Workshop Schedule

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  • Registration opens at 8:30am

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  • Adobe Sponsored Presentation (9:00-10:00)

  • Redefine the extraordinary in web design and development. Join Adobe for an entertaining hour covering the creation of the full range of digital experiences, including interactive websites, applications, user interfaces, presentations, and mobile device content, with Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Web Premium software.

    Website Prototyping (10:00–11:00)

  • Showcase your website design concepts using the compositing features in Photoshop and Illustrator, and the prototyping tools in Fireworks. You’ll learn to create a presentation-quality mock-up of your website using tools you may already know.

    Introduction to CSS (11:15–12:15)

    With Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), the current web-compliant standard for formatting pages, you can build effective browser and search engine-friendly sites. You’ll start by learning the foundation concepts of CSS, including how and why you use CSS, and then begin editing a CSS-based layout in Dreamweaver CS4.

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    LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (12:15–1:15)

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  • Dreamweaver CS4 Basics (1:15–2:30)
    

    Using your new knowledge, you’ll begin creating a site with the built-in CSS tools that make page creation in Dreamweaver CS4 so efficient.  You’ll add images, links, navigation and more, as you learn to work with the tools, workspace and panels in Dreamweaver CS4.

    Creative Suite 4 Integration (2:45–3:45)
    

    While discovering additional CSS tools in Dreamweaver CS4, you’ll use Adobe Bridge to incorporate design and video content from Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and Flash into your site. You’ll also explore the option to export XHTML content from InDesign into your CSS-based layout in Dreamweaver.

    CSS, The Next Level (4:00–5:00)
    

  • Now that you can create and edit your CSS-based site in Dreamweaver CS4, you’ll build on your new skills by previewing some of the web’s coolest current technology trends, including Spry navigation menus, Spry widgets, buttons, rollovers, and more. Finally, with your interactive, cutting-edge site ready to go, you’ll learn to publish your content to the Web as well as mobile devices.

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• Location

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  Seattle Center
  Marion Oliver Mccaw Hall
  321 Mercer St
  Seattle WA 98109
  206-684-7200
  

• Directions

McCaw Hall is located at 321 Mercer Street, along the North edge of Seattle Center.

During evening and weekend hours, Aurora/Hwy 99 often provides quicker access than I-5.

Directions from Aurora/Hwy 99 North:

Exit right on Roy Street.
Turn left on Third Avenue North.
Turn left on Mercer Street.

Directions from Aurora/Hwy 99 South:

Take the Western Avenue exit.
Turn right on First Avenue West. (Soft right)
Turn right on Mercer Street.

From I-5:

Take the Mercer Street/Seattle Center exit (exit 167).
At the first traffic light, turn right onto Fairview.
At the next light, turn left onto Broad Street.
Turn right onto 5th Ave.
Turn left on to Roy Street to reach the Mercer Street Garage.

Other I-5 Alternatives

Alternative for those heading south on I-5:
Exit at North 145th Street or North 85th Street.
Head west to Aurora/Hwy 99.
Turn left onto Aurora heading south.
Take a right on Valley Street (Seattle Center exit) and proceed 3 blocks west to 5th Avenue North.
Take a left on 5th.
From 5th you can turn right onto Roy Street to reach the Mercer Parking Garage, or you can continue 3 blocks south to Republican Street and the 5th Avenue Parking Lot.
From there it’s a short walk to McCaw Hall.

Alternative for those heading north on I-5:

Exit at Madison Street. (Exit 164A)
Turn left onto Madison and then head north on 6th Avenue through downtown Seattle.
When you reach Denny, turn left.
Go one block to 5th Avenue North and turn right.
Turn left on Roy Street to reach the Mercer Street Garage.
Additional parking can be found at the 5th Avenue Parking Lot.