Log In System: DWMX 2004

Now we'll define our Dreamweaver site using the “basic tab” in the new site dialog box.

Define the site

Launch Dreamweaver MX 2004. Go to Site>Manage Sites. When the dialog box appears, choose new site. Choose the “Basic” tab at the top of the dialog box.

  1. Screen one: Name: login_system Click next.
  2. Click the radio button that says “yes” for using a server technology.
  3. From the popup menu, choose PHP and MySQL. Click next.
  4. Click the first radio button. We are using our own testing server.
  5. For where we want to store our files, click the blue folder next to this field and navigate to the student home, then the sites folder.
  6. Choose the new folder button. Name the folder login_system, then click the “choose” button. Click next.
  7. Enter in the following URL so your browser can find the files on the server.
    http://127.0.0.1/~student/login_system/
    Click the test URL button, and if it is successful, click the next button.
  8. Click the done button.

Note: for the purposes of this tutorial, we are not going to set up a remote server. Choose none when you get to that screen. You can enter ftp or network settings later if you decide to move your login system to a remote Web server.

Next we need to create our login system pages -->