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Setting Up the Environment contains essential information for beginning to use the MX Kollection 3 bundle. You should first read the documentation concerning the site definition and database A database refers to data organized and stored on a computer that can be searched and retrieved by a computer program. Most industrial-strength and many smaller database applications can be addressed using SQL (Structured Query A query is a SQL command that will extract information from the tables of a database. Essentially, a query is a request for information from your database. Language). connection, as well as the typographic conventions used through all the help files. You can find all this information in a separate help file provided in the package, namely the Getting Started book.
This book offers valuable information on:
Installing, uninstalling, and upgrading a Dreamweaver Extension.
The typographic conventions used throughout the documentation.
Defining a Dreamweaver Site.
Defining a database connection in Dreamweaver.
To access this separate help file, in the Dreamweaver interface, go to Help -> InterAKT -> Getting Started, as shown in the image below:
When opening Dreamweaver for the first time after installing the MX Kollection 3 bundle, a welcome window will be displayed:
Clicking on each of the six icons on the left will redirect you to the corresponding page (.chm or browser). If you leave the Do not show this again option unchecked, the Welcome to MX Kollection window will be displayed every time you open Dreamweaver. If you check it, and later on want to view this window again, open it from the Dreamweaver menu: Help -> InterAKT -> Welcome to MX Kollection 3 (as shown in the image above).
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