I got this email the other day: I have a rather odd request to ask. I am trying to learn how to write web pages for fun and maybe more down the road. At present I have several different editors to choose from, and was wondering if you could give me some advice as to [...]
In the if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em category, Adobe announces the HTML5 Video Player widget with this message: “Adobe has released an easy-to-use, totally CSS-customizable solution that shifts gracefully from the HTML5 <video> tag to the Flash Player when the tag is not supported.” The widget works with or without Dreamweaver CS5. Introduction [...]
Here’s a guest post by Amanda at Best Rank, an Internet Marketing Company. The information is useful for an Internet Fundamentals or Basic Web Design setting. Most people surf the net regularly for favorite websites, or search online to gather research for school and work related projects. There are websites for just about any topic [...]
I mentioned a while back that I accepted a job teaching Dreamweaver at UNM Continuing Ed. I just completed my first session – a 12 hour class in beginning Dreamweaver. I’ve decided that teaching Dreamweaver is a lot like being the President of the United States. Here’s why. You’ve got this big complicated mass of [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
I saw a movie made using xtranormal.com and couldn’t resist trying it out myself. Registration was easy. The free options are few. If you wanted to turn out something really powerful, you’d have to pay to do it. I did make a free movie just for fun. It was easy to do. Here’s my first [...]
What do you wish Dreamweaver would do? I’ll bet you have a pet peeve or a longed-for feature. I’d like to see Dreamweaver do some new things. Or maybe, do some old things differently. I’d like to see proper icons in the Property Inspector for bold, italic, strong, and em. Bold and italic may make [...]
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Word got to me that University of New Mexico Continuing Ed needed someone to teach some Dreamweaver classes. Well, I can do that. I talked to the good folks at UNMCE and agreed to take on some of them. I haven’t been in a classroom in a while. I figure it will be good for [...]
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 HTML5 Pack is a free extension. Sorry, it only runs on CS5—can’t retrofit older versions of Dreamweaver. Togetherville: Walled Garden Social Networking for the Younger Set. There have been social networks for young children before, but this one is making news right now. I’m wondering what educators will do with this new [...]
A couple of preview-type articles on what we can expect to see happening with CSS 3 are fascinating, even if not practical for immediate use. CSS Template Layout Module and The CSS 3 Flexible Box Model. Introducing Dreamweaver CS 5 at the Adobe site gives you some highlights of the new Dreamweaver features in Creative [...]
Creating Accessible Links in PDFs from PWS gives “techniques for tagging links correctly to ensure that they are both keyboard operable and usable with a screen reader. It also looks at, amongst other things, how to make URLs more intelligible for screen reader users.” Dreamweaver CS5 Features Part 1: The All New CSS Starter Pages [...]
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