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August 1, 2008

10 Terrific Tips for Web Design Beginners.

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 5:48 am

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When embarking on the daunting journey to web design enlightenment it can be hard to know where to start. This short article is intended as a roadmap, outlining the significant tips all aspiring web designers should be made aware of. If you follow each of the following tips you will be well on your way to web design nirvana. However, you may possibly be an intermediate, or, hold your breath, advanced web designer – well if that is the case, be humble my good friend, peruse the following tips and you may surprise yourself and pick up a thing or two. So saddle up to your computer chair, make yourself a coffee, drink some chai tea if it tickles your fancy (it’ s certainly not my cup of tea), assume the full lotus position and prepare to be digitally enlightened.
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– TECHNICAL TIPS –
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1. LEARN XHTML - Extensible HyperText Markup Language.
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If you don’t already know, XHTML is the ‘markup language’ that every individual web page is made out of. Right click on your screen, and click on view source. Feel like Neo already? Yes, that’s right folks; every web page you view is simply a plain text file full of code stored on some dudes computer (sometimes otherwise known as a web hosting server).
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Don’t be scared, XHTML is quite possibly the easiest programming language you can learn, so easy in fact XHTML isn’t technically classed as a programming language. Don’t take the ‘red pill’ and learn Dreamweaver – it may seem the easier option at first, but being completely honest once you learn XHTML you can create web pages in half the amount of time than it takes to in Dreamweaver, and you have more control over the final layout. Additionally, Dreamweaver adds quite a lot of unnecessary code and as a result increase the file size of the page, slowing down the loading time for all those poor sods still on dial up Internet. You can write XHTML code in a plain text editor, such as notepad, or notepad++ ( my favourite), however word processors such as Microsoft Word are entirely unsuitable.
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If you’re rich, unlike me, pick up a cheap ( recent) XHTML book, otherwise browse Google for XHTML tutorials, or head over to http://www.w3. org/MarkUp/Guide/ for a brief introduction to writing XHTML by Dave Raggett.
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2. LEARN CSS – Cascading Style Sheets.
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Stop torturing you with all these programming languages you say? Don’t fret my friend, CSS is only a little more advanced than XHTML and most books on XHTML also cover CSS. CSS is the language that controls things such as the colour, background images, font attributes, and so on. The beauty of using CSS is you can control the aesthetic features of multiple web pages with a single CSS file.
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If you would like another wonderful online tutorial, head over to http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/ Guide/Style for a brief introduction to CSS, by Dave Raggett also.
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3. LEARN PHOTOSHOP.
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All web designers know how to use Photoshop. I was actually born with a Photoshop watermark on my upper left thigh. If you are aspiring for a web design career you are going to need to learn Photoshop, hell – even my Nan knows how to use Photoshop. So Google away for Photoshop tutorials, or browse your local library to spice up your Photoshop skills.
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The best piece of advice I can give you is to make up all of your web page designs in Photoshop first. Once you are entirely happy with the design start slicing and dicing your photoshop file for the images you will need, and coding the web page in XHTML and CSS. This saves stuffing around with markup code unnecessarily; it’s much easier to make changes to layout and colours, etcetera, in Photoshop first.
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4. USE CSS INSTEAD OF TABLES FOR YOUR DESIGNS.
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If you already know a thing or two about web design you are probably sick to death of hearing about using CSS instead of tables for your layout. Well I’m going to give it a brief mention anyways for all those web design n00bies out there. Use CSS to control your layout, don’t use HTML tables for your design. Tables add tons of unnecessary code, are time consuming and expensive to make changes to once the site is completed, and only affect the layout of the single page you are working on – as opposed to using a single CSS file that affects the layout of any page you want. Don’t bust your knuckles by typing the same code over and over again.
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5. USE VALID XHTML AND CSS.
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Valid XHTML and valid CSS is code that validates with the World Wide Web Consortiums coding rules. There is plenty of information on how to ensure your code is valid over at http://www.w3.org. It is important to keep this in mind, as most web design employers will not touch web designers with a ten-foot clown pole unless their code adheres with the standards of the W3C.
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– THEORETICAL TIPS –
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6. LEARN ABOUT GRID THEORY.
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Grid theory is basically the design theory that suggests that works of art are more aesthetically pleasing if they adhere to some sort of grid that controls its layout. Additionally, the rule of thirds, which is a theory that is related to grid theory, (it’s sort of like the relative that no one wants to speak to at family functions because of a foul and unpleasant body odour), suggests that designs are even more aesthetically pleasing if their visual form can be divided into thirds. When designing web pages in photoshop, I always start with a grid first to ensure my layouts align to the grid.
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7. LEARN ABOUT TYPOGRAPHY.
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Typography can be defined as the study of fonts. Learning about typography will teach you when and where to use fonts. Learning about letter spacing (kerning as they like to call it), line height, the serif and sans serif font categories, and more, you’ll have a truly lethal understanding of fonts in your web design arsenal.
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It is important to keep in mind that there is only a small range of fonts that will display in people’s web browsers, so don’t rely on primarily using custom fonts in your designs, unless you plan on saving them all as images which can drastically increase the file size of your web site. Site visitors aren’t going to download custom fonts just to view your website the way you want them to, even if you are super polite. If you stick to using the following fonts for the actual text in your web page, you will be safe: Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, and Verdana. If you want to be an extra lame nerd like me, you should print out all the variations of these fonts (in bold, italic, different sizes, etc) and stick it on your wall.
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8. LEARN ABOUT COLOUR THEORY
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Before I continue any further I must offer one small piece of advise. Please please please do not email me and tell me that I have spelled ‘ colour’ wrong. If you do so, I will slap you with a salami. Every time I write one of these articles I seem to get at least one email from a silly sausage that doesn’t realise words such as ‘ color’ and ‘optimize’ are spelled differently in different parts of the world. Well, on with the show.
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Colour Theory, is, well, the theory of colours. There are many theories on how to choose a nice colour palette, and these will help ensure your web site won’t have the appearance it was designed by a colour blind… blind-man. Without getting into too much detail, one nice colour scheme to use is a monochromatic colour scheme. A monochromatic colour scheme is a selection of colours that features a colour (lets say cerulean blue), tints of that colour (cerulean blue with more white), shades of that colour (cerulean blue with more black), black and white colours (yes black and white are classified as colours my learn-ed friends).
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A nice little tool to help you choose your colour scheme can be located at http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html. Mmmm, free tool.
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9. GET INSPIRED
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Browse the net for good web designers, don’t steal their designs, but analyse their designs and try to figure out what fonts, colour scheme, grids, and photoshop techniques they are using. A simple way to use this is search for web design in Google, and browse the portfolios of the top web design companies that come up in the search results. Digital art and poster websites also serve as good inspiration.
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However you don’t need to restrict your sources of inspiration to the Internet. On the rare occasion when I venture out of my web design cave to eat something other than baked beans on toast, I like to analyse what grid, colour scheme, and font types that restaurants like to use in their menus. But hey, put me in a sack and throw me down a river if you think I’m just crazy.
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10. PRACTISE PRACTISE PRACTISE
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I shouldn’t have to say this but practise whenever you can. The more you practise, the sooner writing XHTML and CSS code will become a second nature to you, and you should also practise utilising the information from the various theories I have just mentioned too.
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A good tip would be to make one web page template a week and submit it to http://www.oswd.org and other online free web page template directories. It’s a great way to improve your skills, and develop a nice little portfolio too.
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Well that’s just about it for today, my avid readers. I hope the useful tips in this article have helped you well on your way towards web design enlightenment. If you need more information on any of the topics I have mentioned please don’t forget that Google and Wikipedia are your friends. And finally, please, never let yourself forget ‘There is a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path’.
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About the author: This article was written by Justin Daniel, who operates his small web design business- NFX Web Design http://www.nfxwebdesign.com.au, located in Newcastle, Australia. This article may be reproduced and published if it contains a link back to NFX Web Design, but not edited in any way without the permission of its author.

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GraFX launches Concurrent Versions System for Macromedia Dreamweaver

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 12:51 am

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GraFX released the first Concurrent Version System for Macromedia Dreamweaver coming to add new functionality to Macromedia Dreamweaver.Developers who are using popular Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system, now can use it inside of Dreamweaver.

graphic design Romania (PRWEB) November 15, 2003 — GraFX released the first Concurrent Version System for Macromedia Dreamweaver coming to add new functionality to Macromedia Dreamweaver. Developers who are using popular Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system, now can use it inside of Dreamweaver.


website design companiesCVS, with its benefits for version and source code control, is a useful tool for any professional developer - freelance, small to medium business or larger distributed teams:


how to design a web page”Its client-server access method lets developers access the latest code from anywhere there’s an Internet connection. Its unreserved check-out model to version control avoids artificial conflicts common with the exclusive check-out model.” declared Lehel Valics, General Manager GraFX. “We have tried to develop a extension very useful for Macromedia users, as we are Macromedia Certified Professionals”. has added Mr. Valics.


web design helpThe CVS client tools are available on most platforms.


Web Page DesignFeatures include:
- Direct access from as a Dreamweaver extension, can Commit, Add and Update
files to/from CVS
- Create new module
- Checkout existing projects
- Create new module
- Checkout existing projects
- Authentication via all standard CVS protocols, plus Windows specific SSPI
and Active Directory (using CVSNT product)
- Secure transport support via server or encrypted SSPI
- Works with Windows based CVS and Linux based CVS
- Professionaly built and tested ( we built it because we use it ourselves, the product is continously tuned and added to for continued professional development)


web redesignSystem requirements:


ecommerce web site designWindows Operating System, Macromedia Dreamweaver (tested on MX and MX 2004), CVSNT - Pre compiled binaries without installer (853KB)
(http://www.cvsnt.org), SSH like Putty client if you use EXT.


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Web Design ServicesThe full version of the extension is available for immediate purchase on
http://www.grafxsoftware.com, the single user license conting only 27.99USD for a limited period. There is a free version available as well, for immediate download at
http://www.grafxsoftware.com/product.php/CVS_for_Dreamweaver/22/


Web Design CompaniesTo learn more about CVS for Macromedia Dreamweaver and about the features comparison between free and full version, please visit
http://www.grafxsoftware.com/product.php/CVS_for_Dreamweaver/22/.


best website designAbout GraFX
GraFX is a web development company specialized in online applications,
offering high quality solutions based upon the latest technologies. In the last years, GraFX designed corporate sites, e-commerce solutions, web portals, but also developed mobile phone applications.
Our rich experience and our customer-oriented working style allow us to
offer price-quality top solutions.
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Author: Valics Lehel

July 16, 2008

How to Set Up a “Tell-A-Friend” Script

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 2:31 pm

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I am often asked, “Jo, how do I set up a Tell-A-Friend script like you?”
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So that’s why I am writing this article to you today.
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This article will show you how to set up a free “Tell-A-Friend” script that you can get just from searching google.
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OK… Load your google browser and type in… “tell a friend script”. The first one I see is at: http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/tellafriend.shtml
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Now you have the code for a “Tell-A-Friend” script…
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Now you need to load up dreamweaver.
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Go to the page you want to set it up on, or just create a new page if you want it on a new one.
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Now what you need to do is high-light the entire text in the box that has the code for the tell a friend script.
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Copy it.
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Go to your dreamweaver page.
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Click your mouse on the spot in the webpage where you want the “tell a friend script” to appear.
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Now… there is a little icon near the bottom of dreamweaver to the right hand side. When you mouse over it, it should read “Quick Tag Editor”. Click on that icon.
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You will see it will have two inverted brackets in it like so:
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Delete both of them.
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Then press your Ctrl key on your keyboard and press v.
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This will copy and paste the code into that particular spot on your webspage.
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All you need to do now is upload your webpage and you’re done!
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Enjoy.
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How To Learn Designing Your First Website

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 10:58 am

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In learning web design, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is something you must know, WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) HTML editor is something you must have and CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) is some big treasure to you which deserves burying yourself into it deeper and deeper.
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HTML is a common language for building and designing website. It tells the Internet browsers like Internet Explorer or Firefox how to display web content on the screen via HTML tags. In fact, everything you see on the web is under the control of HTML. What is HTML editor? It is a software like Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft Frontpage which helps you to create websites even though you know nothing about HTML.
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WOW! Does it mean by using HTML editor, you need not learn HTML yourself?? NOT necessarily. Below I’ll explain why and will also talk about some learning tips.
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HTML
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As I told you earlier, everything you see on the web is under the instructions written in HTML. Therefore, HTML editors also create webpages using HTML. The difference is that when you use HTML editor, you just have to click the buttons to “draw” webpages as you see on screen (What-You-See) and then HTML editor writes the HTML tags for you to display the webpages on web browser in exactly the same form (What-You-Get). However, it always happens that HTML editors write clumsy HTML tags, especially when you amend the webpage layout again and again during your website designing process, which may possibly deter search engines from reading your web page and in turn poorly affect your search engine ranking. What’s worse, your website cannot even be listed in search engines at all! The clumsy HTML codings will also increase your file size and hence the loading time, encouraging visitors to leave your website soon. Therefore, you should understand HTML to unable yourself to modify the HTML codes produced by WYSIWYG HTML editors. Besides, in the designing perspective, there are also some design limitations and restrictions using HTML editors when compared to free writing of HTML codes. If you would like some special design or custom look to your webpages, you are recommended to have some knowledge on HTML yourself. In more advanced level, if you are to do SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for your web page, you should know how to make use of meta tags like title, content, alt, header, etc. in order to attain better keyword positions in search engines. If you just happen to own a website designed by others, you should learn HTML in order to edit the context of your website without the need to depend on someone else in this simple but routine updating task. Or you have no website yet but you like to write articles to be displayed in others’ websites, you also should learn HTML in order to create appropriate links in your articles for others’ easy reference.
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Tips: If you have already got some basic knowledge on HTML, you may study “Getting Started With HTML” which is the most popular free HTML tutorials online provided by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which develops interoperable technologies including specifications, guidelines, software and tools to lead the Web to its full potential. If you still find the above tutorials too difficult or boring to start with or your time being too limited, “One Hour HTML” is highly recommended for you. It is a practical program to take you step by step in learning HTML from the very beginning and it offers you hands-on HTML encoding experience instead of merely teaching you theories so that you could have already experienced creating webpage using HTML as early as in the first hour of learning.
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WYSIWYG HTML Editor
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Indeed, despite my understanding on HTML, like many other web designers, I like to use WYSIWYG HTML editor such as Dreamweaver a lot and in fact, I can’t even think of living without it once I encountered it as it saves me so much time in writing the complex HTML codes and the best advantage is that i can immediately visualize the effect in the splitted WYSIWYG designing screen whenever I change the HTML codings above in the HTML encoding screen! I am not contradicting myself. In fact, the key to make use WYSIWYG HTML editor software is that you have to learn the software well and to use its buttons for quick and easy HTML editing yet you don’t let the software generated HTML codes to take the control but it is you who know how to master all HTML tags and to make any necessary changes to the HTML tags in order to bring the best visual and seo benefits to your website. Among all HTML editors in the market, Dreamweaver and Frontpage are the most popular ones. Dreamweaver is very popular among professional web designers while Frontpage is popular for small enterprise users. Dreamweaver has more user-friendly features than Frontpage which include its seamless integration with Flash, its automatic generation of closing tags once you enter the opening tags, the fact that it would not automatically re-write your codings like Frontpage does when you save an external HTML page not created by Frontpage, etc. Despite less user-friendly features, Frontpage is a Microsoft Office’s tool which many of you will be familiar with and it is fine enough for creating or editing websites for small projects.
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Tips: If you have never encountered HTML editors before, you may download the free trial provided by Macromedia. There are a few good Dreamweaver tutorials in the market. Among those, “Tutorials-4-You” and “Dreamweaver Made Simple” are two more popular ones due to the interactive nature of their video tutorials, giving Dreamweaver beginners hands on experience in using Dreamweaver from the very beginning of the tutorials. For Tutorials-4-You, a free demo is offered for you to experience the tutorials yourself and you can choose the version of Dreamweaver in meeting your practical needs. For Dreamweaver Made Simple, you are offered free download of a few chapters of the videos plus the ebook. Why not giving a try? It’s free and for sure you’ll have a lot of fun!
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CSS
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Aha! So it comes the time for CSS. If you are using HTML editors like Dreamweaver, indeed you are using CSS and creating styles yourself without even your noticing it! Wait, so you may ask, why do I need to learn CSS when I am able to create styles even without my own notice using an HTML editor? I can just tell you the answer is - “magics”. Yes yes, CSS is indeed a magic and it also creates many magics. But are you satisfied if you are just able to perform one of the many magics of CSS? Your answer is surely NO. Let me tell you what the CSS magics are.
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CSS Magic #1:
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- You no longer need to rewrite the same set of presentation style attributes like font color, background style, alignment, border, size, etc. repeatedly within the HTML codings but can group the set of attributes into a single style class within the stylesheet. In your HTML document, you just have to call it out using the style name. CSS is well designed to allow the separation of presentation style from the main content and a stylesheet can either be included inline as part of the HTML document or referenced externally as a CSS file. (So you may have already tried this magic from Dreamweaver)
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CSS Magic #2:
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- You now have great control over how your website looks and can change the presentation of hundreds or even thousands of your web pages by altering just one file (i.e. your stylesheet!) if it is referenced externally as a single source by your different web pages instead of being contained inline in each one of your web page. Presentation information including positioning, layout, font, color, etc. for your entire website can be contained in this single CSS file.
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CSS Magic #3:
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- You can eliminate the use of table to be nested inside some more tables for your web design layout anymore as you may now use the CSS file to control the positioning of all elements inside your website. Spiders no longer have to crawl through each one of your tables and page loading time can be much faster as visitors only have to download the lightweight stylesheet once and it is automatically reused for every page. What’s remained to be loaded is the actual HTML content which is now much smaller in size and hence your website can be made visible in a flash! What’s more, you can now get rid of a lot of complicated codes with tables and so your site code can be cleaner and neater for prior view and amendment.
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CSS Magic#4:
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- You can use CSS to place your important keyword phrases at top of your web pages which search engines love before other of your source code. In such a way, you can gain search engine ranking benefits as search engines like Google gives more weight to content closer to the top of your HTML document and now search engines can pick up the main content of your website first before your header images or navigation menus.
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CSS Magic#5:
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- You can use CSS to simulate some beautiful javascript effects like rollover buttons in your website design. Yet, you need not have any images visible on your html codes which will slow down your page loading time and you need not worry about visitors turning off javascript in eliminating pop-ups as for now, all are done just inside your CSS file instead of your HTML documents. Actually CSS can bring about much more than the above 5 magics. As I said in the first paragraph, learning CSS is not a “must” but you can certainly perform magics in your website when you know it more and more. Moreover, using CSS is a trend in web design and it is also conforming to future web standard in letting your website compatible with different browsers and making it much easier to be spidered by different search engines.
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Tips: I myself am learning it right a way and I find myself like a magician whenever I learn to eliminate the long HTML tags and replace them using CSS! I have done many researches on CSS tutorials and I find “How To Master CSS” of such a high quality and it meets my needs so well! It is a CSS know-it-all, teaching me all I need to master CSS in simple languages and how to use CSS to its full potential. Its step-by-step training videos and comprehensive CSS book are my favourites and it is even used by school teachers in teaching web design in class! It’s really worth a try if you are to learn CSS yourself. There is also a 100% risk-free money back guarantee, as for other professional web design related tutorials that I recommended. But I’m sure you won’t need it after your first trial on the tutorial! If you want a free tutorial regarding some basics of CSS instead, I would recommend “Adding A Touch Of Style” which is also provided by the reputable World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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Conclusion
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Building and designing website is not as difficult as you think. It just takes you hours to start with but of course it takes more time for your further practices. However, it will become your valuable asset for life once you’ve acquired the skill and got to know the crack. Don’t you hesitate anymore. Start learning it today!
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GraFX launches Concurrent Versions System for Macromedia Dreamweaver

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 10:34 am

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GraFX released the first Concurrent Version System for Macromedia Dreamweaver coming to add new functionality to Macromedia Dreamweaver.Developers who are using popular Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system, now can use it inside of Dreamweaver.

website design services Romania (PRWEB) November 15, 2003 — GraFX released the first Concurrent Version System for Macromedia Dreamweaver coming to add new functionality to Macromedia Dreamweaver. Developers who are using popular Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system, now can use it inside of Dreamweaver.


Web Design FirmCVS, with its benefits for version and source code control, is a useful tool for any professional developer - freelance, small to medium business or larger distributed teams:


design a web site”Its client-server access method lets developers access the latest code from anywhere there’s an Internet connection. Its unreserved check-out model to version control avoids artificial conflicts common with the exclusive check-out model.” declared Lehel Valics, General Manager GraFX. “We have tried to develop a extension very useful for Macromedia users, as we are Macromedia Certified Professionals”. has added Mr. Valics.


cheap websitesThe CVS client tools are available on most platforms.


affordable web designFeatures include:
- Direct access from as a Dreamweaver extension, can Commit, Add and Update
files to/from CVS
- Create new module
- Checkout existing projects
- Create new module
- Checkout existing projects
- Authentication via all standard CVS protocols, plus Windows specific SSPI
and Active Directory (using CVSNT product)
- Secure transport support via server or encrypted SSPI
- Works with Windows based CVS and Linux based CVS
- Professionaly built and tested ( we built it because we use it ourselves, the product is continously tuned and added to for continued professional development)


Web Design SoftwareSystem requirements:


professional website designWindows Operating System, Macromedia Dreamweaver (tested on MX and MX 2004), CVSNT - Pre compiled binaries without installer (853KB)
(http://www.cvsnt.org), SSH like Putty client if you use EXT.


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Custom Web DesignThe full version of the extension is available for immediate purchase on
http://www.grafxsoftware.com, the single user license conting only 27.99USD for a limited period. There is a free version available as well, for immediate download at
http://www.grafxsoftware.com/product.php/CVS_for_Dreamweaver/22/


logo designTo learn more about CVS for Macromedia Dreamweaver and about the features comparison between free and full version, please visit
http://www.grafxsoftware.com/product.php/CVS_for_Dreamweaver/22/.


custom web sitesAbout GraFX
GraFX is a web development company specialized in online applications,
offering high quality solutions based upon the latest technologies. In the last years, GraFX designed corporate sites, e-commerce solutions, web portals, but also developed mobile phone applications.
Our rich experience and our customer-oriented working style allow us to
offer price-quality top solutions.
###

Author: Valics Lehel

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Creating Data-driven pages in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 9:47 am

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With the Macromedia’s release of the new version of Dreamweaver, the Dreamweaver MX 2004, creating data – driven pages have several requirements before you can begin making them. Unlike Dreamweaver 4, a previous version of Dreamweaver, wherein you can just dive in and everything you need are there in the application already, Dreamweaver MX requires some bits and bobs that should be in order and set up your environment.
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There are three things you need. Here are they:
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1. A Web Server – now, don’t panic with this! You can run some free web server software in your computer, for development purposes. Yes, when we say it’s free, you won’t have to spend a dime on any more equipment and you won’t even have to learn much about it.
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You need the a web server because Dreamweaver MX creates sites using five main technologies – these are the ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP and ColdFusion. All these systems require processing of the pages which have to be done using a server. This is the main feature that makes Dreamweaver MX different from previous versions. For you to see your pages working, a server is needed to do the processing for you.
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If you are a beginner, you might find it best to start working with ASP, since it’s the most common choice. There are also lots of people around who’ll know how to help you out once you get stuck. For ASP, the web server you need comes free with Windows but it’s not installed by default. If you have NT (with latest Service Packs), Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro, then you’ll have IIS (Internet Information Server) on your Windows CD. To add it, go to Add and Remove Programs.
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Apache web server is on your machine if you’re running OS X. And if you’re on Mac, things can be more complicated but reachable still. You can use PHP as an advisable option in order to keep your costs low. But if you have plenty of budget to spare then, ColdFusion is best. Chili!Soft makes ASP servers for many different platforms, including Linux, in addition to the Microsoft servers.
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Its good news if you already have a web server on your network. Still, if you want to run using JSP or ColdFusion, then you’ll need to set up the appropriate servers for those. Once you have a web server running, we have a method of viewing dynamic pages. Now we need to pay attention to the source of our data.
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2: A Database – it’s very basic for you to need a database with information to put into your pages. A database can be a very simple CSV file, or a complex SQL Server database. But to generate a small database, it’s alright to use Microsoft Access. Remember that whatever system you use, you’ll need to know at least something about it. Lots of good books can help you with this.
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3: A System Connection to Your Database – you need to set up a kind of ‘connection’ to your system so that the web server on your machine can relate with the database. This is just a definition of where the database is and a few simple rules on how it should be treated.
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There are different ways of making connection but the easiest might be through defining a system DSN (Data Source Name). Make sure, though that you have a latest version of MDAC from Microsoft’s site. To get Dreamweaver MX working correctly with your system, you might need this.
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That’s it folks! Prepare these things and make lots of Data-driven pages on Dreamweaver MX! -30-

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For her, writing is an effective tool to express your viewpoints… To write is already to choose, thus, writing should be done along with a critical mind and a caring soul. She hopes to become more professional, skilled and mature in her craft.

Aside from writing Kay likes to spend her time reading. Reading lets her travel to far-off imagined places and situations. She also learns a lot from books, especially from the socio-political and historical ones.

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Website Templates

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 9:02 am

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Website Templates
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Looking to establish an online presence? Then, your most affordable solution is to buy a web template. It is important to determine what kind of templates are there in the market before you proceed to but one. The following is a brief explanation of the most popular templates that you expect to find on the market analyzing the degree of expertise to develop them, the required tools and their functionality.
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Flash Templates
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Flash is a registered trademark of macromedia studios. Flash has really modified the way that web pages look. It has allowed for movement and interactivity on previously very static and boring websites. It has its advantages and disadvantages like everything. Flash Templates bring alive every website allowing visitors to sometimes interact with the web page that they are visiting. However, they are not very useful from the search engine optimization standpoint. Search engines can not read flash movies. Therefore, a flash website, built entirely in flash, can not be optimized for key terms, so users can find you. Then, you have websites that have a flash introduction and or a flash heading. This websites provide users with the flashing and whistles that some website owners are looking for, and allow you to somehow optimize the pages making them friendlier for search engines like yahoo and google. Flash can be downloaded from the macromedia site with a test license for thirty days.
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Dreamweaver Templates
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Dreamweaver is another gem of macromedia. It is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) html editor which means that you do not need to know HTML to create pages. HTML is the standard protocol or language that most pages are created on the internet today. Dreamweaver templates allow you to speed the production of a website, and it also allows you, one your website is established, to modify all pages but just modifying the templates. You will only have to add the content to it. Of course, you will need dreamweaver software, which can also be downloaded from the macromedia site with a 30 day test license, and some knowledge of how it works. There are plenty of tutorials to learn dreamweaver, and even macromedia distributes it with a good but rough tutorial.
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Frontpage Templates
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Just like macromedia templates, frontpage templates speed the process of creating a website with multiple templates. Frontpage templates are more like a theme as you can apply it to existing pages and not use the template to create them. Frontpage is created by the Microsoft Corporation and is distributed with office package. You will need frontage to edit the templates.
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PSD Templates
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PSD files are the ones created by photoshop from adobe. Photoshop is one of the leading picture editing software on the market. Although PSD templates are very easy to modify, you will need extensive knowledge of what photoshop is capable and its commands. Usually, PSD templates include only one master file that you work with to produce many different web pages, and you will need to modify some graphics in order to alter the template to your need. PSD templates provide you with a great finished product that will look good on any browser. Photoshop, from adobe, is defiantly a require tool.
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Fireworks Templates
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As PSD templates, fireworks templates are made to work with an image editing software. The export capacity of fireworks allows you to have crispy clean layouts for your website. You will need, of course, fireworks from macromedia to modify them although you can get away with photoshop.
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Full site template
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Full site templates are templates that are sold with the most common pages already created. Your customizing is reduced to the minimum. Usually, you will receive a set of files, images, and some scripts, depending on the template and the provider. You will also need a HTML editor such as dreamweaver or frontpage to work with them. Full site templates are a little be more costly than other types of templates depending on the design, but it allow you to reduce creating pages and modifying images.
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Ecommerce Templates
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Ecommerce templates are templates that have a shopping cart with payment processors already incorporated, also depending on the provider and the template. It is a great solution to small to medium size companies that are looking to sell their products on the net. These templates are usually customizable with frontpage or dreamweaver, and you will only need to add your company information and the products. There is also a free ecommerce solution called Oscommerce. OsCommerce is an online shop free under the open source license and it works with a template system or theme. It features multilanguage options, and different payment gateaways. It is written in PHP, and works with most hosting services. The only conflict with Oscommerce is that every shop that uses it looks about the same. You will need to purchase an customized Oscommerce theme in order to obtain some uniqueness. There is minimal to non modification of the template once you implement it.
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CSS Templates
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CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet. It is a regular template ruled by an external file that has the colors, font sizes, font styles, and other information about the look of your website. It is especially useful when modifying the looks of a multi page website. If you are thinking on building a large website and changing the look if it when you want it, this is one of your best choice. The CSS file is editable with a text editor. You basically define the set of rules by what the website pages are governed.
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Flash Intro Templates
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Flash intro templates are templates that present a movie to visitors before they go into the detail pages of your website. Flash intro templates tantalize users with motion and information about your company. For some users, the flash intro is a turn off, and they skip the website which is the content that you want them to see since the intros usually takes time to load and finish. For some other users, flash intros amaze them. There is not between. Webmaster are also divided by the use of flash intros. In order to modify flash intros, you will need flash and a HTML editor.
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Phpnuke Themes
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Phpnuke is also another open source project that is free to the public. It can be a portal of information, or anything that you want. It works through modules, and presents the information in “boxes”. There is a lot of add on features that you can easily include to a phpnuke website. It is better that you visit www.phpnuke.org in order to learn what you can do with it. Also as Oscommerce, it works with a theme or template system where you only select the theme that you would like to set your site, and it changes the whole look of the site at the push of a bottom. Themes for phpnuke need little to non modification. The very little modification that you need is done with image editng software such as photoshop of fireworks.
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Forum Templates
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Whether you are looking to set up a forum or have an established forum, you need an appealing look to your users and subscribers. We have the forum templates that you are looking for. You can select from flash headers or regular forum templates. Our forum templates work with most popular open source forums such as PhpBB. They will include all required files to put it into the template system of your site. Our forum templates are of great quality and design.

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Nelson Bort, BA in Business Admisnistration - Internet Marketing, hosts and mantains http://wwww.studiotemplates.com
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Dreamweaver Too Complicated?, Go Live And Frontpage Too Steep A Learning Curve?

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 6:26 am

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XSitePro is a new website design package that we have reviewed to create entire web sites, not just individual pages, and optimize them.
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I think that some web design packages have too steep a learning curve. That’s why I want to tell you about a product that I’ve just reviewed called XSitePro. Here is a brief summary, and you can see the full review by using the link indicated at the end of this article.
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I was looking for something more versatile than a lot of the lower end website building software such as Web Easy Pro, and Web Plus, yet with a good deal of the functionality of the higher end products such as Dreamweaver and Frontpage. As I needed to start quickly I didn’t want the steep learning curve that these higher end products demanded.
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Quite by accident I came across XSitePro. At first I was nearly dissuaded from taking it further, because I was presented with a one-page sales website which the software authors put out.
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Personally, having spent a great deal of time, recently, researching web products, the one page sales letters deter me from going any further, as I have subscribed to several, and always been disappointed. I also dislike parting with money before I ‘touch and feel’ a product, and particularly like to download a fifteen or thirty day demo, which was just not available.
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Erring on the side of caution I posted a request on the Warrior forum, and asked for advice as to which website development software I should opt for. More replies were positive about XSitePro than any other, so I subscribed and downloaded the software, putting faith in the promise of a 365 day refund.
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I was certainly not disappointed and initially completed the tutorial, where I constructed a ten page website in around 11/2 hours. You can view the website completed in the tutorial by going to the web page indicated at the end of this article.
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XSitePro is feature rich and I have picked out my 12 favorits.
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XSitePro optimizes each page to rank well with the search engines and gives suggestions as to what tasks you need to carry out, to bring this about.
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The ‘Help’ functionality is very good with on-screen pages supported by ‘Index’ and ‘Search’ facilities. There is ‘Context Sensitive Help’ throughout providing immediate help relating to the function you are currently performing. ‘Online Help’ accesses a ‘Knowledgebase’ of frequently asked questions with the ability to ‘Submit a Ticket’ if the answer is not found.
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Using a ‘Template’ principle it is possible to make amendment to all pages by making alterations to the template. Therefore if you want to change text, site colours, logos etc. on all pages, this is easily achieved.
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The Multi-Page Creation Wizard provides a quick and easy way of creating the infrastructure of a new site, or adding whole new branches to the infrastructure of an existing site.
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You can simplify your web creation tasks using the valuable To Do Report automatically produced by XSitePro. The software produces a checklist of suggested actions still needed for each page so you never forget to carry out essential tasks.
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Two mouse clicks will introduce Google Adsense ads to your web pages bringing about another income stream.
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Powerful functionality immediately available which includes pop-ups, pop-ins, link pages, automatic sitemap, page import, scripts, redirect pages and much more.
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The software comes with 163 website templates included, making website creation even faster and easier.
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Built-in Article and Product pages which are of considerable benefit to internet marketers.
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No knowledge of HTML needed, making it also a beginners tool. If you can use Microsoft Word, or similar then XSitePro is for you.
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Print out an incredibly detailed report that tells you exactly what you need to do to each of your pages, which means you can make sure that all your pages are exactly right before you publish them to the Internet.
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Easily add a links page to your site that looks great and is easy to update, which means you can benefit from a reciprocal linking campaign (i.e. exchanging links with other sites).
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In summary we found it to be easy to learn, intuitive and we were able to produce results fast.

About the author:

© Paul Lewis 2006. All rights reserved.

Reprints welcomed with article and resource box unedited.

See the completed web pages created in the XSitePro web page tutorial.

You can see detailed functionality, screen movies, tutorial samples, free e-books and much more by visiting the XSitePro full review.

Paul is also CEO of Demovision, a company specializing in talking heads. You can see examples if you go to the “Contact Us” page at the above site. You will need Internet Explorer to view.

reviewxsitepro.com

paul@reviewxsitepro.com
Author: Paul Lewis

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July 2, 2008

TEMPLATES2GO MAKES WEBSITE DESIGNING A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR DREAMWEAVER USERS

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 7:56 pm

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Templates2go.com just announced the release of 30 new Dreamweaver templates, bringing their collection of templates to 60 designs overall.

best web design Oxnard, CA — Templates2go.com just announced the release of 30 new
Dreamweaver templates, bringing their collection of templates to 60 designs
overall.
Web Design Services And to make it even easier for designers to customize the templates for
their own use, we’ve also added step-by-step instructions for all 60 templates
to show how to edit the designs using Dreamweaver and Fireworks,” said
Templates2go creator, Linda Locke.
how to design a web page With the addition of 30 more templates plus the design instructions, using the
Templates2go collection is now super easy. Designers can just pick one of the
ready-to-go website designs and change the colors, images, and text to fit
their preferences.
ecommerce website Most of our customers don’t have the time to deal with the hassle of creating
original graphics and design layouts from scratch. They want to get their sites
up fast. And our templates give them a jump start in designing a great looking
website in a fraction of the time it would take to create it themselves.”
how to design a website Or as one customer said, “If you use Dreamweaver, don’t even think of
creating your next website until you visit http://www.templates2go.com

Author: Linda Locke

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Dreamweaver Too Complicated?, Go Live And Frontpage Too Steep A Learning Curve?

Filed under: Dreamweaver — Will Jay @ 7:16 pm

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XSitePro is a new website design package that we have reviewed to create entire web sites, not just individual pages, and optimize them.
design a web page

I think that some web design packages have too steep a learning curve. That’s why I want to tell you about a product that I’ve just reviewed called XSitePro. Here is a brief summary, and you can see the full review by using the link indicated at the end of this article.
website design and hosting

I was looking for something more versatile than a lot of the lower end website building software such as Web Easy Pro, and Web Plus, yet with a good deal of the functionality of the higher end products such as Dreamweaver and Frontpage. As I needed to start quickly I didn’t want the steep learning curve that these higher end products demanded.
logo design

Quite by accident I came across XSitePro. At first I was nearly dissuaded from taking it further, because I was presented with a one-page sales website which the software authors put out.
professional website design

Personally, having spent a great deal of time, recently, researching web products, the one page sales letters deter me from going any further, as I have subscribed to several, and always been disappointed. I also dislike parting with money before I ‘touch and feel’ a product, and particularly like to download a fifteen or thirty day demo, which was just not available.
Web Page Design

Erring on the side of caution I posted a request on the Warrior forum, and asked for advice as to which website development software I should opt for. More replies were positive about XSitePro than any other, so I subscribed and downloaded the software, putting faith in the promise of a 365 day refund.
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I was certainly not disappointed and initially completed the tutorial, where I constructed a ten page website in around 11/2 hours. You can view the website completed in the tutorial by going to the web page indicated at the end of this article.
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XSitePro is feature rich and I have picked out my 12 favorits.
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XSitePro optimizes each page to rank well with the search engines and gives suggestions as to what tasks you need to carry out, to bring this about.
how to design a web page

The ‘Help’ functionality is very good with on-screen pages supported by ‘Index’ and ‘Search’ facilities. There is ‘Context Sensitive Help’ throughout providing immediate help relating to the function you are currently performing. ‘Online Help’ accesses a ‘Knowledgebase’ of frequently asked questions with the ability to ‘Submit a Ticket’ if the answer is not found.
Web Page Design

Using a ‘Template’ principle it is possible to make amendment to all pages by making alterations to the template. Therefore if you want to change text, site colours, logos etc. on all pages, this is easily achieved.
design a web page

The Multi-Page Creation Wizard provides a quick and easy way of creating the infrastructure of a new site, or adding whole new branches to the infrastructure of an existing site.

Web Design Miami
You can simplify your web creation tasks using the valuable To Do Report automatically produced by XSitePro. The software produces a checklist of suggested actions still needed for each page so you never forget to carry out essential tasks.

Two mouse clicks will introduce Google Adsense ads to your web pages bringing about another income stream.
website designers

Powerful functionality immediately available which includes pop-ups, pop-ins, link pages, automatic sitemap, page import, scripts, redirect pages and much more.
design your own website

The software comes with 163 website templates included, making website creation even faster and easier.
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Built-in Article and Product pages which are of considerable benefit to internet marketers.
Web Design Software

No knowledge of HTML needed, making it also a beginners tool. If you can use Microsoft Word, or similar then XSitePro is for you.
web hosting

Print out an incredibly detailed report that tells you exactly what you need to do to each of your pages, which means you can make sure that all your pages are exactly right before you publish them to the Internet.
Website Design Miami

Easily add a links page to your site that looks great and is easy to update, which means you can benefit from a reciprocal linking campaign (i.e. exchanging links with other sites).
best website design

In summary we found it to be easy to learn, intuitive and we were able to produce results fast.

About the author:

© Paul Lewis 2006. All rights reserved.

Reprints welcomed with article and resource box unedited.

See the completed web pages created in the XSitePro web page tutorial.

You can see detailed functionality, screen movies, tutorial samples, free e-books and much more by visiting the XSitePro full review.

Paul is also CEO of Demovision, a company specializing in talking heads. You can see examples if you go to the “Contact Us” page at the above site. You will need Internet Explorer to view.

reviewxsitepro.com

paul@reviewxsitepro.com
Author: Paul Lewis

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