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Projects at a Glance
Projects at a Glance

Against The Clock’s The Professional Portfolio Series teaches Bistro Site Organization
graphic design software tools and techniques entirely
within the framework of real-world projects; we introduce project 1 o Exploring Site Structure
and explain skills where they would naturally fall into a
real project workflow. o Organizing the Site Navigation
The project-based approach in The Professional o Naming and Titling Documents
Portfolio Series allows you to get in-depth with the
software beginning in Project 1 — you don’t have to read
several chapters of introductory material before you can
start creating finished artwork.
Our approach also prevents “topic tedium” — in
other words, we don’t require you to read pages and pages
of information about marking up text (for example);
instead, we explain text-related mark-up as part of a larger
project (in this case, as part of a digital book chapter).
Clear, easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions walk
you through every phase of each job, from creating a new
file to saving the finished piece. Wherever logical, we also
offer practical advice and tips about underlying concepts Digital Book Chapter
and graphic design practices that will benefit you as you o Preparing the Workspace
enter the job market. project 2
The projects in this book reflect a range of different o Working with Semantic Markup
types of Dreamweaver jobs, from organizing a client’s o Working with Special Characters
site and links to developing a functional site template
to building a dynamic site. When you finish the eight o Creating Lists
projects in this book (and the accompanying Portfolio
Builder exercises), you will have a substantial body of o Attaching an External CSS File
work that should impress any potential employer.
The eight Dreamweaver projects are described briefly
here; more detail is provided in the full table of contents
(beginning on Page viii).

project 3 Arts Council Website

o Placing Static Foreground Images

o Extracting Photoshop Assets