Comments for Killersites Web Design Magazine http://www.killersites.com/magazine Web Design News, Articles and Tutorials Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Dreamweaver CS4 Review by Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/dreamweaver-cs4-review/#comment-236 Stefan Mischook Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:51:26 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=63#comment-236 Hi Vesta, You can't find the timeline because it was removed from CS4. Stef Hi Vesta,

You can’t find the timeline because it was removed from CS4.

Stef

]]> Comment on Dreamweaver CS4 Review by Vesta Mohebbi http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/dreamweaver-cs4-review/#comment-234 Vesta Mohebbi Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:24:01 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=63#comment-234 There is a question for me! I will be very glad if u answer me to my e-mail! If I wanna use TIMELIME icon in Dreamweaver CS4 Beta or no?! In my CIW class we use CS3 & I myself have CS4 version, some changes & whatever I've done I could not active the TIMELINE! So what to do?! Plz help me! :) There is a question for me! I will be very glad if u answer me to my e-mail! If I wanna use TIMELIME icon in Dreamweaver CS4 Beta or no?! In my CIW class we use CS3 & I myself have CS4 version, some changes & whatever I’ve done I could not active the TIMELINE! So what to do?! Plz help me! :)

]]> Comment on Dreamweaver CS4 Review by Dave http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/dreamweaver-cs4-review/#comment-233 Dave Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:58:05 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=63#comment-233 ...actually, Brian K Shoemake et al, Dreamweaver has its roots as a hard-core coders platform at a time when you left 'design' to another department. Anyone recall Allaire Homesites? Version 4 of Homesites came bundled with Dreamweaver 1.2 soon after Macromedia purchsed the development platform from Allaire. After version 5 of Homesites, the whole she-bang was incorporated into Dreamweaver 8 -- hence all of us 'hard-core' individuals were migrated to DW -- and all was good. In a since I've been using Dreamweaver (including its predessor Homesites) for about 12 years now, and certainly this old goat agrees that the loss of JSP and .net support is somewhat of a diservice. Contribute was supposed to be the platform that designers would utilize, as a go between from hard code and pure design. Unfortunately, in this vein I have to agree with the masterD up above. This Dreamweaver is rather watered down. Good thing I can 'downgrade' to CS3. …actually, Brian K Shoemake et al, Dreamweaver has its roots as a hard-core coders platform at a time when you left ‘design’ to another department. Anyone recall Allaire Homesites? Version 4 of Homesites came bundled with Dreamweaver 1.2 soon after Macromedia purchsed the development platform from Allaire. After version 5 of Homesites, the whole she-bang was incorporated into Dreamweaver 8 — hence all of us ‘hard-core’ individuals were migrated to DW — and all was good.

In a since I’ve been using Dreamweaver (including its predessor Homesites) for about 12 years now, and certainly this old goat agrees that the loss of JSP and .net support is somewhat of a diservice. Contribute was supposed to be the platform that designers would utilize, as a go between from hard code and pure design.

Unfortunately, in this vein I have to agree with the masterD up above. This Dreamweaver is rather watered down. Good thing I can ‘downgrade’ to CS3.

]]> Comment on Dreamweaver CS4 Video - CSS properties options. by veeresh http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/dreamweaver-cs4-video-css-properties-options/#comment-232 veeresh Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:57:07 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=100#comment-232 For the experienced developer dreamweaver also offers web widgets you can just add this widgets on a single click og button http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Dreamweaver_Widget_Packager http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?s=5&from=1&o=desc&cat=290&l=-1&event=productHome&exc=3 you can create your own widgets - rally easy and make your life easy For the experienced developer dreamweaver also offers web widgets you can just add this widgets on a single click og button

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Dreamweaver_Widget_Packager

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?s=5&from=1&o=desc&cat=290&l=-1&event=productHome&exc=3

you can create your own widgets - rally easy

and make your life easy

]]> Comment on Dreamweaver CS4 Review by Tina http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/dreamweaver-cs4-review/#comment-231 Tina Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:23:46 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=63#comment-231 I'm very disappointed in Adobe's decision to remove ASP.NET and JSP support from future releases of Dreamweaver. Sure, you can use Visual Studio and Eclipse to do ASP and JSP work, respectively, but the point is to have one development tool that conveniently supports ALL of it. Now that Adobe has made this decision, it means added cost for all many development houses hoping to consolidate their development environment into one useful software tool. It's curious that they continue to support PHP in this environment. Sounds more like a political (religious?) move to me. I’m very disappointed in Adobe’s decision to remove ASP.NET and JSP support from future releases of Dreamweaver. Sure, you can use Visual Studio and Eclipse to do ASP and JSP work, respectively, but the point is to have one development tool that conveniently supports ALL of it.

Now that Adobe has made this decision, it means added cost for all many development houses hoping to consolidate their development environment into one useful software tool.

It’s curious that they continue to support PHP in this environment. Sounds more like a political (religious?) move to me.

]]> Comment on Do Web Designers Need Drawing Skills? by Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/do-web-designers-need-drawing-skills/#comment-230 Stefan Mischook Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:58:26 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=93#comment-230 ". since i will have alot in student loans to pay back." If you are in the US, be very sure to pay off your student loans! They never go away, so don't mess around with that!! "i already have some friends who are looking to start websites for their busines’ so maybe they can be my first clients." Fantastic! This is a great idea. You may for the first site or two have to work for free or at a discount while you develop your abilities ... but it is well worth it because you will also be building your portfolio. Stefan “. since i will have alot in student loans to pay back.”

If you are in the US, be very sure to pay off your student loans! They never go away, so don’t mess around with that!!

“i already have some friends who are looking to start websites for their busines’ so maybe they can be my first clients.”

Fantastic! This is a great idea. You may for the first site or two have to work for free or at a discount while you develop your abilities … but it is well worth it because you will also be building your portfolio.

Stefan

]]> Comment on Do Web Designers Need Drawing Skills? by Edward http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/do-web-designers-need-drawing-skills/#comment-229 Edward Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=93#comment-229 Hey thankyou so much for your reply and yes right now i am blind to this but it seems interesting enough to continue forward i just hope i do get a good job since i will have alot in student loans to pay back. But one of the Devry's gimmicks to get students to attend is to say that they will help get you the interview for the job that you want. So lets hope that happens and once i am in the program that i will start doing my portfolio, i already have some friends who are looking to start websites for their busines' so maybe they can be my first clients. I am going to check out your video though that you sent and feel free to let us all know about any other videos you have to help us along. Where you located ? Maybe when im doine i can send you my portfolio if your looking for workers hehe... Hey thankyou so much for your reply and yes right now i am blind to this but it seems interesting enough to continue forward i just hope i do get a good job since i will have alot in student loans to pay back. But one of the Devry’s gimmicks to get students to attend is to say that they will help get you the interview for the job that you want. So lets hope that happens and once i am in the program that i will start doing my portfolio, i already have some friends who are looking to start websites for their busines’ so maybe they can be my first clients. I am going to check out your video though that you sent and feel free to let us all know about any other videos you have to help us along. Where you located ? Maybe when im doine i can send you my portfolio if your looking for workers hehe…

]]> Comment on Do Web Designers Need Drawing Skills? by Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/do-web-designers-need-drawing-skills/#comment-228 Stefan Mischook Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:38:00 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=93#comment-228 Hi Edward, When it comes to the 'design' in web design, it certainly helps to have that artistic eye. That doesn't mean you have to be able to draw though ... it means you can look at a web page and know that it doesn't look good. But even if you don't have the artist in you, you can still become a great web designer by leveraging other peoples design skills by using templates or just partnering with good designers. For example: I know someone who works with a great designer where the designer mocks up the pages in Photoshop and then he takes that and converts it into a web page. As you might have guessed, great web design goes way beyond making the page LOOK good. It also has to be functional and user friendly. Web designers are hired based on a portfolio .. not a degree. When I hire web designers, I look to what they've done and if it looks good, I test them out. So the key to getting a job as a web designer is all about you building web sites and more web sites. ... Practice makes perfect! Salary depends on your skills and your talent. The more skills you have: - HTML, CSS - Basic design, Photoshop, Illustrator etc. - PHP - Flash - Javascript ... the higher your salary and the more likely you will find a job. You don't have to be a guru at all these things. But it is good to know at least a little about everything where you specialize in what you like. That's why I put out my free videos on PHP at www.killerphp.com. I think every web designer should know at least a little PHP. In web design you have a wide array of choices when it comes to the software you use. It can be dedicated web design programs like Dreamweaver or just a collection of simple things like notepad and your web browser. I would just start with the basics of web design and once you have that under your belt, you will be able to make a better choice based on some knowledge. .. It is hard to see where you are going when you're blind. Stefan Hi Edward,

When it comes to the ‘design’ in web design, it certainly helps to have that artistic eye. That doesn’t mean you have to be able to draw though … it means you can look at a web page and know that it doesn’t look good.

But even if you don’t have the artist in you, you can still become a great web designer by leveraging other peoples design skills by using templates or just partnering with good designers.

For example:

I know someone who works with a great designer where the designer mocks up the pages in Photoshop and then he takes that and converts it into a web page. As you might have guessed, great web design goes way beyond making the page LOOK good. It also has to be functional and user friendly.

Web designers are hired based on a portfolio .. not a degree. When I hire web designers, I look to what they’ve done and if it looks good, I test them out. So the key to getting a job as a web designer is all about you building web sites and more web sites.

… Practice makes perfect!

Salary depends on your skills and your talent. The more skills you have:

- HTML, CSS
- Basic design, Photoshop, Illustrator etc.
- PHP
- Flash
- Javascript

… the higher your salary and the more likely you will find a job.

You don’t have to be a guru at all these things. But it is good to know at least a little about everything where you specialize in what you like. That’s why I put out my free videos on PHP at http://www.killerphp.com. I think every web designer should know at least a little PHP.

In web design you have a wide array of choices when it comes to the software you use. It can be dedicated web design programs like Dreamweaver or just a collection of simple things like notepad and your web browser.

I would just start with the basics of web design and once you have that under your belt, you will be able to make a better choice based on some knowledge.

.. It is hard to see where you are going when you’re blind.

Stefan

]]> Comment on Do Web Designers Need Drawing Skills? by Edward http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/do-web-designers-need-drawing-skills/#comment-227 Edward Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:34:29 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=93#comment-227 Right now i am attending Devry University and taking online classes. I am strongly thinking of changing my major to web design which would give me an associates degree. I was then thinking of continuing on to Business Technical Management. My question to you is do the two fields coincide? What type of job can i get? Also what is the salary that one gets when it comes to web design and what is the salary. I actually enjoy drawing i am not an expert but i can draw human faces that definitely have a likeness to their photos. I listened to your pod cast and you said drawinging ability does not matter. With that being said though do you think people that enjoy drawing would be more inclined to a major like web design? Finally i just took a programming class called design and logic which explained pseudocode and variables and flowcharts and arryas and all that. I decided after taking it that i would probably not pursue computer information systems since i did not find it that appealing. But I am wondering with web design is that something that i am going to need to know alot about? Are you dealing with software that is premade for your use or are you dealing with programming which you have to make yourself? Thanks so much for answering any or all of these questions. Right now i am attending Devry University and taking online classes. I am strongly thinking of changing my major to web design which would give me an associates degree. I was then thinking of continuing on to Business Technical Management. My question to you is do the two fields coincide? What type of job can i get? Also what is the salary that one gets when it comes to web design and what is the salary. I actually enjoy drawing i am not an expert but i can draw human faces that definitely have a likeness to their photos. I listened to your pod cast and you said drawinging ability does not matter. With that being said though do you think people that enjoy drawing would be more inclined to a major like web design? Finally i just took a programming class called design and logic which explained pseudocode and variables and flowcharts and arryas and all that. I decided after taking it that i would probably not pursue computer information systems since i did not find it that appealing. But I am wondering with web design is that something that i am going to need to know alot about? Are you dealing with software that is premade for your use or are you dealing with programming which you have to make yourself? Thanks so much for answering any or all of these questions.

]]> Comment on How to Manage your Money by Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/how-to-manage-your-money/#comment-226 Stefan Mischook Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:29:55 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/magazine/?p=102#comment-226 I'm happy to hear you find the stuff useful. Stefan I’m happy to hear you find the stuff useful.

Stefan

]]>