Site Planning and Publishing: Planning and Setting up a Site
This topic page is useful for customers defining a site in Dreamweaver and planning the site structure. Developers creating HTML pages as well as pages using a scripting language will benefit.
TechNotes
How to define a site in Dreamweaver
The first step to using Dreamweaver is defining a site. The process is simple, and allows for better site management.
Setting up Dreamweaver's FTP connection
Once you've defined and then created your site, you can deploy it on the web using FTP.
How to convert an existing site into a Dreamweaver site
Any existing site can be modified with ease, whether it was created using Dreamweaver or not.
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Tutorials and Articles
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Planning your Web site design
The first step to creating a successful Web experience for your user is planning the Web site itself. In this article you'll learn some key Web site planning concepts. -
Understanding sites
A Web site is a collection of related HTML files (and dependent files such as images and animation) that you make available on a Web server for people to view.
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