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Getting Started With Dreamweaver

There's more to getting started in Dreamweaver than just opening a new web page and starting to type.  A web developer needs site management tools.  Dreamweaver provides a rich environment for site management - but it takes getting used to Dreamweaver's structure to harness the software's power to help you build rich web sites efficiently and quickly.

Dreamweaver's site manager is key.   Here are some "getting started" recommendations which will help you get the most out of this class. 

1. Arrive early if possible.  As you learn the site manager, please arrive about 15 minutes before class to set up your site.
2. Site Set-up Prior to Class.  Please set up your Dreamweaver site by the start of class.  Please transfer your files from your external drive to your CPOD computer station prior to class. 
3. Windows Explorer/Site Set-up Notes.  Please review the step-by-step procedures for using Windows Explorer File management and Dreamweaver Site Set-up, including FTP connection to your Web4Students web site, http://web4students.montgomerycollege.edu.
4. File Management: RJ Kimball Dreamweaver I Class Web Site.  You can also find directions on file management and site set-up on our Dreamweaver I class web site.
5. Web Tutorials.  If you are fairly new to Windows Explorer, please also see Duke University’s Windows Explorer tutorial at http://www.duke.edu/~dhewitt/tutorials/explorer/explor.html.  You can also run a Google search on “Windows Explorer Tutorial” to find other tutorials and “how to” guides.  
6. Practice At Home or Work.  It is important that you practice using Dreamweaver at home or work both this week and prior to the Dreamweaver Advanced class.  Here are some suggested steps on getting set up so you can practice what the Professor is preaching…J
7. Dreamweaver/Studio 8 Free Downloads.  Please download the 30-day free trail version of Dreamweaver 8 from the Adobe web site, http://www.adobe.com.  See, specifically, http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/ and Adobe’s secure download site, https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=dreamweaver&loc=en%5Fus.
   1. If you are also taking the Dreamweaver Advanced class and want to use the trial version, download one copy today to your office computer, and
   2. download a second trial copy (if that’s allowed by Adobe) to your home computer if available, later in March for the Advanced class;
8. Ordering a copy of Dreamweaver and Studio . If you are also registered for the Dreamweaver Advanced class, please put in your requisition order now for a copy of Adobe/Macromedia Studio 8, Educational Version for the Dreamweaver Advanced class.
   1. We will be teaching both Fireworks 8 and Dreamweaver 8, and touching upon Flash in the Dreamweaver Advanced class.
   2. For questions about ordering the Dreamweaver and Studio 8 software through the college, please contact Pat Ray. Pay Ray handles educational version group licensing of Dreamweaver and Studio 8.  You will need supervisor approval for the requisition order.
   3. To purchase Dreamweaver/Studio 8 directly for reimbursement, please contact the College book store, Rockville Campus.  
      1. You’ll need your supervisor’s approval before making these purchases.
      2. If the College Bookstore is out of the Adobe/Macromedia Studio 8 suite you can ask the Bookstore to order it.
9. Information about Adobe/Macromedia Studio 8 - http://www.adobe.com/products/studio/.
10. Information about Adobe/Macromedia Studio 8 Educational Version, please see http://www.adobe.com/education/.