Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: Essentials
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: Essentials
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS5: Essentials
Learn how to plan and set up a website, then dive into creating your first site and learn about CSS and how best to use it in your site. You'll also explore accessibility in tables, writing code, adding media and working with templates.
Once you've learned all the ground work and set up your site, Dee will walk you through how to test and upload your site. By the time your are finished with this training, you will have all the skills you need to create and upload your first website.
Course Outline
Chapter 1: SETTING UP DREAMWEAVER (24 min)
Touring the Dreamweaver CS5 Environment
Setting Preferences
Chapter 2: PLANNING A WEBSITE (32 min)
Ways to Plan a Site Design
Sizing & Measurements
Exploring the Benefits of Using CSS
Understanding CSS
Chapter 3: CREATING YOUR FIRST WEBSITE (46 min)
Exploring Folder Structure
Setting Up a New Site
Adding Files & Folders to Your Site
Looking at HTML Page Structure
Adding Metadata Tags & Using Code Hinting
Defining Page Properties
Chapter 4: FONTS & TEXT ON THE WEB (31 min)
Choosing Web Fonts
Inserting & Formatting Text & Tabular Data
Creating Named Anchors
Relative, Absolute & Email Links
Working with Ordered, Unordered & Definition Lists
Chapter 5: IMAGES, ROLLOVERS & HOTSPOTS (44 min)
Exploring the Assets Panel
Inserting Images
Optimizing Photoshop® Smart Objects
Cropping & Editing Images within Dreamweaver
Creating Basic & Swap Image Rollovers
Setting Up Image Maps & Hotspots
Chapter 6: INTRODUCTION TO CSS (92 min)
Why We Use CSS
Understanding the Box Model
Working with Style Sheets
Using the CSS Styles Panel & Properties Inspector
Exploring CSS Rule Definition Options
About Class Styles & Selectors
Formatting & Styling with a Background Image
Applying CSS to a Page Layout
Chapter 7: WORKING WITH CSS (52 min)
Creating a New CSS Starter Page
Creating Selectors & Inspect Mode
Creating Selectors for Links & Footers
Setting Up Navigational Items
Positioning Items
Changing Styles, Disabling CSS & Creating Blockquote
Chapter 8: DESIGNING ACCESSIBLE TABLES (21 min)
Understanding Tables
Tables & Accessibility
Styling a Table with CSS
Chapter 9: WRITING HTML & CSS (40 min)
Working in Code View
Writing HTML with Code Hints
Writing CSS in Code View
Adjusting the Layout with Float in CSS
Working with Visual Aids & Inspecting the CSS
Chapter 10: ADDING INTERACTIVITY (41 min)
Inserting a Flash® Video File
Inserting a .SWF
Adding Behaviors
Setting Up Form Fields
Using Spry Menus & Tabs
Chapter 11: USING TEMPLATES (24 min)
Creating a New Template
Creating a Library Item
Creating New Editable Regions
Creating a New Page from a Template
Working with WordPress® inside of Dreamweaver
Chapter 12: TESTING & PUBLISHING A WEBSITE (19 min)
Using the Find and Replace Command
Testing & Fixing Links
Publishing a Website
Generating Site Reports
Credits
Who Is This For
This package is designed for any individual wishing to pursue or enhance their career in design and development.
Our Online Courses is a cost-effective and successful approach for many individuals. It provides a flexible learning method, allowing candidates to schedule learning at a time that suits them and fits in with other commitments; ideal for those who find it difficult to take time away from their workplace. It also allows candidates to work at their own pace, and revisit sections of the course as often as needed, leading to a fuller understanding of all the topics covered.
In addition, there are none of the high costs of travel and accommodation associated with courses at an external venue.