Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER
Working with page code
Last updated 3/28/2012
Insert an element into the head section of a document
1 Select an item from the Insert > HTML > Head Tags submenu.
2 Enter options for the element in the dialog box that appears, or in the Property inspector.
Edit an element in the head section of a document
1 Select View > Head Content.
2 Click one of the icons in the head section to select it.
3 Set or modify the properties of the element in the Property inspector.
Set the meta properties for the page
A meta tag is a head element that records information about the current page, such as the character encoding, author,
copyright, or keywords. These tags can also be used to give information to the server, such as the expiration date,
refresh interval, and POWDER rating for the page. (POWDER, the Protocol for Web Description Resources, provides
a method for assigning ratings, such as movie ratings, to web pages.)
Add a meta tag
1 Select Insert > HTML > Head Tags > Meta.
2 Specify the properties in the dialog box that appears.
Edit an existing meta tag
1 Select View > Head Content.
2 Select the Meta marker that appears at the top of the Document window.
3 Specify the properties in the Property inspector.
Meta tag properties
❖ Set the meta tag properties as follows:
Attribute Specifies whether the meta tag contains descriptive information about the page (name) or HTTP header
information (
http-equiv).
Value Specifies the type of information you’re supplying in this tag. Some values, such as description, keywords,
and
refresh, are already well defined (and have their own individual Property inspectors in Dreamweaver), but you
can specify practically any value (for example,
creationdate, documentID, or level).
Content Specifies the actual information. For example, if you specified level for Value, you might specify beginner,
intermediate, or advanced for Content.
Set the page title
There is only one title property: the title of the page. The title appears in the title bar of the Document window in
Dreamweaver as well as in the browser’s title bar when you view the page in most browsers. The title also appears in
the Document window toolbar.
Specify the title in the Document window
❖ Enter the title in the Title text box in the Document window toolbar.