The Power of Dreamweaver MX Workflow

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The Power of Dreamweaver MX Workflow

• Presented by Chris Roberts,
• Supervisor of Interactive Services

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Who is Chris Roberts?

• Marketing graphic arts background, University
  of Wisconsin Madison
• 1998 - Present
• Web development and consulting _at_ Lead Dog
  Interactive, Xceed Interactive, and Buck
  Pulleyn
• Produced and built over 100 Web sites with
  budgets from 1,000 to 1.5MM
• Dreamweaver believer for four years

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What is Buck Pulleyn?

• Founded in 1982
• Based in Rochester, N.Y.
• Business-to-business, education and select
  consumer expertise
• 35 employees
• Regional, national and international reach

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Current Client List
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The Workflow
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Dreamweaver The Concept

• Allows for modular process
• Great collaboration tool
• Powerful core of MX suite
• Works within existing systems (SSI, CSS, Forms)
• Flexible and scalable

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Web Design Production Overview

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Web Design Production Tools

• Design in PhotoShop, Illustrator or Flash
• Copy in MS Word
• Production in Dreamweaver, ImageReady, Flash,
  etc.
• Development in ASP, ColdFusion, off-the-shelf
  package or other
• Testing using staged environments
• Deployment using FTP, .zip or CD-ROM

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WYSIWYG

• Split view code and design
• Layout table assistants
• JavaScript
• Layers
• Style sheets

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Collaboration Site Promotion

• Check in and check-out
• Synchronization
• Remote and local deployment

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Semi-dynamic Templates Libraries

• Rapid updates
• Update from one source to many pages
• Can administer remotely

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Dynamic

• Works with template workflow
• Support for PHP, ASP, JSP, and CFM
• Set up for database applications such as SQL, MS
  Access

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Macromedia Contribute

• New Dreamweaver Light for use by multiple users
  for content updates
• Works great with DW 6.1 with template workflow
• Very inexpensive _at_100 per seat

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The Case Studies
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Templates UR Margaret Warner School
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Semi-dynamic Corning eGuidelines
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Fully Integrated new pulleyn.com
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Portfolio More Dreamweaver Sites
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Questions?

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Buck Pulleyn, Inc.1160A Pittsford Victor
RoadPittsford, NY 14534 585-248-2300www.pulleyn.
com