Dreamweaver CS3 For Dummies
Chapter One
The Many Ways to
Design a Web Page
In This Chapter
* Comparing Web design options
* Understanding browser differences
* Developing a Web site
* Customizing your workspace
Web design is an art and a science. I think that's what makes it so hard.
Most of us don't have the artistic talent to create great Web designs,
the science and math skills to develop all the technical elements, and the
understanding of interface design and usability that make a Web site easy to
use and intuitive to navigate. But you need all those skills to create a great
Web site. That's why most of the best Web sites were created by a team of
people with many different specialties.
In the early days, Web design was relatively easy - and vanilla boring. You
could combine images and text, but that was about it; no complex layouts,
no fancy fonts, and certainly no multimedia or animation.
Over the years, Web design has evolved into an increasingly complex field
and Dreamweaver has evo ... read full excerpt from Dreamweaver CS3 For Dummies ebook
