Russ Weakley from Max Design has written a very good article/tutorial that goes through the in’s and out’s of design and building a liquid layout using CSS. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the term a liquid layout is one that can be re-sized and adjusted to suit any window size and it does so by using % percents to define the widths and heights of each container in the layout. The thing to remember when designing such a layout is that you need to make sure everything else gets re-sized with it the layout, otherwise you will have a very disproportionate looking website. To check out this article just simply click on the following URL and enjoy the learning experience… http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/liquid/index.htm
Net-Tuts+ offers a really good tutorial on how to create a dynamic drop down menu using JQuery and CSS. Here is a little blurb about the tutorial:
We will use jQuery to create a different multi-layered horizontal navigation system that is still intuitive enough for anyone to use for the first time.
Want to validate your form but don’t know any Javascript coding? Don’t worry, Dreamweaver can help you with this. Dreamweaver comes with a form validation Behavior allows you to validate your form without any Javascript knowledge. N-design offers a quick tutorial on how to do this: http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/dreamweaver/form-validation/
Adobe.TV and James Williamson have a series of really good video tutorials that go how to use Dreamweaver CS4. If you are a complete newbie to Dreamweaver or want a refresher these tutorials are really good to follow if you prefer to watch a tutorial instead of read one.
Motionographer has a really good article about how to encode video for the web using Quicktime. They invited an industry professional, Darwin Dion Ignacio, to lead the tutorial.
We invited Darwin Dion Ignacio to share his knowledge and experience on the subject. Darwin is the founder of Let’s Get Reel, a digital asset management company whose clients include Imaginary Forces, The Ebeling Group, yU+Co. and many others. With over 20 years combined experience, the staff of Let’s Get Real specializes in organizing, optimizing and distributing for creative service companies.
The Adobe Developer Center has a good tutorial on how to use Adobe Media Encoder to encode your video content for the web, especially if you want to encode your video as FLV files. To view the tutorial go here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/quickstart/video_encoder/
Also here is a good tutorial from the Rich Media Institute on how to use Adobe Media Encoder to encode Flash video:
