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PlAn folder orgAnizAtion

When all files are dumped into the main site folder, it can be challenging to manage
your work. A well-organized site is an easy-to-manage site. Ideally, organization occurs
before the site is constructed, but Dreamweaver makes it easy to reorganize files and
folders at any point in the process.
There are no absolute rules to follow for organizing files and folders — other than
the general principle of keeping related components together so you know where to
find certain files when you need them.

1. With the Kinetic site open in the Files panel, scroll to the top of the Files
panel (if necessary) and click to select the site name at the top of the list.
The basic pages (home, about, contact, etc.) form the root of the site, and they should
therefore appear within the root folder of the site. Other pages are better kept in folders
that are named based on what they contain.

2. Control/right-click the site name and choose New Folder from the contextual menu.

3. Type resources and press Return/Enter to apply the new folder name.
When folders are first created, they appear at the bottom of their containing folders.

Note:
If after pressing Return/
Enter, the folder name
remains untitled,
Control/right-click the
untitled folder, choose
Edit>Rename (or press
F2), and correct the
name.
4. In the Files panel, click the Refresh button.
After refreshing the file list, folders on Macintosh are alphabetized along with all other
files and folders; on Windows, folders are moved to and alphabetized at the top of the
list, above individual files. Note:
Press F5 to refresh the file
list in the Files panel.
Refresh button

On Windows, folders
are alphabetized at the
top of the site list,
above individual files.
On Macintosh, folders
are alphabetized
along with all other
files in the site.

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