Dreamweaver MX

Oak Tree Management & Training Ltd.
Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Macromedia Dreamweaver MX allows users to design and produce pages for the World Wide Web. This course covers planning, creating, editing, publishing and site management issues and will enable the delegates to design and construct innovative, professional and dynamic website pages.

The course teaches delegates to visually layout Web pages, upload, download and transfer files and introduces delegates to various powerful tools that will enable you to manage your website once it is published.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course the delegate will be able to:

Configure the Dreamweaver MX workspace
Visually design web pages
Use and creating web page templates
Embed media files
Publish a web site
Create easily maintained sites
Course Contents
(Course Topics may vary at the Trainer’s Discretion)

The Dreamweaver Workspace
Overview of the Dreamweaver screens, the document window, floating palettes, the property inspector and the launcher.
Using shortcuts, context menus and built-in help.
HTML Basics
Enough HTML to understand what goes on with a web page, and how to fix common problems.
An appreciation of browser-specific features and the structure of a web page.
‘Round trip HTML�and cleaning up code from elsewhere, e.g. Microsoft Word.
Creating Web Sites & Web Pages
Designing the layout of your web. Setting page properties, such as background, margins and colours.
Checking download speed and appearance on different platforms.
Using Styles and Templates
Creating your own paragraph and character styles.
Building and using templates for web pages.
Overview of style sheets.
Designing Your Website
Important considerations for online publishing, including clarity, consistency, layout, audience and colours.
Differences from paper-based publishing.
Hyperlinks
Making links within pages and to other pages.
Text, buttons, images and email links.
Understanding link targets.
Header Content
Setting the title for a page.
Making best use of meta tags for keywords, robots, refresh etc.
How search engines index your site.
Tables
Creating tables within pages.
Using tables for layout.
Setting table properties, such as width (percent or pixels), borders and alignment.
Setting the properties of cells within the table.
Merging and splitting cells.
Images and Layout Tools
Placing images in the page.
Comparison of GIF, JPG, PNG and PDF images, and how they affect download time.
Using horizontal rules effectively. Positioning object precisely.
Making an image into a hyperlink map.
Dynamic HTML and Layers
Introduction to
and as layout tools.
Placing layers on a page and setting overlap, stacking order, visibility and timelines.
Comparison of tables and layers for page design and compatibility.
Framesets and Frames
Using frames as a web design scheme. Building a frameset and placing pages within frames.
Assigning target frames for hyperlinks. Handling frame properties, such as borders, scrolling and size.
Making provision for non-frame browsers.
Setting a new window as the target.
Forms and Responses
Putting together a form, including form elements (buttons, text boxes, lists and options).
Setting the name and response of form elements.
Determining the ‘submit�action.
Behaviours
Enabling actions (behaviours) that respond to events.
Creating ‘rollovers�that change when the mouse is over an image.
Libraries
Placing pieces of design or code in a reusable library.
Accessing library items when designing a new page.
Managing Your Website
Defining a web site. Understanding relative and absolute paths.
Managing webs maintained by several people.
File name conventions and limitations.
Overview of FTP for publishing your site to the web.
Customising Dreamweaver
Setting up your preferred working area.
Changing Dreamweaver defaults to suit the way you work.
Setting limitation on browser or HTML versions.
Specifying an external HTML editor.
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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Fornham St Genevieve
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
United Kingdom
IP28 6TS

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