Full Course Hands on Training: Photoshop, Flash, Corel etc. – P800.00

MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8

Course Outline

Introduction to Dreamweaver

What is Dreamweaver 8
HTML vs. XHTML
Cascading Style Sheet
Related Technologies
o Dynamic HTML
o JavaScript
Proper File Naming
What is the index page

Understanding the Dreamweaver Interface

Setting up your workspace
A Quick Tour of the Interface
Preferences
The Start page
The Insert bar
The Properties Inspector
The Document toolbar
The Document window
Panel and panel groups
Saving workspace layouts
Defining Default Browsers
Shortcut Keys

Site Control in Dreamweaver 8

Defining a site
Understanding Relative and Absolute Links
Managing Files and folders
Understanding path structure
Creating a site map
Adding content to the site

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 with Dreamweaver 8

Creating Links with Images and Text
Linking with Point to File
Linking to new source files
External links
Link colors
Email links
Named anchors
Image maps

Typography

Leaving Font and using CSS
HTML format preferences
Formatting Text with the Property Inspector
o Text size
o Setting font faces
o Text color
Paragraph formatting
Formatting text in tables
Flash text

Using Cascading Style Sheet

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

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

Javascript and other Essential Behaviors

Opening a new browser window
Validating text fields
Creating a pop-up message
Extending Dreamweaver

Fireworks Integration

External image editor preferences
Editing images with built-in Fireworks 8 tools
Inserting Fireworks HTML
Adding a Dreamweaver 8 pop-up menu behavior

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

Website Accessibility

W3C accessibility guides
Accessibility preferences
Inserting accessible images
Inserting accessible tables
Inserting accessible forms

Incorporating 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 sitewide
Signing up with Tripod
Entering remote info
Publishing your site
Updating and publishing pages

Conclusion

Course wrap up!