Designing a Portfolio Website with Muse
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Create and publish a complete portfolio website with Adobe Muse—without writing any code. Author Steve Harris takes designers through the most important stages of a web design project, which include planning the site structure, preparing graphics to import into Muse, and working with widgets and embedded content to integrate unique functionality. The sample website shown is geared toward a creative professional such as a graphic artist or photographer who is looking to publish work online, but it could be useful for any type of image collection.
Topics include:
Planning the site with a wireframe
Creating master pages
Building and placing graphics from Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign
Creating buttons and button states
Adding a header, footer, and navigation widget
Creating a slideshow
Setting up a contact form
Publishing to a third-party hosting solution
Tracking site traffic with Google Analytics
Introduction 5m 1s
Welcome 1m 13s
Using the exercise files 2m 7s
Understanding what you should know before watching this course 30s
Touring the Red30 Design portfolio site 1m 11s
1. Preparing Your Portfolio Content and Layout 8m 15s
Exploring information design 2m 31s
Generating content 1m 46s
Wireframing the site 3m 58s
2. Designing Fundamental Elements with Muse 30m 15s
Creating master pages 3m 19s
Building and placing graphics from Photoshop 2m 50s
Building and placing graphics from Illustrator 2m 5s
Building graphics in InDesign 3m 39s
Creating repeating backgrounds 4m 33s
Manipulating layers and transparency 4m 4s
Creating buttons and button states 5m 32s
Defining and redefining text styles 4m 13s
3. Building the Portfolio Website 1h 10m
Creating the header and the footer 4m 39s
Adding the navigation widget 6m 26s
Creating a rotator for text and graphics 6m 45s
Creating the office photos slideshow 6m 28s
Creating the floating contact menu 3m 42s
Styling the tabbed photo panels on the team page 7m 4s
Creating a lightbox photo gallery 8m 32s
Styling the contact page 5m 24s
Creating a document link for downloadable content 4m 5s
Setting up a Business Catalyst contact form 3m 51s
Styling and adding states to the contact form 6m 52s
Creating a Wufoo contact form 6m 21s
4. Publishing and Optimizing the Site 26m 30s
Best practices for search engine optimization 5m 35s
Inserting and activating Google Analytics 4m 20s
Setting up Google Webmaster Tools 4m 44s
Publishing to a third-party hosting server within Muse 5m 8s
Buying and linking a custom domain name 6m 43s
5. Additional Tips and Tricks 18m 40s
Pinning graphics to create depth 2m 36s
Adding full-size images as backgrounds 2m 26s
The basics of horizontal scrolling websites 5m 38s
Placing a layered PSD file into Muse 3m 19s
Integrating Adobe Edge Animate graphics 3m 6s
Helpful resources 1m 35s
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