March 03, 2010
How To Design a Website using Adobe Fireworks
Posted by: admin : Category: Web Design
http://www.mlwebco.com – ML Web Consulting shows you how to quickly mock-up / design a website within 10 minutes. Using Adobe Fireworks, Michael Locke demonstrates how to design a website home page. In this video, you’ll see how a web design comes along from beginning to end. You’ll see a few design tips and tricks that you can apply to your own project or website.
Download the Work Files Here (Both PNG and PSD files):
http://www.mlwebco.com/tutorials/web-design/fictitious_website.zip
If you have any questions, send an email to mlocke@mlwebco.com or visit http://www.mlwebco.com
Thanks,
~ Mike
Duration : 0:9:41
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I just used the …
I just used the rectangle tool in the tool bar section. It’s the tool normally on the left side tool bar in the “vector” section. It’s where you can draw rectangles, circles, etc.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Sorry….how did …
Sorry….how did you make the rectangles in the beginning? Which tool should I use?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Thanks, glad you …
Thanks, glad you like the tutorial.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
thank you ,you are …
thank you ,you are awsome !!!!
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
The 960px in width …
… also for height you should make sure your important info stay above 550ish to stay above the fold to be seen without scrolling but the page can be long itself. Just the impoant stuff aove 550px. 
The 960px in width became the standard “safe” size a while back that worked best within the 1024px resolution without scrolling. You want to stay around 960px because scroll bar add extra pixels on different browsers. So 960px is safe. But no reason it couldn’t be 970 or 980
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Standard sites are …
Standard sites are 1024 x 768 and I heard you say you use a width of 960 but do you did not specify a height? what was the height and is their a particular reason why you use 960?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Check out my other …
Check out my other video on how I take this mock up to html, /watch?v=OM0d-8gUaxQ this might help somewhat in answering your qusetion.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
so why when i …
so why when i highlight the site it appears as a whole big jpg image? and it also saves that image in my images folder, how can I make it look like a site and not like a static photo?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
please explain that …
please explain that to download quality photos of the site istocphotos have to pay
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
This was really …
This was really nice.Thanks!
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I used 900 width, …
I used 900 width, not sure if that was your question. Also, I have the file available for anyone to download. Just click on the (more info) link in the description area, there you will see the link to download and play around with.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
What size did you …
What size did you use?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
really good and …
Sub’d!
really good and easy to listen to thanks
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Ok I will try that …
Ok I will try that and let you know thanks, This happens when i add text in the content area and it just white not transparent.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
If you’re exporting …
If you’re exporting and you notice that the images aren’t exporting as transparent, you need to make sure that you’re exporting as PNG rather than JPEG or GIF. Just make sure to select PNG in the optimized box. Also, before you export, make sure to preview first, this will show you if you’re doing it correctly.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Hey dude, I done a …
Hey dude, I done a design in fireworks cs4 and i have sliced it up… But The content page is transparent but when i export it via CSS and Images it ain’t transparent any ideas?
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Next to my profile …
Next to my profile photo, just click the blue “more info” link to display the the link.
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
If interested, I …
If interested, I have a link to the work file used in this tutorial in the description area. You can download the PNG and PSD file. Enjoy!
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:12 pm
nice. really …
nice. really helpfull