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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
1 or 2 day course depending on experience
Overview
The skills and knowledge acquired in Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 are sufficient to create robust web sites. Particular attention is paid to the initial creation of the web site, incorporating text and images.
Target Audience
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 is designed for users who are keen to know how to create and maintain web sites. It is ideal for people who work in offices, schools, corporations or clubs where there is a need to have and maintain a web site.
Objectives
At the completion of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 you should be able to:
•understand the key aspects and components of a business website
•open files and work effectively with the Dreamweaver workspace
•create a basic website
•work effectively with text
•create and edit CSS rules and apply them to text
•insert, position and edit images
•create and work with hyperlinks on a web page
•create and work with tables in a web page
•build complex tables using Layout mode
•create and work with Dreamweaver templates
•create and use HTML forms
•work with some interactive elements in Dreamweaver
•Insert basic meta tags
•publish your website
Course Outline
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A Business Website
Purpose of a Business Website
Design Elements of a Business Website
Conducting Transactions on The Web
Providing Business Information
Sources of Contents
Ease of Operation
Testing Considerations For your Website
Dreamweaver Basics
What Is HTML And XHTML?
Starting Dreamweaver
The Dreamweaver Workspace
The Document Window
Opening a File
Working With the Document Window
Working With the Status Bar
About Panels and Panel Groups
Working with Panels
The Files Panel
The Properties Inspector
The Insert Bar
The Toolbars
Exiting Dreamweaver
Creating a Website
About Dreamweaver Sites
About The Site Definition Wizard
Defining a New Dreamweaver Site
Creating Files and Folders
About Home Pages
Creating a Home Page
Inserting Page Titles
Making Quick Text Links
Checking the HTML Code
Previewing In a Browser
Text
Text Basics
Entering Text
The Font List
Formatting Text
Changing Text Colour
Changing Font Size
Creating a List
Importing Text
Importing a Word Document
Inserting Dates and Symbols
Formatting Text with CSS
About CSS
The CSS Styles Panel
Creating New CSS Rules
Applying CSS Styles to Text
Moving Styles to Create A Style
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Sheet
Attaching CSS Style Sheets to Pages
Editing CSS Rules
Images
About Web Images
Images and Accessibility
Inserting Images
Inserting an External Image
Editing Images
Resizing Images
Repositioning Images
Adding Alternative Text
Setting an Image As A Page
Background
Inserting an Animation
Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks and URLs
Hyperlinks – Relative Versus
Absolute
About Creating Hyperlinks
Creating Internal Hyperlinks
Hyperlinking Images
Testing Hyperlinks in A Browser
Creating a Link To A Named Anchor
Creating an Email Link
Changing Hyperlink Colours
Tables
About Table Properties
Creating a Table
Selecting Table Elements
Changing the Table Layout
Adding Content to A Table
About Resizing
Resizing Table Components
Formatting Tables
Importing Tabular Data
Creating Tables for Page Layout –
Part 1
Creating Tables for Page Layout –
Part 2
Selecting Cells with Expanded Tables
Mode
Layout Mode
About Layout Mode
Displaying Layout Mode
Creating Layout Tables
Adding Layout Cells
Assignment – Adding Layout Cells
Moving Cells within a Layout Table
Adding Content to a Layout Table
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Nesting Tables in Layout Mode
Autostretching A Column
Templates
About Dreamweaver Templates
Creating a Template
Inserting an Editable Region
Editing a Template
Attaching a Template to a Document
Creating a Document Based On a Template
Managing Dreamweaver Templates
Forms
About Forms
Creating a Form
Adding Text Fields
Assignment – Adding Text Fields
Creating Check Boxes
Lists and Menus
Adding Radio Buttons
Adding Submit and Reset Buttons
Styling Form Elements with CSS
Testing Forms in the Browser
Interactive Elements
About Interactive Elements
Attaching Custom Scripts to Form
Buttons
Validating a Form
Rollover Rules
Creating Simple Rollover Images
Creating Disjointed Rollover Images
Creating Navigation Bars
Modifying Navigation Bars
Flash Objects
Meta Tags
How to Get Your Site Found By
Search Engines
Inserting Meta Keywords
Inserting Meta Descriptions
Inserting a Meta Refresh Tag
Editing Meta Elements
Publishing Your Site
About Publishing Websites
Checking Links
Testing Your Site Using Reports
About Remote Sites
Setting Up a Remote Site
Uploading Files
Updating and Publishing Pages
Managing Dreamweaver Sites
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