Dreamweaver 8 Introduction
| Duration: | 1 day |
| Prerequisite: | A basic understanding of your computer's operating system including how to create a folders and save files. A basic knowledge of HTML and CSS is helpful but not required. |
| Course Materials: | Course Book with CD containing exercises (500 pages) |
| Prices: | $260 each for 1 student (one-on-one training) $230 each for 2 to 3 students $200 each for 4 to 6 students $200 for the first 6 students, $125 for each additional student |
| Description: | This class will introduce students to the basics of the Adobe Dreamweaver 8 Web development application. Students will learn how to use Dreamweaver to create a web site. |
Getting Started with Dreamweaver 8
The Dreamweaver Interface
HTML and XHTML
CSS Support
Site Control
Defining a Site
Relative and Absolute Links
File and Folder Management
Understanding Path Structure
Creating a Site Map
Creating a Site from Nothing
Basics
Defining the Site
Creating and Saving a New Document
The Significance of index.html
Inserting Images
Inserting Text
Centering Images and Text
Modifying Page Properties
The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Color Pickers
Creating Links with Images and Text
<meta>Tags
Linking
Linking with Point to File
Linking to New Source Files
Creating Email Links
Named Anchors
Image Maps
Linking to Files
Cascading Style Sheets
Anatomy of a Style Sheet
Understanding CSS and Page Properties
The Page Properties Dialog Box
Types of Style Sheets
Exporting and Linking External CSS Files
The CSS Styles Panel
CSS Selectors
Creating Type Selectors
Creating ID Selectors
Creating Class Selectors
Creating CSS Rollovers with Pseudo-Classes
Typography
CSS versus XHTML Text Formatting
Valid XHTML Type Elements
Default CSS Formatting
Adding and Formatting HTML Text
Font Lists
Aligning Text and Images
Ordered, Unordered, and Definition Lists
Color Schemes
Formatting Text in Tables
Creating Flash Text
Tables
Changing the Border of a Table
Formatting a Table
Creating and Modifying a Table
Aligning Images and Text with Tables
Percentage-Based Table Alignment
Combining Pixels and Percentages
Inserting Tab-Delimited Data
Import Tabular Data Settings