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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Creating your local site
  3. Mastering the Dreamweaver workspace
  4. Working with web pages
  5. Migrating your FrontPage website
  6. Common tasks in Dreamweaver and FrontPage

Migrating from Microsoft FrontPage 2003 to Adobe Dreamweaver 8

Common tasks and their corresponding locations in Dreamweaver and FrontPage

Whether you are using Adobe Dreamweaver 8 or Microsoft FrontPage 2003—or hand-coding web pages in your favorite HTML editor—there are certain common tasks you often need to perform: write HTML, style pages, add links and images, and manage your site. Dreamweaver and FrontPage provide ways to perform these basic functions, as well as more advanced website management features. How you accomplish these tasks or implement these features varies from one program to another.

Tables 1–3 list some of the more common tasks and features you'll want to take advantage of in your code editor, along with a short description where to find each in Dreamweaver 8 and FrontPage 2003.

Table 1. Basic file and page functions
Function Dreamweaver 8 FrontPage 2003
Create a local website Start page > Create New > Dreamweaver Site or
Site > New Site		 File > New > New Web site
Create a new web page Start page or
File > New 		File > New > New page
Insert an object or image Insert bar or Document toolbar Insert menu
Open an existing site Site > Manage Sites File > Open Site
Manage files Files panel Folder List
Select an HTML element in Design view Tag selector Quick Tag Selector
Find additional tools Panels Task pane
Format text (basic) Property inspector or
Insert bar > Text category		 Format toolbar
Table 2. Common tasks
Task Dreamweaver 8 FrontPage 2003
Set program options Edit > Preferences Tools > Options or
Tools > Page Options
Create a CSS style CSS panel > New button Format > Style
Apply a CSS style Property inspector > Style pop-up menu Format Toolbar > Style pop-up menu
Create a hyperlink Insert > Hyperlink or
Property inspector		 Insert > Hyperlink
Right-click > Hyperlink
Create a data table Insert > Table Table > Insert > Table
Create a layout table Insert bar > Layout Table > Layout Tables and Cells
Add layers Insert bar > Layout > Draw Layer Task Pane > Layers > Draw Layers
Table 3. Site management features
Feature Dreamweaver 8 FrontPage 2003
Insert design-time includes Assets > Library Item Insert > Web Component > Included Content
Create a web template Insert > Template Object File > Save As > Save as type: Dynamic Web Template
Modify a web template Modify > Template Format > Dynamic Web Template > Manage Editable Regions
Find additional web template commands Design view > right-click > Templates Format > Dynamic Web Template
Access reports Site > Reports View > Reports

 

Where to go from here

This article is intended to help you make that initial leap from FrontPage 2003 to Dreamweaver. It is not a comprehensive guide, but instead a tip sheet to get you started. Additional resources are available for specific tasks and topics:

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