![]() ![]() The Funky Website Extras section will present alternative build methods, cool Javascript functionality, content management tutorials and all sorts of other handy stuff as and when I can add it. The submenu on the left presents the articles in order. However, if you're starting completely from scratch, it'll be best to go through the Planning, Designing and Building sections in the order they're presented. This site is designed so that you can pretty much jump to any section at any time and it will (hopefully!) make sense. Don't let this worry you - there is very little difference between the versions (so far) and everything I've written applies to all subsequent versions of Dreamweaver to date. When I started creating this site Adobe CS5 (and therefore Dreamweaver CS5) had not been released, so all the screenshots have been made of CS4. Hopefully these tutorials aren’t just for designers - anyone who wants (or needs) to start using Dreamweaver will find all they need to get started, from setting up a Photoshop visual to publishing a simple website. That means I can still write a comprehensible step-by-step guide without (hopefully) descending into jargon. I’ve been through all this and come out the other side - and I’m still human. HTML has endured because it’s so easy to understand (even for graphic designers), but these days, if you even think about creating a web page with tables on it instead of DIV tags, you have to endure a barrage of abuse from purists who write HTML pages in notepad linking all design elements to highly efficient CSS (cascading style sheet) documents. Website design and build processes have inevitably transformed as well. ![]() Things have moved along a bit since then. The design company I worked for was (like most studios at that time) entirely print-based, and learning Pagemill was strictly on my own time. The first website design software I used was Adobe Pagemill after its release in 1994. I spent years working as a print-based graphic designer in the New Forest UK, and as time passed it became increasingly necessary to transfer what I’d learnt to the Internet. There are plenty of designers and Photoshop-savvy publishers out there who, after years of creating work for the print medium (either at home or professionally), need to expand their horizons and create for the web, which inevitably means learning and using Dreamweaver. I highly recommend you check them out if you want to move to WordPress development and you're concerned about PHP coding. In order to side-step overly complex coding, I use Toolset plugins to help me create complex functionality without worrying about how to code. WordPress is by far the most used content management system on the planet - and if you want to dip your toe into creating database-driven websites, this is the one I'd suggest you use. ![]() However, I still use Dreamweaver when working with dynamic sites - and WordPress is my CMS of choice. This website focuses primarily on creating a 'static' website rather than a content managed website. ![]()
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