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CHAPTER 5
Managing Site Assets
and Libraries
and Libraries
As you develop websites, you accumulate a growing number of assets. In some cases, you
might use the same assets across multiple sites, or perhaps you have a set of favored assets that
you use in all your sites. You can use Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to manage your site assets.
You can easily keep track of and preview several kinds of assets that you have stored in your
site, such as images, movies, colors, scripts, and links. You can also drag an asset directly to
your current document to insert it in a page.
might use the same assets across multiple sites, or perhaps you have a set of favored assets that
you use in all your sites. You can use Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to manage your site assets.
You can easily keep track of and preview several kinds of assets that you have stored in your
site, such as images, movies, colors, scripts, and links. You can also drag an asset directly to
your current document to insert it in a page.
Dreamweaver also provides access to two special types of assets—libraries and templates.
Library items and templates are linked assets: editing a library item or template updates all
documents in which these assets have been applied. Library items are intended for individual
design elements, such as a site’s copyright information or a logo. Templates let you control a
larger design area. (For more information, see
Library items and templates are linked assets: editing a library item or template updates all
documents in which these assets have been applied. Library items are intended for individual
design elements, such as a site’s copyright information or a logo. Templates let you control a
larger design area. (For more information, see
.)
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
About library items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Working with assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Creating and managing a list of favorite assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Working with library items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Working with assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Creating and managing a list of favorite assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Working with library items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
About library items
A library is a special Dreamweaver file that contains a collection of individual assets or copies
of assets you have created for placement in your web pages. These assets in a library are called
library items. You can update all the pages that use a library item whenever you change the
item’s contents. You can store all sorts of page elements, such as images, tables, sounds, and
Flash files in a library.
of assets you have created for placement in your web pages. These assets in a library are called
library items. You can update all the pages that use a library item whenever you change the
item’s contents. You can store all sorts of page elements, such as images, tables, sounds, and
Flash files in a library.