Chapters 3, 4, and 5: A Brief Rundown

Last week I worked through Chapters 3, 4, and 5. I decided to go ahead and give a brief synopsis before continuing on to the next 3 chapters. Enjoy!

Chapter 3: Site Management
Some things covered in this chapter were how to define a site, manage files and folders, and create site maps using Dreamweaver. An important detail to managing files is that you should ALWAYS do it in Dreamweaver in order to avoid having to repair the links on each of your pages. If you utilize the Files panel in Dreamweaver, it will automatically change any related links for you--very handy. Site map view was reviewed, but the design of sites was not really gone into.

Chapter 4: Basics
In this chapter Dreamweaver basics were covered: everything from creating new documents, to inserting images and links. A handy thing about Dreamweaver is that you can insert an image by selecting it from the Files panel and simply dragging it to where you want it. Also, when you want to create a link, you can utilize the Browse button to find the file you want to link to.

Chapter 5: Linking
This chapter showed the many ways of linking in Dreamweaver. Essentially there are several ways to perform the same operation. In order to specify the location for a link you can:

1. type it in
2. Browse for it
3. use "point to file" button

They all do the same thing. Also, inputing an email link was covered.