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2. We all need money these days.
3. Money paid for college.

Thank goodness for scholarships!

"Reflection #1"

So far in this class I learned two ways to make a web page. The first way I learned was by manually entering the codes on a notebook and after that opened it on a web browser. The first time I only entered text and decorated them, such as, italasizing text and making text bold. Another thing I learned when I first tried making a web page was making ordered and unordered lists and I made bulleted and numbered lists.

Another way I learned to make a web page was by using the Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 software. But first I had to go through the introduction and install the software on my computer. I like making a web page using the Dreamweaver software compared to manually entering codes. I can choose CSS styles and I don't have to enter the codes, the software enters the codes which is awesome. It's cool how you can work with the code and design view at the same time in Dreamweaver and when you make edits it is done instantly and you can see it happening.

This is my first time using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and I have gone this far by myself. So far I have had no problems except for when I go off track. But then I go back and read the instruction and pay close attention to directions and then I get it right and do it right. I think the hard part is when I rush through the directions and I don't get what I did wrong until I go back and review the instructions. The easy and best part is previewing the page and opening the page in a browser and smile from ear to ear at what I have created.

Dreamweaver Thoughts

WOW! Dreamweaver is cool! The first time I went through chapter 1 of Dreavweaver Classroom in a Book it was confusing and remembering how to do stuff with it. For instance, remembering how to create a new page and saving it right away, how to modify the page, inserting text and images, adding foreground and background images, which buttons to use to preview in live view or a browser, and remembering to publish the page before viewing the page in a browser. Man it's hard but reviewing the text book helps.

It's cool how dreamweaver does the codes compared to manually inserting or keying in the codes. For instance, when I first tried making a page I had to do it in a notepad and insert the codes manually. I like how dreamweaver automatically inserts the codes for me in dreamweaver! Also like how I could choose CSS syles.

Another cool thing is I can work with code view and code and design or I can split the views while I am working on the page. The views also allow me to edit text in both code view and design view and my edit is instantly visible in both views.

This is the first time I used Dreavweaver and I find that it's irritating to try and remember how and what functions to use in the workspace of Dreamweaver. But reviewing and reading over helped me.

Publishing

"Hoping" I followed the instructions to do the assignment right was the difficult part for me in this assignment, not to mention setting up the sight by following exactly as instructed to do so. Another difficult part I found was finding where to right click and opening a new folder and it was right there under my nose. All I had to do was look at the examples in Blackboard and I was looking at the wrong spots. Took me a few minutes to figure that out but am glad I got it. Lastly remembering how to save, name, and open the file and folder was also a hard thing to do (remember).

WOW! I have never seen anything like this before or thought of doing this with a computer. It's amazing how it all works. It's hard to remember how they all work but looking back or reviewing them helps.