Dreamweaver CS4

Designed for: Those with some computer competency and familiarity with the internet who want to learn how to use Dreamweaver CS4 to create websites

Prerequisites: Competence with Windows Explorer, and familiarity with the Internet and browsers.

Objectives: To teach website creation skills to Adobe Certified Associate level using this popular web design program

Course Content

· Unit 1: – Including: Fundamentals of the World Wide Web, What is HTML? Exploring Web Pages with Web Browsers, HTML Tags, Attributes and Styles, WYSIWIG, Viewing Source Codes

· Unit Two – Including: Planning a Site from the Ground Up, Identify Target Audience, Planning Site Content, Paths and Site Structure, Defining a Website in Dreamweaver, Adding Folders and Files

· Unit Three – Including: The Dreamweaver Interface, Setting the Workspace View, The Functional Areas of Dreamweaver CS4, Split and Design Views, The Insert Panel, The Document Window, The Properties Inspector

· Unit Four – Including: Layouts and Alignments, Modifying Page Backgrounds, Setting Page Margins, Setting Text and Link Colours, Colour Considerations in Web Design, Previewing Pages in a Browser

· Unit Five – Including: Understanding Text and Typefaces, Text Formatting with the Properties Inspector, Understanding Font Styles, Using Lists and Indents, Creating Hyperlinks

· Unit Six – Including: Working with Images, Image File Formats for the Internet, Inserting Images into a Web Page, Creating a Navigation Bar with Images, Inserting Rollover Images, Images and Copyright Issues, Inserting Flash Video, Using Adobe Bridge CS4

· Unit Seven – Including: Page Layout Principles, Cascading Style Sheets, Document Type Declaration, CSS Positioning, Creating Page Divisions, Creating Columns, Exporting to External Style Sheet

· Unit Eight – Including: Advanced Page Design with CSS, Creating Custom Classes, Creating Descendant Selectors, Conditional Comments for Internet Explorer, Adding a Print Style Sheet

· Unit Nine – Including: Automated Design Tools, Creating and Using Library Items, Creating a New Template, Designing with Behaviors, Dreamweaver Extensions

· Unit Ten – Including: Tables, Forms and Media, Processing Forms, Working with Menus, Radio Buttons and Checkboxes, Working with Plug-Ins, Inserting a Spry Tabbed Panel

· Unit Eleven – Including: Publishing and Managing Site Files, Choosing a Web-Hosting Service, Managing File Transfers with the Site Panel

· Appendix: Working as Part of a Team
Preparing for the Adobe Certified Associate Exam

Benefits:

n Know how to use Dreamweaver CS4 in order to create your own websites to recognised standards

n The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace

n A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide on completion of the course

n The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training Certificate

n The opportunity to gain an Adobe Certified Associate qualification

Course duration: 120 hours