In the course we begins by covering basic Web authoring skills such as working with text and images, adding links, modifying page properties, and managing your site. When these skills are understood we move to more advanced topics like using Dreamweaver 8's new unified CSS style panel, creating layouts with layers, and embedding audio and video files into your pages. On course completion you will have the skills to build a professionally styled web site from inception to completion
Course Outline
Introduction
Dreamweaver Environment
Background
HTML vs. XHTML
What is CSS?
What is DHTML?
What is JavaScript?
File naming conventions
What is an index page?
Interface
Setting up your workspace
The Start page
Windows and Mac differences
The Insert bar
The Properties Inspector
The Document toolbar
The Document window
Panel and panel groups
Saving workspace layouts
How to define your browser of choice
Site Control
Defining a site
File and folder management
Understanding path structure
Adding content to the site
Creating a site map
Document Basics
Creating a site from nothing
Creating and saving a new document
About DOCTYPEs
Assets panel
Inserting images
Inserting text
Aligning text and images
Page properties
Using meta tags
Linking
Link basics
Linking with Point to File
Linking to new source files
External links
Link colours
Creating email links
Named anchors
Image maps
Typography
Font vs. CSS
HTML format preferences
Text size
Setting font faces
Text colour
Paragraph formatting
Formatting text in tables
Working with Flash text
CSS Essentials
About CSS
CSS preferences
Redefining HTML tags
Class styles
Link styles
Setting margins and borders
Exporting and linking to external style sheets
Tables
What is a table?
Selecting table regions
Pixel-based tables
Percentage-based tables
Nesting tables
Formatting tables
Inserting tabular data
CSS table borders
Creating tables with rounded corners
Layout
Tracing images and layers
Adding layers
Modifying layers
Converting layers to tables
Layout mode
Rollovers
About rollovers
Creating a simple rollover
Creating pointer rollovers
Creating multiple-event rollovers
Creating Flash buttons
Inserting a navigation bar
XHTML
The Code toolbar
The Quick Tag Editor
Using the quick tag editor and tag chooser
Adding XHTML using a code snippet
Cleaning up XHTML
Cleaning up HTML from Microsoft Word
Forms
About forms
Adding text fields
Adding a pop-up menu
Adding checkboxes
Adding radio buttons
Adding submit and reset buttons
Styling form elements with CSS
Creating a jump menu
Essential Behaviours
Opening a new browser
window
Validating text fields
Creating a pop-up message
Extending Dreamweaver
Photoshop Integration
External image editor preferences
Editing images with built-in
Fireworks 8 tools
Inserting Fireworks HTML
Adding a Dreamweaver 8 pop-up menu behaviour
Templates and Library Items
Templates in action
Creating a new template
Modifying a template
Adding repeating regions
Library items
Automation
Using the History panel
Saving History Steps as Commands
Using Find and Replace
Creating a Web photo album
Getting more Commands
Accessibility
W3C accessibility guides
Accessibility preferences
Inserting accessible images
Inserting accessible tables
Inserting accessible forms
Inserting Media Objects
About media objects
Linking to media objects
Embedding audio and video files
Setting parameters
Creating a click-to-play movie
Inserting Flash content
Inserting Flash Video
Getting it Online
Getting site reports
Checking links site wide
Signing up with Tripod
Entering remote info
Publishing your site
Updating and publishing pages
Summary
Site Marketing
who should do this course
This course is ideal for the learner who has an interest in web design and wishes to create or develop and online presence
