Photoshop/Fireworks/Dreamweaver work flow

Question

Hi chaps - I am a newbie and have been doing weeks of
research - I currently have CS2 but would consider CS3 if I REALLY
need to (though money is a problem at the moment). Here though, my
dilemma. I am a broadcast designer (reasonable knowledge of
Photoshop) who needs to learn how to make a web-site and I want to
do so correctly using the best tools for the job and the best
techniques. I'm learning a little html but would like to develop a
work flow that reflects my existing designer-type knowledge. I've
been working through lots of tutorials, I have bought some from a
couple of excellent companies (guess I shouldn't mention their
names) but they are excellent but even with their CS3 tuts (which
are the most up to date) they work with tables a lot ( and I've
been told to learn CSS not tables) and the Photoshop tuts say
'slice', optimize images and even create rollovers in Photoshop,
Fireworks tuts say do it all in Fireworks, Dreamweaver tuts say do
it all in DW. Can anyone help please ? I've gained a lot of great
knowledge about the 3 packages from my training but not the BEST
way of integrating them.
Any advice welcome and I'm sorry about the length of the
post. Regards Roger

Answer 1

Here's a good read, too -
http://apptools.com/examples/pagelayout101.php
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> Hi there,
>
> I was in a similar position when I first started using
DW/FW - and went
> through all the tutorials about slicing etc to create
navbars, had a few
> issues, and discovered that the general consensus was
not to use FW, and
> that
> CSS was definitely the way to go.
>
> A site which I found really useful for doing simple
enough navigation
> using
> CSS was this one :
>
>
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/
>
> I've generally found that I don't stick to any one
method, but whichever
> suits
> most, seems to offer the path of least resistance,
without mucking things
> up
> too much - I don't think many would say absolutely never
use tables, as
> there
> are times when they suite - although probably more for
content within a
> <div>
> rather than to create the page's general layout.
>
> I guess FW is good for optimizing graphics for the web -
not sure how it
> compared to PS, as I've always got by with FW as my
needs are pretty basic
> compared to a more serious PS user.
>
> I also think you tend to come across things along the
way that you would
> like
> to do, and can pick things up along the way rather than
decide more rigid
> working practices from the outset.
>
> This is more a rambling stream of thought that anything
- but just my 2c
> off
> the top of my head!
>