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Adobe DreamWeaver CS4 Fundamentals
 
Target Audience:  

People new to web design who need the skills to build intuitive, attractive and interactive websites.

 
   
Objectives:  

By the end of the course, users will be able to design a web site and add content to HTML documents such as text, tables and graphics.  Users will also learn how to automate site navigation by creating hyperlinks.

 
   
Prerequisites:  

Users must be proficient with a mouse and keyboard and be able to confidently work within a Windows environment - minimise, maximise, open, close. Familiarity with a Microsoft Office application (i.e. Word or Excel) is useful, but not essential.

 
   
 
       
     
  Duration: 2 Days
  Cost: £350 + VAT
     
 
  Course Date Location
  26/01/2012 Bradford
  26/03/2012 Liverpool
  10/04/2012 Bradford
  02/08/2012 Bradford
  20/08/2012 Liverpool
  22/11/2012 Liverpool
  17/12/2012 Bradford
     
         

Understanding the Internet & HTML

  • What is the Internet?
  • URL’s & HTML Files
 

Getting Started with Dreamweaver

  • Exploring the DreamWeaver Interface
  • Working with Panels & Panel Groups
 

Creating Web Sites

  • Designing & Planning a Website
  • Understanding & Creating a Local Site
  • Opening & Closing Site Files
 

Creating Web Pages

  • Creating HTML Documents
  • Viewing the HTML Code in a Document
  • HTML Tags & Nested Tags
 

Enhancing Documents

  • Setting Page Properties
  • Formatting Text in a Web Page
  • Applying Paragraph Formats
  • Creating & Formatting Horizontal Lines
 

Working with Lists

  • Bulleted, Numbered & Definition Lists
  • Customising Lists
  • Manipulating List Tags
 

Working with Text

  • Spell Check a Web Page
  • Moving & Copying Text
  • Importing Text From Other Applications
 

Working with Images

  • Inserting & Resizing Images
  • Alternative Image Text
  • Creating a Photo Album
 
   

Working with Tables

  • Inserting Tables & Importing Tabulated Data
  • Inserting & Deleting Rows & Columns
  • Formatting Tables with Properties
  • Drawing a Layout Table
 

Working with Templates

  • Working with Regions
  • Creating & Using Templates
 

Linking Web Pages

  • Creating & Editing Hyperlinks
  • Anchor Tags & Named Anchors
  • Image Links & Hotspots
 

Using Spry Widgets

  • What is a Spry Widget?
  • Using Spry to Create a Menu Bar
  • Working with Spry Widget Properties
 

Introduction to CSS

  • Editing CSS styles
 

Working with Frames

  • Organising Web Pages using Frames
  • Modifying Frames & Framesets
  • Creating Links in a Frames Page
 

More On Panels

  • Assets, Reference & Files Panels
 

Working with Site Maps

  • Setting a Site Home Page
  • Organising Web Sites with Site Maps
 

Uploading Sites

  • File Naming Conventions
  • Troubleshooting Links, Download
  • Times & Accessibility Issues
  • Uploading a Site