Learn How to Create a Website in Adobe Dreamweaver
Posted on 15. Apr, 2008 by Web Design in Dreamweaver
The Ultimate Adobe Dreamweaver Website Tutorial
Create a new Dreamweaver HTML document, go Insert > Table and choose these options.
Center the Table at the bottom (Align > Center)
Split the first, third and Sixth Row im to 2 Columns by right clicking in the row and going Table > Split Cell …
In the first Row and Column put the company logo, by going Insert > Image.
In the second column we are going to put four conservatory images.
There next to each other, to get a space between them, click on each image and go to the bottom Properties and choosing a H Space(horizontal space) : 2 Pixels like bellow:
in our third row we are going to use a background colour of Purple, you do this by clicking inside the row or highlighting it and go to the bottom properties and choose Bg colour, you can type in the hex code or choose from a selection of colours. We will also choose the colour, font and size of the text for “www.conservatoriesonline.com” and type in the left column “www.conservatoriesonline.com”. In the right column we will be typing Brochure Request.
You Should Now Have This:
In the Second row we will put our data/time script. in the Fourth row we will put some text discription. In the 5th row we will choose a bg colour and type in our text in a blue colour. We are going to make the Cell Vert: 25 pixels so that its not squashed down.
You should now have this:
In the sixth row, left column we are going to put in our navigation, go Insert > Table and choose these options:
We are going to choose a pink background to our table, you should now have this:
For the first row in the table we are going to choose a darker pink and our text, font and size options. These are the options im using:
in the next rows we are going to put our links, highlight each text links, to link them go to the bottom properties and choose the Link url, ive chosen index.html as my link is to the homepage.
To change the colour of a link we have to go to our Page Properties, you can find the link to Page Properties by going to the bottom Properties and clicking on the button. We are going to choose to not underline our links, change the colour and size. Ive chosen these options:
You Should Now Have This:
After finishing your buttons we are going to click inside the right side column to start on the content, we are going to align the cell, Horz: Left Vert: Top, it sets the page in the middle by default.
We are going to put in another table with these options (Insert > Table)
In the left column will go our text and in our right will be a image of a conservatory (Insert > Image to insert a image).
If you look to the top of your dreamweaver page you will see a Title option with the default title as Title: Untitled Document, we can change this to what ever you want, ive chosen to change it to: Conservatories and Sunrooms Online, UK, USA
This title will be previewed at the top of your browser as you can see bellow:
Bellow our first part of content we are going to put another table using these options:
Inside the first 2 columns we are going to put another table with these options:
In each row in the columns put content and link it to your subpages, before each discription we have used a garden Icon.
You Should Now Have This:
In the far right Column you are going to put in a table with these Options:
We are going to give the table these options:
For the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th row we are going to choose a link background. Enter in your text.
You Should Now Have This:
Bellow that we are going to add another table with these options:
We are going to give the table a pink background and a dark yellow border as seen bellow:
We put in our title, bellow this we are going to add another table with these options:
In the left column we are going to put another conservatory image and align it to the right. In the right column will go our content and link to read more, align this also to the right.
You should now have this:
After this if you hold down Shift Enter, it will only make a one line gap instead of the default two lines. In the bottom row put a pink background and your text. Under this we are going to put our sponsers.
Well done, your now a Dreamweaver Pro.
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08. Oct, 2008
excellent……..
Nagaraju
19. Oct, 2008
It GOOD.
Amanda
09. Feb, 2009
Great tutorial, thanks!
Leah Hicks
10. Feb, 2009
Once again another misleading article preaching newbies to create their first websites with tables. Please revise this to use CSS styles instead!
Mark
20. Feb, 2009
One i create the main table. im fine, but when i start on the split the columns that all constrain to the table. What im trying to say is my menu table has the correct size but the column spans stays in the middle and i can not reduce the size.
debonah
11. Mar, 2009
may i know whats the different between the the table width that is in pixel and percent? please help! I must find out whats the different
Apec Eswar
17. Mar, 2009
This is Good , upload one more using divs
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28. Mar, 2009
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30. Mar, 2009
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sonu
06. May, 2009
very interasting web site i learn more from this
website design
22. May, 2009
Good tutorial! step by step creation is helpful for new leaner.
James
15. Jun, 2009
I might give this a go sometime, not a bad way to keep things lined up.
Rob
18. Jun, 2009
Well…This is a good starting tutorial for beginning web designers who are just starting to build websites.
I NEVER use tables anymore, nor do I recommend them, but it’s important that people do now know to use tables.
Let’s face it…there are acceptable times to use tables. For data and spreadsheets, it’s perfectly fine. This gives beginners an idea of how to use tables.
But if you’re going to become a serious web designer, you’ll have to learn CSS. There’s no way around it!
Andy
18. Jun, 2009
Totally agree, CSS is awesome!
Webguy
18. Jun, 2009
lol, tables are lame, CSS owns all!
Rifat
29. Jun, 2009
I am very new in web designing. I want to know is it a static site? If so, how can this site be turned into a dynamic site? Can anyone tell me?
John
29. Jun, 2009
This tutorial was very helpful. I know CSS is the way to go so those experts out there who replied would really help others if they showed the basics of converting this tutorial to css.
Help others to go from lame to awesome. Be part of the solutuion.
Bryan
23. Jul, 2009
I have been looking all over (including Adobe’s tutorial) and this is the first time I have seen anything close to a good tutorial on make a starting page. Yes, it’s not CSS but we have to start somewhere right? This will help me get a page up so that I can take the extra time to learn CSS. Thank you so much.
Bryan
23. Jul, 2009
After reading more of your site I found this to be interesting: In http://www.webdesigndev.com/web-development/20-ways-to-make-your-website-crap
you say:
“Build Your Website Out Of Tables
Building your website out of tables is a very bad move these days. XHTML and CSS is what you should be using. I have nothing against tables, and you should still use them within your site if needs be, just don’t have your whole site based around tables.”
So, perhaps a new tutorial is in order?
A Nanny Moose
23. Jul, 2009
After reading this tutorial, I found your “top 20 things not to do on a website” and found this particular one interesting:
Build Your Website Out Of Tables
Building your website out of tables is a very bad move these days. XHTML and CSS is what you should be using. I have nothing against tables, and you should still use them within your site if needs be, just don’t have your whole site based around tables.
fauzi
01. Aug, 2009
waw..amazing..
Aquariums Bowls
07. Aug, 2009
So when is this CSS tutorial coming?
Looking forward to it.
This is one of the best tutorials for tables that I have found.
Thanks
Peter
Web Development Company New York
12. Aug, 2009
Good tutorial….. Thanks for sharing this info post.
stephen
26. Aug, 2009
woow yu guys are great so now how do i link pages ??
Help me !
18. Sep, 2009
Help me please how do i move the column divider without moving the other column?? PLEASE HELP ME!
Xaby Web Design
09. Oct, 2009
Nice step by step guide. And by the way i like your website’s colour scheme of grey and lime grey. Very nice contrast!
prisca
20. Oct, 2009
is very nice to see all of this work. and me I want to know well how to do it. if you can help me?
John
29. Oct, 2009
I m beginner in learning dreamweaver , can anyone help me, how to link pages that open in right side cell in table .In this tutorial linking not mentioned.
Laeeq
23. Nov, 2009
Hi, this was nice, I have just started with Dream Weaver. This page was great acc to knowledge but would have been better if it was split into two pages. as it takes a long time to open it.
ganesh
16. Dec, 2009
Hi
This tutorial was great and useful for beginner , thanks!
Pete
21. Dec, 2009
Thanks again for this nice post. Has the website changed the colours?
new_york_night
28. Dec, 2009
I am having the following problems:
1) I cannot decrease the width of the left column which holds the menu. I can only decrease the width somewhat, and it affects the entire table, not just that cell. Another user has pointed out this problem too. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ANSWER THIS ONE!!
2) Where is the script for the date and time?
3) I am having trouble making the links attach to the link style. Do I have to go in and select the actual text and not just the box? Then what do I do?
4) Why aren’t the Page Properties including specs for link defined first?
5) How do you set up the folder for this job?
ivomynttinen
04. Jan, 2010
Is that a joke?
Really, dont show anyone how to build a website with tables. Tables are the worst way to get a design online.
René Maas
04. Jan, 2010
@Leah Hicks
yes you are right. why we should use tables?
use html & css