Note: You will need the Quicktime Plugin for your web browser. You can get this for free from the Apple web site here.

Friday, October 17, 2008

FTP and Setting up a Site in Dreamweaver

FTP = File transfer Protocol. This is how we move files onto a web server for dlevery to a web browser.

Dreamweaver has a built-in FTP client and in this screencast we step through how to set a site up.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

HTML and CSS

The basics of HTML and CSS…. but really the basics.

I waffle on about tagging and what a basic HTML page looks like and how to use CSS.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Introducing ExpressionEngine Templates

Here we look at templates and how they can be edited. We will observe that templates can be embedded in other templates and that by editing in one place, the changes will filter through to many parts of the site.

Images in the Blog

This demonstration covers how to upload images so that they will appear in the blog posts. The images can either be on their own, within the text. Or, they can be thumbnail images that will enlarge when clicked upon.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Building a Static Page within ExpressionEngine

Sometimes we might want to create a page that doesn’t use dynamic content from the blogging/content management system but we want it to have a similar look. We can use Dreamweaver to help in this process.

In this session we look at this process so that we can create a page that has a link to a downloadable eBook (PDF).

I should mention that we do it this way becasue our team of learners do not have FTP access to the server. Images and PDFs can only beuploaded through the EE control panel.

An earlier screencast also showed how Dreamweaver could help edit templates.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Using Dreamweaver to Edit ExpressionEngine CSS template

Not the first time I have shown this. A useful way of making use of a WYSIWYG editor to change the style for your blog.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Basic Stuff you should Know about HTML and CSS

We look at what goes into a basic HTML document and how to apply styles with CSS. An important point is made about the use of standard HTML markup to get proper documant structure.