Creating the Wellesley Standard Using Dreamweaver

Basic instructions on using Dreamweaver can be found in the IS computing pages. The help information included with the program is also very useful. This document is intended to provide a quick reminder of how use Dreamweaver to create the document features required by the "Wellesley Standard".

Information on the HTML code used for these items is also available.

Title
Dogtag
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Title:

Go to the Modify menu, then select Page Properties (command J for Macs, ctrl J for PCs). You will see a dialogue box like the one below.

Enter your title into the title box. You can also change background images/colors and text colors using this dialog box. The left and top margins control how close your content appears to the edge of the browser window.

Dogtag:

The dogtag is generally set in a bulleted list, beneath a horizontal rule. To create your dogtag, first go to the Insert menu and select Horizontal Rule. Then click on the bullet list button in the Properties Inspector (circled in blue). This will create the first bullet point. Enter the maintainer name and email address (instructions below) then hit Enter (or Return), which will create the next bullet.

The dogtag should end up looking like it does below - each element on a separate line. This makes it consistent across the pages, and easy to search for.

To create the email link (where it says webmaster@wellesley.edu in the bright blue link color) you should do the following:

Type the following in the link box in the Properties Inspector, replacing username with your own email username: mailto:username@wellesley.edu

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