Wadestown School

(IT FAQ) Uploading newsletters to the school's website

Here are the steps:

  1. Create the PDF file and save it to the local website folder
  2. Use Dreamweaver to upload the file to the remote website folder
  3. Update the home page with a link to the newsletter

Create the PDF file

Use Word 2007 to create the PDF file. Save the file to the proper directory in the local copy of the website. In 2010 this directory was C:\WS_website\Newsletters\2010. Name the PDF file to match the following format Newsletter18Mar2010.pdf

Use Dreamweaver to upload the file

Dreamweaver should already be set up with the correct details for uploading files using FTP. Find the file in the local view, right-click it, and choose Put. Dreamweaver will send the file to the corresponding directory on the remote server.

Update the home page with the link

This involved editting the HTML in the file index.html. The process goes:

  1. see how it looks now
  2. edit and save it
  3. repeat 1,2 until satisfied
  4. upload it

To edit the file in Dreamweaver you need to find the file in the local view, right-click it, and choose Open. When you are finished with the changes you need to upload it to the remote server using Put.

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