Dreamweaver course
Intermediate Dreamweaver and CSS web design
2 day intermediate Dreamweaver and introduction to CSS web design course in Birmingham and Midlands, UK with Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 or Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.
Macromedia Dreamweaver course or Adobe Dreamweaver course covering intermediate Dreamweaver techniques needed to work efficiently and an introduction to CSS web site design and basic XHTML coding for professional website designs.
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Dreamweaver course summary
Macromedia Dreamweaver course duration:
2 days
Level: intermediate / advanced
Software:
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.
Numbers: One to one or small groups of up
to 4
Trainees in a group should have the same skill level and the same requirements.
Locations:
1) At client's site in Birmingham area (course may be available in some other areas).
2) For one or two trainees, here in South Birmingham.
Macromedia Dreamweaver course requirements:
You will need good computer skills and Dreamweaver and web design skills
equivalent to the level of the Dreamweaver
beginners course
Macromedia Dreamweaver course - 2 day course outline
Day 1
Intermediate Dreamweaver
Tables
Designing a page with scaling (% width) tables
Complex tables and nested tables
Behaviours
Use Dreamweaver behaviours to add javascript functions (mouseover, pop
up window, and others)
Image
rollovers (mouseovers), including disjointed rollovers, where moving your mouse
over a button causes an image or graphic to change on a different part of the
page.
Dreamweaver Templates
Creating and editing templates
Defining editable areas on the page and setting properties for those areas
Creating pages based on a template, editing and updating them
Adding content to pages based on a template
If time is available, you may look at the use of nested Templates for multi-sectioned sites
Forms
Creating a simple feedback or enquiry form
How you can process the information in the form, including sending to an email
Validating the form (checking that certain fields are filled in with the correct
information)
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Use CSS to generate changes to link text colour when the mouse moves over
a hyperlink
Using styles with templates
Using CSS to set and control a background image
Creating indented text with CSS Styles
Creating a background colour block under a paragraph of text
Using CSS to format table borders, background colours and padding
Editing CSS code
Layers
Basic Layer use and functions:
Changing size, position, visibility, stacking order, etc.
Layer control: changing visibility on a mouseover event
Various
Head content and Meta tags
Anchor tags to add links to another part of the same
page (for long pages of text)
Using Assets
Using Find and Replace to change selected content or HTML code throughout the
page
Testing & Site Management
Testing & bug fixing your web pages
Checking for broken links in your site
Using the site manager in Dreamweaver to manage and update your files
Automatically changing multiple links to the same page
How to upload your site to your server
Day 2
Introduction to CSS web design and XHTML with Dreamweaver
The basics of CSS positioning and the formatting of layers and DIV tags with CSS, as well as looking at the CSS code and XHTML code behind the pages.
Adding Div tags to the page, controlling size and position with CSS
Creating CSS navigation with mouseover effects
Editing the XHTML code - the differences between HTML and XHTML
Editing and writing CSS code
Creating a simple CSS web page designs
Validating your CSS and XHTML pages
CSS and browser issues - ways of fixing problems
This Macromedia Dreamweaver course or Adobe Dreamweaver course is available in Birmingham and Midlands areas, including Redditch, Bromsgrove, Worcester and Solihull. Some Macromedia Dreamweaver training can be arranged with trainers around the UK.
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