After you have perfected
your template in Dreamweaver, you will want to resave the
template under different file names. Then, you will be able to
add different content to each page, based on the same template.
When you are building a Web site, take the extra
time to perfect your template in Dreamweaver before making all
of your inside pages based off of this template. If you don't
take the extra time, you might find that you have to go back and
take the time to make changes to each page individually.
I. Style Guide
After you have made your template, go back and jot
down all of the information in your page properties for your documentation.
(You want to record what color links, viewed links, active links,
text color, etc. you have chosen for each page.)
In addition to the page properties you need to know:
What font is used in your navigation images?
What size and color (in hexadecimal code) is
the type and other colors in the layout?
What size, color and font are the headings you
will use?
What size will your copy be on individual
pages? (Remember, unless you're targeting seniors, your type
should not be oversized.) Standard type size is size 3 (or none).
If you are using size 4 or larger (or your size is +1, +2, etc.)
then you should include in your documentation why this is part
of your strategy. (See also the section on screen real estate).
II. Inside Pages
Follow
this illustration
for an example of why and how you should save your template under
different file names.
III. Edit Content
The content of your Web site is 25% of your grade.
Make sure this is not just paragraphs of text slapped onto a page.
Instead, think about how you can make the content more engaging.
Can you turn a paragraph or chart into a graphic? Can you think
of a way to use Flash to create illustrated examples of a process
or concept in your site?
Examples of reformatted content:
See How
Things Work for some good Flash animations used to explain
a process (scroll down to the submarine and the boomerang examples)
See example of Mobile
Phone Penetration Rates (and notice there is one important
thing that's missing from this graphic: when are these statistics
dated?) Be sure to date your content to give users a sense of
when it was created.
Follow
this 
