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Learning Adobe Muse

By : Jennifer Farley
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Learning Adobe Muse

By: Jennifer Farley

Overview of this book

Adobe Muse is an exciting new tool from the world's foremost design software 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 smartlydesigned, fully-functioning website.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning Adobe Muse
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Alternative hosting


You are not tied to using Adobe's Business Catalyst hosting. You can use any hosting service of your choice. The only difference is that firstly you will need to export your site as HTML, as seen in Chapter 11, Previewing and Testing your Site and then upload the folders and files using an FTP program to your host.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method of uploading files to your hosted Website. After you export your site as HTML, you can use the FTP software to transfer your files to your host.

You will need to pay for hosting and for a domain name. There are some amazing offers out there for packages of hosting and domain names, so do some checking before buying the first hosting package you see.

When you have arranged a host for your site, you will receive an email with FTP details, or a link to where you can find your FTP details on their website. As a minimum, you will need a username, password, and FTP address. You cannot guess these...