Welcome!
This is the resource Web site for the Western Technical College Create Your Web Site with Dreamweaver. Course. If you need get hold of John Montét, he can be reached at 608.397.3801 or by email at MontetJ@westerntc.edu
Spring 2009
Week 8
CSS Shorthand
This page gives a very good overview of how CSS Shorthand works. I use this quite a bit for backgrounds, but rarely for fonts.
Week 7
PSD for Tea Castle
Click the link above to download the PhotoShop Document (PSD) for the Tea Castle site.
Week 6
Design to Div
This is the screen capture from class.
TemplateMonster.com
This is a neat site to get inspiration.
iStockPhoto
Need images? This is one of a number of great places to buy images. Photographers can sell their photos here as well.
Color Palette Generator
Need to decide on a color palette? This is a neat place to start.
Week 5
CSS Zen Garden
The place to see a magnificent display of CSS prowess. Remember, all of these pages have exactly the same XHTML. It is only the CSS that changes!
CSS Tutorial
This is a great place to start with CSS.
Week 4
Sitemaps 1
One type of sitemap is used for search engines.
Sitemaps 2
Sitemaps like we developed can be done with Microsoft Visio, or other software. Drawing them out on paper is just fine too.
XML
Curious about XML? Check out this tutorial. You can also learn more about it on Wikipedia.
XHTML
List of XHTML tags. This site will also get you on your way to writing XHTML by hand.
Google Webmaster Central
This is a great place to start when building a site. It gives excellent tips on how to optimize your site for search engines.
Google Analytics
What to know who your audience is - for free? Then use this excellent service.
Alexa
This site gives the statistics on the top Web sites in the world.
Week 2
The Jabberwocky
This is a text file to use as source of text for your XHTML practice.
Week 1
Download the PowerPoint
Dreamweaver Text Book
Because this text is rather expensive, I have not made it a requirement for this class. However, if you don't mind the price, it is an excellent resource for learning Dreamweaver. This is the CS4 version. The CS3 version is also available.