Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 : Website Development
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Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 : Website Development

Overall Aim:
Along with covering the basics of Dreamweaver 8, the course focuses on best practices and design, stressing the importance of usability, optimization, and performance

Duration:
3 Day

Introducing the Course
Understanding the Course
- Reviewing the Course Objectives
- Reviewing the Course Prerequisites
- Reviewing the Course Format
- Reviewing the Course Content
- Understanding Static Page Architecture
- Demonstration 1-1: Viewing the Site

Getting Started
- Introducing Dreamweaver 8
- Learning the Interface
- Defining a Local Site
- Creating a Website

Adding Content to a Site
- Adding Content
- Controlling Document Structure
- Making Lists
- Adding Horizontal Rules
- Adding Special Characters

Working with Graphics
- Using Graphics on Web Pages
- Placing Graphics on the Page
- Accessibility Setting
- Modifying Image Properties
- Editing Images
- Doing Roundtrip Editing with Fireworks
- Adding Flash Content
- Adding Flash Video

Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets
- Formatting Text
- Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
- Creating Styles
- Exporting CSS Rule Definitions
- Creating Class Styles
- Attaching External Style Sheets
- Creating Advanced Styles
- Creating a New External Style Sheet
- Displaying Styles
- Understanding Cascading Order and Inheritance of Styles

Creating Internal Styles with the Property Inspector

Navigating Your Site
- Understanding Site Navigation
- Linking to Files in Your Site
- Linking to Sites
- Targeting a Link
- Linking to Named Anchors
- Adding E-mail Links
- Linking from Images
- Image Maps
- Creating a Jump Menu

Designing Page Layouts with CSS
- Understanding Page Layout
- Understanding Layers for Layout
- Adding CSS to Layers
- Using Absolute and Relative Positioning
- Designing with DIVs
- Designing Navigation Links with CSS
- Importing Tabular Data
- Using Table Layout View

Using Libraries and Templates
- Using Site Library Items
- Creating Site Templates
- Defining Editable Regions
- Using Templates
- Modifying Templates

Creating Forms
- Understanding Forms
- Setting Input Tag Accessibility
- Processing Forms
- Setting Focus in a Form
- Validating a Form

Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading
- Testing Your Site
- Maintaining Your Files and Folders
- Connecting to a Remote Site
- Synchronizing Files

Target Group:
This course is for web developers who want to learn how to create websites using Dreamweaver 8


Prior Learning:
Delegates must have experience within a Windows environment and a basic understanding of document formatting ie Microsoft Word. Also have knowledge of a web environment and web browsers.
 
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Duration3 days
 
£886.50
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