Month 11

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BP14_Practical Experience

In my continuing journey into Dreamweaver, I have found this endeavor has been more difficult and time-consuming than I had first imagined.  After beginning the tutorials, I realized I needed to research more of the basics in Dreamweaver.  I turned to Adobe TV and watch many videos of the basics of web development, CSS, FTP, HTML, and other acronyms.
I have spent years creating websites with Microsoft tools with minimal knowledge of HTML by using the visual tools rather than the code view.

This method worked well for the projects I have worked on.   I am now trying to go farther into the code to understand how everything works.
I know this will take me months, but I am willing to work on this one tutorial at a time.  I should be creating pages in Dreamweaver by mid-October.  I wish this was going to go faster, but I think this will be a project I will be proud when I'm done, and I will have the knowledge and the skills to really develop great websites.

To see the websites I have created using Microsoft Expression, please follow the links below:
www.isaksonWEB.com
www.shelbybands.org

BP13_Practical Experience

Dreamweaver.  I am busy watching video instruction on Lynda.com and have over an hour into the 25 hours of instructions and have just learned about the basic structure of the program.  This is deep!  I have sample files to work with, but I have not begun to work them yet (next session).

DreamWeaver Website

I am learning the power of program as well as how to create a new site and setting up the files to hold the structure of my site.  I am also learning the various page styles such as html and aspx. This will be a long process but I persevere!

I also have spent some time on the Dreamweaver website at Adobe.com and they have huge library of training videos too.  I am really getting an (over) abundance of information.  This should help me create some great websites!

I hope in the next installment in my blog I will show fruits from my time spent in training.

BP12_Practical Experience

My choice of tools to discover for practical experience is Dreamweaver.  I do a lot of work on Microsoft’s Expression for my sites, but I want to move everything to my MacBook.

This is a big change and a big undertaking, but I would really like to tackle this during my time at Full Sail.  I went to Lynda and scanned the coursework, and I can finish the training in 25 hours and get a certificate of completion when I’m done.

Dreamweaver front menu

I know I won’t be able to finish this training this month, but I should get a good start on it and have it completed by December.  Lynda has the course well laid out and as you complete each part it is marked as done.  There is also a large file of examples to work with.

I appreciate the opportunity to have some time to dig into this.  Wish me luck and I’ll show everyone the work when I’m done!

OMM_11_Noteflight

This is my video commercial for Noteflight notation application.

BP10_Comment to Maia Kirkpatrick

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Winter Trees, Ironwood, Michigan

BP9_Comment to Barb Rasero

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Apostle Islands Lakeshore, Wisconsin