Working with the Site Map


Besides viewing files and their relationships within your site, you can also use the Site Map to rename files, view and change links between files on your site, or create and link to new files.

To rename files in the Site Map:

1.
Display the Site Map.

2.
Click on an icon to select it.

The icon highlights.

3.
Depending on what is showing, below the icon, click the name of the file or the page title.

The name or title highlights ( Figure 16.7 ).

Figure 16.7. Before you can change the name of a file in the Site Map, you must highlight it.


4.
Type the new name, then press Enter (Return).

To create or change links in the Site Map:

1.
Display the Site Map.

The Site Map shows the links between files as lines.

2.
Click on an icon to select it.

The circular Point-to-File icon appears next to the file icon ( Figure 16.8 ).

Figure 16.8. Use the Point-to-File icon to create or change links.


3.
Click the Point-to-File icon, and drag to point to another file icon in the Site Map or Files list ( Figure 16.9 ).

Figure 16.9. Point to the file in the Files panel that you want to link to.


4.
Release the mouse button.

Dreamweaver creates the link between the two files.

To create a new file and link it to an existing page:

1.
Display the Site Map.

2.
Click on a page's icon to select it.

3.
Right-click the icon, then choose Link to New File from the resulting shortcut menu.

The Link to New File dialog appears ( Figure 16.10 ).

Figure 16.10. You can use the Link to New File dialog to create a new file and link to it in one step.


4.
Fill out the File name, Title, and Text of link fields.

5.
Click OK.

The new page appears in the Site Map, linked to the existing page ( Figure 16.11 ).

Figure 16.11. The new page appears in the Site Map, under the page that you linked to.





Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 for Windows & Macintosh Visual QuickStart Guide
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 for Windows & Macintosh
ISBN: 0321350278
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 239

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