class resources
Check here for a constantly growing list of tutorials and resources related to the current topic in class per session. But always keep in mind if you want to find out more, or to answer a specific question that I don't cover, the online knowledge base is extensive and enormous. Type a good search combination into Google (ie Web fonts or CSS 2 column layout) and you will find a reasonable answer.
The Web Design/Development community is an “open source” community—meaning they freely share their code and their knowledge. Which leads to the next most common learning tool of the designer/developer...Right click on any page (away from an image) and choose “View Source” (which is also available from the Browser menus (View menu)). This is where the “source" is “open”.
video tutorials: (CS4) adobeTV: dreamweaver & (CS3) adobe video workshop
Session 1: Domain Name & Web Hosting Service
- Domain Names (Wikipedia)
- Web Hosting Server (Wikipedia)
Session 2: Basics & CSS
- W3C Schools: HTML
- W3C Schools: CSS
- Web Fonts Note the MSIE fonts currently installed on most systems: both Mac & PC
Session 3: Page Layout with Dreamweaver
- CSS Positoning Tutorial (“document flow” is referred to as “normal flow”)
- Online CSS Layout Library (nice examples and tutorials)
Session 4: Anchor Tags (links)
Session 5: Images
- Background Images Liza's demo page
Session 6: Image Galleries in HTML/Lightbox
- Video Demo: Bridge Web Gallery
- Lightbox (one type)
Session 7: Catching Up & Review
- Liza's CSS Hover (Rollover) Demo
Session 8: Flash Intro
- Flash Video Tutorials on Adobe TV
(review the Todd Perkins videos on this and the next page)
Books:
- Adobe Classroom in a Book for Flash CS4 (recommended by a classmate—I haven't read it)
- How to Cheat in Flash CS4 (just being released)
- Flash CS4 Professional Quickstart Guide (this is the book I recommend to my Flash students)
Session 9: More Flash
- Liza's Basic Slideshow Demo
( I apologoize for the length. You might want to jump through to the part you are interested in!)
Session 10: More Flash - Making a Slideshow that Loads Images Dynamically
Session 11: Sound
- Class Audio Page: About Sound in Flash
- Free MP3 Compression Program: Switch
Session 12: The Blog
- Installing your Wordpress Blog on GoDaddy: Video Tutorial
Session 13: Blog Themes & MP3 Player
- Wordpress Themes
- The enhanced MP3 Player using XSPF: XML Shareable Playlist Format
(full directions are linked to from this page)