CIS 205—Web Site Design and Development Dreamweaver MX Unit C CIS 205—Web Site Design and Development

Web Resources For some other tutorials on Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash, see http://www.iboost.com/build/software/index.html This discusses the problem of formatting the numbers in an ordered list: http://caheinfo.wsu.edu/webtips/format_lists.html#

Lesson 1—Text & Graphics Avoid large amounts of text. Break text up into sections (with headings) and _____. Three kinds of lists: unordered—use bullets ordered—use numbers or letters in sequence definition—terms followed by _________ paragraphs To create lists in Dreamweaver, select the text and use the ________ inspector. To format lists in Dreamweaver, use the List Properties box. lists indented Property

Lesson 2—Cascading Style Sheets Consistent ___________ appearance of page elements is best achieved using Cascading Style Sheets. You create and apply CSS styles using the CSS Styles _______ in Dreamweaver. A CSS style has two parts, the ________ and the declaration. The declaration has two parts, the property and the _______. .bullets { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } panel selector value

Lessons 3 & 4—Graphics The three major graphic file formats are GIF: limited number of colors, supports _____________ JPG: best for photographs _____: shares advantages of GIF and JPG, not universally accepted by older browsers In Dreamweaver, graphics added to a web site are automatically added to the _______ panel. The _________ of images affects how they appear relative to text around them. The appearance of images can be improved by adding ________ and horizontal/vertical space. __________ text should be added for all images. transparency PNG Assets alignment borders Alternative

Lesson 5—Background Images Background images should be avoided on pages with lots of text and other elements. One of the best choices for a background is ______. A ______ image repeats across and down a web page. A _________ image is a tiled image that is blurred at the edges. Graphics in the assets folder that are no longer used in the web site should be deleted. Non-Web-_____ colors should be avoided and can be removed from your site using Dreamweaver. white tiled seamless safe