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Chapter 1The Many Ways to Design a Web PageIn This Chapter Comparing Web design options Understanding browser differences Developing a Web site Cu

books and training programs when you finish with this one. Entire books andWeb sites are dedicated to creating layouts that work on a variety of compu

What the user seesThe side that the user sees is all about navigation. When users arrive at yourhome page, where do you direct them? How do they move

Preparing and planning a Web siteOne of the most common mistakes new Web designers make is plunging intodeveloping a site without thinking through all

site, what should be included, and how the site should be organized. A goodbrainstorming session is a nonjudgmental free-for-all — a chance for everyo

Dreamweaver has two main program layout settings: the designer layout,shown in Figure 1-8, and the coder layout, which places the panels on the leftsi

Customizing the interfaceThe docking panels, palettes, and bars in Dreamweaver provide easy accessto most of the program’s features, and you can drag

The Property inspectorThe Property inspector is docked at the bottom of the workspace inDreamweaver. If you prefer it at the top of the screen, you ca

At the bottom-right corner of the Property inspector, you see a small arrow.Click this arrow (or double-click in any open inspector space) to reveal a

The menu barLike most programs you’ve used, the menu at the top of the screen provideseasy access to most program features, including the options you

For everything in between, Dreamweaver is the clear choice among profes-sional Web designers as well as among a growing number of people who wantto bu

When Web designers talk about accessibility, they mean creating a site thatcan be accessed by anyone who might ever visit your pages — and thatinclude

Separating content from design also enables you to create different stylesheets for different audiences and devices. In the future this is likely tobe

Reviewing old-school designsAlthough CSS is by far the best option for creating Web designs today, manysites on the Web were created using tables to c

Although I recommend that you redesign sites like the one shown in Figure 1-3with CSS and <div> tags, as you’ll find out how to do in Chapter 6,

Frames have a bad rep, and there are some compelling reasons why they’renot used much anymore. But frames still have their place on the Web, so I’vein

Figure 1-7:Use Dream-weaver’sdynamic sitedevelop-mentfeatures tocreateinteractivepages likethis admini-strative toolfor addingevents to the event page

In Figure 1-7, you see an administrative tool that was designed to make it easyfor someone who works at Power Yoga to update this section of the site