Assignments
- Handcoded HTML Page - I prevented handcoding as much as I could to learn to use Dreamweaver's available tools and get a broader understanding of the program.
- Week 3 Practice - I mimicked the CSS from Lesson 2's Organic Utopia page to get a better understanding of it. Learned to upload to the server, delete some files from both server and locally. Learned to insert images using the Insert panel
- Week 4 Practice - More CSS/HTML learning, based off of one of Dreamweaver's page templates. Created line breaks and inserted images using the Insert panel.
- Week 5 Practice - Learned to format headings and text using Dreamweaver's CSS panel. Also learned to move internal stylesheets to external.
- Week 6 Practice - Got more familiarized with CSS Rules compounded tags, especially with a:hover
- Hobby Project - Learned about color schemes, and the basics of CARP.
- Final Project - A work in progress, showcase of all the lessons I've learned in CIS 212 thus far. Also including some things I've learned on my own time.
Textbook Lessons
- Lesson 1 - This lesson introduced me to appreciating Dreamweaver's capabilities in creating a website in a very visual manner, instead of handcoding everything.
- Lesson 2 - Doing this lesson taught me about Dreamweaver's ability to work with word document software like Microsoft Word, especially for transferring the same formatting of text (bold, italics, paragraphs) from one program to Dreamweaver.
- Lesson 3 - This lesson went over Dreamweaver's capabilities of editing pictures without having to use photoediting software like Photoshop. I also learned how to create hyperlinks using Point-to-File, and using the Browse Folder
- Lesson 4 - I learned about the 3 different types of Cascading Style Sheets, and got familiarized with the basics of the CSS styles panel.
- Lesson 5 - I learned about Absolute and Relative Positioning, some of the limitations to AP, and optimizing Photoshop files in Dreamweaver for the web.
- Lesson 7 (veggie names,tips)- I refreshed my foggy memory on tables in this chapter, and even learned how to import excel files and select specific parts of a table.
- Lesson 8 - This chapter went over customizing the Dreamweaver workflow so that it is more suited to its user. I learned about using guides and grids to create specific boundaries and placement.
- Lesson 10 - I learned a lot of useful little things in this chapter that could go a long way: Snippets, library items and Templates. Templates I think will take some more time getting used to, but I immediately found the usefulness of library items, especially for components of a site that are to be edited through every page - for example, navigation.
- Lesson 12 - This lesson was a pretty dense one about going over creating forms in Dreamweaver. I familiarized myself with an understanding of Form elements and the Behavior panel.