Learning Adobe Muse

307 Pages·2012·7.91 MB·English

by  Farley Jennifer

Learning Adobe Muse
Learning Adobe Muse
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First published: September 2012
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Credits
Author
Jennifer Farley
Reviewers
Corey Gutch
Ben Harrison
Cristian Radu
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Cover Work
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About the Author
Jennifer Farley has over 12 years experience working in the graphic
and web design industry. In 2002, she became a full time educator,
teaching Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Design
Theory. She runs her own design business, called Laughing Lion
Design but now divides her time equally between teaching design
and freelance illustration work.
Thanks to my husband Jason for his support and love, and for
sometimes staying up very late with me while I wrote this book.
Thanks to my parents for their support and love and for
introducing me to books at a very, very young age.
About the Reviewers
Corey Gutch has worked with various web technologies at Adobe
Systems since 1996, and is an Adobe Certified Expert in
Dreamweaver and Illustrator. He is currently the Interactive Director
for creative agency Dumb Eyes, designing and developing
standards-compliant websites, the Lead Instructor for the Web
Design with Creative Suite certificate program at the University of
Washington, and Community Manager for Adobe Muse at Adobe
Systems. Along with his knowledge of Adobe products, he is
proficient in authoring HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript,
and working with open source frameworks such as Wordpress and
Drupal. He has deep knowledge and insight into real-world web
design and development scenarios with both corporate and boutique
clients.
Ben Harrison is also known as Mr. Fuddlebunker of Kelso, WA. He
is married to a wonderful woman, has four kids and works at
Swanson Bark & Wood Products. His current responsibilities are
Digital Marketing and Brand Management. He loves to play with his
kids, travel with his wife, volunteer in his community, build websites
in his spare time as Fuddlebunker Design, and when he has a free
weekend, he plays paintball.
Cristian Radu is a technically astute IT professional with strong
experience providing support to corporate clients across diverse
industries, recognized for his ability to coordinate special projects,
his excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and his willingness
to rise to any challenges. He started his career working for small
local companies then moved to large corporations.
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Preface
Adobe Muse is an exciting new tool from the world's foremost
software design company, which allows users to create beautiful and
fully-functioning websites without writing any code. It provides
graphic designers the power to use their print design skills over the
Web.
This book will help web designers as well as graphic designers to
master Adobe Muse quickly. It will provide step-by-step instructions
that guide you through building a website with Adobe Muse.
Learning Adobe Muse will teach you how to plan, design, and
publish websites using Adobe Muse. It starts by covering the tools
and interface of the program and moves on to the concepts you'll
need to understand for laying out your web pages. You'll learn how
to format text using reusable styles, add images, create a clean
navigation system, and add interactive elements such as panels and
slideshows to your pages and all this without writing a single line of
code!
By the end of the book you will have created a smartly designed,
fully-functioning website.