Day Two!

Today we were using Dreamweaver. I hadn’t used Dreamweaver for a few years and was spending too much time on how the website would look. In the end I decided to learn the basics again and keep it simple. I also started my e-portfolio, this time using Flash.

Report
Today we had to build a personal website using Dreamweaver. The website had to contain information and pictures about ourselves in order to inform the user more about our personality. I hadn’t used to Dreamweaver for a while so I spent some time familiarising myself with the options and layout. I drew up some storyboards and noted down what pages and information I was going to include. I decided to add pages on my background, my city, hobbies and interests, family and friends and also a contact page.
When it came to designing and laying out in Dreamweaver I ran into some problems, I think the design of my links were too complicated and I spent a lot of time trying to overcome it. I wanted text to appear as the user rolled over the button but because the text was outside the button space I was finding it difficult. I tried rollover buttons in Dreamweaver and importing buttons I made in Flash but it wasn’t working the way I wanted. In the end I changed the buttons to make it more simple and easy to use.
My original design had to change because I struggled with the software and I still haven’t found a solution so I am glad I decided to simplify the buttons. I did however find a way to do it in Flash so have decided to use this design for my E portfolio.
I designed my titles and buttons in Flash because there are more fonts to choose from that I think would help my website represent me. After importing images I started to add the information I wanted. On each page I wrote a paragraph or two then added the pictures underneath. I made sure everything was aligned and that each page had the same layout and colour scheme.
Overall I think I did quite well in Dreamweaver. Previous experience of it definitely helped and although I had to change my design I am happy with the final outcome. I need to add more pictures and I will keep the information updated.