Week 8 Notes

Work in class on midterm sites / Continue One-on-One’s (MAR. 15th)

Working with Templates, Navigation Options, Tables, Library Items

WORKING WITH TEMPLATES: Chapter 15

• Dreamweaver

• Other people’s templates

• http://csszengarden.com
• http://www.maxdesign.com.au/articles/css-layouts/

NAVIGATION OPTIONS: Chapter 13

• Links and Rollovers
• Insert Navigation Bar
• Behaviors panel

TABLES IN DREAMWEAVER: Chapter 10

• Structuring content
• Inserting Rows and Columns

LIBRARY ITEMS: Chapter 15

• Creating

Other things we put in our Library:

• Favicon pgs 156-157

Creating favicon.ico   http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon

Inserting

Making a “Snippet”

• Meta Tags pgs 85 -86

description

keywords

EXTRAS:

Adding a Photo Gallery (for now)

Image  Size

• Adobe Bridge web gallery
• Lightbox gallery http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/

Adding video (for now)

• Youtube http://www.thesitewizard.com/faqs/youtube-video-dreamweaver.shtml
• .flv’s & .mov’s pgs 160-164

Spry Drop-Down: pgs 378-381 (for now)

• http://visibleranking.com/2009/05/create-drop-down-menu-with-dreamweaver.php
• How to edit the Drop-down: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/

Image Mapping (mostly done in Flash these days)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_map
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Image_map_resources

HOMEWORK:

Finish your Midterm site. Critique AFTER SPRING BREAK!!

Requirements for midterm site:

1. 5-10 pages linked
2. rollovers
3. css linked stylesheet
4. navigation bar or system that is easy to navigate
5. design of site that is distinctive

**Note: You can still make a distinctive design by modifying a template. Chapter 15: Making Life Easier