Adobe Dreamweaver... how to make my webpage be awesome?

Question

Yr 10 Info technology, we're making webpages using dreamweaver. They're really simple ones too, basic, but...
Does anyone have any ideas on how to make mine stand out? I'm doing mine on The Beatles...
I want mine to be oober swesome!
Thanks

Answer 1

I am unsure of the level ur learning at so please bear with me if i say things that u already know:



1. Don't use tables for layout (use css)



2. Use external css an break this down into 2 sheets layout an style

- Layout will contain everything that formats the page i.e. height, width, margins, paddings

- Style will contain everything related to the theme of the page i.e.images, colours, fonts

By separating these u will make it easier to debug an reformat later on not to mention applying it to multiple pages is a snap.



3. web 2.0 is all about curves, curves are good on a woman, they used those to design coca cola bottle shapes, an likewise they do well on webpages.



4. For interactivity an animation i recommend looking at JQuery (javascript framework) this tiny frame can render some impressive fx an is easy to implement, also it has a library of plugins free for use.



5. Surf the web for a while an see what u can turn up, many portfolio an tutorial sites have fx that are catchy.



6. Dont neglect ur images, while that layout of ur page is important so to is the content u put on there, use colours that compliment each other (a bad example would be fluro pink an orange yuck!!!)



7. finally using sounds is tempting even more so as this is the beatles but i urge u not to be to reckless

Answer 2

How do you imagine website templates are created? With dreamweaver and photoshop, no you do not nesscairaly must have photoshop it in simple terms makes element flow smother, and also, regardless of the undeniable fact that it's not DYNAMIC meaning you may edit manually till you upload Hypertext Preprocessor code, that you'll do in dreamweaver besides, i ought to get WAMP to attempt out your web pages in the previous you launch wamp is a server on your pc which will be like you having access for your man or woman website area, regardless of the undeniable fact that it should be like localhost or regardless of the undeniable fact that you position it up

Answer 3

Don't use dreamweaver, and learn javascript :P. Your page will be interactive and probably 1/3 the size of the bloated stuff dreamweaver puts out. Although it has been a few years since I used dreamweaver, it might have gotten better.

Answer 4

check out these sites



http://cssmenumaker.com/



this site gives you free of charge great looking menus some even for dream weaver it will make yours stand out as these menus are interactive. Also check out the site below.



http://cooltext.com/



again free of charge to use this site can generate brilliant text based images for the name of your website and headers etc. both sites combined they can create great looking images and menus that makes sites look great.



by the way other tips involve don't over crowd the page cleaner is better



layout

it is usually better to leave a blank border to the sides of your web page so your not reading from the side of the monitor yahoo does this you will notice there is nothing to the left or right it is all in the center this makes it neater and more professional.