Wednesday's Lesson

In class on Wednesday we familiarized ourselves more with Dreamweaver 8. We began to set up our websites by learning how to access our files and how Dreamweaver prefers to keep files organized, such as keeping all images in a completely different file. I had always wondered how that worked when it came to a web site designer using images or some sort of graphic. I didn't know if that image was hosted elsewhere on sites like Photobucket.com and the designer would have to link it to their site or if they simply could upload their own file to the site.

In essence, I learned how and where to start. Instead of being thrust straight into designing, we learned how to begin by knowing what steps to take, which is something that I appreciate considering I usually do the opposite: jumping right in and exploring from there. After lecture, we began to work on the Lessons from the book. I only managed to finish Lesson 2 though, in the amount of time we had. I like how it gives complete, clear instructions with enough graphics to make sure the reader doesn't get lost, which can easily happen considering the sheer amount of things one can do in a single window.