpdesk@louisiana.edu; 482-5516).




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