Exploring Dreamweaver

1.      A description of Dreamweaver (use your own words!!!)

2.      Why do we need Dreamweaver for creating web sites?

3.      Did you find Dreamweaver a good option for creating your digital portfolio?

4.      What is the relationship between HTML and Dreamweaver? Why do you need to understand HTML when using Dreamweaver?

5.      What do you think about your site created using Dreamweaver?  What are the strengths, what could you have done better?

1.

Dreamweaver is an application that is used for creating websites and it was originally created by macromedia which is how it got its older name (Macromedia Dreamweaver) but Adobe bought Macromedia.  It is now formally known as Adobe Dreamweaver or just Dreamweaver. It allows you to make a virtual website and preview websites in local web browsers. There are many things it can contain, including: Text, Video, Imagery, Sound and etc.

2.

Dreamweaver is relevant towards creating websites because it is what makes you be able to add content to a page without it being a boring plain screen. It is a lot easier to use rather than HTML because no codes are required for you to manually add but just the need for you to make the page how you would like it to be seen.

3.

 I thought Dreamweaver was extremely helpful because unlike with my personal website I did not have to type in any codes and I could have just about anything shown on the page. I am pretty positive that it would probably be harder to include a video or music on the HTML website than it was on Dreamweaver. It was obviously a lot less work to get pictures put in and have a heading and place everything according to how I see it in my brain because I could just copy and paste.

4.

 On Dreamweaver it is still possible to use codes when adding anything to the website and HTML is needed because the video that is found on YouTube could only be put on using the code that it was embedded with so that there would be no copyright problems. HTML is also needed when adding different content types because you may find a problem on the website when you check on it that does not appear to be there when you use Dreamweaver.  But when you look at the codes from HTML you may find the source of the problem easily.

5.

I think my site is nice considering how long we had to complete it (Long). I quite like how I had placed everything although I had difficulty arranging the pictures appropriately in the tables and placing the videos where I had wanted them. Dreamweaver was a good application to use and I enjoyed it. If I were to make my website again I think I would try and add more content to it, mainly text, detail and a lot more description although I found the amount of word content I put in is to be enough from my perspective. It would need to be more specific if a stranger was trying to find out more about Uganda and its culture.