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DreamWeaver CS3:
Introduction
Duration: 3 Days
Method: Hands-on, Instructor-led
DWCS3INT

General
What Dreamweaver does & how it works
About Internet technologies - dynamic sites, content management systems, languages, standards and conventions.
Viewing and editing HTML code - how HTML works, about XHTML
Previewing pages internally and in external browsers

Site Structure and Management
Defining a Dreamweaver Site, creating a directory structure, file naming conventions
Understanding FTP
Uploading and downloading files
Keeping a site synchronised

Text
Working with text - placing text from other applications including Microsoft Office
Paragraphs, line breaks, lists and other basic structures
Basic formatting techniques
Using special characters

Tables
Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of tables
Using tables for data display
Importing external data as tables

Hyperlinks
Understanding relative and absolute paths
Named anchors, external and email links
Creating site-wide navigation
Linking to non-HTML content
Linked content in HTML emails

 

Dreamweaver Productivity Features
Using rulers, guides and grids
Using Layers for accurate positioning
Designing and using Templates
Updating a site with Templates
Testing a site

Cascading Style Sheets
How CSS works
Using a preset template to create an initial CSS-driven page layout
About Embedded and External stylesheets
Customising Hyperlink styles
Creating multi-column layouts
Creating menus with CSS
Using background images

Search Engines and Accessiblity
Optimising pages for search engines - page content, and Meta tags
The basics of making content accessible; Alt text, titles

Graphics and Other Media
File formats - gif, jpeg and png
Optimisation - maximising quality vs. file size.
Editing images in Dreamweaver
Importing graphics from Photoshop,
Illustrator or Fireworks
Importing a Flash movie

Using Spry Widgets
About Spry
Colllapsible panels
Drop down menus
Form validation

Course Overview
This course is designed for delegates who needs to build and/or maintain web content, this course provides a comprehensive introduction to web development with Dreamweaver and FireWorks CS3.
Course Aims
Delegates will will learn to understand HTML and CSS.
By the end of this course, you will be able to plan, design, build and update sophisticated web pages.
Course Pre-requisites
Delegates should be familiar with web terminology and using Windows.
Qualification Map
None.
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