Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 100)

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File management
Last updated 6/3/2015
Avoid using spaces and special characters in file and folder names and do not begin a filename with a numeral. In
particular, do not use special characters (such as é, ç, or ¥) or punctuation (such as colons, slashes, or periods) in the
names of files you intend to put on a remote server; many servers change these characters during upload, which will
cause any links to the files to break.
Create a page based on an existing template
You can select, preview, and create a new document from an existing template. You can either use the New Document
dialog box to select a template from any of your Dreamweaver-defined sites or use the Assets panel to create a new
document from an existing template.
Create a document based on a template
1 Select File > New.
2 In the New Document dialog box, select the Page From Template category.
3 In the Site column, select the Dreamweaver site that contains the template you want use, and then select a template
from the list on the right.
4 Deselect Update Page When Template Changes if you don’t want to update this page each time you make changes
to the template on which this page is based.
5 Click Preferences if you want to set default document preferences, such as a document type, encoding, and a file
extension.
6 Click Get More Content if you want to open Dreamweaver Exchange where you can download more page design
content.
7 Click Create and save the document (File > Save).
Create a document from a template in the Assets panel
1 Open the Assets panel (Window > Assets), if it is not already open.
2 In the Assets panel, click the Templates icon on the left to view the list of templates in your current site.
If you just created the template you want to apply, you might need to click the Refresh button to see it.
3 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the template you want to apply, then select New From
Template.
The document opens in the Document window.
4 Save the document.
Create a page based on a Dreamweaver sample file
Dreamweaver comes with several professionally developed CSS design files and starter pages for mobile applications.
You can use these sample files as starting points for designing pages in your sites. When you create a document based
on a sample file, Dreamweaver creates a copy of the file.
You can preview a sample file and read a brief description of a document’s design elements in the New Document dialog
box. In the case of CSS style sheets, you can copy a predesigned style sheet and apply it to your documents.
1 Select File > New.
2 In the New Document dialog box, select the Page From Sample category.