For experienced web designers who are new to Dreamweaver:

1.

Begin by reading the tutorials in this Getting Started with Dreamweaver 

guide.

2.

In Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver), read Chapter 1, 

 Exploring the Workspace  to learn more about the Dreamweaver user 

interface.

3.

Although much of the material in Chapter 2,  Setting Up a 

Dreamweaver Site  and Chapter 4,  Managing Your Files  is probably 

familiar to you, skim those chapters to see how these familiar concepts 

are implemented in Dreamweaver. Pay particular attention to the 

sections about setting up a Dreamweaver site.

4.

For useful information on the details of using Dreamweaver to create 

basic HTML pages, read Chapter 13,  Inserting and Formatting Text  

and Chapter 14,  Inserting Images .

5.

For information about coding in Dreamweaver, see Chapter 19, 

 Setting Up Your Coding Environment,  Chapter 20,  Coding in 

Dreamweaver,  Chapter 21,  Optimizing and Debugging Your Code,  

and Chapter 22,  Editing Code in Design View .

6.

Read the overview at the beginning of each of the other chapters in 

Using Dreamweaver to determine whether its topics are of interest to 

you.

For experienced web designers, familiar with Dreamweaver, 

who want to learn about creating dynamic pages:

1.

Begin by reading 

Appendix A,  Understanding Web Applications,  on 

page 217

 and 

Chapter 11,  Tutorial: Developing a Web Application,  

on page 197

.

2.

In Using Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver), skim Chapter 1, 

 Exploring the Workspace  to learn about new aspects of the 

Dreamweaver user interface, and then read Chapter 30,  Optimizing 

the Workspace for Visual Development .

3.

Become familiar with the Dreamweaver workflow for dynamic pages by 

reading Chapter 31,  The Workflow for Dynamic Page Design .

4.

Set up a web server and application server. (See Chapter 23,  Setting Up 

a Web Application .)

Where to start

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