2.

Locate the cafe_townsend folder in the Dreamweaver application folder 

on your hard disk.

If you installed Dreamweaver to its default location, the path to the 

folder is as follows:

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In Windows: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 

8\Tutorial_assets\cafe_townsend\.

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On the Macintosh: Macintosh HD/Applications/Macromedia 

Dreamweaver 8/Tutorial_assets/cafe_townsend.

3.

Copy the cafe_townsend folder into the local_sites folder. 

The cafe_townsend folder is the folder that you will use as the root 

folder (main folder) for your Dreamweaver site.

After copying the cafe_townsend folder, define the folder as a 

Dreamweaver local folder.

Defining a local folder

After copying the cafe_townsend folder, define the folder containing the 

PHP sample files as a Dreamweaver local folder. 

To define the Dreamweaver local folder:

1.

In Dreamweaver, select Site > Manage Sites. In the Manage Sites dialog 

box, click the New button, and then select Site.

The Site Definition dialog box appears. 

2.

If the Basic tab is showing, click the Advanced tab.

3.

In the Site Name text box, enter Cafe Townsend PHP.

The name identifies your site within Dreamweaver. 

4.

Click the folder icon next to the Local Root Folder text box and browse 

to the following folder, which contains the PHP sample files:

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C:\Documents and Setting\your_user_name\My 

Documents\local_sites\cafe_townsend\contact\php (Windows)

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/Users/your_user_name/Documents/local_sites/cafe_townsend/

contact/php (Macintosh)

5.

Click Select to finish defining the Dreamweaver local folder.

Leave the Site Definition dialog box open. Next, define a web server folder 

as a Dreamweaver remote folder. 

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