[Fernando Mol]

I use Dreamweaver because… just because I started there.

It has some good tools and widgets and Adobe recently added an HTML5 video player widget.

Pro: It USUALLY keeps the code clean. It’s tools and widgets can get you out of many common needs. If you are not a “revolutionary” thinker in therms of navigation and interaction, it will work fine.

Cons: It USUALLY gives you garbage code, terrible to debug. This happens in almost any WYSWYG software for the web. But I have seeing that if you try to work with it as you do with Word you’ll end up having a CSS mess. It also sometimes leaves some garbage code when you place and delete elements.

I haven’t used other software to do web design, but sometimes I get sites to be fixed and they are always much more dirty in code therms.

You will find that with almost any software for the web you’ll end with problems when you add multimedia interactivity. It can be a messy learning curve, but DW can be a good starting point.

Here’s a video from Adobe TV.

You may want to do a better research. Some other software like Photoshop, InDesign or even PowerPoint can export web pages. Very limited messed, but also very simple to create.

I hope this helps.

[Fernando Mol]

That’s different than a streaming. Streaming video is transmitted live and it’s not stored in your hard drive.

A progressive download can show you the video that already has been downloaded without having to wait until it finis the transfer.

Use a WordPress plug-in to place your video, and store it in your site.

Does this helps?

[Fernando Mol]

Neither Youtube or Vimeo stream their videos. They are downloaded.

Are you sure you know what streaming is?

If you are sure and you want to stream, you need to pay for a streaming server. Ask your hosting provider for a plan.

[Fernando Mol]

WordPress have a large number of plug-ins that support video.

To play a video (or an audio file) you don’t need any external site or service, unless you are streaming. Almost any hosting plan will allow you to upload a video. Use the plug-in to add a player.

I hope this helps

[Fernando Mol]

iFrames DO work at 100%.

Issues are with the scroll bars. You’ll have them doubles in some browsers.

[Fernando Mol]

You may want to use the new HTML5 video widget for Dreamweaver. Read about it here:

https://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/video_player_widget.html

[Fernando Mol]

If you have your page on line please share a link, so we can see exactly what you are doing.

Are you creating your files hand coded or are you using a software to do so?

Video were not naturally supported on the web until HTML5, so historically you needed to use Flash to display videos. Not a single step task.

[Fernando Mol]

Well, theoretically you could add your gradient as a background graphic to an empty span element that’s in front of your text box.

I have seeing this effect in some experimental sites.

You'll need this CSS

.yourGradient h1 span {
background:url("/linkToYourGradient.png"); //You may want to position it
display:block;
height:300px; //the height of your text block
position:absolute;
width:100%;
}


I hope this helps

[Fernando Mol]

It goes inside the head tags.

You may want to read a little about CSS. There are a couple of tutorials here on the COW

[Fernando Mol]

Do you have any previous experience working on the web?