- From: Lois Wakeman <lois@lois.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 17:44:35 +0100
- To: "WAI list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi there Daman, I don't know any books to recommend that are that specific, but to get the best out of DreamWeaver you need to understand the principles of valid HTML and accessible web design before you even unpack the CD from the box! Start by understanding how to code to current standards for (X)HTML and CSS, then do that in DW, which should be used as a support tool for your coding and site management, rather than a WYSIWYG design tool. Any good book on accessible design should explain that - and there are many excellent tutorials on the web to help you. But be warned, it is a huge and complex subject with conflicting requirements, and I imagine that I am not the only subscriber to this list who still learns new things every week, after many years in the business. Adobe Creative Suite 2 is a big bundle of assorted image/print tools, and so only relevant to creating/processing the visual elements, which would generally be secondary to the text content in the majority of accessible web sites. PS Elements will almost certainly do 90% of what you need. I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, but... Whatever you do, don't fall into the still-common trap of doing page mockups in PhotoShop and then slicing and dicing them in Fireworks to make web pages. Or design an all-Flash site come to that. Lois Wakeman ------------------------- http://communicationarts.co.uk http://lois.co.uk
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