Dreamweaver CS3 CS4 CS5 - Intro

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This is a 2 Day Introduction to Dreamweaver CS3 CS4 CS5 course. Dreamweaver is the industry standard for visual web development.

It provides unrivalled facilities for the creation of sophisticated pages, while offering a user-friendly interface and excellent productivity tools.

The purpose of the program is to make it easy to create a website without having to know how to code with HTML.

Prerequisites

No previous experience of Dreamweaver is required.

 

Benefits

• Students will create web sites that include frame-based pages, tables, graphics, and links.
• By the end of the course, students will have created an entire website in Dreamweaver and learn to upload the site to a server

 

Course Content

Designing a Web Site

• Overview
• Planning a Web Site
• Organising a Web Site
• Using Design and Style Guidelines
• Understanding HTML Documents

Getting Started with Dreamweaver

• Understanding the Dreamweaver Workspace
• Exploring the Toolbar
• Using the Status Bar
• Using Floating Panels
• Defining a Web Site
• Learning Site Window Basics
• Previewing Web Pages

Creating a Web Page

• Creating a New Page with Text
• Saving a Web Page
• Inserting Images
• Undoing and Redoing Actions
• Setting Page Properties
• Working with the Head Section

Working with the Site Map and Site Files

• Understanding Site Map Basics
• Designating a Home Page
• Displaying the Site Map
• Adding Structure with the Site Window
• Updating Links

Inserting Text, Lines, Dates, and Symbols

• Adding Text to a Web Page
• Importing Word HTML Files
• Copying and Pasting HTML Source Code
• Using Design Notes
• Using Horizontal Rules
• Inserting Special Characters
• Inserting the Date

Formatting Text

• Understanding Text Formatting
• Specifying ion Formatting
• Specifying Paragraph Formatting
• Creating Lists
• Defining and Applying HTML Styles
• Editing and Deleting HTML Styles
• Working with Tables
• Using a Layout Grid

Positioning with Layers

• Designing with Layers in Dreamweaver
• Using Layers to layout the Rates Page
• Converting Layers to Tables
• Converting to a Tables-Based Layout

Modifying Tables and Using Layout View

• Inserting a Table
• Inserting Table Elements
• Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
• Modifying Table Properties
• Modifying Cell Properties
• Understanding Layout View
• Creating a Table in Layout View
• Using Autostretch

Working with Templates

• Creating a Template
• Creating a Web Page from a Template
• Editing a Template
• Applying a Template
• Detaching a Template

Working with the Assets Panel and Library Items

• Understanding the Assets Panel
• Adding Assets to a Page
• Editing Image Assets
• Managing Assets
• Creating and Inserting a Library Item
• Editing a Library Item

Working with Images

• Understanding Image Formats
• Working with Image File Links
• Modifying Image Properties
• Aligning Images with Text

Working with Links

• Understanding Links
• Understanding Link Paths
• Creating Links
• Creating and Linking to Anchors
• Creating an Image Map

Navigation Bars

• Inserting a Navigation Bar
• Modifying a Navigation Bar

META Tags and Search Engines

• How Search Engines Work
• META Tags
• Inserting META Tags in Dreamweaver
• Adding META Tags to your Home Page

Uploading Site Files

• Uploading a Web Site
• Configuring Remote Info
• Putting and Getting Files

Cascading Style Sheets

• Creating a new Style in Dreamweaver
• Editing a Style
• Adding CSS Styles to your Site

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DreamWeaver - Intro

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