Creative Web Design with Adobe Muse

An explanation of the different tools and features of the software that can play a part in the design and implementation of a site.

You’ve found your Muse; now learn how to create with it Creative Web Design with Adobe Muse is a step-by-step guide to creating fully-featured websites using Adobe Muse. Adobe Muse can be a complicated program, and web design itself is no easy task, although your clients might think so. This book takes you from the initial design and layout stage right up to helping you publish your beautifully designed and richly developed site. Each chapter covers a different section of the website and, in turn, introduces the tools and features of the program, accompanied by useful tips and tricks that help you speed up your workflow. Follow along as a website is created from concept to execution and rich content such as slideshows, galleries, and social media are incorporated. See how each aspect of a website is created with Muse; watch as it’s published; and visit the final version after learning how it was made. If seeing a website created start to finish wasn’t enough, this book also features: Tips on how to incorporate Photoshop into Muse A companion website that was created with Muse where you can get up-to-the-minute coverage on Muse and other tutorials to help you design the perfect website Through this perfect blend of instruction and inspiration, you’ll be up and running with Adobe Muse in no time.

Chapter 1: Introducing Muse The main user interface Tools Panels Chapter 2: Design and layout. Creating a new site in Muse Master pages: an explanation of the concept of using templates for the site Site structure: how to add pages and sub-pages to the site Chapter 3: Designing the Master page template Styling the background Working with the page guides, headers and footers Adding fixed images and text (site consistency) Creating navigation with the built-in menu system Chapter 4: Working with individual pages Adding text content Creating a text box & pasting from the clipboard The character panel Creating character and paragraph styles Adding images Placing images from a file & pasting from the clipboard The fill panel Creating image styles Creating manual hyperlinks (text and graphic) Creating site-wide link styles Adding Photoshop buttons Using Muse’s widget library Composition widgets Menu widgets Panel widgets Slideshow widgets Chapter 5: Advanced techniques Chapter 6: Publishing the site. This chapter will focus on uploading the completed site to the web Preparatory work: adding metadata (page descriptions, keywords, etc.) Exporting the site as HTML (for manual publishing to a pre-existing domain) Publishing to a Business Catalyst hosted site from within Muse

David Asch is a freelance author, photographer and designer. He has written three titles on Photoshop Elements along with numerous articles on Photoshop and Elements for magazines and websites. He also has a strong grounding in web development and ICT.

You've found your Muse; now learn how to create with it.
Throught this perfect blend of instruction and inspiration, you'll be up and running with Adobe Muse in no time.