A very powerful method of designing in Dreamweaver is done by using tables. The most current method of designing is using CSS, but tables are still widely used and accepted in the web community. A page can be setup by using one table or many. For instance, you can have a navigation table setup, a table of pictures and a table of text. So you can see how multiple tables can be used in creating a web page.

Dreamweaver offers two methods to work with tables. Standard View and Layout View. The Standard view is a method where a wizard is used. You tell it how many rows and columns you want and they are created and placed on the page. The Layout view allows more control for the table creator. In layout view, the designer can make the cells in a table more customized. However, cells can be merged and split to make the layout more user friendly.

On the page I am currently creating for my learning purposes, I have setup a navigation bar, a table with a picture and a table with text in it about the fake company I am setting up. I may also add a third table with more text. I have also setup my links so the user will have at least two methods to access any page on the site. Navigation is very important in web design.

My next steps include filling in text on the other five pages and setting up some CSS to tell the pages how to format the text and what colors to use. I have not decided what to use so this is still very experimental. As soon as I get it done, I’ll post the address to the page for your suggestions. This page will not be professional. I will rely on you for feedback to help me make it professional. This is my learning process and I hope I can inspire you to create something as well.