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STAGE 1 / Exploring Site Structure

When you start a new project that involves updating an existing site, your first task is to assess the

file and folder structure. Doing so gives you a good idea of what the site contains.
A small site with only a few pages requires very little organization. In fact, you can place all of

the files — web pages and image files — in one folder, although even a small site benefits from a

dedicated folder for images. Larger sites, however, require careful organization of file names, pages,
and image files. A good site design with excellent organization speeds up development now, and

makes it much easier to update later.
Create a New Site Defi nition

Websites are designed so all of the pages, image files, style sheets, and other resources
are stored on your local drive in a folder called the root folder. Other folders can be
placed inside (below) the root folder to make it easier to manage and organize files.

1. Download Bistro_DW21_RF.zip from the Student Files web page.

2. Expand the ZIP archive in your WIP folder (Macintosh) or copy the Note:
archive contents into your WIP folder (Windows).
If necessary, refer to

This results in a folder named Bistro, which contains all the files you need to Page 14 of the Interface
complete this project.
chapter for specific in-

3. In Dreamweaver, set up your workspace so the Files, Insert, and Properties structions on expanding
panels are visible. or accessing the required
resource files.

It doesn’t matter which saved workspace you use. The primary tools you need for this
project are the Files, Insert, and Properties panels. We have closed all other panels to
maximize the available space in our screen captures.
4. In the Files panel, click the Manage Sites link or open the Directory menu
and then choose Manage Sites from the bottom of the list.
If available, clicking
Manage Sites opens Note:
This option performs the the Manage Sites

same function as clicking dialog box. When a site is defined
the blue Manage Sites link. in Dreamweaver, the
Manage Sites link at the
5. Click the New Site button in the Manage Sites dialog box. top of the Files panel is
replaced by a menu that
defaults to Local view.

Note:

Ellipses in a menu or
button name indicate
that clicking will open
a dialog box. We do not
include the ellipses in
our instructions.

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