Course suitable for:
This programme is for you if you want to develop new skills to enable you to create more complex websites. Dreamweaver Level 2 will introduce advanced concepts of the web development application. You will expand on the knowledge you gained in the Dreamweaver Level 1 programme and will work with advanced web site creation features available in Dreamweaver, including libraries and behaviours. In addition, you will use many of the new features available within the HTML 4 standard including style sheets and layers.
Course objectives:
-Create dynamic user-interface elements, including simple rollovers and complex navigation bars
-Use libraries to manage repeating site elements
-Define keyword, description, and other meta tags in order to make a site visible to automatic search engine spiders
-Create CSS styles to streamline text formatting within a page, and create external style sheets to allow formatting information to be used throughout a site
-Create and manage layers, as well as combine layers with behaviours to provide additional visual feedback for a viewer navigating a site
-Use the history panel to simplify repetitive tasks both within a single document and with other documents in a site
-Target page content to specific browsers and versions
-Add a form to a web page
Course content:
Rollovers and navigation bars
-Rollovers; defining a site; creating rollovers
-Adding image states to a navigation bar using behaviours; building a navigation bar using tables; creating the initial rollovers; adding a click state to a navigation bar; testing rollovers in a browser
-Using the insert navigation bar tool; build a navigation bar using the insert navigation bar tool
-Flash buttons and text; adding Flash buttons and text to a page
Libraries
-Creating a library; adding and placing a library item
-Modifying library items within the library panel; modifying a library item
Defining head elements and managing keyboard shortcuts
-Defining head elements; examining meta tags; defining a keyword tag; defining a description tag
-Editing meta tags and their description meta tag
-Customising keyboard shortcuts; using the keyboard shortcut editor
Style sheets
-Defining style sheets; altering an existing HTML tag; creating classes; applying styles to format text; using the CSS selector
-Applying style sheets to multiple pages; exporting and linking style sheets; applying linked styles to text; redefining style sheets
Layers
-Creating layers; inserting a layer; creating a layer with the draw layer button
-Using the layers panel; naming layers; setting layer visibility; setting the stacking order
-Layer styles; defining a layer with styles
-Layers and behaviours; creating a pop-up message; organising layers; controlling layer visibility using behaviours
-Inserting rich media objects; inserting a Flash movie into a layerThe history panel
-The history panel; using the history panel
-Recording steps; recording steps for easy reuse
-Saving steps to the commands menu; saving steps as sharable commands
Browser targeting and code tools
-Browser compatibility; testing browser compatibility
-Converting pages to earlier versions; converting pages from browser versions 4 to 3
-Browser checking; using a behaviour to check the viewer's browser
-Coding tools; using coding tools
Creating forms
-Setting up forms; setting up a form element; creating a mailto: action to receive form submissions
-Adding form elements; adding radio buttons; adding check boxes; adding a menu; creating text fields and areas; creating submit and reset buttons
-Validating and testing forms; validating form entries; testing the form
Timelines
-What are timelines?
-Creating and modifying timelines
Review of Programme
Other Recommended Programmes
-Adobe Photoshop Levels 1 and 2
-Adobe Fireworks Levels 1 and 2
-Adobe Flash Levels 1 and 2
