You drop in your button images and align them just so. All that??™s
missing are the links. If you??™re using document-relative addressing, the best way to assign a link is to click the
Browse for File button in the Property inspector and select your file. But what do you do if you haven??™t created
any other pages yet and there aren??™t any files to select? That??™s when you can put placeholder pages to work.
After you??™ve designed the basics of your site and created your local site root, as described previously in this
chapter, start with a blank Dreamweaver page. Type a single identifying word on the page and save it in the
local site root. Repeat this step for all the Web pages in your plan. When it comes time to make your links, all
you have to do is point and click to the appropriate placeholder page. This arrangement also gives you an
immediate framework for link testing. When it comes time to work on the next page, just open up the correct
placeholder page and start to work.
Another style of working involves using the Files panel as your base of operations, rather than the Document
window. It??™s very easy in Dreamweaver to choose File ??? New File from the Files panel Options menu several
times and create the basic files of your site. You can even create a file and immediately link to it by choosing
Site ??? Link to New File from a selected file icon in the Site map.
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