Defining a Website

Review….• Page Title

−The text that will be displayed in the title bar of the browser window on a web page

• File Name−What you “call” the page when you

save it

• Maximize/Minimize Buttons−To expand or reduce the document

window

• Tag Selector−You can select a tag and its contents

Review…

• Files Panel−Files and folders associated with the

active website are displayed in the files panel

• Panel Groups−Contain tools which can be used in

developing a website−The Files Panel is in this group

• Property Inspector−Change properties of the selected

text or object using this

Defining the Site…

• A website needs to be defined BEFORE any web page documents are created

• This is called: − SITE DEFINITION− DEFINING A SITE

• You will select− SITE | MANAGE SITES −Then complete a series of dialog

boxes to define the site

Creating a Web Page Document

• A newly defined site doesn’t contain any web page documents

• To add a web page document to a website, a document is created and then saved in the folder

• When a web page is saved, it must be given a name

• File names for web pages can be in lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores_

• Do not use spaces and it best not to start with a number

• A file name should be descriptive of the page contents

Creating a Web Page Document

Saving a Web Page Document

• Select FILE | SAVE

• The Save As dialog box is displayed

Home Page File Name

• The home page is the main page or starting point of the website

• index.html is usually the best choice for the home page file name because web servers automatically recognize it as the home page

• You can also add web page documents using the Files Panel menu (we will try this in a minute!)

• When the site is defined, a folder is created (on the right in the files panel) with the specified name

Defining the Site…