Adobe Dreamweaver Overview

Dreamweaver, one of the programs in Adobe's Creative Suite, is the leading professional Web design and development application on the market, and is the most powerful tool for Web designers or developers. This course offers both novice and experienced users a breadth of skills needed for modern website construction.

Dreamweaver, Day 1

TOPIC 1 – Quick Start to Dreamweaver

  • Selecting a Starting Point
  • Saving Your Page
  • Modifying the Page Title
  • Changing Headings
  • Inserting Text
  • Adding New Images
  • Linking to Other Pages
  • Selecting and Modifying CSS Styles
  • Previewing Your Page In a Browser

TOPIC 2 – Customizing Your Workspace

  • Creating Custom Workspaces
  • Using the Property Inspector
  • Adjusting Toolbars
  • Personalizing Preferences

TOPIC 3 – Applying Cascading Style Sheets

  • Defining a Dreamweaver Site
  • Attaching an External Style Sheet
  • Creating New CSS Rules
  • Applying Styles
  • Changing Properties
  • Developing a Print Style Sheet

TOPIC 4 – Working With Text

  • Entering Headlines and Body Text
  • Importing External Text
  • Creating Numbered and Bulleted Lists
  • Spell Checking Your Document
  • Searching and Replacing Text
  • Building Tables
  • Importing Tabular Data

TOPIC 5 – Designing With Images

  • Inserting an Image
  • Using Background Images
  • Optimizing Graphics
  • Including Fireworks Rollovers
  • Inserting Photoshop Files
  • Copying and Pasting from Photoshop
  • Accessing Bridge

 

Dreamweaver, Day 2

TOPIC 1 – Inserting Links

  • Linking to Internal Site Pages
  • Creating an External Link
  • Setting Up Email Links
  • Targeting Links Within the Page

TOPIC 2 -- Crafting Page Layouts

  • Creating Layout Styled DIV Elements
  • Exporting CSS Styles
  • Using the Ruler and Guides

TOPIC 3 – Creating Interactive Pages

  • Applying Behaviors
  • Opening Browser Windows
  • Modifying a Behavior
  • Showing and Hiding Areas

TOPIC 4 – Integrating Ajax With Spry

  • Including XML Data
  • Building Spry Data Sets
  • Applying Spry Detail Regions
  • Constructing Spry Widgets
  • Applying Spry Effects

TOPIC 5 – Constructing Forms

  • Adding a Form to the Page
  • Insertign Text Form Elements
  • Including Radio Buttons
  • Inserting Checkboxes
  • Working with Lists
  • Adding a Submit Button to a Form
  • Styling Your Form

TOPIC 6 – Adding Multimedia

  • Placing a Flash Movie on the Web
  • Showing Flash Video
  • Integrating a Flash Slide Show

TOPIC 7 – Publishing To The Web

  • Defining a Remote Site
  • Validating Your Site
  • Putting Your Site Online