Creating a site

[courtneyp256]

whenever I try to open up a new site nothing comes up on the screen and I'm not to familiar with dreamweaver and I don't understand why it is not opening. I've tried creating 3 new sites to see what will happen but none are opening. Also I am on PC.

[Jon Fritz]

What do you mean by "not opening"?

Are they not available from the dropdown menu in the Files window, not opening in a browser when you hit F12, not showing in Live view?

Have you created Site Definitions yet?

Define a site in Dreamweaver

Without doing that, DW won't do what you want.

[Nancy OShea · Accepted solution]

Create a site folder on your hard drive with your operating system's file manager.  Example  C:\myTestSite.   That's the folder you will keep all your files and assets in.

Tell DW where your newly created site folder is located.    Go to Site > New Site.  Give your site definition a name you can recognize.   See screenshot.   Hit Save button.

In your Files Panel, you should see your new site folder.   To create a new starter page, click New or Ctrl+N

Choose a Layout and hit the Create button.

Go to File > SaveAs and name your new page index.html (your default home page).

You have now created your first new site complete with asset folders.   Happy editing!

Nancy