ORGANIZING FROM THE START

Computers are sometimes complicated and we might feel the urge to throw them out the window whenever we don't achieve what we are trying to do. To avoid some of the most common issues (I know this for first-hand experience), we need to be organized from the start.

1. A first common problem is how we name our folders or directories. Some browsers don't accept some symbols. Thus, the first rule would be to choose a name in English, without spaces.
2. The same can be applied for folder names . Therefore, we need to write our names without spaces or strange symbols.
3. Try using easily-recognizable names. For example, instead of using the name "directory4", we should use something like "dreamweavercourse" as a directory name. The same can be used for those files used for image files and others.
4. Use the same site structure on the hard drive in our computer and on the Internet server. This is a FUNDAMENTAL matter and one of the main causes for problems when we begin to create a web site. Therefore, we will use the same schematic on both the Internet server and the Hard Drive directory. We will study how to organize our files in the following section.
   

Web page files

A web page is composed by a series of files. The most common files are:

1. The Files which correspond to the pages. For example, the page you are seeing is an "htm" file which incorporates the text you are reading. Besides, the page includes a series of htm language instructions (which are hidden) and make the text of the title to appear in blue, for example.
2. The Files which save the images. Web pages usually incorporate images which are saved in independent files. For example, in the upper left-hand corner, there is an orange image for EasyCoursesPortal. This is an independent file.
3. The Files which incorporate multimedia objects and dynamic complements. Files which contain audio, video or any other multimedia file. For example, the sounds corresponding to language courses in EasyCoursesPortal are saved in different independent files.
4. The Files which incorporate programs. On Internet servers, some programs are installed to perform different tasks. For example, a CGI program receives the information users write in a survey found in the web and sends it to an email address.
5. The Files which correspond to databases and dynamic web pages. Data bases allow interactivity between web pages.

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