Set up your project files
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The sample files included with Dreamweaver contain assets for the sample
website you’ll build using these
Getting Started with Dreamweaver
tutorials.
The first step in creating the site is to copy the sample files from the
Dreamweaver application folder to an appropriate folder on your hard
disk.
1.
Create a new folder called local_sites on your hard disk.
For example, create a folder called local_sites in either of the following
two locations:
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In Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\
your_user_name
\My
Documents\local_sites
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On the Macintosh:
Macintosh HD
/Users/
your_user_name
/
Documents/local_sites
2.
Locate the cafe_townsend folder in the Dreamweaver application folder
on your hard disk.
If you installed Dreamweaver to its default location, the path to the
folder is as follows:
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In Windows: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver
8\Tutorial_assets\cafe_townsend\.
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On the Macintosh:
Macintosh HD
/Applications/Macromedia
Dreamweaver 8/Tutorial_assets/cafe_townsend.
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On the Macintosh, there’s a folder called Sites already in your user folder.
Don’t use that Sites folder as your local folder; the Sites folder is where
you place your pages to make them publicly accessible when you’re using
the Macintosh as a web server.
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About local and remote “root” folders
The local “root” folder of your Dreamweaver site is often the
main or top-level folder for your website. It usually corresponds to an identical folder on the remote site
(web server). The root folder also usually defines the first part of your website’s URL, following the
domain name. For example, if your local root folder is called mywebsite, and you have an identical root
folder defined on the remote site, the URL for your website would be something like http://
www.yahoo.com/mywebsite.
In some cases, the local root folder may not have an exact name equivalent on the remote site. For
example, if you own the domain name www.mywebsite.com, with a remote root directory of public_html,
your local root folder could still be called mywebsite. The files in both the local and remote root directories
would be identical; only the folder names (public_html on the remote site, and mywebsite on the local
computer) would be different.
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Page 236: ...236 Installing a Web Server...
Page 254: ...254 Setup for Sample ColdFusion Site...
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