Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver Introduction
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In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Beginner
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Days
Students will examine the basics of Dreamweaver with a focus on best practices and design. They will learn, Adobe Dreamweaver interface basics, creating a website, controlling document structure, intro to Cascading Style Sheets, adding graphics, building Successful Site Navigation, designing Pages with CSS, Fireworks/Dreamweaver integration, creating Templates and Site Maintenance. Suitable for people new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver to build intuitive, attractive and accessible web sites.
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About this course
To gain the most from this class, students should be familiar with the web and its terminology.
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Course programme
This 2 day course provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver.
Course Outline
- Understanding the course
- Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
- Reviewing the course format
- Outlining the course content
- Understanding static page architecture
Dreamweaver Features
- CSS Layouts
- CSS Management
- CSS Advisor
- Browser Compatability
- Spry Data
- Spry Widgets
- Spry Effects
- Photoshop Integration
- Adobe Device Central
- Adobe Bridge
Getting Started
- Introducing Dreamweaver
- Learning the interface
- Defining a local site
- Creating a website
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
Working with Graphics
- Using graphics on web pages
- Placing graphics on the page
- Modifying image properties
- Editing images
- Doing roundtrip editing with Fireworks /Photshop
- 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
- Importing tabular data
- Using table layout view
Using Libraries and Templates
- Using site library items
- Creating site templates
- Defining editable regions
- Using templates
- Applying a template to an existing page
- Modifying templates
Creating Forms
- Understanding forms
- Processing a form
- Setting focus in a form
- Validating a form
Testing
- Maintenance and Uploading
- Testing your site
- Maintaining your files and folders
- Connecting to a remote site
- Synchronizing files
Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver Introduction