Advanced Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Training

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• Live Online Training - Public Class (2 days): $650.00

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Upcoming Live eLearning Classes

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Class Description

Class Overview

Class Goals

• Learn to use library Items in Dreamweaver
• Learn to use code snippets in Dreamweaver
• Learn to use Dreamweaver templates
• Learn to work with Flash and the Spry Framework
• Learn to edit pages in Dreamweaver's code view
• Learn to build forms
• Learn to create reports and manage workflow

Class Outline

1. Fine-Tuning Your Workflow
   1. Customizing panels and panel groups
   2. Using the Favorites tab on the Insert bar
   3. Resizing the document window
   4. Using guides
   5. Using grids
   6. The tag selector
   7. Switching between tabs and cascading documents
   8. Zooming
2. Adding Flash, Video, and Sound Content
   1. Making web content interesting
   2. Inserting Flash movies
   3. Adding video
   4. Flash Video
   5. QuickTime video and Windows Media
   6. Inserting sound
3. Maximizing Site Design
   1. Creating modular page elements
   2. Introducing snippets
   3. The Snippets panel
   4. Creating new snippets
   5. Introducing library items
   6. Modifying and updating library items
   7. Introducing templates
   8. Creating a new template
   9. Working with editable regions
   10. Creating new pages from templates
   11. Modifying templates
   12. Repeating regions
   13. Putting repeating regions into action
   14. Detach from Template command
4. Under the Hood: Editing in the Code View
   1. Getting to your code
   2. Accessing code with the tag selector
   3. Editing an HTML tag with the Quick Tag Editor
   4. Inserting tags with the Tag Chooser
   5. Inserting and editing comments
   6. Working in the Code view
   7. The Coding toolbar
   8. Collapsing and expanding tags and code blocks
   9. Validating your code
   10. Highlighting and correcting invalid code
   11. Using the Check Page menu
   12. The Validate Markup option
   13. Formatting code
   14. Indenting
5. Building Web Forms
   1. Forms in everyday (web) life
   2. How forms work
   3. Building a contact form
   4. Inserting the <form> tag
   5. Setting form properties
   6. Adding form elements
   7. Adding text fields
   8. Adding checkboxes
   9. Adding radio buttons
   10. Adding radio groups
   11. Adding lists and menus
   12. Adding a text area
   13. Adding a File Upload field
   14. Creating Submit and Reset buttons
   15. Styling forms with CSS
   16. Attaching external styles
   17. Setting a background color
   18. Styling form elements
   19. Applying the .label style
   20. Form processing and validation
   21. Adding form validation
   22. A look at the Behaviors panel
   23. Setting an event or trigger
   24. Previewing the button behavior
   25. Validating form fields
   26. Changing a form field's behavior order
   27. Verifying field contents
6. Working with the Spry Framework
   1. Introducing the Spry Widgets
   2. The Spry framework for AJAX
   3. What is AJAX?
   4. A look at the project
   5. The Spry Menu bar
   6. Customizing Spry Widgets with CSS
   7. The Spry Tabbed panel
   8. The Spry Accordion panel
   9. The Spry Collapsible panel
   10. Working with Spry Data Widgets
   11. What is XML?
   12. Creating a Spry XML data set
   13. Adding a Spry Data Widget: The Spry Repeat List
   14. Styling and fine-tuning data widgets
7. Managing Your Web Site: Reports, Optimization, and Maintenance
   1. Working with the Files panel
   2. Creating a remote connection
   3. Viewing files on a remote web server
   4. Transferring files to and from a remote server with Get and Put
   5. Using Check In/Check Out and Design Notes
   6. Check In and Check Out
   7. Using Design Notes
   8. Sharing Design Notes
   9. Displaying Design Notes in the Files panel
   10. Testing site integrity
   11. Using Check Links
   12. Checking links sitewide
   13. Generating site reports
   14. Understanding report results
   15. Addressing a listed item
   16. Saving reports
   17. The Browser Compatibility Check
   18. The CSS Advisor
   19. Optimizing pages for launch
   20. Search engine visibility and Search Engine Optimization
   21. Titling your documents with the <title> tag
   22. Adding meta keywords and descriptions
   23. Describing images with alternate text
   24. Launching your site
   25. Site Launch Checklist
   26. Uploading your site
   27. Getting help and using the reference guides
   28. The Reference panel
   29. Suggested next steps

Class Materials

All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.

Students in private onsite classes will also receive:

• Dreamweaver CS4 Digital Classroom

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Experience with Dreamweaver as taught in our Introduction to Dreamweaver course.

Technical Requirements

Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.

• Instructor-led Online course technical requirements and setup instructions.
• WebEx system requirements for Instructor-led Online delivery option.
• Onsite course technical requirements and setup instructions.