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Dreamweaver
from
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) is part of the Studio suite of Web desgin and management
software:
- Dreamweaver for
managing
Web sites and making
Web pages, Fireworks for image editing (important for Web work but not for this workshop) plus Freehand and Flash (which you won't
need for this workshop).
- The
version used for this tutorial is Studio MX 2004 and runs on both mac and
windows computers.
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Planning
A
Web site is a collection of web pages and any assets (pictures,
graphics, text files, templates, etc.) used in that site. Even if
you create only one page, that page is part of a site.
Think about purpose, audience, content, curriculum standards, local
web publication guidelines, local design conventions, your own design
elements, and file directory structure.
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Download these pages to help with planning.
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The
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Dreamweaver
is state-of-the-art software for editing Web pages and managing
Web sites. Any powerful tool has a learning curve, and Dreamweaver
has more features than you are ever likely to use. Begin with the
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Define
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Before
you create a page, you should Define a Site.
The site is a folder on your computer that will contain all the
pages that you create along with sub folders for graphics and/or
any other assets that you will use.
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Create
a Web Page |
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After
defining a site, create a Web page using tables, text, images,
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Dreamweaver
MX software
- Download
a free, 30-day trail from MacromediaPurchase
from Macromedia
Education StoreTry ebay, you might find a real bargain on the MX version or
just Dreamweaver and Fireworks
- Macromedia
On
Demand provides a library of seminars to help evaluate
products and get up to speed on new features
Books
- Crumlish, Christian. Dreamweaver MX Fireworks MX Savvy.
San Francisco/London: Sybex, 2002.
- Towers, Tarin, Sasha Magee, Abie Hadjitarkhani. Macromedia
Dreamweaver Advanced for Windows & Macintosh. Berkeley,
CA: Peachpit Press, 2003.
Support
Macromedia Support at http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/
[Example:
a search for “behaviors” found 207 Tech
Notes]
Web
Hosting Services
An
annotated list of free and subscription web hosting services
from Helen Jancich and Stacy Trekles at http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/tutorials/hecc2004/ Training
From Chris Franklin, The ETC Group.
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