This course provides you with the information and hands-on practice you
need to build and manage professional websites. At the end of each course you will be completely
comfortable using Dreamweaver to build small sites and to edit existing larger sites.
Dreamweaver 3 days | $1,150 + HST
This course is designed for people who want to get started with Dreamweaver. We cover
all the basics plus CSS, providing you with a solid foundation and lots of practice so you
will be comfortable building your own site. Prerequisite: familiarity with computer/mouse
and proficiency in at least one software application.
- getting started
- the dreamweaver interface
- creating workspaces
- defining a site
- understanding web standards
- separating structure from presentation
- what is XHTML?
- what is CSS?
- what is Javascript?
- why accessibility matters
- creating new documents
- basic XHTML structure & rules
- doctype declaration
- setting up XHTML preferences in dw
- understanding inline vs block-level tags
- creating basic structural tags
- importing word documents
- CSS fundamentals
- how style sheets work
- anatomy of a CSS rule
- setting CSS preferences in dw
- the CSS styles panel
- understanding element selectors
- understanding class selectors
- understanding id selectors
- understanding descendent selectors
- controlling CSS through the properties inspector
- creating numbered and bulleted lists
- using the code navigator
- attaching external style sheets
- using the cascade, inheritance, and specificity
- creating links
- link basics
- setting site linking preferences
- creating links in dreamweaver
- absolute links
- using named anchors
- linking to named anchors on external files
- creating an email link
- creating CSS-based rollover
- working with images
- understanding image types
- managing assets in dreamweaver
- setting image accessibility preferences
- placing images on the page
- modifying image properties
- Photoshop integration
- setting external image editing preferences
- modifying smart objects
- using background graphics
- working with tables
- reviewing table structure
- importing tabular data
- creating accessible tables
- using t-head and t-body tags
- basic table styling
- styling table headers
- styling column groups
- creating custom table borders
- adding user interactivity to tables
- styling table captions
- managing your sites
- running site-wide reports
- checking for broken links
- validating markup
- checking for browser compatibility
- entering remote information
- synchronizing sites
- updating & publishing files
