Macromedia dreamweaver 8-using dreamweaver User Manual

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Introduction

Web-design novices

If you are relatively new to web design, this section will point you to sections of the 
Dreamweaver documentation that are most appropriate for your background.

For web-design novices:

1.

Begin by reading the tutorials in Getting Started in Dreamweaver.

2.

In Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver), read 

, 

.

3.

Learn about page layout by reading 

.

4.

To learn about formatting text and including images in your pages, read 

 and 

.

That’s all you really need to begin producing high-quality websites, but when you’re ready to 
learn how to use more advanced tools, you can proceed through the rest of the static-page 
chapters in Using Dreamweaver. You might want to wait to read the dynamic-page chapters 
until you’re more familiar with creating web pages.

Experienced web designers

If you are an experienced web designer, this section will point you to sections of the 
Dreamweaver documentation that are most appropriate for your background. There are two 
different approaches: one for designers who are new to Dreamweaver and one for designers 
who are familiar with Dreamweaver but would like to learn more about creating dynamic 
pages.

For experienced web designers who are new to Dreamweaver:

1.

Begin by reading the tutorials in Getting Started in Dreamweaver.

2.

In Using Dreamweaver, read 

 to learn 

more about the Dreamweaver user interface.

3.

Although much of the material in 

 

and 

 is probably familiar to you, you 

should skim those chapters to see how these familiar concepts are implemented in 
Dreamweaver. Pay particular attention to the sections about setting up a Dreamweaver site.