| Are you considering creating a website with | | | | coding part and play around with the HTML code in |
| Dreamweaver but you are unsure where to start? | | | | order to create and layout your page to your desired |
| Dreamweaver is a great program for website design | | | | specifications. |
| and development but it can be a bit confusing at first. | | | | It is also essential that you upload all of the portions |
| Before deciding to use Dreamweaver there are a | | | | of your site to your FTP server. Using a CSS style |
| few questions you must answer first. Some of the | | | | sheet will create automatically several additional |
| most important ones are: | | | | images and pages, which must be loaded. |
| Are you planning on printing the pages or will your | | | | You must also understand that the downside to using |
| site exist solely online? It is very difficult to design a | | | | a pre-prepared style sheet is that you are somewhat |
| printable site using DreamWeaver. | | | | limited as to where you can put what on your pages. |
| What web host are you using? Certain web hosts | | | | If this is important to you, then you will want to go |
| work better with Dreamweaver than others. | | | | through creating tables in which to put your |
| Are you using a Mac or a PC? Dreamweaver is | | | | information. |
| absolutely necessary for Mac users. | | | | Remember that more is less. Although this is true |
| I highly recommend using CSS style sheets with | | | | with any webpage, it is especially true in |
| Dreamweaver. These offer the user the easiest and | | | | Dreamweaver. Too many tables and or loose text |
| best way to layout a site. Creating a site from | | | | will cause problems with the practicality and usability |
| scratch with tables in Dreamweaver is complicated | | | | of your site. |
| and can be very frustrating. Also it is important to | | | | You must also understand that extensive graphics |
| understand that Dreamweaver unlike FrontPage does | | | | and animation work great with Dreamweaver but |
| not work like a Word Processor. The editor is not | | | | only if they are programmed into Flash and |
| WYSIWYG. You must use the features and keys of | | | | integrated into your site. |
| the program to lay out your site and to format the | | | | For more information on how to use Dreamweaver, I |
| text. It is also important to know the basics of HTML | | | | recommend Dreamweaver for Dummies and |
| because although Dreamweaver allows you to create | | | | Dreamweaver the Missing Manual. These two books |
| in a visual screen, it is often necessary to go into the | | | | are honestly the best resources out there. |