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
• Creating and using your own buttons

Managing and uploading a site

• Checking site links
• Synchronising data
• Uploading a site