Entering Text in a Dreamweaver Page
Typing into Dreamweaver is just like typing in Word or other text editors. To change the properties (Color, Fonts etc.) of text use the property window. You can get the property window by choosing Window-> Properties from the top menu.
Highlight the text and use the property box to change the color, font etc.
We generally use Tahoma or Verdana font and keep the font size at 2. These two fonts are clearer on the screen.
In Dreamweaver when you type the "Enter" or "Return" key, it takes you to the next paragraph. If you want the next line, type "Shift" and the "Enter" key together.
Media Files are files that have image, audio, video or interactive data. In this lesson we will learn how to use media files in your WebPages.
Download and unzip this file . (Right click on the link "this file" and select 'save target as')
Use this link to download if you are in Singapore.
This zip file contains media files - a couple of pictures, a short video clip and a flash animation. Copy these files to your site folder (the folder you created in the earlier lesson).
Inside dreamweaver create some new files
Inside that zip file I had pictures of some South East Asian countries.
I will create four new files called index.htm cambodia.htm, vietnam.htm
and lao.htm. Open each of these files and type in some text.
One thing we always do is to provide a title to the file. From the top
menu choose - Modify-> Page Properties -> Title.
Titles will make it easy for search engines like Google and Yahoo to catalogue
your web page.
1) An image can be inserted into an html file by selecting the following
menu option from the top menu bar
Insert -> Image <specify the image file>
Now, try to insert the pictures inside cambodia.htm and vietnam.htm
2) The process for inserting a Video and Audio file
Insert -> Media -> Plugin <specify the AV file>
this process is called embedding . The video is embedded in your page.
Now, try to embed the video in lao.htm
3) The process for inserting a Flash File
Insert -> Media -> Flash <specify the .swf file>
Insert the flash animation in the index.htm file
4) For large media files it is advisable to link them instead of embedding. (Can you tell me why we prefer linking larger video files instead of embedding them?)
1) To link just type in a short instruction for e.g. .. Click here to play a video. Highlight this phrase.
2) Open the property box. Window-> Properties .
3) In the property box type in the name of the video. If your video is stored in some other folder, type in the correct path.
4) You can also browse to the file by clicking on the folder icon.
Delete the embedded video from the lao.htm file and try this linking technique.
