Course outline
Introducing Adobe Dreamweaver: Website Development• Course objectives
• Static page architecture
• Understanding web technology
Getting Started
• Introduction to Dreamweaver
• Dreamweaver Interface Basics
• Defining a local site; Creating a website
• Adobe Device Central
• Using Live View to test and edit your pages
Adding Content to a Site
• Adding content
• Controlling document structure
• Making lists
• Horizontal Rules
• Adding special characters
Formatting Text with CSS
• Formatting text
• Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
• Using CSS starter pages
• Creating styles
• Creating new CSS rules in the properties panel
• Exporting CSS rule definitions
• Creating class styles and advanced styles
• Creating, attaching and displaying external style sheets
• Cascading order and inheritance of styles
• Creating internal styles with the Property inspector
Working with Graphics
• Graphics on web pages
• Placing graphics on the page
• Photoshop CS5 Integration
• Using Photoshop Smart Objects
• Adobe Bridge CS5
• Modifying image properties
• Editing images
• Roundtrip editing with Fireworks
• Customising the Insert bar
• Spry Effects
• Adding Flash content
• Adding Flash Video
Navigating Your Site
• Adding links
• Adding anchors
• Adding e-mail links
• Linking from images
• Inserting a jump menu
• Working with related files
• Working in Live View
• Linking styles with CSS
Designing a Page with CSS
• Inserting DIV tags
• Using the rulers and guides
• Using the zoom and hand tool
• Adding CSS to a layer
• Using CSS Inspect Mode
• Troubleshooting using CSS inspection tools
• Selecting specific elements on a page
• Using visual aids for DIV tags
• Attaching external style sheets
• Attaching style sheets for print
• Using style rendering for screen and print
• Adding tables
• Importing tabular data
• Using the code navigator
Using Libraries and Templates
• Spry Widgets
• Creating library items
• Placing and editing library items
• Detaching library items
• Creating templates
• Defining editable regions
• Modifying templates
• Applying templates to a page
Creating Forms
• Creating forms
• Form processing
• Adding JavaScript
Testing, Uploading and Maintenance
• Site testing
• Maintaining files
• Connecting to a remote site
• Synchronising files
• Testing your site using Adobe BrowserLab
