Defining a Website

Review…. Page Title −The text that will be displayed in the title bar of the browser window on a web page File Name −What you “call” the page when you save it Maximize/Minimize Buttons −To expand or reduce the document window Tag Selector −You can select a tag and its contents

Review… Files Panel −Files and folders associated with the active website are displayed in the files panel Panel Groups −Contain tools which can be used in developing a website −The Files Panel is in this group Property Inspector −Change properties of the selected text or object using this

Defining the Site… BEFOREA website needs to be defined BEFORE any web page documents are created This is called: − SITE DEFINITION − DEFINING A SITE You will select − SITE | MANAGE SITES −Then complete a series of dialog boxes to define the site

Creating a Web Page Document A newly defined site doesn’t contain any web page documents To add a web page document to a website, a document is created and then saved in the folder When a web page is saved, it must be given a name

File names for web pages can be in lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores_ Do not use spaces and it best not to start with a number A file name should be descriptive of the page contents Creating a Web Page Document

Saving a Web Page Document FILE | SAVESelect FILE | SAVE The Save As dialog box is displayed

Home Page File Name home pageThe home page is the main page or starting point of the website index.html index.html is usually the best choice for the home page file name because web servers automatically recognize it as the home page You can also add web page documents using the Files Panel menu (we will try this in a minute!)

When the site is defined, a folder is created (on the right in the files panel) with the specified name Defining the Site…