Lynda.com videos

After watching the first series of videos, I realized I'm not a big fan of floating. I can see its purpose in some designs, but I do not plan to have a site that will need to use floating. Also, I was not familiar with some of the codes he was writing, so it was hard to follow because the codes were not instinctive for me as they were for him. I actually found myself reading the text about the history of tea more than I was listening to him...oops.

The second series of videos were great. The starter pages are awesome...I definitely see myself using those in future web design projects. I especially like how there's comments in the code so you learn why certain values were set the way they were. Also, I definitely plan to use external style sheets for my portfolio...I've always used them on the sites I create because they're simple to make changes to, rather than having to change the CSS on each individual page. But I'm glad to have Dreamweaver this time around to help me build my style sheet!

Killer Web Content article

The article by Gerry McGovern on Killer Web Content (I can't figure out how to get the link to that page through Angel!) is pretty familiar to me, since I write for the web for a living. I try to read as much of this kind of material as possible. So the idea of keeping your online writing short, sweet and to-the-point resonates with me. I actually have another book on web writing called "Don't Make Me Think!", which also pretty much sums up what people want from the web.

In translating this concept to my final project, I'm keeping the links to the pages with content front and center, not burying what the people who come to my site would be looking for.

CSS List

Here's my CSS list. This is a really easy way to make buttons...I think I might try it on my online portfolio.