Archive for April, 2008
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Ryan
Yup, another free Dreamweaver template! This one has a motorcycle theme, but can easily be customized to any other theme or color scheme. As with our other free Dreamweaver templates, High Velocity includes the Dreamweaver dwt template file, all the template images, pure CSS navigation, the original vector Fireworks document including all image slices, is Google AdSense-ready and is valid XHTML 1.0.
Preview or download High Velocity on our free templates page.
Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Ryan
We were busy over the weekend and created two more free Dreamweaver templates. DotCom and Fruit Company are XHTML valid templates with CSS navigation, AdSense-ready, and have pre-styled elements included in the templates. The Dreamweaver dwt files are included as well as the original Fireworks vector artwork used to create the templates.
Preview or download our two new templates on our Dreamweaver templates page.
Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Ryan
Since we couldn’t find any decent free Dreamweaver templates that were actually DESIGNED for Dreamweaver, we’re creating our own. The first template is posted on the site on our templates page and can be previewed before download.
We went a step farther and included the Fireworks file that we created the template images in. That way, not only do you have a plug-and-play Dreamweaver template that includes pre-coded editable regions, you also have the native image files to customize the template however you wish.
Check it out and let us know if there’s anything missing or added features we can build into our next template.
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Ryan
Yesterday WebAssist introduced their new SiteScribe extension for Dreamweaver. It’s a great tool for web designers who may need to present website screenshots in a PDF format.
Simply tell SiteScribe to crawl a local or live site, and the depth to which to crawl. SiteScribe will bring back screenshots of each page and you can then present up to 6 images per PDF page in any order you want. For presenting websites to clients, colleague discussion, internal web workflow, or simply for archiving a site, SiteScribe gets the job done. Check it out at WebAssist.
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Ryan
The ability to quickly create Spry menu bars and multi-level navigation in Dreamweaver was an excellent addition to Dreamweaver CS3. Although it’s easy to insert a vertical or horizontal menu bar in DW, it’s not always clear how to customize the look of the menu bar. Here are some resources and tutorials that are good reference for creating custom Spry menu bars in Dreamweaver.
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Ryan
With video being all the rage, posting YouTube videos on your website can increase your visitor retention and you can broadcast streaming video without burdening your hosting server since the video is fed from the YouTube servers. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to embed a YouTube video into your Dreamweaver website. Full Story →
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Ryan
Including an RSS feed in a blog is a simple process, but how do you include an RSS feed in a Dreamweaver website? Tom Muck explains the process of building an RSS feed using Dreamweaver’s built-in XSL tools for transforming an XML data feed into HTML over at CommunityMX.
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Ryan
Whether you can tell or not, many popular websites use grid-based design to layout their sites. Grid design helps designers understand and visualize the relationship between content and whitespace and how to best position elements to achieve a positive user experience. Vandelaydesign has an excellent post on grid resources with links to the most useful articles, tutorials and tools for learning how to effectively use grid-based design.
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Ryan
While writing my last post, I saw a related articles link to this post on insidecrm.com as well. We’ve all seen blogs that are over-monetized to put it nicely, and chances are anything on the blog was met with some skepticism as to the truthfulness or accuracy. Properly monetizing your blog can earn big payoffs, but the key is to keep your readers in mind and serve their needs first. Check out the post and see if your money-making strategies need a tune-up.
UPDATE: I came across another post on Vandelaydesign with another 101 ways to monetize your website or blog. Might be some overlap, but it’s worth a read.
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Ryan
I came across this post on Digg and thought I’d post a link to it. The post is a collection of links to other sites that add up to 101 “5-minute fixes” (some might take a little more) that will improve your website. There is some really good information on copywriting, usability, search engine optimization, accessilibility, design and legal issues. Read the post at insidecrm.com.
