The "problem" with using the King's College London tutorial is that it has specific references to assets specific to King's College, assets that you cannot utilize. Throughout the tutorial you will have to "translate" specific references to assets that you own. This is not difficult if you pay attention. I provide specific notes along the way. Quite frankly, the first web page that you develop will most likely be a disaster. Don't worry - once you get the "hang of it" you will pump out entire web sites in no time. Just remember how nervous you were three weeks ago when you started your first web site! Here is what is going to happen. You will laborously follow the step by step instructions until you get the "feel" for how Dreamweaver works, then you will begin to play. It's all pretty obvious, so have a little fun. Just be sure to start soon enough to permit some play time.
Dreamweaver has three modes of operation - "vanilla HTML," the O'Reilly Code Reference (O'Reilly is a leading web publishing company), and the "full design view," which is what we want to use to develop web pages. This is the WYSIWYG editor mode.
Section 2, page 2, starts the tutorial in earnest. A "Web Site" is a logical (and typically physical in one directory) collection of web pages that consititute your entire site. This is important to Dreamweaver because it can help you manage all of your pages and keep them consistent. When you were writing your own HTML you had to worry about links between your various pages. Dreamweaver can help with this, among other things.
Exercise 1 on page 3 starts the site definition process. You will work with a specific directory (folder) on your personal computer's "C" drive, on a floppy diskette (the "A" drive), or on a directory on the "C" drive of one of the lab computers. If you use a lab computer, you MUST copy your work to a floppy before leaving. Otherwise anyone can wipe out your work after you are gone.
NOTE: in step 7 of Exercise 1, you have to specify a URL. Enter YOUR UWF URL, the one you used when you published your first two web pages. Don't do step 10 in Exercise 1. The Site Window opens automatically. If you do this, you will get an error message. Click on "Cancel" and proceed.
Section 3, "Page Setup" which begins on page 5, has some excellent advice regarding use of pencil and paper. Follow it! Your life will be easier in the long run.
Exercise 3, page 6, introduces tables. You are already familiar with tables, so this is a snap.
On page 9 is a reference to an image on a floppy disk. Obviously you don't have this floppy disk, so you must supply your own pictures. Follow these instructions and include your images.
On page 10 is reference to a text file on the floppy. Simply type in your own text. Don't worry too much about the text formatting in this section.
Exercise 6, page 14, introduces the use of anchors. You will want to go through this one as anchors are quite useful, particularly with long pages and returning from one page to a specific location in another page.