quote Todd As someone who hasn't opened dreamweaver in years and codes css and xhtml by hand end quote
Wow! You hand code. Well Todd I salute you. Thanks for the feedback and advice and although its a long road I am not afraid to try what I have set out to achieve given time. There is a lot of DW help available which is my preferred editor. At each stage of the design I will put it through the validator and know enough to test in as many browsers as possible as I go. This morning I sent the first link but the background color was wrong so I had to change it for IE. It was fine in FF . I bought two DW books and will read and digest. One book in particular I like as it has the C-D - DW2004 - Training from the Source. That should help some way. I can also borrow the latest books from my libary. I am slowly learning CSS too Thanks again Todd! Kate --- On Mon, 24/11/08, Todd Budnikas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Todd Budnikas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WSG] First Attempt To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 24 November, 2008, 3:19 PM As someone who hasn't opened dreamweaver in years and codes css and xhtml by hand, but learned to build websites in Dreamweaver, I would say Rachel's approach might be difficult for some. This being your first website Kate, I would say to use some of the better tools Dreamweaver offers and learn from them. For instance in Dreamweaver CS3 you can create a new html page (File > New), choose New HTML page type and then you can select from some css based "Layouts". I think that's a great place to start. From there you should read up on some articles, pay attention to what happens as you experiment and modify things, etc. Design-based approach in Dreamweaver can be detrimental if you never learn what's behind it, but I think it's a great way to get started as long as you learn from what it offers. I'll probably get some backlash on this. I'm not saying Dreamweaver even does a really good job of writing markup or css when you are working in design-view, but it gives a good place to start. Also, I'd recommend using "Split" view so you can start to see the code changes and get comfortable with it as you interact with the design. On Nov 24, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Rachel Radford wrote: > Hi Kate, > > For a first webpage you're doing pretty well - you have some images > there and have changed the background colour and text colour on the > page. > > However, using the Dreamweaver design view approach will not give you > the best end results, or teach you the best practices. Peter's link > gives you some really good tips on moving beyond the elementary use of > Dreamweaver's design view, and point 5 - validate your page to find > basic errors is a definite step you don't want to miss. > > Other than that, you may want to look at following online tutorials. > For example, your menus can be enhanced by following some easy steps > (for example, > http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listutorial/horizontal_introduction.htm) > which you can then edit as you like. You will be able to find many > tutorials for page layout, table styling, menus etc. by searching > Google > and people here will also be able to give you pointers on good > tutorials. > > Then moving forward when you feel more confident with editing the > html & > css from these tutorials, you will be able to build your own menus and > eventually the entire website from scratch based on your custom design > :) > > All the best, > Rachel > > > -----Original Message----- > I followed with another messge for the link but here it is: > http://www.jungaling.com/katalinadesigns/index.html > Sorry.! > Kate > >>> >>> >>> My first attempt at Web design but only first step to any design and > >>> wondered what you think so far as to: >>> Top menu/color/images/table/..gently *grin >>> >>> In IE the page color is white so need to find how to get the correct > >>> color. This color works in FF ok - #172228 >>> I am working in DW8 on WinXP >>> >>> I have yet to get to grips with CSS yet but learning as I go along. >>> Thanks >>> Kate. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
