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Managing Assets

Dreamweaver only permits you to create and upload HTML web pages. All other items, such as images, PDF documents, and Word Documents, need to be copied or uploaded into the local area of your site (the H:\WebSite folder) using Windows Explorer. Once they're there, Dreamweaver will find them and you can use Dreamweaver to upload them to the web server.

It is best to create folders within your personal folder to contain each type of asset -- an images folder a wordocs folder, a pdfs folder. This way you have a central place to look for each item, and can avoid having to wrangle with multiple copies of items stored in different parts of your site.

Tips:

• You can insert the same image into multiple pages.
• In the Dreamweaver Site panel you can upload an entire folder of materials to your website. Dreamweaver will put it in the appropriate place relative to your uploaded pages.
• Because Dreamweaver keeps track of the location of your pages, images, and documents, do not to delete, move, or rename items on H:\WebSite outside the Dreamweaver program.

Using Code Library to Insert Validation and Accessibility Stickers

Dreamweaver's code library lets you insert frequently-used snippets of code (such as the validation and accessiblity stickers) into web documents with one click.

To insert stickers and other items into a document:

1. Open a document in Code View or Design View and place your cursor where you wish to insert the library item.
2. Open the Assets panelin the Files panel group.
3. Click the book icon to open the Library.
4. Select the library item you wish to insert and click the Insert button:
   • W3C_valid =
   • WAI_A =
   • WAI_AA =
   • WAI_AAA =
   • spacer = invisible spacer, necessary between links
   • allaaa = |
   • adobereader= (supercedes Acrobat reader)