An old web designer who's confused...

Hi all,
I'm a long-time web and graphic designer, having started when
Flash was in version 2 and Dreamweaver wasn't even thought
possible. Pixel spacers and nested tables were (and actually, still
are!) my basic method of site build.
Now that I've installed CS4, my world's a bit upside-down...
no more ImageReady, and everything is CSS based. I know CSS is now
a necessity (I understand the text styling side of it)... but as
for layouts...
Can someone confirm this process for me? I believe now things
go:
1. design website in Photoshop, present to client as single
image
2. take design into Fireworks and create slices (as per
ImageReady) and ALSO set up CSS
3. take HTML file and... do something with it in Dreamweaver.
So what is Dreamweaver used for now? Can Fireworks be used to
CSS code the entire site? At what point in the process do you set
up the overall site structure (traditionally I just work with
single pages)?
This is one of the toughest transitions I've gone through in
my career. I suppose I want to get the basics right before I throw
myself into the tutorials.
Many thanks!

joeyscc wrote:
> I read somewhere yesterday online off the adobe site
about saving in PSD but it
> has limitations and somethings are sacrificed. Trying to
think what they were
> now and where I saw this...but think it was for the
previous version. If the
> CS4 version now has this ability to save a "true" psd
without "any" limitations
> and allowing others to open the file in their photoshop
or ImageReady, then
> that is a good thing. So is this the case now with CS4
FW?
>
Things are much improved in CS4, however - for example -
symbols and
grouped objects will be flattened when you save as PSD -
simply because
PS can't understand the assets. You would have to ungroup
groups to keep
the elements editable, and break apart symbols. Likewise, PS
has no
comparable feature to Pages, so you will need to export each
page as a
separate PSD file.
Vector shapes, vector and bitmap masks, and text are all
editible within
PS (CS3 and CS4). Certain vector fills and blend modes and
some styles
will not transfer over to PS either, because the effect
doesn't exist in PS.
Remember these two applications are not the same. If they
were, there
wouldn't be a need for both, so certain things - at this
point anyway -
just won't translate going from FW to PS. For what it's
worth, IMO that
is a problem on the PS side, not FW. PS still cannot open an
FW PNG file
without flattening the entire document. The FW engineers have
worked
VERY hard to improve integration when importing PSD's into
FW, however.
Many updates have been made to ensure that a PSD design
opened in FW
looks much as it does in PS.
I have no idea how the file will be handled in IR.
HTH
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JSloanSDRE wrote:
> JoeyD -
>
> I really appreciate your input. I wish more people would
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looks great'.
>
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design, and it sucks
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>
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> right now.
>
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>
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Vector processor Central processing unit (CPU) that implements an instruction set containing instructions that operate on one-dimensional arrays of data called vectors. This is in contrast to a scalar processor, whose instructions operate on single data items. Also known as array processor.
Web analytics Measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data, including the number of visitors and page views, for understanding and optimizing web usage. It can be used as a tool for measuring website traffic and for business and market research. Web analytics applications can also help companies measure the results of traditional print advertising campaigns. It helps one to estimate how the traffic to the website changed after the launch of a new advertising campaign.
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XHTML See Extensible HyperText Markup Language.
XML See Extensible Markup Language.
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Thanks for posting this!
I would only mention that your definition is incomplete for this -
Contextual selector A type of Style Sheet Selector that
and that it's most often referred to now as a Descendent selector, not a contextual selector. It's basically the same as the Compound selector that you have already defined....

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WARNING: DF035: CreateAlias:Icon file does not exist at C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Utilities - CS5.5\Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6\windows\pb_app.icofile:\\\C:\PIXELB~1\source\winwood\Staging 0X1.AE9C02P-1022rea\windows\pb_app.ico42178f80493091e8e552c84a2897e9da68fce32_32_f8049309 1e8e552c84a2897e9da68fce for icon C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Web Premium CS5.5\Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6.lnk with target C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Utilities - CS5.5\Pixel Bender Toolkit 2.6\Pixel Bender Toolkit.exe(Seq 89)
----------- Payload: {7202D4A7-F7E6-4e7a-B77D-7B1C4E8B5CA6} Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX 10.0.0.0 -----------
ERROR: Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\jlp\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX.exe, command: -install activex -msi
ERROR: Install MSI payload failed with error: 1603 - Fatal error during installation.
MSI Error message: Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomAction1, location: C:\Users\jlp\AppData\Local\Temp\InstallAX.exe, command: -install activex -msi
----------- Payload: {47CE893F-A0FF-4094-AA16-5209AEA7C7E0} Firefox Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-FFPlugin\OEM(Seq 32)
----------- Payload: {208DE3D5-541C-41B0-8595-7A608A6E4306} IE Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-IEPlugin\OEM(Seq 26)
----------- Payload: {4A4F91EA-5951-4C5C-B911-027D802817EB} Office Plugin CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-OfficePlugin\OEM(Seq 34)
----------- Payload: {DD309051-FACF-4A5E-87F1-C57154BB3DE8} Adobe Contribute CS5.1 6.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeContribute6.1-mul\OEM(Seq 8283)
----------- Payload: {8DADF070-FE60-4899-8EF0-4242E7702F7D} Adobe Fireworks CS5.1 11.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeFireworks11.1.0All\OEM(Seq 1215)
----------- Payload: {1C9D6B02-8B92-4E40-8B22-37D8C95430F0} Adobe Fireworks CS5.1_AdobeFireworks11.1.0en_USLanguagePack 11.1.0.0 -----------
WARNING: DF012: File/Folder does not exist at E:\Adobe CS5_5\payloads\AdobeFireworks11.1.0en_USLanguagePack\OEM(Seq 74)
ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
ERROR: DW050: - Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX: Install failed
Note: references to Drive E are reference to my CD/DVD Drive. I am installing to my C drive and also have a 2nd hard disk D, which shouldn't be involved in the installation.
Also, this is a student edition, but as I've verified myself with Adobe and received my licence key, that shouldn't cause problems as far as I can tell.
My computer is running Windows 7 64-bit. Not sure if there's any other information that is useful in solving this issue.
Thanks for your help!

_Forge_ there a couple different technical documents relevant to the errors you are currently experiencing. I would recommend reviewing Error "1721 [or 1722]: There is a problem with this...package" when installing | CS4 | Windows - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-1721-or-1722-problem.html and Error 1603 | Install | CS5 products - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/error-1603-install-cs5-products.html.

Web Design to display on Safari, IE, Firefox

I don't know where's the best place to post this, so I'm starting here and I'm open to suggestions.
My web design company, which happens to be PC based, is giving me mixed messages about designing a website so that the layout display is consistent across the major browsers, eg. Safari, IE, and Firefox.
First, it's my understanding that a pro web designer knows how to design a website so that you can navigate it using Safari, IE, or Firefox, and have the layout appear the same (except for maybe a pixel or two difference).
After one of their staff told me it could be designed to look and work consistently in all 3 browsers, another one of their staff claims that the exception is Safari. A site that looks right on IE and Firefox won't simultaneously look the same or "right" on Safari because it's a problem with Safari.
He claims that he talked directly with the "Safari" people at Apple who confirmed this "problem" with Safari and said that Apple is working on this.
Other designers tell me that a pro designer can design a site to be consistent on all 3 browsers.
What's the truth about this? If this is not the right discussion forum, please tell me where I can get the answer.
Mac G4 450 SP Mac OS X (10.3.8)

The site looks good and functions with no problems when I check it on Safari and IE.
However, your site is much simpler than mine. My "under development" site has a more comlex layout with more info and pics etc., thus more places for possible error. I think my designer has made progress to make it similar on Safari, Firefox, and IE, but the design process seems to have stalled for some reason as yet unknown to me.
I hear different opinions from various staff members at the design company where I'm having a site designed (or attempting to make this happen). Recently, one of their staff people insisted that it's not to be expected that something should look right on Safari.
That did not sound right to me, so thanks for your input. This helps to confirm my belief that any pro designer should be able to create a site so that placement and layout are consistent among at least the major browsers, Safari, Firefox, and IE.
Mac G4 450 SP Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Can't open Reader V9. Says part of suite (CS4 Web Design), need to open other module. but getting error message 148.3

I'm running Windows 8.1. I had to create a new account identity because of some corrupted files. Now I can't open Reader V9. Message comes up saying it's part of a Suite (CS4 Web Design) and I need to open other module first. I tried opening Dreamweaver, got error message 148.3 and program closes, says to contact customer support. My CS4 Seb design suite is old and I've since gotten PS Extended CS5 and PS Extended CS6, but not a whole Suite. Perhaps the license needs to be re-entered but the program closes before I can do anything. Please advise.

What is your operating system? Can you post a screenshot of that message: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933
I also think you should use a newer Reader version on Windows 8.x, i.e. 10.1.10 or 11.0.07.

I already have a 10-year-old web site. Instructions for iWeb update?

My web site has been up for ten years. I created it with PageMill 2.0, and now I can't even communicate with it on my new iMac because it's an OS 9 application.
That means I'm going back and forth between my old eMac and this one to try and upgrade. I've created a beautiful new art site in iWeb, and it was 100 x as easy as the first one, but I'm having problems getting it online. After ten years in the search engines, I have people enter at many of my old HTML pages and I need to use all my old web pages to forward to my new site. I don't know how to arrange the different files in the site folder to work together, or what to name them. I have tried adding a piece of code recommended for redirecting a page (meta refresh), but that hasn't worked, even when I have the iWeb files in the same folder. My Mac assumes I'll publish on .mac and that isn't the case. I have published to a folder so far. Anybody have instructions?

Ok, I'm talking to myself here! hahaha! What I was told was this from Mac Fit-it:
“You don't need to point anything at anything. Simply don't change the names of the HTML files as they are right now; that's all.HTML is HTML is HTML. You do not need PageMill to edit pages created in PageMill. HTML is HTML; any HTML editor can edit pages made in any other HTML editor.“
Now, this is terrific news, but I still couldn't figure out how to open the old pages with iWeb. So, I simply made new ones with the old names. I don't have to work with PageMill at all, and I have crisp new easily designed pages to point the way to my new site.
Now if I can just figure out the right meta refresh code (I've come across several) to do the job without giving the search engines a heart attack, and how to arrange them so they work together, I'll be in good shape. Meta refresh has problems, and Java script doesn't pause to see the refresh page. Any ideas?

Where is the CS5.5 to CS6 Web Design Premium upgrade download link?!

I purchased the CS5.5 Web Design Premium equivalent to avail of the free upgrade to CS6 when it came out.
After too much fluffing around with Adobe's customer services (weeks upon weeks), I eventually received the upgrade disk through the post (I'm based in the UK).
The problem I now have is that this disk has become scratched and I can't wait to receive another disk.
After speaking with someone through the online chat, I was told that only those who purchased an online copy could download it. As I purchased directly through Adobe over the phone, I was not entitled to an auto-generated download link.
The upgrade also doesn't appear in my Product pages.
So, can someone please help to find out where I can download a copy of the upgrade, rather than wait for it to come through in the post?

As long as you have the serial numbers for the upgrade version and the base version(CS6 and CS5.5 respectively in your case) the programs will install fine. Download the trial version from www.adobe.com/downloads/ and install the software. During installation you may be asked for the CS5.5 serial number(after you enter your CS6 serial number). The installer file or setup.exe file is the same on the disks and on Adobe.com.
Thanks
Nikhil

New to dreamweaver, complex web design.

hello, I'm a sports science student with a passion for helping people. I always get asked questions from novice gym users who don't know where or how to start. I'd like to create a website that allows them to find all they need to know In one place with all scientifically studied results and articles about supplements training etc. But also that based on a number of variables will give them a program to follow, free of charge. I downloaded dreamweaver and am at a loss about how to use it, I am very tech savi but not with web design.
I Have thought through a design.
The home/welcome page will be plain and simple with a introductory paragraph with a button saying 'get started' or a button saying 'I've already started' one will take them to a page that has variables such as height, weight, age, body fat, goals and experience, and through this information spit out a program, I know how to use all variables to create a routine (with my formula ofcourse) and obviously the other button will lead to there already created program. The program itself will allow for a befire photo and constant recent photoa to be uploaded, also a table for day to day weigh ins and progress check on weight lifted in the gym. On the far right of the page I want to have a seperate scroll down bar with titles of various articles about different areas of fitness.
I Know this seems like a lot but i have the contacts to get users on to the site but I need good design to keep them there. Is all of this possible on dreamweaver?
THank ink you for any help

When you use a complex web site there are several parts to it
- the HTML which controls the layout and the text
- the pictures (which can only be changed by the web designer, nobody else)
- the JavaScript, which can do certain things but cannot make permanent changes
- the web server, which will run scripts (programs) to do things
It is the web server which will run software to create programs, allow upload of pictures, remember status etc.
This is written by an experienced web programmer, who must be experienced in all the latest security issues. IT MUST NOT BE DONE BY A BEGINNER OR AMATEUR. I say this with pain because it used to be a great way to learn. But no longer, because the bad guys know all the tricks, and if a beginner does it, in no time at all, you will have porn hosted in your web site, it will be secretly sending spam, and all the personal information will be stolen. If you are in the EU, this last is particularly serious as you have an absolute responsibility to protect personal information, and there are unlimited fines.

Is Dreamweaver the best web design software to learn for an aspiring web designer?

Hi Everyone,
Perhaps difficult to get an unbiased answer to this in a
Dreamweaver forum but I'm sure most of you considered other web
development software before you went with Dreamweaver. Of course
the answer is not as straight forward as just choosing one piece of
software over another. I understand that there isn't really one
piece of software that ticks every box for the web designer. What I
mean is that there isn't one standalone piece of software that's
best for web design (HTML, CSS etc.), graphics and animation etc.
and that's why we have things such as Adobe Creative Suite. Anyway,
sticking to web design and development in the Dreamweaver sense,
would I be correct to advise someone who wants to work in the field
of web design to use Dreamweaver as their main tool? Particularly,
I would be interested to know if Dreamweaver really is the industry
standard as it's important to consider future job prospects.
I hope you understand what I'm asking.
Thanks, in anticipation for your help.
P.S. Has anyone heard of Enterprise Works?

LOL... sure!
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>> Really? I've always thought that was what the web
development world meant
>> by "web design", in other words, the overall
process. After all, many of
>> us name our profession using those terms.
>>
>> But I can live with your point of view too. :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
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>>> Seems to me that you are using the word in a
larger scope than is
>>> normally used in the web development world. But
I can live with it.
>>> And, I won't hold it against you.... 8)
>>>
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>>>> "SnakEyez02"
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>>>>> John, Murray's point, which I do agree
with is that you cannot
>>>>> "design" with
>>>>> Dreamweaver. Designing is where someone
comes up with the initial
>>>>> graphics for
>>>>> the website.
>>>>
>>>> Ok, but you're using the English word
"design" according to a limited,
>>>> secondary meaning. The word "design" has a
much wider meaning than just
>>>> "making graphics". As you can see from the
standard dictionary
>>>> definition I posted earlier, the primary
meaning of the word "design"
>>>> is "to create, fashion, execute, or
construct according to plan". Using
>>>> this most common meaning of the word,
Dreamweaver most definitely is
>>>> software whose purpose is accurately
described as "web design".
>>>>
>>>> It is true, of course, that Dreamweaver
doesn't create graphics. But
>>>> it's inaccurate to say that it doesn't
design web pages. You can easily
>>>> *design* web pages in Dreamweaver without
ever creating a single
>>>> graphic yourself.
>>>>
>>>> I'm just saying. :-)
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>> Dreamweaver cannot do the graphics
manipulation and it does not
>>>>> have the design tools that are available
in Fireworks and Photoshop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dreamweaver can place the image slices
into a layout and use CSS for
>>>>> repeating-backgrounds and so forth, but
the process really starts in
>>>>> one of the
>>>>> mentioned applications. So what he is
trying to say is that the page
>>>>> is
>>>>> designed in Fireworks or Photoshop, but
then Dreamweaver turns that
>>>>> design into
>>>>> HTML for a working webpage.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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