How to Create Your Own Web Site on the TAMU
Server
Using Dreamweaver
- Open
Dreamweaver: Open the program
Dreamweaver, which is a HTML editor program on every computer in the
student computer labs on campus.
- Select HTML
under the Create New heading.
- A page will appear that looks like a page from a word
processing program.
- Save the page
to the U: drive. Dreamweaver
may ask you to name a folder in which to save the file; name the folder
something such as WebSite. You’ll
be asked to give the file a name, which should be index. The file will be saved as an .html file
with the name index.html. This will be the Home Page or main file of your web site.
- Text: Type
text into the document like you would using any word processing program. You
can change the font, font size, color, etc. using the menu buttons and
menu selections around the border of the window.
- Images: You can insert images by selecting
the menu item Insert, select image, and then browse to your U: folder,
then select the image to be inserted.
The images need to be stored in the WebSite folder on the U:
drive. You can insert any type of
image, i.e. images from your camera
or saved from the internet from free image sites.
- Links: To create a link, highlight the text or
image to be linked, and then select the chain icon, then type in the URL address (http://completeaddressname)
in the link field.
- Tables: You
can create a table using the table icon.
Select the number of rows and columns. Type or insert imaged into the cells.
- Save: Once you have finished, save the file
again to the WebSite folder of the U: drive.
- Internet
Address or URL: The address or
URL of your web site will be
http://people.tamu.edu/~yournetID/