3. Saving Your Pages

There are a few rules to saving your pages. Before we begin extensive work on a page, it is important to save it. Saving in Dreamweaver is very similar to saving in a word processing program. You must save your page before you can add images, etc. If you are creating your FIRST PAGE in your site, please refer to the appropriate section. Saving that first page incorrectly can cause problems for you in the future.

A. Saving Your First Page

• Go up to FILE at the top of your screen and down to the Save As… option. The following will then appear on your screen:

• In the File name box where it says “Untitled-1.htm” you need to type index.html. All pages should have the .html or .htm extension. However, when creating your FIRST page of your website, you MUST call the file index.html. This is necessary because when someone goes to your site on the web, the index page is the first page that they see. If you call it something other than index.html your site will not be visible to others.
• After you type index.html into the File name box, press the SAVE button and you are finished saving your page.

B. Saving All Other Pages

• Go up to FILE at the top of your screen and down to the Save As… option just as you would if you were saving the original page.
• In the File name box where it says “Untitled-1.htm” you need to type the name of your page. When naming your file do not use spaces or underscores. This causes complications sometimes. All pages should have the .html or .htm extension. Therefore if this page is a page of pictures of you and your friends you could type: FriendsPics.html
• After you type file name you desire into the File name box, press the SAVE button and you have finished saving your page.