Macromedia dreamweaver 8-using dreamweaver User Manual
Creating new documents
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Creating a document based on a Dreamweaver
design file
design file
Dreamweaver comes with several professionally developed page layout and design element
files. You can use these design files as starting points for designing pages in your sites. When
you create a document based on a design file, Dreamweaver creates a copy of the file.
files. You can use these design files as starting points for designing pages in your sites. When
you create a document based on a design file, Dreamweaver creates a copy of the file.
To create a new document from a Dreamweaver design file:
1.
Select File > New.
The New Document dialog box appears. The General tab is already selected.
2.
In the Category list, select CSS Style Sheets, Table Based Layouts, Page Designs (CSS),
Page Designs, or Page Designs (Accessible); then select a design file from the list on the
right.
Page Designs, or Page Designs (Accessible); then select a design file from the list on the
right.
You can preview a design file and read a brief description of a document’s design elements.
For more information about options in this dialog box, click the Help button in the
dialog box.
dialog box.
3.
Click the Create button.
The new document opens in the Document window. If you selected a CSS style sheet, the
CSS document appears in the Document window and the CSS Style Sheet opens in Code
view.
CSS document appears in the Document window and the CSS Style Sheet opens in Code
view.
4.
Save the document (see
If the file contains links to asset files, the Copy Dependent Files dialog box appears for you
to save a copy of the dependent files.
to save a copy of the dependent files.
5.
If the Copy Dependent Files dialog box appears, set options, then click Copy to copy the
assets to the selected folder.
assets to the selected folder.
You can choose your own location for the dependent files or use the default folder location
Dreamweaver generates (based on the design file’s source name).
Dreamweaver generates (based on the design file’s source name).
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If you create a document based on a predefined frameset only the frameset structure is
copied, not the frame contents; additionally, you will have to save each frame file
separately. For information about saving frames, see
copied, not the frame contents; additionally, you will have to save each frame file
separately. For information about saving frames, see
.