Design:
A Question of Vocabulary
Confused about screen resolution? Don’t have a clue what JPEG and GIF mean? Digital Web Magazine clears it all up.
For the Font Freak
Are you a font freak? Designers often feel limited by their font options when working with CSS. Digital Web Magazine explains why you have more choices than you think.
Usability
Everyone wants to design a web site that they will like, but what really matters is what your user thinks. Learn how to build a user-centered design.
Cross-Cultural Implications
Thinking of taking your site international? There are different considerations for different countries. Learn what “red” means to an Egyptian audience and “blue” means to Japanese audience.
Writing:
Scannability
It’s all about scannablity. When was the last time you sat down and read an entire web site word-for-word? Your users won’t either. You’ll want your users to be able to get the jest of your site with a quick scan. Learn some simple tricks for helping them do just that.
And the Pyramid
Journalists know the importance of the inverted pyramid. Now the pyramid is adjusted for web writing.
Dreamweaver:
Need Some Help?
Can't figure out why your navigation menu is floating in the middle of your banner? Still don't know the relationship between a parent and child item? Head on over to the macromedia help center; they've got tutorials and sample files to help you get your site up and running.
Bugging Out
As a web designer, one of the most frustrating obstacles is often working for hours in dreamweaver, only to preview your site in Internet Explorer and discover that it looks, well...not the way you designed it in dreamweaver. The folks over at Positioniseverything.net have assembled a great list of bugs in Internet Explorer that lead to this problem. Take a look and see if you can't work the bugs out.
Are you a cheat?
Was the last thing you designed your forth grade science diagram? Are you just not the creative type? That's okay because there are many great sites on the web with dreamweaver templates ready for you to take and make your own.
They templates aren't free, but they sure will help you turn-out a professional site in no time flat. Even if your not interested in purchasing a template, the menus available at project seven are a must-see.
Want more?
Think you've got the basics covered? Head on over to Dreamweaver Exchange, the home of dreamweaver add-ons and extensions. Got a hold of special animation tools, extra flash button styles, slide show creators, and 1300 awesome other additions.