Dreamweaver Brief

This is a bit of a blog catch up. We have had some training on Dreamweaver, and have now started our first brief. The training included the following:

Navigation and file structure.
A tour of Cascading Style Sheets.
ASP.net and the creation of forms linked to Access databases. This is useful for mailing lists and subscribe forms.
A mail form for contact details.

I found the training on ASP.net helpful as it gave me a start to learn something I have always wanted to know how to do. Having used Access before, there was some element of familiarity. However, ASP.net is completely new to me.

We were given our briefs and put into teams of two. I am in a team with Nic and we have the Factory Magazine brief. There are 2 teams that have this brief, and the 4 of us went to see Martin at Atticus Media who set the brief. He outlined what we needed to achieve, and some background to the client. The website needs to be in keeping with the style of the magazine, which is stylish and has a strong emphasis on photos.

It was outlined to us that, taking into account we are trainees, some aspects of the brief are to create mailing list and subscribe forms using ASP.net, download PDF options for archive magazine issues, a video showcase using Flash for movie clips, and a news update page. Also on the brief was the creation of a website to download to mobile phones, however, it was stated that we have to just understand how this would be done.

It is a challenging brief for our first one, but I am looking forward to learning ASP.net and how to design a magazine site.