
Dreamweaver Overview
Objectives & Expected Outcomes
Create and design a basic working website
Add visually stimulating elements such as sound, video, animation – adding functionality with forms
Pre-Requisites
You need to familiar with working in the operating system that you use and using a mouse. You will need to be familiar with internet use.
Subjects
Meeting Dreamweaver
Learning the Dreamweaver interface and properties inspector
Site Definition
Site menu | Site definition | Creating a new site
Site content
Add content | Text handling | Document structure | Using lists, numbered and bulleted | Horizontal lines | Special characters
Site Navigation
Navigating the site | Site links | Relative and absolute links | Using named anchors | Email links | Using images to create links | Understanding site navigation linking to files in your site | Creating and editing an image map | Create and editing a jump menu
Cascading Style Sheets
An introduction to cascading style sheets | Creating a style | Rule definition | Class styles | Class selectors | Importing/exporting style sheets | Internal styles using Property Inspector | Order and inheritance of style sheets
Working with Graphics
Graphics and the web | Positioning graphics on web pages | Modifying graphics size | Editing graphics on the fly | Roundtrip editing using Photoshop and/or Fireworks
Rich Media
Adding Flash video | Positioning/sizing video | Using Flash skins | Adding sound | Flash buttons and Flash Media
Layers
Grid and Ruler for accurate positioning | Layers as layout tools | Absolute and relative positioning | DIVS as design aids | Scrollable layers
Tables
Creating and editing tables in Dreamweaver | Using tables for text and graphic positioning | Table layout view
Using Libraries and Templates
Creating templates | Using templates | Applying templates to new and existing pages | Applying and modifying editable regions within templates
Creating Forms
Creating and using forms | Adding form fields | Processing forms | Form validation | Combining CSS and form fields
Testing, Maintaining, and Uploading
Testing your site | Maintaining site consistency | Remote site connections | File synchronization | Updating site/pages as necessary
See all of the available Seven Institute Adobe Courses