When you work within the Dreamweaver site window, Dreamweaver keeps track of your links! Dreamweaver will automatically update links when you change your file organization, unless you tell it not to. If you were managing your site files in Microsoft Windows, you would have to manually open each file and change the affected links individually.

Think carefully about how you want to organize your site. If you set up a good organization initially, the site will be easier to maintain and use. One technique that helps to reduce confusion is to keep all of your images in a separate folder.

Create a local site:
1. Choose Site -> New Site.

2. In the Site Definition dialog box, select Local Info in the Category list.

3. Enter the following options:

Create a blank HTML document:
     > From the File Menu, choose New .

Open an existing HTML document:
     > From the File Menu, choose Open .

Page titles, background images and colors, and text and link colors are basic properties of HTML documents, and should be established when the document is created.

The title of an HTML page is very important. It helps users keep track of what they're viewing as they browse, and it also identifies the page in history and bookmark lists. If you don't title a page, the page will appear in the browser window, bookmark list, and history list as Untitled Document.

Title a Page:
1. Choose Modify > Page Properties.

2. Enter the title for the page in the Title field and click OK.

Define a background image or page color:
1. Choose Modify > Page Properties.

2. Enter a path to the background image in the Background Image box.

3. Choose a background color from the Background color box.

Defining default text colors
Define default colors for regular text, links, visited links, and active links in the Page Properties dialog box.

1. Choose Modify > Page Properties and then choose a color for the Text Color, Link Color, Visited Links, and Active Links options.