Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Web Development - the .htaccess file

the  .htaccess   file is usually a hidden file  (you need to unhide system files to be able to see it )

.htaccess file can redirect, etc ........



SEO Search Engine Optimization Seminar Notes

Web Development - Upload PDF files and get CSS layouts automatically generated for you

Psd2cssonline.com


"Sitegrinder" application does the same thing, but as a desktop application



Search Engine Optimization Seminar Notes

Dreamweaver - where images are inserted

Foreground images are inserted directly onto the page.

Background images are placed using CSS.

The difference between the two senarios should be noted.

Dreamweaver - Change the background color for the "body" portion of the page

go to "window" -> "CSS styles"

click "All" to switch from "Current" mode
(All mode displays all the CSS Styles associated with the current page)

Expand the <Style> entry in the All Rules pane (click the + button)

select body and click Edit Rule (the "pencil icon" at the bottom of the CSS Styles panel)

when the CSS Rule defineition for "body" dialog box appears, select the Background category

then, click the BAckground color box to open the color pixer

then, use the eyedropper to select a color in the color pixer

***Note:  brackets ("<  >") indicate that a CSS style in internal to the document. If a style is external to a document it would show as someting like  "charliestyles.css" in the CSS styles panel.


Reference: "Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book"

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Dreamweaver - CSS - change the page body background color

CSS can be used to alter the style properties of any HTML tag, such as the <body> tag.

Dreamweaver - CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

Modern web pages use Cascading Style Sheets for layout and styling.

Web Pages - The "Three-legged Stool" Analogy

Modern web pages are often said to be three-legged stools, with the three legs being HTML, CSS, and Javascript. As the analogy suggests, the stool would not be able to stand properly without any one of its legs.

HTML can be roughly though of as the content of your page.

CSS covers the layout and appearance of the page, and includes aspects like where your elements are located, what colors there are and where, and what backgrounds to use.

Javascript adds interactive functionality to your page.


Reference: "Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book"