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  Web design using standard
HTML has become almost dated by the use of such programs as Macromedia
Dreamweaver. Although a basic understang of mark up language is necesssary to troubleshoot or tween aspects of a web page, Dreamweaver has made the process easy enough for most novice artists to create dynamic web content. With features such as the site menu, with which you can map a site, edit a site, manipulate form information and create reports. The Site menu makes site management less tedious than having to edit using the nesessary script language. Another advantage of using Dreamweaver is that it walks you through the structure of setting up a website. When defining a site, Dreamweaver allows you to create your root folder - the folder that your HTML pages will be kept, and one where you will keep the images your site will utilize. This type of structure helps to keep files organized and easy to keep track of. |
|   Dreamweaver
enables designers to create pages quickly and with greater ease in programming.
The Insert panel may be the most commonly used panel in the program. This
panel allows you to insert elements into your web page. The text tab contains
functions to edit font tags. Once you type your text, you can also do
font formatting such as bolding, heading, ordered & unordered lists,
and paragraph formatting from this tab. The Insert tab also allows you
to insert images into your page. It is always good form to correct your
image path by indicating the folder first, then the image name (Ex.
images/pic_1.jpg). Paths are syntax codes that locate elements
on a web page. There are three types of paths in web design; the document-relative
path, which is implemented by using anchors to link selected text or images
to sections of the document. Relative paths link selected text or images
to pages in the site. There is also the absolute path, which is used to
link to external site pages outside of the document. |
  The formatting aspect
of designing is also improved dynamically with Dreamweaver.
The ease with which you can insert and format tables and their content
is another major benefit of using the program. Tables are an essential
tool for aligning and positioning elements on a web page. Using this approach
in your design will ensure that your pages display similarly over a wide
range of screen sizes. Dreamweaver also has
file transfer capabilities which allow for easy posting and retreiving
of pages from your remote site for editing on your local site. The Put
and Get commands on the Site menu enable these actions. The Get command
pulls a copy of the page from the remote site for local editing. Once
the necessayr changes are made, the Put command uploads the updated page
to the remote site and overrides the old copy .Because of the GUI interface
of the program, all of the operations are point and click. Pop-up form
elements instruct you on what information to enter into a text field to
create the desired result. |
  One of the more common methods used for
transferring files in Dreamweaver is FTP
(File
Transfer Protocol).
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