CreativeShift.net

I love the challenge that a new design job brings, particularly web design. I lose sleep, in a good way, thinking about all the design details and solutions. My newest project was for a concrete company called Specialty Concrete. Their only form of outward advertisement (besides magnetic signs on their vehicles) was a local Craigslist ad. They asked me to help them change that with a website.

Plumer (the owner) was a great person to work with and was very prompt in generating content for the site. We had very good collaboration and I believe the final product shows this. One element I personally enjoyed was adding an interactive showcase gallery using lightbox.

Here are some of the pages:

Ever wondered how to create a centered-page layout like the example? Well, like most things in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, centering your website within the browser window is a snap — once you know how.

Here’s the secret: It is all within the margins.

When setting up your website to be centered on the browser screen you need to edit the Page Properties and set the left and right margins to auto.

Here’s how.

[1] Select Modify > Page Properties.

[2] Select the Appearance (CSS) category to set the options.

[3] In the Left and Right Margin enter Auto.

[4] Click OK.

Dreamweaver will now center your website (or container div tag) on every browser.

(Note: Your page properties may differ from the above screenshot, but the basic principle is the same.)