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Learning Adobe Muse
Learning Adobe Muse

Learning Adobe Muse: Create beautiful websites without writing any code with this book and ebook.

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Learning Adobe Muse

Chapter 2. The Muse Workflow

In this chapter, we'll look at the Muse workflow from the initial concept to the final website. The Muse workflow closely follows what could be described as the typical web designer's workflow, namely Planning, Creating, Previewing and Testing, and finally Publishing your site.

In this chapter we will cover:

  • Differences between designing for the Web and for print

  • Things to consider during the web design planning stage

  • The Muse Workflow—creating a site, setting up a site plan, designing, and publishing

  • Domain names and hosting

In the previous chapter, we familiarized ourselves with the Muse workspace, its toolbars, and panels. Before we jump back into Muse, let's begin by taking a look at some of the differences between designing for print and for the Web. We will look at the factors which can affect the user experience on the site which include they type of web browser used and the resolution of the user's screen.

Print workflow versus web workflow


In an ideal world, print design would retain an important pride of place forever. However, the reality is that in many parts of the world, people are finding their information and entertainment on the Web. If the audience is on the Web, designers will need to move with the times and follow suit. Making a smooth transition from paper to screen can be challenging, but that's where Muse joins the party.

Muse allows you to create websites in a similar fashion to how you create print layouts. It is aimed squarely at graphic designers and newbie designers who want to create eye-catching designs for the Web, but who don't want to learn coding in order to create a website.

In a print workflow, a graphic designer may begin their design with a pencil and paper to create a quick initial mockup. The designer would use Adobe InDesign (or something similar such as Quark Express) to lay out the page, and software such as Illustrator or Photoshop to create and edit images...

The Muse workflow


Muse features five distinct views or sections. These are:

  • Plan

  • Design

  • Preview

  • Publish

  • Manage

These views are a representative of the steps a designer will take when designing and building a website (without Muse). We'll take a look at each of these in turn, but let's start with a quick recap on how to create your site in Muse.

Create a site

In the first chapter we looked at the Muse interface and saw how to create a new site in Muse. Choose File | New. This process is very similar to creating a new document in InDesign. It creates a .muse file which is similar to an .indd (InDesign) file as it holds information about our web pages and the master pages.

We can set up the width of our page, and based on our knowledge of common screen resolutions (1024x768), the default width of 960 pixels is suitable.

By entering a page width value we are creating a fixed width (sometimes called static width) layout. This means that the layout will not change in width even if the browser...

Summary


In this chapter we discussed some of the challenges faced by designers creating web pages. These include making your design look good when viewed on multiple browsers at a variety of resolutions, and making it fast-loading. We also looked at the Muse Workflow and the steps involved in taking a website from an idea to a published site.

In the next chapter, we'll use Muse's wonderful wireframing tools to create a sitemap and a working prototype of a website.

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Key benefits

  • A step by step guide to using Adobe's latest design tool to build websites
  • A thorough coverage of all the features introduced in Adobe Muse
  • Design tips and advice for new designers

Description

Adobe Muse is an exciting new tool from the world's foremost design software company which allows users to create beautiful and fully functioning websites without writing any code. It provides graphic designers the power to use their print design skills over the Web. This book will help web designers as well as graphic designers to master Adobe Muse quickly. It will provide step-by-step instructions that guide you through building a website with Adobe Muse."Learning Adobe Muse" will teach you how to plan, design and publish websites using Adobe Muse. It starts by covering the tools and interface of the program and moves on to the concepts you'll need to understand for laying out your web pages. You'll learn how to format text using reusable styles, add images, create a clean navigation system, and add interactive elements such as panels and slideshows to your pages and all this without writing a single line of code!By the end of the book you will have created a smartlydesigned, fully-functioning website.

Who is this book for?

This book is written for beginner web designers and also graphic designers who are interested in using their print design skills on the Web. It will teach you how to quickly build websites without the need to learn HTML or CSS.

What you will learn

  • Plan a website from scratch.
  • Create a functioning website prototype
  • Use master pages to apply a common look and feel across the website
  • Apply effects such as drop shadows, bevel, and glow
  • Add interactive elements to your site including an image slideshow
  • Design tips and advice for new designers and graphic designers moving from print to the web
  • Preview and test your website
  • Publish your site with Business Catalyst or a third party hosting provider

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
Welcome to Muse Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Muse Workflow Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Planning Your Site Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Powerful Pages Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Joy of Rectangles Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Typography, Muse, and the Web Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with Images Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Customizing with Widgets—Menus and Panels Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
More Widgets—Compositions and Slideshows Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Muse, Meet the Adobe Creative Suite Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Previewing and Testing Your Site Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Publishing Your Site Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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C. Moeller Feb 08, 2013
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If you have wanted to create websites, but would rather focus on design instead of needing to first learn HTML and CSS, Adobe Muse will get you there, and this book will teach you how to use it.The book walks you through learning the interface and panels, but also uses goes through many examples, showing how you can create content, styling, and different effects in Muse.The book is catered more towards beginners, showing you concepts that are valuable outside even using Muse, such as planning out the design of your site, wireframing before creating, and teaching you how to create websites efficiently. You will learn everything you need to learn to get a website online, adding text, images, styling, adding widgets, how to test your site for multiple browsers, and even ways to publish your final site online.If you're a designer, and interested in using Muse to speed up your workflow, or if you are a beginner who hasn't created a website before, but interested in learning valuable tools without learning HTML and CSS up front, this is a great book to get you going.
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Gary Adkins Jan 18, 2014
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This book is written clearly and logically. I refer back to it often when I need the details of what I am doing in Muse.
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R.A. Stammerjohan Dec 22, 2013
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Well written, clear & comprehensive. Even though it is understandably a bit out of date, as Muse continues to add improvements, it still does a very good job of covering most of the basics. It is also a pretty fast read, serving as a good primer to read before starting to use Adobe Muse. I still periodically refer to it when I forget some of the basics. Worth the significant expense. I would have given it five stars if it had been just a little more expansive.
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Stuphot Jan 20, 2014
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I kept the e-version of this book open in another window as I ploughed through my learning curve with Muse, mostly using it for reference. It worked very well for me. Clearly written and nicely pout together. I'd look forward to an update (at an upgrade price!).
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Paul D Christopher Apr 10, 2014
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The book is reasonably well written and provides a logical learning progression. However there are inconsistencies in the references in the lessons, and Muse has upgraded so that the screen shots in the tutorial don't match what is on screen. But the most disappointing issue is that the downloadable file that supposedly contains the images and text to be used in the lessons is woefully incomplete. I emailed the publisher and got a reply saying that someone would look into the matter and get back to me. That was five days ago. I also emailed Ms. Farley directly requesting the complete file but received no response at all. There are several Muse books on the market. I'd try another.
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