Dreamweaver introduction

Overview
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Introduction provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver CS3.

Prerequisites
This course is for people new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver CS3 to build intuitive, attractive and accessible web sites.

Course Content Introducing the Course

• Understanding the course
• Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
• Reviewing the course format
• Outlining the course content
• Understanding static page architecture

Getting Started

• Introducing DreamweaverCS3
• Learning the interface
• Defining a local site
• Creating a website
• New CSS Template Designs

Adding Content to a Site

• Adding content
• Controlling document structure
• Making lists
• Adding horizontal rules
• Adding special characters

Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets

• Formatting text
• Introducing cascading style sheets
• Creating styles
• Exporting CSS rule definitions
• Creating class styles
• Attaching external style sheets
• Creating advanced styles
• Creating a new external style sheet
• Displaying styles
• Understanding cascading order and inheritance of styles
• Creating internal styles with the Property inspector

Working with Graphics

• Using graphics on web pages
• Placing graphics on the page
• Modifying image properties
• Editing images
• Doing roundtrip editing with Fireworks
• Customizing the Insert bar
• Adding Flash content
• Adding Flash Video

Navigating Your Site

• Understanding site navigation
• Linking to files in your site
• Linking to sites
• Linking to named anchors
• Adding e-mail links
• Linking from images
• Creating a jump menu

Designing Page Layouts with CSS

• Understanding page layout
• Using layers for layout
• Adding CSS to layers
• Using absolute and relative positioning
• Designing with DIVs
• Designing navigation links with CSS

Spry AJAX Components

• Introduction to Spry widgets
• First Look at Spry Effects

Creating Forms

• Understanding forms
• Processing a form
• Form Validation with Spry Framework.

Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading

• Testing your site with the new CS3 Testing features
• Connecting to a remote site