Creating Buttons

When creating buttons for my site, I started by using google. I searched free buttons, and used the site button generator. I found a button design I liked and saved the design to my desktop.

I then imported the button to Dreamweaver. Yet then I encountered some problems, I couldn't change the name on the button or link out, this was obviously a big issue. So I decided to create my own buttons in Adobe Fireworks.

I had already decided to have five buttons, these were home, celebrities, latest looks, shops and ways to beat the crunch. Yet when creating these buttons I decided to add two more. These were a contact us button and my blog. The blog button will only be available on my homepage and will link directly out to this blog. I decided unlike the rest of my buttons which are available on every page, my blog only really need to linked from the homepage, as it is not relevant to the rest of my websites content.

When making my buttons, another issue I had was naming my buttons. I wanted the names to be short and sharp words or phases, so my users would know what each button would go to. One issue I had some the page, how to beat the credit crunch, as it was very hard to shorten, so I ended up naming that button ideas. This is where I want my feature to go.

Once I created all the buttons I imported them on to my web page on Dreamweaver. I then linked all of my buttons to there relevant pages. This took a long time, but now they all work and each page links out to all the others. This is what I wanted to do, as I didn't want my users to have to keep clicking back, to find the homepage etc.