Macromedia / Adobe Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver now represents the industry standard web development tool.   It has evolved into a very large and sophisticated programme whose learning curve can be very steep; this two day course approaches the process of building a web site from an absolute beginner’s perspective, assuming no prior knowledge and covering the basics of constructing a static web site in a transparent and easily digestible form.  As CSS is central to the design process to ensure accessibility and usability, considerable time is devoted to it so that delegates have a good grasp of the principles before moving on to web page creation.

Introduction - Day One

1. Getting Started	4. Styling content with CSS
Introduction to Dreamweaver	Formatting text
The Dreamweaver interface	Introducing CSS
Setting up workspace	Creating Styles
Development process	Exporting CSS Rule definitions
Static page versus dynamic page architecture	Creating Class styles
2. Starting your first site	Attaching external style sheets
The site definition dialog box	Creating Advanced Styles
Defining local and remote sites	Displaying styles
The files panel	Cascade order and inheritance
Creating a web site	5. Working with Graphics
Putting, Getting and Synchronising sites	Using Graphics on web pages
3. Adding Content to a site	Placing images on a page
Importing files	Accessibility setting
Controlling document structure	Modifying image properties
Making Lists	Editing images
Adding horizontal rules	Roundtrip editing with Fireworks
Adding special characters	Adding Flash content
Using Find and Replace	Adding Flash video

 

Introduction - Day Two

6. Navigating your Site	8. Using Libraries and Templates
Understanding site navigation	Using Site library items
Linking to files on your site	Creating Site Templates
Linking to sites	Defining Editable Regions
Targeting a link	Using Templates
Linking to named anchors	Modifying Templates
Adding e-mail links	9. Forms
Links from images	Understanding Forms
Image maps	Setting input tag accessibility
Creating a Jump menu	Processing forms
7. Designing page layouts with CSS	Setting focus on a Form
Understanding page layout	Validating a Form
Using Layers for layout	10. Testing, Maintenance and Uploading
Adding CSS to Layers	Testing your site
Using absolute and relative positioning	Maintaining your Files and Folders
Designing with Div's	Connecting to a remote site
Designing Navigation with CSS	Synchronising Files
Importing Tabular data
Using Table Layout view