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Create a
Web Page
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fter you have set up your Dreamweaver site, you
can create Web pages for the new Web site and
store them in the local site. Dreamweaver provides
a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface
where you can add content to your Web page. You can
see the content you enter and move or edit the page as
desired. Dreamweaver also provides an interface where
you can write HTML code directly if you prefer. The
Dreamweaver interface is described in Chapter 2.
In this section, you create a simple Web page, using the
WYSIWYG editor, to show the basic process. The next
section shows how to save the Web page file in your
Dreamweaver site.
A new blank page in Dreamweaver is not completely
empty. It contains the required HTML tags, such as
<head>
and <body> tags, which do not display any content in the
Web page.
Dreamweaver creates your Web page using code that
conforms to the document type definition (DTD) specified
for your Web page. The new document uses the DTD
specified in your preference settings, but you can change it
when creating a new document. Changing your preference
settings is discussed in Chapter 2.
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Basic page
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1 Click File and choose New.
The New Document dialog box appears.
2 Click Basic page.
3 Click HTML.
Note: The start page that displays when you open
Dreamweaver provides the same menu
choices.
4 Click Create.
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Create a Web Page
A new, blank Web page opens.
5 Type a title for the page.
6 Type the contents of the Web page.
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The filename is Untitled-1 because you
have not yet saved the file and given it a
name.
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