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To view lecture notes for a given lesson follow the links below. Lecture notes will be added the day of each lecture. Reading assignments will be listed for each section. Please do the assigned readings before class and be prepared to discuss in class. All readings are from Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Classroom in a Book unless otherwise noted. To view lectures from last semester visit this page.
Getting Started - 1.15.2008
Reading Assignment: Lesson 2 - Customizing the Dreamweaver Workspace
How to Organize your files - 1.17.2008
- Naming Conventions, Meta Naming, Directory Structure
- Defining a Site in Dreamweaver
- Structure, Content, Design, Behavior
Reading Assignment: Lesson 12 pg 285-290
Semantic XHTML (Quiz Material)
Video Tutorial - Defining a site
Additional Reading: Discussion on Mark-up
The Building Blocks: Structure - 1.22. 2008
Additional Reading: Web Standards Overview
The Building Blocks: Design - 1.24. 2008
- Editing Head Content
- Selecting the Proper Style: Tags, Classes, and ID's
- Creating Styles for Your Site: Creating ID's, Classes, and Redefining HTML Tags
Reading Assignment: Fireworks Overview
Additional Reading: CSS Overview
The Building Blocks: Design - 1.29. 2008
- Planning, Storyboarding and Collecting Resources for your Web Site
- Deciding on Good Colors and Fonts
- Fireworks Workspace Overview
Assignments:
Color Scheme - 1.31.08
Storyboard Draft - 2.5.08
The Building Blocks: Design - 1.31. 2008
- Creating Shapes in Fireworks
- Creating and Modifying Text
- Applying Filters to Objects and Text
- Applying a Style to Text
- Using Shapes, Text, and Photos to create Imagery for your site
Homework (Due 2.7.08): Create Banner image for your website in Fireworks. Image should be 700px Wide and between 80px and 200px tall. < 40kb in size. Emailed to tswallace@ualr.edu before class.
The Building Blocks: Design - 2.5. 2008
- Optimizing and Exporting Images for the Web
- Classroom Lab Time: Creating Your Page Design
The Building Blocks: Design - 2.7. 2008
Bringing It All Together - 2.14. 2008
- Finding and Implementing JavaScript
- Extending Dreamweaver: Dreamweaver Extensions | Lorem Ipsum
- Creating Links to Other Pages
- Validating your HTML and CSS
- Finalizing Page Structure
Bringing It All Together - 2.19. 2008
- Adding Pages to Your Site
- Accessibility: Making Your Site Accessible to All Audiences
- Classroom Lab Time: Creating Your Page Design
Microsoft Project - 2.21.2008
Active Server Pages - 2.28.2008
- Planning your Website/Database Interaction
- Setting up your Files & Directories
- Creating a Simple Database for Your Web Site
- Connecting to Your Database with a Custom Connection String
Active Server Pages - 3.4.2008
- Creating a Recordset
- Using Dreamweaver to Add a Record to Your Database
- Using Dreamweaver to View a Record in Your Database
Web Design Recap - 3.18.2008
- Creating an Email Contact Form using Active Server Pages
- Uploading / Publishing Your Site
- Refresher Notes
