This site is a collection of resources that you may find useful during and after the OUCS Dreamweaver courses. It is a work in progress. Please feel free to comment, make suggestions or report broken links.
If you have a particular comment to make about the course itself, you can email me directly or complete an anonymous feedback form on the OUCS web site.
The latest versions of the files needed for the course are available for download.
My personal favourite at the moment is:
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Demystified
Laura Gutman
ISBN 0-7357-1384-7
The book assumes a basic knowledge of Dreamweaver, but its wide range of topics are clearly described and accompanied by useful examples, so that you should find it helps to build on the knowledge you gained on the course.
A colleague of mine recommends:
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hands on Training
Garo Green
ISBN 0-3212-0297-X
If you are particularly interested in CSS, you might want to consider:
Designing Without Tables Using CSS
Dan Shafer
ISBN 0-9579218-2-9
The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks
Rachel Andrew
ISBN 0-95792218-8-8
If you are interested in web page design in terms of layout and style, a good book to have is:
Web Style Guide
Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton
ISBN 0-3000889-8-1
available online
If you have come across a book that has been helpful, let me know and I will add it to the list
One of the great features about Dreamweaver is that it can be extended. Dreamweaver developers can write extensions to add new features and then make them available for others to use. For example, if you want to add a simple search engine to your web pages you could take a look at the Google extension.
Extensions are available through the Macromedia Exchange. Some are free, others need to be paid for.
A number of common questions are asked on the sessions, the answers to which are a little outside the scope of the course. I will collect some of them here, but remember to also explore the Useful URLs section below.
How can I check the external links on my web site?
Can I use images I download from the web on my own web site?
So, just how DO I create a four column layout that works in all browsers?
How can I get my web pages to print in a layout more suited to paper than screen?
How can I allow my visitors to change to a different stylesheet?
Where can I get a copy of Dreamweaver?
How can I get my pages on to my Herald web space?
How can I get my pages listed by Google?
Do you have any advice about what makes a good web site?
Which browsers do I need to check my pages in?
How can I track the number of visitors to my web pages?
How can I include sound in my web pages?
The following links will take you to lists of URLs that I have found useful.
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Baker and OUCS
Last updated 23-Nov-2006 10:32 PM