IDCC 370: Web Design I   Spring 2008

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When using Dreamweaver to create a site and work on its pages throughout the semester, you must always design and develop inside a Dreamweaver configured environment. Creating and accessing your site folders and pages in Dreamweaver allows the program to track the necessary metadata that updates the links to your Web assets. Remember: a Web is nothing more than a collection of linked assets.

We will define, export, and import your IDCC 370 Web in class to give you the tools necessary to access your site easily using all of Dreamweaver's capabilities. You will receive a printout of the site setup documentation (this pdf file opens in a new window) that guides you through the process.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: Dreamweaver, export site, import site, site setup, Web assets

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It's here and ready for you to pick up. As a Bentley student, you can get your very own copy of Studio 8, a $999 value for $146 plus tax. Just proceed to the front desk of the Academic Technology Center in the Adamian Academic Center, Room 168. The office is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, but you might want to phone ahead to make sure that someone is there to help you (781/891-3421).

As there is a limited number of these packages available, I would highly recommend that you pick yours up as soon as possible.

Just tell Laura Ford or her assistant that you are there to pick up your copy of Studio 8. Be sure to provide your student ID card so the software can be charged to your account. That's all there is to it.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

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A revolutionary development in communication, the World Wide Web offers unprecedented access to mass audiences. This introductory course focuses on the principles and practices necessary to create effective pages for the Web.

You will receive instruction in writing hypertext documents, designing Web pages, authoring well-formed XHTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and meeting a variety of technical challenges. The course focuses on purpose, scope, and audience considerations in page design; writing informative and persuasive on-line documents; designing coherent, portable, navigable, and interactive pages; and employing the fundamental principles of color theory, typography, layout and graphic design for the Web.

Combining lab, lecture, and discussion, you will learn the best practices of electronic design to create your own interactive Web sites. Be sure to check into the class Web site every day for announcements.

During the first class meeting, everyone will be responsible to discuss with the class some part of the course information, syllabus and reading and design assignments. The various areas for presentation to your fellow students will be assigned during class.

Here is a picture of a Web designer. And this is what you want to turn into? I look forward to our journey together into the wonderful world of Web design.

If you have questions, just e-mail me at wbuchholz@bentley.edu. Feel free to comment on this announcement, or if you want to e-mail it, click on the little mail icon directly below.

Labels: Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, design, graphic design, layout, Semantic Web, spider, typography, Web designer, Web site directory, World Wide Web, XHTML