Dreamweaver CS6

This two-day interactive Dreamweaver training course provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to be able to build and manage professional web sites.

The course focuses on understanding web terminology as well as the concepts required to create a web site that can evolve to meet a client’s requirements. Use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and Flash provide a solid understanding of the features of Adobe Dreamweaver CS6.

Prerequisites:

• This Dreamweaver training course is for students new to web design and development and who want to use Dreamweaver to build intuitive, attractive and accessible web sites.
• Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer’s operating system

Content:

• Adobe Dreamweaver – Essentials
• Getting Started – Website Basics
• ■What is a Website?
• ■Website Overview
• ■HTML Basics
• ■CSS Basics
• Customising your Workspace
• ■Touring the workspace
• ■Switching and Splitting Views
• ■Working with Panels
• ■Selecting a Workspace Layout
• ■Adjusting Toolbars
• ■Using the Property Inspector
• Getting a Quick Start
• ■Defining a Dreamweaver Site
• ■Using the Welcome Screen
• ■Selecting a CSS Layout
• ■Saving a Page
• ■Modifying the Page Title
• ■Changing Headings
• ■Inserting Text
• ■Inserting Images
• ■Selecting and Modifying CSS Styles
• ■Adjusting Text Fonts, Colours and Sizes
• ■Previewing a Page in Live View
• ■Previewing pages in a Browser
• Creating a Page Layout
• ■Web Design Basics
• ■Working with Thumbnails and Wireframes
• ■Previewing your Completed File
• ■Modifying and Existing CSS Layout
• ■Adding a Background Image to the Header
• ■Inserting New DIV Components
• ■Modifying Page Width and Background
• Colour
• ■Modifying Existing Content and Formatting
• ■Inserting an Image Placeholder
• ■Checking Browser Compatibility
• Working with Cascading Style Sheets
• ■Working with the CSS Style Panel
• ■Creating New CSS Rules
• ■Creating an Interactive Menu
• ■Modifying Hyperlink Behaviour
• ■Creating Faux Columns
• ■Moving Rules to an External Style Sheets
• Working with Templates
• ■Creating a Template from an Existing layout
• ■Inserting Editable Regions
• ■Producing Child Pages
• ■Updating a Template
• ■Using Library Items
• ■Using Server-Side Includes
• Working with Text, Lists and Tables
• ■Importing text
• ■Creating Headings
• ■Creating Lists
• ■Creating Text Indents
• ■Creating and Styling Tables
• ■Spell Checking Web pages
• ■Finding and Replacing Text
• Working with Images
• ■Inserting an Image
• ■Adjusting Image Positions with CSS Classes
• ■Working with the Insert Panel
• ■Using Adobe Bridge
• ■Inserting Incompatible File Types
• ■Working with Photoshop Smart objects
• ■Copying and Pasting Images from Fireworks and Photoshop
• ■Inserting Images by Drag and Drop
• ■Optimizing Images with the Property
• Inspector
• Working with Navigation
• ■Hyperlink Basics
• ■Creating Internal Hyperlinks
• ■Creating an Image-Based Link
• ■Creating and External link
• ■Setting up E-Mail Links
• ■Targeting page Elements
• Working with Flash
• ■Understanding Flash
• ■Adding Flash Animation to a Page
• ■Adding FLV to a Page
• Publishing to the Web
• ■Defining a Remote Site
• ■Cloaking Folders and Files
• ■Putting Files Online
• ■Synchronising Local and Remote Files