Thursday, 10 February 2011

Dreamweaver

Creating a basic four page website using images and text as links.
notes on creating the website:
site > new site > name it
Server technology > no
select file location [create a new folder that all the associated website files can be saved in including images etc]
Remote server > none 
creating pages for the website
file > new > basic html

Extra Notes:
The selection of fonts are default because you don't have control over the way that the page will be viewed by others, if you used a created font or downloaded font that isn't installed on the computer that it is being viewed on the appearance will be different, dependent on font spacing and size etc.
Saving the page:
it is always best to save the pages when you start giving them easy to locate file names with no spaces as it could cause problems later with linking etc.
insert image
they can be dragged and dropped in from the folder on the right
or inserted, insert > image 
When the files are open at the top on the tab you can see if it has been saved, if it hasn't been saved there will be an [*] at the end of the file name.
linking an image:
here I linked an image to a page and to do so you can either select the folder tool and then choose the page that you have saved or simply use the 'point to file' tool to select the file as shown below.


further notes:
Page color, Modify > page properties


Resizing images in photshop to use as thumbnails 
image > image size 
change width and height [maybe 75 pixels]


Adding images, tables and linking them.
Insert > table 






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