1. Evaluating & Maintaining a Site Domain 6

2. Conduct Technical Tests Dreamweaver provides many tools to assist in finalizing and testing your website for publication on the Internet

3. Conduct Technical Tests One of the first steps in preparing your website for publication is to check the spelling Use the Check Spelling command on the Commands menu

4. Conduct Technical Tests When Dreamweaver finds an unrecognized word from the selected dictionary, the Check Spelling dialog box opens where you can: – Add the word to your personal dictionary – Ignore OR – Change the word for that instance of the word or all instances of the word Dreamweaver provides a list of suggested words to choose from, or you can correct the spelling yourself

5. Conduct Technical Tests Before publishing a website, it is very important to verify the links works properly Dreamweaver provides three different levels for checking links: – In the current document – Portions of the local site – Across the entire site

6. Conduct Technical Tests To check links in the current document or selected files or folders: – Click File (Drop down menu) – Point to Check Page – Click links

7. Conduct Technical Tests To check the entire site: – Click the Check links Sitewide command on the Site menu

8. Conduct Technical Tests When you check the links in the current document or site, the Link Checker panel opens, above or below the Property Inspector You can select a report from the Show pop-up menu: Broken links External links Orphaned files: Files that exist in the site but are not linked to any other file

9. Conduct Technical Tests The External Links report identifies all external links, but does not verify that the links work properly

10. Identify Techniques for Basic Usability Tests You can perform a usability test used to verify how well your site functions among different users You should develop a checklist or script before testing begins to determine what you want to measure Next, assemble a diverse group of participants to review your website against the checklist and determine the usability of your site

11. Identify Techniques for Basic Usability Tests Usability.gov – Federal site the provides a guide to assist in the process – You can find a wide range of templates that are in the public domain and available to be used and modified as you see fit for any of your projects

12. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback Once your website is published, you may choose to receive feedback from actual visitors to your site by asking them to complete a brief survey before they leave the site You can create a pop-up box that appears when the user enters the site, prompting them to choose whether they would be interested in answering some questions about their experience

13. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback Surveys are often also requested after an individual has made a purchase at a commerce website The actual survey is created as a form, and the data submitted to a database where the responses can be analyzed You can also create an e-mail link for those visitors who wish to leave a comment about your site

14. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback You can also gather site feedback without visitors even knowing it Services are available for purchase that will proactively monitor your website to report on broken links and digital assets that may not be tagged correctly Assets that are tagged correctly provide information about how visitors interact with the site

15. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback Proactively evaluating a website helps you create a better experience for your visitors, which will keep them returning to your site

16. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback Other information you can gather includes learning which of the following your visitors use: – Platform – Browser – Browser version – Screen resolution – Connection speed

17. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback This can help you determine critical information that will: – help you in the design and publication of your site – make the visitors’ experience more enjoyable You will need to consider your visitors’ computer or mobile device configuration, and ensure that you site works with that configuration

18. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback Services are also available that can track and analyze how visitors are: – Getting to – Using – Navigating your site

19. Identify Methods for Collecting Site Feedback Which keywords can your visitors use in search engines to find your website? Where do visitors go on your website? Does your site appear in the search engine’s results? If you are a commerce site, which navigation paths did visitors follow most often that ended in a purchase?

20. Present Web Pages to Others for Feedback and Evaluation You can also form a focus group to help you determine how visitors feel and think when they visit your site The information gathered is used to improve your site Focus groups can be used before a website is published, after implementation, or when planning a redesign

21. Present Web Pages to Others for Feedback and Evaluation Before forming a focus group, it is important to see who you identified as the target audience Next, identify specific goals and objectives The focus group is assembled and observed while members share their opinions, feelings, thoughts and attitudes about the site

22. Manage Assets, Links and Files for a Site The Files Panel is where: – manage assets locally – files can be deleted – files can be renamed – files can be moved You can set up the Files Panel to publish files to a remote or testing server When a file is changed, Dreamweaver prompts you if a link needs updated

23. Manage Assets, Links and Files for a Site You can manage files in the Files panel by: – right-clicking a file OR – clicking the Panel options menu These menus differ from one another On the right-click menu: – Point to Edit to access Delete and Rename commands On the Panel options menu: – The Delete and Rename commands are accessed by pointing to File

24. Manage Assets, Links and Files for a Site To create a new file or folder: – Right click a file in the Files Panel – In the Panel options menu: point to File and click a command When you rename a file, Dreamweaver prompts you to update any links associated with that file

25. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server When you want Dreamweaver to connect to a remote folder, you specify the remote folder in the Server category of the Site Definition dialog box The remote folder is also referred to as the host directory The remote folder should match the local root folder of your Dreamweaver site

26. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server A remote folder can have name A common practice among ISPs is to name the top-level remote folder public_html or pub_html Your ISP will inform you of the type of connection you should use when setting up your remote connection

27. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server FTP: – Common protocol – File-Transfer protocol – Default option in the Connect Using pop-up menu If you simply want to connect to a local or network connection to test your site, click Local/Network on the Connect Using pop-up menu

28. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server When a remote connection is first established, the remote folder is usually empty Publishing: – Uploading the files in your local root folder to remote folder – Populates the remote folder The directory structure of both these folders should always be the same to ensure that Dreamweaver uploads files to the current location and the files will be visible to visitors

29. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server Put command: – Used to publish your files to the remote folder Select the local root folder in the Files panel before executing the Put command to upload the entire contents of your local root folder If you do not need to update the entire site, you can select the individual pages or folders and click the Put button, and only selected items will be uploaded

30. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server Get command: – Used to download files from the remote site to the root folder – Usually done when more than one individual edits the site Check Out command: – Used to ensure that more than one person does not work on a file at the same time

31. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server If the Check Out command is used instead of the Get command, Dreamweaver alerts other users that the file has been checked out and by whom If the Check Out command is used, the file needs to be placed back in the remote folder using the Check In command

32. Publish and Update Site Files to a Remote Server Expand: – To view panes displaying the remote server and local site folder If you are unable to see the remote folder, you may need to click the Connect/Disconnect button to connect to the remote site Click Collapse button to show only local or remote site and return to single-pane view