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/