Back in elementary school I always thought having your own website would be awesome. I was aware you could find free layouts on the internet, but the sites that actually involved programming and personalization impressed me a lot. Sadly I never took the time or had the patience to learn when interested.
Which brings us to this week's lab. Like Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver scared me. I'm the type of guy, however, who orders the same thing off the McDonalds menu for the past 15 years in fear of trying something new; maybe that's just the way I am. Until someone pushes me enough, I like striving on things I'm comfortable with. And once again, like Flash, Lori Beckstead pushed me to feel comfortable with this web design program.
Having an assignment that includes images, texts, and HTML codes may look difficult at the beginning, but with time you grasp the concept quite quickly. I found Dreamweaver to be a lot like Turing (an ancient animation program you learn about in grade 10 Communication Tech). Putting in codes seem simple and are usually easy to locate mistakes, unlike cascading style sheets and CSS files from the previous tutorial.
Dreamweaver also allows the creator to have easy transitions between different pages within your site. This is what impressed me the most. With a simple command written in code, and the help from my tutorial booklet, I was able to connect pages with ease. I was no longer scared of this new program, and actually quite excited for next week's in-class assignment.
For my personal website I figured the most easiest and efficient way of gathering my content would be to simply create a web design consisting of information of myself. Similar to a Myspace, content will cover my hobbies and interests and display pictures I gathered from Facebook. Other pages may cover my heritage or family, depending on how much progress is completed with the time given.
I have to hand it to my Digital Media class though. I have never wanted the Adobe Creative Suit as much as I do right now. Photoshop, Flash, and Dreamweaver are simply amazing. Without even having projects to complete, I can see myself wasting hours upon hours on these programs. Maybe if I'm lucky and Santa Tomaszewski has a big enough wallet, digital media lab can live on through second semester in the comfort of my own home.
Additional Sources
Beckstead, Lori. "Working in Dreamweaver: Tutorial #1". Lab. Ryerson University, Toronto. 19 Nov. 2009.
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