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

In this course, you will examine the basics of Dreamweaver with a focus on best practices and design. What You 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

To gain the most from this class, students should:

• Be familiar with Windows or Mac OS X
• Be familiar with the web and its terminology

Course materials are provided. This includes pen, note pad and a training manual as well as lunch and refreshments. Our goal is to make sure your class meets your objectives, not ours. Therefore, all of our outlines are treated as guides to help steer the workshop. We may change or alter course topics to best suit the classroom situation. A certificate will be given on completion of the course and you may also have the opportunity to sit for an accredited exam. Courses may also be customized to fit your exact requirements.

Introducing the Course

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

Dreamweaver New 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