Need Tutorials On Designing Minisites With Adobe CS3 Photoshop & CS3 Dreamweaver

[Steve Wells]

I am looking for anyone to point me to good quality tutorials on HOW to design minisites using Adobe CS3 Photoshop & CS3 Dreamweaver.

Header, Footer, Purchase Button, ect... all the usually comes with a minisite...

Thanks,

[GuerrillaIM]

lynda.com has good tutorials.

I prefer to design my mini sites in fireworks as it makes the whole process a lot quicker (but you have less graphical options).

[Steve Wells]

Originally Posted by GuerrillaIM

lynda.com has good tutorials.

I prefer to design my mini sites in fireworks as it makes the whole process a lot quicker (but you have less graphical options).

Whats does fireworks offer that you like, that is different from dreamweaver? Just curious I have Fireworks CS3

[Paul Becky]

Originally Posted by EWGQDD

Whats does fireworks offer that you like, that is different from dreamweaver? Just curious I have Fireworks CS3

Fireworks is graphic editor, so should be compared with Photoshop, not Dreamweaver, at least that's what I know

[GuerrillaIM]

Fireworks can replace photoshop. You would still do some stuff in dreamweaver.

The way I do it is make website as a picture in fireworks. Add slices and export html & images.

Open up file in dreamwevaer and make a few small mods like setting certain images as cell backgrounds and adding a little css and hey presto.

I can make a mini site and export it to html in under 1 hour. I can't do that with photoshop and image ready.

[Paul Becky]

Originally Posted by GuerrillaIM

Fireworks can replace photoshop. You would still do some stuff in dreamweaver.

The way I do it is make website as a picture in fireworks. Add slices and export html & images.

Open up file in dreamwevaer and make a few small mods like setting certain images as cell backgrounds and adding a little css and hey presto.

I can make a mini site and export it to html in under 1 hour. I can't do that with photoshop and image ready.

Is it true that Firework can export the psd files into CSS-base layout?

[Steve Wells]

Originally Posted by GuerrillaIM

lynda.com has good tutorials.

I prefer to design my mini sites in fireworks as it makes the whole process a lot quicker (but you have less graphical options).

Thanks, I will maybe use that also.


What I am really looking for is probably along the lines of a product that teaches building minisites specifically..

[GuerrillaIM]

Originally Posted by Paul Becky

Is it true that Firework can export the psd files into CSS-base layout?

Don't know. I heard imageready could and I made some posts on webmaster forums but I didn't get any help back.

[Shana_Adam]

yes Lynda.com provide the best tutorials in bite sized portions. The tutorials are very user friendly with exercise files for practice.

[Steve Wells]

Originally Posted by Shana_Adam

yes Lynda.com provide the best tutorials in bite sized portions. The tutorials are very user friendly with exercise files for practice.

I didnt see any there specifially teaching to build a minisite, like header, footer, and so on? Hmmmmm?

[badfun]

Originally Posted by Paul Becky

Is it true that Firework can export the psd files into CSS-base layout?

Yes that is true, although it helps if you can get 'under the hood' and play with the css. but it is pretty good.
brent

[Intrepreneur]

There's some good products in CB (clickbank) market place. In fact I seen my first TV ad style sales letter while looking through there.. for those tutorials..

Graphics champ.. if you see it you'll know what I mean.

lol

[GuerrillaIM]

Originally Posted by EWGQDD

I didnt see any there specifially teaching to build a minisite, like header, footer, and so on? Hmmmmm?

a minisite is just an image exported into a website. Learn to make an image and you know how to make a minisite.