1. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz Dreamweaver Week 8 hélène kay hélène kay

2. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz Week 8 Outline 1 - javascript debugger 2 - workflow reports 3 - web photo album 4 - inserting a Flash text object 6 - weblogs 7 - final assignment 5 - inserting a Flash button

3. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 1 -Javascript debugger using the javascript debugger open the DW document containing your javascript code choose “File>Debug in Browser” select the browser in which to debug click OK to begin debugging follow instructions as the debugger finds errors 2 -Workflow reports general info use the sitewide workflow reports to identify: nested font tags that are better combined missing ALT tags redundant nested tags empty tags that can be removed documents without a title design notes who has checked out a document

4. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 2 -Workflow reports (cont’d) using workflow reports choose “Site>Reports” in the Report On: drop-down menu, select your desired target check off the desired reporting criteria click on Run 3 -Web photo album general info DW uses Fireworks to create thumbnails must have all your images in a single folder image filenames must end in recognized image extensions (ex:.gif,.jpg,.jpeg,.tif,.tiff,.png,.psd) creating a web photo album open a document in which photo album is to be displayed choose “Commands>Create Web Photo Albums” select desired parameters

5. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 4 -Inserting a Flash text object creating a Flash text object choose “Insert>Interactive Images>Flash Text” or open the Insert panel, click on the “Media” tab and select the Insert Flash Text icon in the Link: field, enter a document-relative or absolute link path (site-relative paths are not valid as browsers do not recognize them within Flash movies) in the Save As: field, enter a name for the Flash file, but you must save it to the same folder as the html file in which the Flash movie will play click Apply or OK modifying the Flash text object click on the Flash text object in the Property inspector, click on the Edit button

6. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 5 -Inserting a Flash button creating a Flash text button choose “Insert>Interactive Images>Flash Button” or open the Insert panel, click on the “Media” tab and select the Insert Flash Button icon select the Style, Text, Font, etc. in the Link field, click on the “Browse” button to find the file you want to link to or enter an http:// address you can get more designs from the Macromedia website by clicking on the “More Styles” button modifying the Flash text object click on the Flash text object in the Property inspector, click on the Edit button

7. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 6 -Weblogs general info for web sites to look current and vital, they require a steady diet of fresh content is basic content management, a way of separating new content from your site design weblogs, or “blogs”, are a popular way of posting content to the web via a simple interface similar to web-based diaries you can update from almost anywhere can add content to your web site without writing any HTML, firing up Dreamweaver, or FTPing a single thing simply go to a web site, log in, type your content, publish and within seconds, your site is updated two types of weblogging tools: those that run on someone else's server most popular one is Blogger (www.blogger.com) free no software download required

8. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 6 -Weblogs (cont’d) general info (cont’d) those that run on your server for greater control, download the Moveable Type software (www.moveabletype.org) developed completely in Perl, MT is installed on your server, and also run via a browser window other weblogging tools include: Grey Matter (http://noahgrey.com/greysoft/) Manila (http://www.userland.com/) b2 (http://cafelog.com/) settings templates - blog software adds your content to a template who posts - you can determine who can and can't post archiving - do you let people see the old posts or not

9. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz APPLAUSE!!!

10. hélène kay Webdiva Consultants hk@webdiva.bz 7 -Final Assignment individual work on final assignment hand in final assignment