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Introduction to Dreamweaver CS5 Training

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$650.00
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$650.00 or 2 vouchers vouchers
$650.00 or 2 vouchers vouchers

Class Description

Class Overview

This Dreamweaver CS5 training class is for people new to Dreamweaver. You will learn to create HTML- and CSS-based websites without writing any code. Although HTML and CSS are not prerequisites for the class, if you have some experience with them, you will have a better appreciation of the power of Dreamweaver CS5.

Class Goals

  • Learn to define a site in Dreamweaver CS5.
  • Learn to format text with Dreamweaver CS5.
  • Learn to work with lists and nested lists.
  • Learn to add images, image maps, and rollover images.
  • Learn to work with tables.
  • Learn to format pages with CSS.

Class Outline

  1. A Quick Overview of Web Development
    1. Client-side Programming
      1. HTML
      2. Cascading Style Sheets
      3. JavaScript
      4. Dynamic HTML
      5. Ajax
      6. Adobe Flash
    2. Server-side Programming
      1. Perl
      2. ColdFusion
      3. Active Server Pages
      4. Java EE
      5. ASP.NET
      6. PHP
      7. Ruby on Rails
  2. Getting Started with Dreamweaver
    1. The Role of Dreamweaver
    2. Welcome Screen
    3. Dreamweaver Workspaces
    4. Creating HTML Pages
    5. Code View vs. Design View
    6. The Dreamweaver Interface
      1. Panels
      2. Insert Panel
      3. Properties Inspector
      4. CSS Styles Panel
      5. Files Panel
    7. Previewing your Page in the Browser
      1. Preview in Browser
      2. Live View
    8. Setting up a Web Site
    9. Edit Preferences
  3. Creating HTML Pages
    1. Understanding HTML Doctypes
    2. Adding a Title to Your Page
    3. Paragraphs, Headings and Blockquotes
      1. Paragraphs
      2. Headings
      3. Blockquotes
    4. Breaks and Horizontal Rules
    5. Special Characters
  4. Links
    1. Adding Links
    2. Absolute vs. Relative Paths
      1. Absolute Paths
      2. Relative Paths
      3. Default Pages
    3. Targeting New Windows
    4. Email Links
    5. Anchors
    6. Quick Tricks for Adding Links in Dreamweaver
      1. Point to File
      2. Browse for File
      3. Drag File from Files Panel
  5. Images
    1. Inserting Images
      1. Accessibility Attributes
      2. Image Properties
    2. Image Links
    3. Rollover Images
    4. Image Maps
    5. Inserting Photoshop .psd documents directly - Photoshop Smart Objects
  6. Lists
    1. Ordered and Unordered Lists
      1. Nesting Lists
      2. Converting Lists
    2. Definition Lists
    3. Converting Existing Content to Lists
  7. Tables
    1. Adding a Table to your Page
    2. Sorting Tables
    3. Modifying Tables
      1. Inserting Rows
      2. Inserting Columns
      3. Inserting Multiple Rows or Columns at One Time
      4. Merging Cells
      5. Splitting Cells
    4. Importing Data into Tables
    5. Dreamweaver and Styling Tables
  8. Styling Content
    1. CSS Rules
    2. Selectors
      1. Type Selectors
      2. Descendant Selectors
      3. Class Selectors
      4. ID Selectors
      5. ID vs. Class
    3. Modifying the Rule
      1. Making Sure the CSS File Saves
    4. CSS Properties
      1. Type
      2. Background
      3. Block
      4. Box
      5. Border
      6. List
    5. The Cascade
      1. Embedded Style Sheets
      2. Inline Styles
    6. Units of Measurement

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

  • HTML
  • CSS

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