Dreamweaver MX 2004 / v8 Introduction

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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
& Adobe Dreamweaver 8
One Day Introduction Course

DESCRIPTION :

Dreamweaver has long been the web design tool of choice for professional web developers. Originally developed by Macromedia, Dreamweaver was purchased by Adobe in 2005. The most current version at the time, MX 2004 was immediately re-released as Adobe Dreamweaver 8. In terms of functionality, very little changed, which is why we teach both versions using the same course material.

This workshop-style course is designed for users who need to design a web site or intranet site. It covers all the essential skills required to get started, such as working with text, tables and graphics, linking pages, creating consistency through the use of templates and cascading styles, and adding navigation tools. It explores the issues of good and bad design. By the end of the course participants will have the necessary skills to design, build and publish a consistent looking sites that is easy to maintain.

This course is designed for Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 or Adobe Dreamweaver 8 (CS2) users, but is also suitable for Adobe Dreamweave 9 (CS3) users.

Most training providers cover this same material over two days, hence this course is quite intensive.

PRE-REQUISITES :

Many participants of this course have basic skills such as text editing and working with tables and graphics. Although not essential, students with these skills will be able to spot many parallels as they use Dreamweaver.

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TOPICS :

Overview

Getting familiar with the Dreamweaver screen
The Insert bar
The Document bar
The Property bar
Working with panel groups
Setting your own keyboard shortcuts
Previewing a web page

Working with text

Text properties
Using the in-built headings
Changing the font, font size and font colour
Bold and Italic
Cutting and pasting text
Importing text from Word

Working with tables

Creating a table
Setting the table properties
Fixed vs proportional sizing
Setting the size of the whole table
Navigating a table
Selecting rows, columns and the whole table
Inserting rows and columns
Deleting rows and columns
Aligning data within a cell

Working with graphics

Inserting an image
Resizing and positioning an image
Editing an image
Setting alternative text

Linking

Linking a text item to another page
Linking a graphic to another page
Linking to another web site
Linking to a new e-mail message
Linking to a different place in the same web page
Returning to the top of a web page
Image mapping

Site design

Good and bad design
Page design
Site design
The importance of planning
Using web safe colours

Creating a site

Managing folders and files
Page properties
Changing the background colour or image
Setting the default font colour
Setting hyperlink colours
Naming the page

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Consistency and maintainability
Creating, modifying and deleting a style sheet
Attaching a style sheet
Applying a style

Templates

Template design
Creating a layout table
Creating layout cells
Setting an editable area
Saving a template
Creating a new web page based on a template
Attaching a template to an existing web page
Modifying a template

Creating a navigation bar

Button states
Using your own buttons
Using Flash buttons
Creating and modifying a navigation bar
Changing the order of buttons
Changing the orientation of buttons

Managing and uploading a site

Checking site links
Synchronising data
Uploading a site

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