What is CSS CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It is used to control the presentation of the website, basically how the website looks. Why do we use CSS If you are using Firefox, Go to View > Page Style > then click on No Style. See what your favorite websites look like without any…
File Types There are a several different types of image file formats you can use on the web. Here are the three most common with some important facts about each of them. Each has their place in the web, and if you know when to use them, you will be better off. gif Graphics Interchange…
Assuming you have started Dreamweaver, and have a site defined… Now we will look at creating a document, and adding text and images. Creating a new Document Of course one of the things that you will have to do – is to create a brand new web page. Use the Dreamweaver “Start Page” CTRL-N File>New…
Now we need to look at how we can setup and organize our website within Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver gives us the ability to organize websites into a Site. This allows us to maintain and organize our files. To set it up, it ask us to identify several settings. The Local Root Folder Dreamweaver requires you to…
One of the problems with tablets and phones is there is a limited amount of space you can store information. Especially media files like photos, movies, and more. Seagate has come up with a product with that in mind. At CES2013 they announced a wireless, 1TB hard drive that allows you to connect multiple devices…
We’ll just call this “insane” Kingston, who makes a lot of media storage devices, has announced their latest, a 1 terrabyte (1TB) thumb drive. (There will also be a 512GB version.) No idea on pricing, but this is moving into the insanely large size, and is just another sign that hard drives will probably be…
Lorelle VanFossen is one of my favorite WordPress authors. Today he talks about What is a Properly Formed Link? Lots of web writers will just get lazy, and post the address, instead of a good clear link to the other page, especially if it is on another site. This isn’t clear to the reader, doesn’t help…
In some cases, PNG graphics can be a lot smaller than other graphic types, especially if you have solid colors. However, if you do a Save As in Photoshop, you will find yourself creating large, unoptimized PNG graphics. Watch this tutorial to see how to optimize your PNG graphic, using Save for Web, to make…
