Presented by:Ermilo John D. Gialogo, Jr.BSCS-IST, De La Salle University-Manila

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HOW DO I START?

Set up the website anatomy Containing Block Logo Navigation Content White Space Footer

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Layout using Rule of Thirds Application of the “divine proportion”

▪ Generally makes the site aesthetically appealing

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Common layout examples Left-column navigation

▪ http://www.thinkgeek.com/index.shtml Right-column navigation

▪ http://www.audi.com Three-column navigation

▪ http://store.apple.com/

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Users won't read your text thoroughly in a word-by-word manner. Scanning Exhaustive reading is rare

The first two paragraphs must state the most important information.

Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information Carrying words that users will notice when

scanning

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WHAT IS DREAMWEAVER

?Does it weave dreams?

What is Dreamweaver? WYSIWYG HTML Editor Site Manager

▪ Styles▪ Links

IDE for Coders

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Adding Text and List, Preview in Browse Creating a new page Setting page properties

▪ Introducing Cascading Style Sheets Text Attributes in the Property Inspector Saving your work Previewing in your browser

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Defining and Configuring a Website Site Definition Files Panel

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Links, Anchors and MailTo Relative and Absolute Links

▪ Absolute path – complete URL▪ Relative path – location of the file in relation

to the page being viewed Anchors

▪ Why anchors?▪ Naming an anchor▪ Linking to an anchor

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Inserting Media Inserting Images Inserting Flash Videos

Web Page Layout with Tables Inserting a table Resizing Merging

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Tips and Tricks on Layouting Apply the following settings on the table

▪ Cell Padding: 0▪ Cell Spacing: 0▪ Border: 0

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WRAP UP THE STUFF.