Dreamweaver CS5 Intro

Course Description:

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 software offers a comprehensive integrated environment in which to design, develop, test, and deploy websites and applications of all flavors—spanning the gamut from the simplest, static HTML page to complete sites built upon complex dynamic application frameworks. Dreamweaver CS5 streamlines both front-end and back-end development tasks with ease. With a set of integrated tools available directly in the authoring environment, Dreamweaver CS5 increases your productivity and virtually eliminates the need for external third-party browser-based tools. Creative professionals can jump-start the design process with updated CSS starter layouts and leverage enhanced CSS features for increased control and creative flexibility. Developers benefit from interacting directly with their database-driven applications and Ajax interface elements, including testing individual states of a page or application throughout the development process. With many compelling new features, Dreamweaver once again raises the bar on productivity and efficiency for web designers and developers alike.

Our three day course will get you on right track towards building dynamic web sites.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: 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 your work
• Working with Related files

Lesson 2: Site structure and management

• Defining a Dreamweaver Site, creating a directory structure, file naming conventions
• Understanding FTP
• Uploading and downloading files
• Keeping your site synchronized

Lesson 3: Text

• Working with text - placing text from other applications including Microsoft Office
• Paragraphs, line breaks, lists and other basic HTML elements
• Basic formatting
• Using special characters

Lesson 4: Tables

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

Lesson 5: Hyperlinks

• Understanding relative and absolute paths
• Named anchors, external and email links
• Creating site-wide navigation
• Linking to non-HTML content such as PDF
• About linked content in HTML emails

Lesson 6: Dreamweaver productivity features

• Working with Templates
• Using rulers, guides and grids
• Using Layers for accurate positioning

Lesson 7: Cascading Style Sheets

• How CSS works
• About Embedded and External stylesheets
• Customizing Hyperlink styles
• Page layouts - controlling width, margins and padding
• Using background images

Lesson 8: Search engines and accessibility

• Optimizing pages for search engines
• The basics of making content accessible; Alt text, titles

Lesson 9: Graphics and other media

• File formats - GIF, JPEG and PNG
• Animated GIF files
• Optimization - maximizing quality vs. file size
• Editing images in Dreamweaver
• Importing a Flash movie