Chapter 7 and 8

I'd just like to say that the BCC computer lab needs DreamWeaver... especially since it's usually considered the MAIN lab that actually stays open all week.... just sayin'....

I had worked on Chapter 7 last Thursday but had to stop midway through it. I finished it today and decided that I'm not a fan of frames. I can see how they're useful and know of great ways to use them... but, learning about them isn't fun. It's long, tedious, and complex. Often times, I had to go back and reread steps because there was simply so much to it. Chapter 8 wasn't so bad however, since I've worked with tables a lot before in Excel, I was more familiar with the commands. Though there was yet another difference between this version of Dreamweaver and the one our book was guiding us through. I couldn't find the Format Table in Lesson 5, so I had to skip steps 1-5, as well as the 5th step in the 2nd section (turning table black). In Chapter 8, there isn't a Layout button in the Insert Bar and while I found the Layout Table button under insert, it was gray, which meant that I couldn't select it. Accordingly, I also had to skip Lesson 7 entirely.

So, after completing the lessons of Chapters 7 and 8, completing the study guides, and emailing the results to Prof. Howard, I updated the assignments on my personal site. I also changed the background by adding an image, deleting the table which contained the header with the boat image, and played around with the fonts. I think I'm happy with it for now, but I'll let it stew for a couple of days and see what else I can do with it.