This article applies only to novaPDF. If you don't have it yet, you must download it first. Download now Buy licenses. Author: Lumi Softland. Last updated: Feb 15, Applies to: NovaPDF 9. Note: We strive to keep our articles as accurate as possible. On this page: How to convert a Dreamweaver file to a PDF document Dreamweaver is a web development application currently maintained by Adobe.
This tutorial only tells you how to put the PDF file onto your website ie, upload it and then how to link to it from the other pages on your site. It does not tell you how to create a PDF file.
Another way is to use one of the wordprocessing software listed on the Free Word Processors and Office Suites page that allow you to directly save your document as a PDF file. In addition, this tutorial assumes that you already know how to use Dreamweaver, and so I'll gloss over things that I assume you already know.
If you are not familiar with Dreamweaver, please see my Dreamweaver Tutorial for a step-by-step guide. PDF files can be useful if you want to publish an electronic book or ebook on your website.
I notice that some authors who have published paper books provide an electronic version of those books on their site whether the whole book or parts of it. These are legitimate uses of the PDF format for your site. Do not, however, publish your website as a series of PDF files.
For example, don't create a website that is basically a main normal web page that links to subpages that are PDF files. Don't laugh. I've seen such sites. PDF files create a sub-par user experience on your website, so they should not be used as substitutes for normal web pages. Using them to contain your ebook is fine. But don't use them to replace your normal web pages. This means that the PDF file has to be copied into the folder on your computer that contains your website files.
When you created your site definition in Dreamweaver , you specified a folder on your own computer where your website files are to be saved. This folder probably contains your "index. Copy your PDF file into that folder or a subfolder within that directory. For those who use Windows Vista, and don't know how to copy a file, click the Start menu the Windows icon at the bottom left corner of your monitor , and then the "Computer" item in the menu that appears. Navigate to the place where you saved your PDF file.
It's not possible for me to tell you where you saved it, since I cannot read your mind. Chances are that it's somewhere in your "Documents" folder or your Desktop. Just click around till you find it, but start with the "Documents" and "Desktop" folders first since it's more likely to be there. Once you've located the file, right-click on the filename that is, click the right mouse button instead of the left while your mouse cursor is over the filename , and in the menu that appears, click the "Copy" item.
You can save HTML files with either the. Dreamweaver saves files using the. Dreamweaver lets you create and edit HTML5-based web pages. Starter layouts are also available for building HTML5 pages from scratch. Cascading Style Sheet files have a. They are used to format HTML content and control the positioning of various page elements. Graphics Interchange Format files have a. GIF format is a popular web graphic format for cartoons, logos, graphics with transparent areas, and animations.
GIFs contain a maximum of colors. Joint Photographic Experts Group files named after the organization that created the format have a. The JPEG format is best for digital or scanned photographs, images using textures, images with gradient color transitions, and any images that require more than colors. Extensible Markup Language files have a. Note: All the featured starter layouts are built to support responsive websites and are HTML-5 compliant.
You can create a page that contains a predesigned CSS layout, or create a completely blank page and then create a layout of your own. In the New Document category, select the kind of page you want to create from the Document Type column. Select a document type from the DocType pop-up menu. In most cases, you can use the default selection, HTML5.
Note: If you are planning to create responsive web pages, then select the Bootstrap framework. If you want to create a new page based on your Photoshop comp, then select Use Extract to build your page from Photoshop comps.
Click Preferences if you want to set default document preferences, such as a document type, encoding, and a file extension. Note: It is a good idea to save your file in a Dreamweaver site. Avoid using spaces and special characters in file and folder names, and do not begin a filename with a numeral. You can use the New Document dialog box to create Dreamweaver templates. By default, templates are saved in the Templates folder of your site.
Note: You cannot create a template without creating a site first. For information on sites, and how to create a site, see About Dreamweaver sites. In the New Document dialog box, select the Site Templates category. Select Update page when template changes if you want to want the page to update automatically when you edit the template. Click OK to close the dialog box. In the File Name box, type a name for the new template. You do not need to append a file extension to the name of the template.
When you click Save , the. Avoid using spaces and special characters in file and folder names and do not begin a filename with a numeral. You can select, preview, and create a new document using one of your existing templates, or Dreamweaver's starter templates. You can either use the New Document dialog box to select a template from any of your Dreamweaver-defined sites or use the Assets panel to create a new document from an existing template. In the Site column, select the Dreamweaver site that contains the template you want use, and then select a template from the list on the right.
Click Get More Content if you want to open Dreamweaver Exchange where you can download more page design content. In the Assets panel, click the Templates icon on the left to view the list of templates in your current site. Note: If you just created the template you want to apply, you might need to click the Refresh button to see it. Dreamweaver comes with several professionally developed starter files for mobile applications.
You can use these sample files as starting points for designing pages in your sites. When you create a document based on a starter template, Dreamweaver creates a copy of the file, so you don't overwrite the starter files. In the New Document dialog box, select the Starter Templates category. You can see the sample page details and the and the visualisation on the right side of the panel as you select the different options.
The new document and all its relates files open in the Document window. For more information on coding support in Dreamweaver, see About coding in Dreamweaver. Based on the file type you select, additional options are available while creating a document. Click the Create button. You can save a document using its current name and location, or save a copy of a document using a different name and location. Note: When naming files, avoid using spaces and special characters in file and folder names.
Also, do not begin a filename with a numeral. If there are any unsaved documents open, the Save As dialog box is displayed for each unsaved document. In the File Name box, type a name for the file and click Save. A dialog box asks if you want to discard your changes, and revert to the previously saved version. Click Yes to revert to the previous version; click No to keep your changes.
Note: If you save a document, and then exit Dreamweaver, you cannot revert to the previous version of the document when you restart Dreamweaver. If most of the pages in your site are of a specific file type such as HTML, PHP, or JavaScript , you can set document preferences that automatically create new documents of the specified file type. Note: You can also click the Preferences button in the New Document dialog box to set new document preferences when you create a new document. Set or change preferences as necessary, and click OK to save them.
Specify the file extension you prefer. Specify the encoding to be used when a new page is created, as well as when a document is opened that does not specify any encoding.
If you select another document encoding, entity encoding may be necessary to represent certain characters. For more information on character entities, see www. A BOM is bytes at the beginning of a text file that identifies a file as Unicode, as well as the byte order of the following bytes. Select one of these options if you select Unicode UTF-8 as a default encoding.
There are four Unicode Normalization Forms. Adobe provides the other three Unicode Normalization Forms for completeness. In Unicode, there are characters that are visually similar but can be stored within the document in different ways. Normalization is the process of making sure all characters that can be saved in different forms are all saved using the same form.
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