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Monica Hurt
Date: Feb 04, 2010

Very good delivery. Wil made it comfortable by accepting any/all question as a valid question. This made it comfortable for us to learn.

Dreamweaver

Details
	Duration 1 Day
	Class Size ~15
	Times 9:00-4:00
	Computer Provided
	Training Manual Included
	Price $235.00 + GST

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Course Description

The Dreamweaver CS4 Fundamentals will provide the basics and beyond for those who need to build and manage professional websites. The course will provide basic instruction as well as hands on practice with guided instruction.

Target Audience

This Adobe Dreamweaver course is designed for anyone who has a need or desire to build professional and graphically rich websites. The course is targeted at the beginner to intermediate levels.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Dreamweaver training course students will be able to:

Design and Setup a Small to Midsize Website
To Understand and Utilize Compliant File Structures and Naming Conventions
Insert, Edit and Search Flash, Image and Text in a Website
Build, Edit and Maintain Efficient and User Friendly Menu’s
How to control and Manipulate the Look and Feel of a Website using CSS Style Sheets
and Utilize Templates to provide a Consistent Professional Look for a Website
Build and Insert Forms to Provide Feedback and Interactive Content
Integrate or Utilize other Applications like Flash, Fireworks, and Photoshop
Use FTP and Built in File Transfer Extensions to Manage and Maintain a Website

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Course Outline

Morning

Getting Started

Introduction to XHTML, DHTML, CSS , XML, and JavaScript
Common File-Naming Conventions
Working with Different File Extensions
Add Functionality to Dreamweaver
Navigating the Dreamweaver Interface
Setting your Default Workspace and Internet Browser
Jumpstart: Some Common Shortcuts to Save Time

Managing Your Sites

Straight to the “Root” of a Webpage
Design your Site, Define the Structure
Relative Url’s Vs. Absolute URLs
Manage and Organize your Files and Directory Structure
Sitemaps are Crucial:Get to know your Site

Learning the Basics

Creating and Save a New Site
Create a New Document
Insert, Align and Format Images and Text
Adding Links to Images and Text
Benefit from Well Written tags

Links and How to Use Them Effectively

Point to File Linking
Use Different Kinds of Links
Anchors: The Ties to your Tables
Create Links to your Files

Working with Cascading Styles Sheets

What is CSS and What can it Do for me?
Customize your Property Sheets
Understanding the Types of Style Sheets
Export and Link to External CSS Files
The CSS Styles Panel Makes it Easy
What are CSS Selectors and How to Use them
Understanding Multiple Selectors
Create and Modify Type, ID and Class Selectors
Add Flare to Selectors with Pseudo-Classes

Typography can Help your Site Measure up

Forget the

Tag

Fundamentals of the Property Inspector
What Measurement is for Me?
Utilize with Margins, Padding, and Line Height
Make the most of Text with Font Lists
Aligning your Work
Using different Type’s of Lists
Flash Text Effects for the WOW Factor

Working with Tables

Creating and Modify Table’s with CSS and XHTML
Format your Tables with Color
Aligning your Table Content
Sorting Table Data with Ease
Setting Table Dimensions
Creating Smooth looking Tables

Layout Tools

What is the Layout Mode?
Working with Div Tags
Understanding AP Div’s and Elements
Use AP Divs, and Tables for your Layout
Show, Hide and Align AP Elements
Using Layout Tables and Layout Cells
What Makes an AP
Absolutely Positioned?
How to Prevent Overlaps of Elements

Designing for Different Devices

How to create Device Friendly sites
The importance of Web Safe Colors
Create Print Compatible Documents
Accessing Adobe Device Central
Understanding Document Encoding

Afternoon

Rollover Images Add Flare

Creating and Insert Rollovers
How to Make Flash Buttons
Creating Menus and Navigation with Multiple Rollover States

Using XHTML

Navigate in Code View
Add, Edit in Code View
Strict, Transitional, or Frameset
Elements in XHTML Documents
Creating Compliant Documents
Snippets and Templates using XHTML
Great Quick Tag Tips
A small Set of Guidelines

Forms for Function

Working with Forms
Text Fields and Areas and How they Help
The Joys of Check Boxes and Radio Buttons
Lists, Menu’s and Navigation

Good and Bad Behaviors

What are Behaviors in Dreamweaver
Behaviors Panel Explained
Attaching Behaviors to a Document
Change or Delete Behaviors
Getting More or Updating Behaviors

Editing Images

Editing Images in Dreamweaver
Roundtrip to the Photoshop and/or Fireworks
Copy/Paste, and Drag n’ Drop
Crop, Sharpen and More

Templates to Make it Great

Recipe of the Perfect Template
Editing a Template
Understanding Tempaltes
Apply your Template to Entire Documents
Adding Regions to your Template
Edit other Template Properties

Task Automation

Using the History Panel
Copy and Paste between Documents
Create, Save and Use Commands
Save vs. Record and How it affects Commands

The Importance of Accessibility

Validation made easy
Designing for Accessibility
Accessibility Features in Dreamweaver
Inserting Media Content including Tables Images and Objects
Frame Properties and Attributes

Inserting Media Objects

Finding and Installing Plug-Ins
Add Sound, Flash and Images
Adding Non-Flash Video
Insert a Java Applet
Inserting an ActiveX control

Display with Spry

The Spry Framework & Building Visually
About Dynamic Spry Tables and Data Sets
Adding an XML Data Set
Insert a Spry Region and Repeating Spry Region
Using Spry Widgets and Effects

Getting Your Site Online

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Dreamweaver
Setting up your FTP Client to Connect
Synchronize your Site with FTP
Other Uses of FTP

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