Adobe Dreamweaver Essentials Introduction

This 1-day Essentials course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Dreamweaver. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes website design and management to a new level. You will learn the basics of creating a site, adding graphics, and styling your content.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate the Dreamweaver environment
• Create a basic website
• Control the structure of a document
• Add graphics to a document
• Understand Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Build site navigation
• Maintain existing sites
• Use libraries and templates

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

• Introduction to Dreamweaver
• Dreamweaver Interface Basics
• Defining a Local Site
• Setting Document Properties

• Linking Documents
• Understanding Links
• Linking to Files in Your Site
• Linking to Named Anchors
• Adding E-mail Links

• Working with Graphics
• Graphics on web Pages
• Placing Graphics on the Page
• Optimising inside Dreamweaver
• Image Maps and hot-spots

• Using Templates and Libraries
• Creating Site Templates
• Site Library Items

• Cascading Style Sheets
• Introducing CSS
• Creating a New Style Sheet
• Using CSS Selector Styles
• Attaching External Style Sheets
• Editing Style Sheets
• Using Embedded Styles

• Creating Button Rollovers
• Creating Disjointed Rollovers

• Testing Your Site
• File Maintenance
• Connecting to a Remote Site