Free Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorial

Dreamweaver is a great tool to help you build websites. It is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that helps you to create html pages visually (without knowing HTML coding). You can download a 30 day trial version of Dreamweaver from the Adobe.com website.

Before you begin creating your webpages in Dreamweaver you should have planned the site and designed the layout.

If you are a beginner at website design I recommend you go through the Website Building Tutorial first.

You can then go through the Fireworks CS3 Tutorial to design your website layout and keep the necessary graphics files (gifs/jpgs) ready.

You can also go through the Flash CS3 Tutorial and and have any flash animation ready.

In order to make your website live you will need to sign up with a hosting server and domain name. I recommend Hostgator which I use to host this site.

In order to build a website using Dreamweaver follow these steps:

Dreamweaver CS3 Tutorial for Beginners

Step 1: Define a new site in Dreamweaver

Step 2: Create a Dreamweaver Template

Step 3: Create the Page Layout in the Dreamweaver Template

Step 4: Create the CSS Style Sheet

Step 5: Insert Common Elements into the Dreamweaver Template:Text & Images

Step 6: Create Libraries or Server Side Includes

Step 7: Define the Editable Regions of the Template

Step 8: Create the HTML Pages of the Site with Content/ Forms

Step 9: Link the Pages

Step 10: Test the Site Locally and Upload Online to the Hosting Server

Project 1: Table Based Layout Website

Project 2: DIV/ CSS/ Tableless Layout Based Website

Project 3 : Website with Server Side Includes

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