Creating the Homepage

The homepage for your site is also known as the default page. When a visitor to your website navigates to your domain address, (example: www.handofdave.com) their browser software will automatically seek out and open the file named index.html or index .htm.

This is a critical naming rule in web design.

1. Click File-New in Dreamweaver
2. Choose 'Blank Page'
3. For Page Type, choose 'HTML'
4. For Layout, choose 'Blank' or use a preexisting page layout
5. Click 'Create'. This opens a save dialog box.
3. Name the new file 'Index.htm' or 'index.html'. Click 'OK'.

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