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Web Site Authoring using Dreamweaver CS3

Course_Reference: 
QADWCS3
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Summary: 

This course will show delegates how to produce well-designed web pages within a well balanced website. Delegates will learn how to plan a website and understand the essentials of good page design and publishing techniques. The course includes an introduction to HTML and uses Dreamweaver CS3 as a web authoring tool.

PreRequisites: 

  • Anyone wishing to produce well designed web pages and web sites and looking for an introduction to HTML and Dreamweaver CS3.
  • Delegates must be frequent users of Windows, and be familiar with the use of LAN-based PC applications. Delegates should also be familiar with the World Wide Web. No programming experience is required.

Objectives: 

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • use the most common functions of HTML
  • use the functions of Dreamweaver CS3
  • design efficient and visually appealing web pages
  • use features such as layers, tables, forms and images
  • use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
  • use Dreamweaver libraries and templates
  • work with the Spry framework library
  • understand the main steps in planning and designing a well-structured website

Module 0: Setting the scene

  • Web evolution
  • The Internet and intranets
  • Benefits to an organisation.

Module 1: Dreamweaver Editing Environment

  • Dreamweaver work area
  • Defining a local site
  • Creating and editing pages
  • Formatting pages
  • Design, code and split views
  • Panels and floating panels
  • Properties Inspector
  • Context menu

Module 2: Introduction to HTML

  • What is a web page?
  • Examining HTML (Hypertext Mark-Up Language)
  • A simple web page
  • Tags and Elements
  • Attributes and Values
  • Paragraphs and line breaks
  • Headings; Alignment
  • Text formatting

Module 3: Working with Images

  • Image file formats
  • GIF, JPEG and PNG
  • Adding graphics to a page
  • Image properties
  • Configuring images
  • Background images
  • Page colours
  • HTML for images

Module 4: Hyperlinks

  • Internal and external hyperlinks
  • E-mail links and named anchors
  • Graphical hyperlinks
  • Image Maps.
  • HTML for links Module 5: Tables and Layers
  • Creating Tables
  • Table and cell properties
  • Inserting rows and columns
  • Spanning columns and rows
  • Table Layout and Cells
  • HTML for tables
  • Creating layers (AP Divs)
  • The layers panel
  • Page design using layers

Module 6: CSS Styles

  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Embedded styles
  • Creating style rules
  • Using style rules
  • Linking to external style sheets
  • Using linked classes
  • Editing styles

Module 7: Publishing a Web

  • Local and remote sites
  • Setting up remote a site
  • Using FTP
  • Uploading your pages
  • Synchronising local and remote sites
  • Source control

Module 8: Forms

  • Form creation
  • Form components
  • Form field names and values
  • Processing form results
  • Form properties
  • Confirmation pages
  • HTML for forms

Module 9: Templates and Libraries

  • Working with templates
  • Creating and applying a template
  • Modifying a template
  • Library items
  • Creating and modifying library items
  • Inserting library items

Module 10: Site Management

  • Asset management and the assets panel
  • Deleting, moving and renaming pages using the Site Window
  • Removing and renaming sites
  • Checking links
  • Fixing a broken link
  • Browser compatibility checks
  • Using Find and Replace for the entire site

Module 11: Advanced Authoring

  • Using Dreamweaver for web authoring vs ASCII editors
  • Open standards and proprietary extensions
  • Advanced authoring features
  • External and internal sites
  • The Spry framework
  • Spry Accordion
  • Spry Tabbed Panels
  • Spry Collapsible Panels
  • Spry Menu Bar
  • Spry form validation

Module 12: Planning a Web Site

  • Considerations before starting the design and implementation of a new website

Description: 

This course will show delegates how to produce well-designed web pages within a well balanced website. Delegates will learn how to plan a website and understand the essentials of good page design and publishing techniques. The course includes an introduction to HTML and uses Dreamweaver CS3 as a web authoring tool.

Keywords: 
CS3,Web Site Authoring,Dreamweaver CS3,Web Site Authoring with Dreamweaver

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