Sunday, February 24, 2008
Chapter 10: Designing for Devices
This chapter gave a VERY brief rundown of some of Dreamweaver's device capabilities. Mainly, it shows how to open your site in Adobe Device Central in order to get a preview of how it will be viewed from various devices such as cellphones and PDAs. Also covered were how to create CSS rules for devices. For instance, it shows how to take out sidebars and headers for print using CSS. While I dont know how often I will need to use this stuff, it is good to know since handhelds are becoming more and more commonplace.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Chapter 9: Using Layout Tools
This is what Dreamweaver is all about! The best thing is being able to use a tracing image for your design. This allows you to design the way you want your page to look, and then use it in Dreamweaver in the background to actually create your page over it. So, you can just insert an image file that you created in another program and use that. Very handy.
This chapter also went through how to use Ap div tags for design as well as the table layout view. Another nifty Dreamweaver feature is being able to set guides that you can snap your div tags to.
This chapter also went through how to use Ap div tags for design as well as the table layout view. Another nifty Dreamweaver feature is being able to set guides that you can snap your div tags to.
Chapters 6, 7, 8: CSS, Fonts and Tables--oh my!
These chapters are starting to get into the "nitty gritty" stuff--getting more detailed and specific.
Chapter 6 was CSS and was a good illustration of different ways to apply CSS using Dreamweaver. Important rule of thumb: don't use the property inspector to edit your pages, then you will have to duplicate your work on each page b/c the CSS will be inline. Instead use the CSS styles panel to create new CSS rules and then you will be able to reapply those rules to all pages!
Chapter 7 covered typography, and showed various ways to edit fonts and create font lists. Again, using CSS was emphasized.
Chapter 8 gave an introduction to tables, which was pretty much a review. I was hoping that Dreamweaver would give an easier way to round corners, but unfortunately, you still have to create image files to do this....:(
I am a little bit behind, because these chapters were lengthier than the earlier ones, but I should be able to catch up this weekend!!
Chapter 6 was CSS and was a good illustration of different ways to apply CSS using Dreamweaver. Important rule of thumb: don't use the property inspector to edit your pages, then you will have to duplicate your work on each page b/c the CSS will be inline. Instead use the CSS styles panel to create new CSS rules and then you will be able to reapply those rules to all pages!
Chapter 7 covered typography, and showed various ways to edit fonts and create font lists. Again, using CSS was emphasized.
Chapter 8 gave an introduction to tables, which was pretty much a review. I was hoping that Dreamweaver would give an easier way to round corners, but unfortunately, you still have to create image files to do this....:(
I am a little bit behind, because these chapters were lengthier than the earlier ones, but I should be able to catch up this weekend!!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Chapters 3, 4, and 5: A Brief Rundown
Last week I worked through Chapters 3, 4, and 5. I decided to go ahead and give a brief synopsis before continuing on to the next 3 chapters. Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Site Management
Some things covered in this chapter were how to define a site, manage files and folders, and create site maps using Dreamweaver. An important detail to managing files is that you should ALWAYS do it in Dreamweaver in order to avoid having to repair the links on each of your pages. If you utilize the Files panel in Dreamweaver, it will automatically change any related links for you--very handy. Site map view was reviewed, but the design of sites was not really gone into.
Chapter 4: Basics
In this chapter Dreamweaver basics were covered: everything from creating new documents, to inserting images and links. A handy thing about Dreamweaver is that you can insert an image by selecting it from the Files panel and simply dragging it to where you want it. Also, when you want to create a link, you can utilize the Browse button to find the file you want to link to.
Chapter 5: Linking
This chapter showed the many ways of linking in Dreamweaver. Essentially there are several ways to perform the same operation. In order to specify the location for a link you can:
Chapter 3: Site Management
Some things covered in this chapter were how to define a site, manage files and folders, and create site maps using Dreamweaver. An important detail to managing files is that you should ALWAYS do it in Dreamweaver in order to avoid having to repair the links on each of your pages. If you utilize the Files panel in Dreamweaver, it will automatically change any related links for you--very handy. Site map view was reviewed, but the design of sites was not really gone into.
Chapter 4: Basics
In this chapter Dreamweaver basics were covered: everything from creating new documents, to inserting images and links. A handy thing about Dreamweaver is that you can insert an image by selecting it from the Files panel and simply dragging it to where you want it. Also, when you want to create a link, you can utilize the Browse button to find the file you want to link to.
Chapter 5: Linking
This chapter showed the many ways of linking in Dreamweaver. Essentially there are several ways to perform the same operation. In order to specify the location for a link you can:
- type it in
- Browse for it
- use "point to file" button
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Schedule for the Semester
This week I made a schedule for the semester. It lays out a plan to complete the Dreamweaver Training guide with a few weeks at the end to create the site for the tattoo shop. The schedule is set so far like this:
| Week | Reading/Content | Due |
| Feb 4-8 | Chapter 3: Managing Sites/Site Maps | Initial Site Map |
| Chapter 4: Dreamweaver Basics | ||
| Chapter 5: Linking | ||
| Feb 11-15 | Chapter 6: CSS | |
| Chapter 7: Typography | ||
| Chapter 8: Tables | ||
| Feb 18-22 | Chapter 9: Layout Tools | |
| Chapter 10: Devices (?) | ||
| Chapter 11: Rollover Images | ||
| Feb 23-29 | Chapter 12: XHTML | |
| Chapter 13: Forms | ||
| Chapter 14: Behaviors | ||
| Mar 3-7 | Chapter 15: Images | |
| Chapter 16: Templates (?) | ||
| Chapter 17: Automating (?) | ||
| Mar 10-14 | SPRING BREAK (no computer access) | |
| Mar 17-21 | Chapter 18: Accessibility (?) | |
| Chapter 19: Media Objects | ||
| Chapter 20: Spry Tools (?) | ||
| Mar 24-28 | Chapter 21: Deploying Site | |
| Mar 31- Apr 4 | Special Topics | |
| Apr 7-11 | Special Topics | |
| Apr 14-18 | Special Topics | |
| April 21-25 | Special Topics | |
| 29-Apr | READING DAY | |
| April 30- May 9 | FINALS WEEEK |
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