Getting Started
First, read the Draft Web
Standards. These are the basic standards that everything is built
on.
Editing software
Macromedia Dreamweaver is the recommended web authoring
software. After the site has been created in Dreamweaver, Macromedia Contribute is
recommended for web updates by non-webmasters. Dreamweaver and
Contribute are the only software that will be supported
by county web support
and help desk personnel.
Pages can be modified
using Notepad or
any
current
HTML
editor,
but you run
the risk of loosing the formatting and accessibility
coding that
is wrapped into the template pages and style sheets.
Creating a
new site
Read the pages on text, graphics, layout,
and style sheets here at the Web Resources
site.
"Define" your site in Dreamweaver
Use the Dreamweaver Pima.gov Templates provided.
Open the appropriate template page and just start typing, adding
graphics and customizing
it to fit
your needs. As you type, leave font tags, sizes and colors at "default" or "none" because
these are controlled by the pima.gov style sheet.
Give
your page a new name and do a "save
as" into
your new "site".
Remember to change the Title bar at the
top of the page - this is what viewers
will see at
the top
of their browser.
Don't change file names or move files outside of Dreamweaver. If you
do this in another editor you will have to re-establish all
the links by hand; Dreamweaver does this automatically if the site
is defined.
Dreamweaver may not accurately show you what the page REALLY
looks like on the Web, so check the page in a browser to make sure
a change is really
necessary. The "F12" key provides an instant browser view of your
current page.
