DREAMWEAVER- INTRODUCTION

1. DREAMWEAVER
S.MANIMOZHI,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS,
BON SECOURS COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
THANJAVUR

2. WHAT’S DREAMWEAVER?
A very popular web authoring tool.
A WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)
HTML editor
A program that replaces the need to
understand the basic concepts of HTML and
web page construction.
A member of DREAMTEAM together with Flash
and Fireworks

3. GETTING STARTED

4. PALETTES
Objects Palette
This tool acts as a shortcut
for inserting various objects
and commands
Properties Palette
This tool allows you to
manipulate highlighted text,
images, frames and tables

5. EDITING PAGES

6. • Formatting text

7. • Inserting table

8. • Inserting image

9. • Inserting forms

10. • Adding layer

11. Types of document paths:
Absolute paths are complete paths that include the server protocol (usually http:// for web
pages).
Root-relative paths always begin at the root of the current site.
Document-relative paths are relative to the folder containing the current document.
• Adding links

12. • Looking at and editing your HTML

13. SITE MANAGEMENT
• Define a site

14. • Use site window

15. ADVANTAGE
don't need to know HTML to put up a Web page.
Direct and easy-learning.
more built-in developer tools, support for more plug-ins, and transparent
support for other Macromedia products such as Fireworks.
It's more robust than FrontPage and could meet the requirements of
experienced web developers
Powerful capability for site management
Disadvantage
• Slower to edit HTML changes compared with Text HTML Editors
• Not absolutely WYSIWYG