About This Training Course

Conducted by our Adobe Dreamweaver certified trainer, this 2 day Adobe Dreamweaver CS4/CS5 Essentials Training Course is aimed at people who want to learn about setting up web pages in Dreamweaver and who will be working on small to large web sites on a regular basis. If you are completely new to building web sites, then it is strongly recommended that you attend the 1 Day HTML & Web Principles course, which includes information relating to the underlying code of web sites and web site best practices.

Participants receive a Visual Quickstart Guide book as after course reference material.

Subjects Covered

This Adobe Dreamweaver CS4/CS5 Essentials Training Course will cover the following subjects:

XHTML & CSS
• A short overview to enable users to understand the structure behind web pages. Following is a brief list of contents.

Browsers and source code, index file, Text Editors, HTML vs XHTML, Naming conventions, spaces and symbols, Page Structure: body, head, DOCTYPE, Encodings, Tag structures, Title Tag, Deprecated Tags, Tables vs CSS Layout, Accessibility: em, strong and alt tags, Measurement units: Pixels vs Percentage, Images: Formats, Size, Resolution & Transparency, Alt tag, List tags, Colour and the hexidecimal system, Special Characters, Comment Tag, Links: Absolute, Relative, Email) and Anchor. Linking to a subfolder or parent folder.

Dreamweaver
• Starting Your Site: Use Site Definition to set up location of root folder. After creating your first page, find the quickest ways to set page properties, preview in specific browsers and other shortcuts.

• Properties Inspector/ Links: Use the Properties Inspector with the tag selector to quickly format selected elements. Link options: relative, absolute, anchors and email links. Using Point to File short cut. Linking to PDFs and New Window command.

Interface: Code and Design views, Insert toolbars, Preferences, Arranging & docking panels, Status bar, Selecting and sourcing hexidecimal colours.

CCS: Styling text through creating internal and external CSS—creating custom classes and redefining tags, working with the CSS Styles Panel. Setting ID Selectors and pseudo-class selectors, Moving internal styles to external. Divs vs Spans. Setting Styles for printing web pages.

CSS Layout: Use Dreamweaver’s CSS Designs to build pages that use block elements instead of table rows and columns. Create your own CSS layouts.

Designing for other Devices: Mobile phones and PDAs.

Tables & Text: Even with the advent of CSS Layouts, tables are still being used for formatting some of a site’s content. Pixels vs Ems / Percentages. Lists.

Assets Panel: The Assets Panel is the best way to keep track of, and easily insert the many elements you want for your site.

Images: Image formats, Reverting to original image size, Alt tags Image maps. Adding a Favicon to your URL display. Dreamweaver’s quick image editing features.

Forms: Introduction to designing forms for audience interaction. Form validation. Jump Menus.

JavaScript Behaviours: Create Rollovers, Set Status Text.

Spry Elements: Create drop down menu bars, tabbed panels etc. Spry Effects.

Flash: Inserting Flash files, creating Flash text and Flash buttons.

Site Features: Setting up and applying Templates, Libraries, History, Spell checking. Check Links sitewide, Site Map.

FTP: Use Dreamweaver’s built-in FTP to upload or download your pages. A few tips on some of the ways for your pages to rank higher with search engines. Choosing a web hosting service, Registering Domain Names.

Training Course Outcomes

At the end of the Adobe Dreamweaver CS4/CS5 Essentials Training Course, students will have a sound understanding of Dreamweaver that will enable them to design, create and manage their own web sites.

They will also receive:
• 6 months telephone/ email support
• Free refresher course within 6 months

Other Information

If you need further information contact Startnextweek.com.au on 1300 728 102