A couple tips before we begin
always use lowercase characters in your web file names
if you use spaces in your filenames replace them with hyphens

Don’t open Dreamweaver just yet….
To start create a folder where you want to develop your site. (example “mywebsite”)
Create 2 folders inside of this. One called “designs” the other called “docs” (docs will also be known as your “local root folder”)
Create an “images” folder inside of docs

Now open Dreamweaver…
|in the top drop menu|
click site > new site…
|advanced|
enter the information
site name: = (whatever your site name is)
local root folder = docs
default images folder = docs/images
Links Relative To = select Site Root
HTTP Address: = http://localhost/
cache site = not checked

In the left space you will see a category list.
Click on Testing Server
Server Model
[v] <- Means click the drop down menu
Select PHP MySQL

Now click |OK| at the bottom of this window

If you wish to actually host the website on your machine as a true testing server here are a few links that may interest you.
MAMP – Mac, Apache, MySQL, PHP (this is what each one acts as … computer type/program, web server, database type, dynamic language type)
WAMP – Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP
LAMP – Linux, Apache, MYSQL, PHP
How to Setup a MAMP or WAMP with Dreamweaver