Aimed at the intermediate user; this course Covers everything from CSS and templates to XML and RSS feeds, the advanced Dreamweaver course will help take your Dreamweaver skills to a professional level. In this course we will teach you how to apply CSS hacks, explore the new Code toolbar, use design Notes, design advanced navigation systems, build usable forms, set up site maps, and much more
Course Outline
Introduction
What to expect
Coding Techniques
The new code toolbar
Code collapse
Commenting code
Quick tag selection
Comparing code
Snippets and shortcuts
Customizing Dreamweaver's toolbars
Using code hints and tag libraries
Using find and replace
Cascade, Specificity and Floats
Understanding the CSS
styles panel
Understanding cascade and
specificity
Working with floats
Slicing for CSS
List-Based CSS Navigation Systems
CSS, lists and navigation
Horizontal navigation bar
Vertical navigation bar
Tabbed navigation
Tabbed navigation with images
Multi-Column CSS Layouts
Layout strategy
Centre layouts
Building the header and navigation
Containing the content
Building the footer
Organizing the CSS
Finishing the content
Building the sidebar
Adding a third column
Colour coding site branches
Advanced Templates
Creating the base template
Creating nested templates
Using repeating regions
Hiding content with optional regions
Using template expressions
Designing for Contribute
Setting up Contribute administration
Structuring CSS correctly
Working with XML and XSL
Understanding XML structure
Styling a local XML file
Styling a remote RSS file
Transforming XML in the browser
Transforming XML on the server
Working in Groups
Using check in/check out
Using design notes
Cloaking files and directories
Building Usable Forms
Using labels, fieldsets and legends
Styling form elements
Validating form values with JavaScript
Integrating Multimedia Content
Flash Video content
Encoding and publishing Flash Video
Advanced Marketing Techniques
Pay per clicks
Search Engines
Link exchange
who should do this course
This course is ideal for the intermediate learner who wished to develop their skills to a new level using CSS, accessibility tools and much more
