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Due to its reach, power and importance, it is now more important than ever to have a presence on the World Wide Web. In this tutorial, author James Gonzalez uses his Web design expertise and years of training experience to show you how to quickly and easily create basic Web pages and websites using Adobe Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash. This is not just a course covering the how of these applications, it also includes the theory needed to understand why and when to use them. At the conclusion of this tutorial, you will know everything needed to design and create attractive, effective Web sites and how to promote them using the top search engines. To being learning, simply click on any of the movie links.

Course How to Build a Basic Website Author James Gonzalez SKU 33867 ISBN 1-934743-66-6 Release Date 2008-04-11 Duration 9.00 hrs / 106 tutorials Work files No Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags

Getting Started About this Tutorial 03:03 Course Overview 04:58 What is the World Wide Web? 02:48 Why the Web is a Big Deal 04:55 Tools Needed to Build Websites pt. 1 05:57 Tools Needed to Build Websites pt. 2 05:01 Before Planning Your Site Web Browsers 03:55 Browsing the Web vs. Building a Site 06:29 Domain Names 04:55 Finding a Host for Your Website 07:18 Using File Transfer Protocol pt. 1 04:37 Using File Transfer Protocol pt. 2 03:55 Planning Your Site Website Planning 06:24 Storyboarding 05:18 Components of a Website 04:17 Components of a Web Page 05:43 Designing Your Site Web Design for the Non-Designer 03:02 Establish Focus 07:13 Proximity 06:09 Consistency 07:19 Proportion 05:49 Page Lengths 03:35 Visual Contrast 04:10 Color 06:21 Picking Color Schemes 04:20 Designing Type Text Composition 04:37 Improving Legibility 06:33 Introduction to Typography 01:20 Fonts 04:35 Style Sheets 06:56 Setting Up Your Site Setting Up Your Site 04:09 Overview - Creating Your First Page 07:11 Using Blog Software 05:39 Word Press 06:20 Text Based Pages Advantages of Text Based Layouts 05:11 HTML 04:43 Using Text Editors or HTML Editors 06:01 Creating a Dreamweaver Site pt. 1 04:19 Creating a Dreamweaver Site pt. 2 04:12 Dreamweaver Workspace Layout 05:25 Creating Pages with Dreamweaver pt. 1 05:23 Creating Pages with Dreamweaver pt. 2 02:23 Creating Pages with Dreamweaver pt. 3 04:38 Formatting with CSS vs. HTML 03:23 Graphics-based Pages Advantages of Graphic Based Pages 04:25 Bitmap Graphics 04:28 Vector Graphics 05:40 Image Compression 05:23 GIF Files pt. 1 06:18 GIF Files pt. 2 01:44 JPEG Files 03:54 PNG & Other Files 05:23 Using Fireworks to Create Pages 03:50 Fireworks Workspace 06:32

Fireworks Panels 07:52 Creating a Splash Page in Fireworks 07:33 Creating a Home Page in Fireworks 05:43 Optimizing Graphics in Fireworks 07:05 Publishing Fireworks Files 07:11 Table Based Pages in Dreamweaver Page Layouts Using Tables 05:53 Setting Table Properties pt. 1 05:18 Setting Table Properties pt. 2 05:45 Working with Table Cells 07:29 Working in Expanded Tables Mode 02:29 Layouts Using Nested Tables 04:50 CSS Based Pages Why Use CSS? 03:13 Page Layouts Using CSS 07:51 Creating Embedded Text Styles 07:18 Creating External Style Sheets 06:59 Applying Styles 06:36 Troubleshooting Style Problems 02:49 CSS Positioning Properties pt. 1 05:57 CSS Positioning Properties pt. 2 03:36 Flash Based Websites What is Flash? 06:02 Advantages & Disadvantages of Flash Pages 05:06 The Flash Timeline 04:22 Building a Basic Intro Page in Flash pt. 1 06:56 Building a Basic Intro Page in Flash pt. 2 01:43 Building a Basic Home Page in Flash pt. 1 06:49 Building a Basic Home Page in Flash pt. 2 07:11 Creating Shape Tween Animations 05:29 Creating Motion Tween Animations 06:55 Adding Sound to Your Web Pages 06:54 Publishing Flash Files 06:52 Creating Links Relative vs. Absolute Links 06:35 Writing Relative Paths pt. 1 06:20 Writing Relative Paths pt. 2 00:54 Tips for Organizing Folders 03:56 Tips for Handling External Links 03:11 Anchor Tags & Internal Links 03:00 Creating Links in Dreamweaver & Fireworks 05:42 Creating Links in Flash 03:24 Fixing Problems Avoiding Problems by Staying Organized 06:32 Testing for Problems 05:46 Debugging Tricks pt. 1 04:55 Debugging Tricks pt. 2 04:24 Promoting Your Site Why Search Engines are Important 04:32 How Search Engines Work 03:35 How Search Engines Rank Web Pages pt. 1 04:38 How Search Engines Rank Web Pages pt. 2 05:31 Researching Keywords 03:15 Applying Keywords on Your Pages 05:46 Link Strategies 03:19 Wrap Up Where to Learn More 06:05 Course Conclusion 03:34 About Your Instructor 01:06