You'll notice that the graphic designer has provided you with a web page 

comp that includes a number of content areas, as well as some graphic 

ideas. In the next sections, you'll use Dreamweaver to lay out this design.

You can also open the original comp file if you want to see it on the 

computer screen. You can find the comp, homepage mockup.jpg, in the 

fireworks_assets folder of the cafe_townsend folder that you copied to your 

hard drive in 

Chapter 3,  Tutorial: Setting Up Your Site and Project Files. 

You might even want to print out the comp so that you can have it in front 

of you as you build your page.

Create and save a new page

After you set up a site and examine any comps, you are ready to begin 

building web pages. You'll start by creating a new page, and saving it in the 

cafe_townsend local root folder of your website. The page eventually 

becomes the home page for Cafe Townsend, a fictional restaurant.

If you haven't created the cafe_townsend local root folder, you must do so 

before you proceed. For instructions, see 

Chapter 3,  Tutorial: Setting Up 

Your Site and Project Files. 

1.

In Dreamweaver, select File > New.

2.

On the General tab of the New Document dialog box, select Basic Page 

from the Category list, select HTML from the Basic Page list, and click 

Create.

3.

Select File > Save As.

4.

In the Save As dialog box, browse to and open the cafe_townsend folder 

that you defined as the site's local root folder. 

In 

Chapter 3,  Tutorial: Setting Up Your Site and Project Files 

, you 

created this folder within a folder called local_sites.

5.

Enter index.html in the File Name text box and click Save.

The filename now appears in the title bar at the top of the application 

window.

Create and save a new page

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