PE8_Dreamweaver

I was right there is so many facets to this program that I will need to follow up with more training after this. I enjoyed working through the tutorial and found the instruction very clearly stated and easy to follow but this is a very new program to me and I will definately want to follow through with more details to have a better depth of knowledge on this program.

I worked through the example project as I was going through the videos and created the website the they had provided the graphics for. I really enjoyed this but I want to learn more about how to create my own graphics to add into a website.

Snapshot of my example site

I found it very interesting that different browsers view the graphics differently that you place on your page. I always thought that the graphics would be viewed the same on all versions of Firefox and Safari. This is something I will keep in mind when creating different graphics in the future.

I will be working into this program further but I do have a good foundation now to work on. I really enjoyed this and am glad I took the time to learn how to basically work through Dreamweaver.

PE7_Dreamweaver

As I am learning how to build a website I have to give credit to those website designers. I knew that there was a lot to go into creating a website but I never knew how much.

I like how the program is set up that you can see both the design aspect and the coding aspect of you web page it does help when you learn both as you are creating. It is good to know how to read through the coding on the website it seems to be helpful when creating to help in placement and alignment of objects on your page.

Setting up links in the blog and in Dreamweaver are done in a very similar way. It is interesting how you can set the different ways for the link to highlight, change color, or underline to let you know you have selected that link. I know it is a simple thing but it is interesting how something so simple you never really think about when you are surfing a web page.

Well going to go back in to finish through more. I am enjoying this and realize I probably will need more training after this to really get the hang of the program.

PE6_Dreamweaver

I have always wanted to learn how to design and create my own website, so for this weeks activity I went onto Lynda started the tutorial Creating a First Website using Dreamweaver CS5. I can tell this is going to need a very extensive study to understand how this program works. The instructor was very thorough explaining what goes into a website and the explanation html was very helpful. I have worked with Photoshop and Illustrator but have not created for the web before. As with most Adobe software I think the knowledge that I will get from the 2 hour and 18 minutes of tutorials is just going to scratch the surface of what is possible with this program.
The first thing that is explained is that you must have a plan for your layout and you want to have all of your files together before you start to create your website. Once that is together you are ready to begin. I have downloaded the exercise files and plan to follow along with the tutorials to help me through this for the first time.
I can say that this is now my second set of instructional videos with Lynda and I am enjoying how the instructors are clearly explaining what they are doing and why. I usually get frustrated with some of the companies that put out tutorials and tell you what to do but not why you are doing it. The program does look a little intimidating but I will keep you posted on the rest as I start working through the program.