Until the introduction of Macromedia Fireworks in 1998, no single application
had been dedicated to creating, optimizing, and exporting web graphics.
Instead, we had to use several applications which did not play well together.
Fireworks 1.0 offered a new approach: a single tool that supported the entire
web graphics workflow from start to finish. Although Fireworks has the
ability to produce HTML, its best features are optimization and file export.
The ability to export portions of design, such as rollover buttons with
JavaScript, makes Fireworks a powerful web graphics application.
With each new release of Fireworks we see new tools to make our jobs even
easier. Using an application that was built from the group up to be a web
graphics tool only, really shows! In this article we'll be exploring some of
these new features added to Fireworks 8.
Introducing Fireworks ... (more)
You have children who want to play with your programs. Or, you're a jigsaw
puzzle aficionado and want to share your own work. With Fireworks, you can
create a puzzle with as little as two shapes, using them to "cut" the rest of
the pieces.
Once the pieces are made you can get portions of an image into each piece -
it really is simple! Once the puzzle is done you can bring it into
Dreamweaver, where you'll add the ability for each piece to use draggable
layers.
Puzzles are great fun and can be incorporated into many different kinds of
sites. But keep in mind that the techniques ... (more)
Users in most U.S. urban areas enjoy all kinds of options for high-speed
connections, but most rural areas don't yet have that option, nor do a lot of
other countries. You should keep in mind that the larger the file or
combination of files on a Web page, the longer it takes to load. Connection
speeds determine how long each file takes to load.
Optimization, or getting your image to the smallest possible size while
retaining an acceptable quality, is one of the most important factors in
determining how quickly your Web page loads.
Note
The file types currently available for the W... (more)
Web development is a changing industry. Technologies are born, thrive, and
then die, while web developers experience a great stress helping their
clients get an Internet presence. Nowadays, the buzz word in web development
is "dynamic." Not "dynamic" as in DHTML, but as in "using a database."
MX Kollection is designed for HTML designers that want to take a plunge into
database-driven development and here four of the product's beta testers
report briefly on how they feel about the product.
CSS Skins
California developer and Team Macromedia member Nancy Gill reports that it's
not t... (more)
Everyone is toting a digital camera these days it seems and they have photos
to share with you. I'm sure you're not one of those who want to bore family
and friends with your gazillion pictures of your dog/cat/snake. Even if you
are, you can now do it with some pizzazz and it's easier than you may think.
You could send the photos via email but then they'd take forever to arrive
and your family probably doesn't know how to open them anyway. So the best
solution is a spiffy new photo gallery.
Photo galleries aren't just for displaying personal pictures but they are
widespread in t... (more)
Joyce J. Evans is a training veteran with over 10 years of experience in educational teaching, tutuorial development, and Web design. She has presented at conferences such as Macromedia MAX 2003 and TODCON. Joyce has authored books including Macromedia Studio MX 2004 Bible, Dreamweaver MX 2004 Complete Course, and others. Joyce is a Team Macromedia volunteer and her work is also featured in the Macromedia Design/Developer center. Her Web site is www.JoyceJEvans.com.
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