Presentations, Portfolio’s and Dynamic Data

We got a lot of diverse content packed in this e-Magazine, whether you are a designer, a coder or a combination of both, this edition will do its best to serve you!

Linda Goin begins with a new series about how to develop a creative and diverse portfolio that exemplifies your skills and knowledge. After that...

Linda moves on with step-by-step instructions on how to get the most out of the Pen Tool. She enables you to create great vector graphics such as product images from photographs and products found in catalogues. 

Then we have an interview with Hoa Loranger, a usability expert from the Jacob Nielsen team. We talk about communicating, applying and the effects of usability.

After that Sas Jacobs moves on, she'll show you how easy it is to create a Flash presentation that has a PowerPoint look and feel. In the first part she adds interactivity to the presentation by adding forward and back buttons and she shows you how to create a progress bar.

In the second part she'll add the same keyboard shortcuts that are available in PowerPoint. Sas will also create a new presentation template and finishes up by creating a kiosk-style presentation that runs automatically.

In a two part series, Allan will show you how to build a registration system that emails you a message that you have to respond to before your login or account is activated.

In the second part he teaches you how to build the confirmation script, and he’ll add some further checking for actual human interaction.

Last but not least, Rachel explains how to create a menu from a list of links stored in an Access database, using the ASP Server Model and the Dreamweaver Server Behaviors, covering creating the database table, connecting to the database, creating a Recordset and using a Repeat Region to display the data.