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Set up your project files

When you create a local site, you can place any existing assets (images or other pieces of content) in the local site's root folder (the main folder for the site). Then when you're ready to add content to your pages, the assets are there and ready for you to use.

The sample files included with Dreamweaver contain assets for the sample website you'll build using these Getting Started with Dreamweaver tutorials. The first step in creating the site is to copy the sample files from the Dreamweaver application folder to an appropriate folder on your hard disk.

  1. Create a new folder called local_sites on your hard disk.

    For example, create a folder called local_sites in either of the following two locations:

  2. In Windows: C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\My Documents\local_sites
  3. On the Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Users/your_user_name/Documents/local_sites

    4. NOTE

     

    On the Macintosh, there's a folder called Sites already in your user folder. Don't use that Sites folder as your local folder; the Sites folder is where you place your pages to make them publicly accessible when you're using the Macintosh as a web server.
  4. Locate the cafe_townsend folder in the Dreamweaver application folder on your hard disk.

    If you installed Dreamweaver to its default location, the path to the folder is as follows:

  5. In Windows: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Tutorial_assets\cafe_townsend\.
  6. On the Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia Dreamweaver 8/Tutorial_assets/cafe_townsend.

    7. ABOUT...

     

    About local and remote "root" folders The local "root" folder of your Dreamweaver site is often the main or top-level folder for your website. It usually corresponds to an identical folder on the remote site (web server). The root folder also usually defines the first part of your website's URL, following the domain name. For example, if your local root folder is called mywebsite, and you have an identical root folder defined on the remote site, the URL for your website would be something like http://www.yahoo.com/mywebsite.

    In some cases, the local root folder may not have an exact name equivalent on the remote site. For example, if you own the domain name www.mywebsite.com, with a remote root directory of public_html, your local root folder could still be called mywebsite. The files in both the local and remote root directories would be identical; only the folder names (public_html on the remote site, and mywebsite on the local computer) would be different.
  7. Copy the cafe_townsend folder into the local_sites folder.

    The cafe_townsend folder is the folder that you will use as the root folder (main folder) for your Dreamweaver site.

Comments


pinkpluck said on Jan 24, 2006 at 11:29 AM :
How do I 'Copy' the 'cafe-townsend' files tothe 'local sites folder , when I opened it how do I save it,?
jonmichael said on Mar 20, 2006 at 2:07 PM :
Open the Tutorial_assets folder, right click the cafe_townsend folder, and select Copy. Then paste the cafe_townsend folder in the local_sites folder you created above.

You can also simply drag the cafe_townsend folder to the local_sites folder, rather than copy it, but this actually moves the folder. We tell you to copy the folder so that you will always have the original files in their original location as a backup.
No screen name said on Nov 14, 2006 at 5:53 PM :
I'm reading the Beginners documentation, "Set up your project files" and I am unable to find the tutorial_assets folder where I am supposed to find the cafe_townsend folder. I'm using the 30 day trial version. Where should I look?
jonmichael said on Nov 14, 2006 at 6:04 PM :
If you installed to the default location, you should be able to find the files here:

C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 8\Tutorial_assets\cafe_townsend\
No screen name said on Feb 11, 2007 at 2:36 AM :
where is the movie? I go the hole suite, and last time i made cafe townsend I lookeed at a movie. this is not in c:progam/etc..We all like to download that movie to remember starting with new folder....local/remote. I don't want to read about it, I like to see it.
2cindylou said on Feb 22, 2007 at 10:01 AM :
I'm with the previous guy - I could not finish the tutorial at one time and
now I cannot find it. What is up with that?
gracebaxter said on Aug 6, 2007 at 7:37 AM :
In trying to work through the Café Townsend tutorials in the book (Studio 8), some of the files are missing from the Assets folder. I installed Dreamweaver to its default location. The Fireworks Assets folder only contains ONE file, "Homepage-mockup". I need the individual components of that page.

 

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