Hands-on web training

Using Dreamweaver

Customizing your Dreamweaver template-based page

Overview: A page made from a Dreamweaver template has both locked-down regions and labeled, editable regions.

In a standard Libraries Guide page, you can edit:

The title tag (the title that's visible at the top of your web browser)
The sidebar (the navigation column at the left of the page)
The top-of-page area (Top-nav, sub-heading, Header1)
The body (the main text area of the page)

You can also

Change the color of your page.
Specify any "Databases and E-Journals" links

How to edit the title tag:: Type your title into the small window labeled Title: at the top of your Dreamweaver screen

Title:

The order of words in Libraries title tags:: This goes from most specific to most general. For instance:

Working with Dreamweaver templates: Web Training: MIT Libraries

The title tag for the database cheatsheet on Thomson Research is:

Thomson Research: Database Cheatsheet: MIT Libraries

Note: these titles don't contain every last step in the path. The title has enough information to make it clear to visitors where they are, and how to get back to where they came from.