Developing Web Products - Build Your Own Revision Website 1

Lesson Objectives 

LO1 - To learn how to manage sites and create a template in Adobe Dreamweaver
LO2 - To learn how to customise a template in Adobe Dreamweaver

Outcomes

Red - You will have setup a folder structure for your website
Amber - You will have created a suitable template and banner 
Green - You will have created pages from your template

Starter

1. Set up this folder structure

2. Manage your site to the Exam Revision Website Folder

1. Click on Site menu - New Site

2. Click on the folder icon

3. Select the Exam Revision Website folder

Main

• Task 1 - Create Your Template
• Use the worksheet to create a template for your Exam Revision Website

• Task 2 - Create a Banner
• Use Adobe Photoshop / Fireworks to create a banner for the top of your template
• The banner should measure 1024 w x 200 h pixels
• The banner should fit the full width of the page (you will need to change the rule for the container class to do this)

• Task 3 - Create Pages from Your Template
• Create the following pages from your template
• How to Make a Template
• How to Insert an Image
• How to Make a Rollover Image
• How to Make a Link
• How to Change the Screen Resolution
• How to Embed a Video
• Helpful Websites

• Extension Task
• Start adding how to guides on to each of your pages
• Make sure that each image is:
• Saved in your images folder
• Saved as a .png
• Is less than 500kb