Dreamweaver & Fireworks Web Design Training
Introduction to web site design with Macromedia Dreamweaver and web graphics with Macromedia Fireworks in Birmingham and Midlands UK.
The Dreamweaver and Fireworks course is designed to give you the basic skills needed to get started with website design. As part of the course you will build a small web site. This will include preparing images and graphics for your web site with Macromedia Fireworks, building a small web site with Macromedia Dreamweaver and editing basic HTML code.
Designing a small web site with Macromedia Dreamweaver
Creating simple web graphics or banners with Macromedia Fireworks
Preparing and optimising photographs and scanned images with Fireworks
HTML code recognition / editing
Image resizing and some web graphics design can be done with either Photoshop or Fireworks if you have both applications.
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Dreamweaver and Fireworks web design course summary
Course duration: 2 days.
Level: beginners (and some intermediate)
Software:
Web Design: Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver
MX2004, Dreamweaver 8.
Web Graphics and images: Fireworks MX, Fireworks
MX2004, Fireworks 8
Also available for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 & Fireworks 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, Midlands and around the UK.
2) For one or two trainees, here in South Birmingham.
Dreamweaver and Fireworks web design introduction
- course requirements:
It is assumed that you already have reasonable computer skills, including
an understanding of file management. Some basic experience of web design
or HTML would be helpful, as would some knowledge of image editing and graphics
software, although these are not necessary
If you are already familiar with some of the basics of web site design, a custom course can be created for you.
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Dreamweaver and Fireworks course outline
Web Design with Dreamweaver
The principles of web design, effective design of navigation and links
and the basics of accessibility.
How to organise the files in your web site
How to design a small web site
Working with Text
Formatting text, setting text size, font type & colour
Using either Font tags or CSS to format text
Text alignment and indenting
The difference between line breaks and paragraphs
Adding extra spaces between words
Creating text links
CSS text formatting
Placing a style in the current document or in a separate external style
sheet
Importing a style sheet from another site or folder
Creating a CSS style and applying that style to selected text
Applying a style to all text within a HTML tag: e.g.<P> or <Body>
Adding Images to the page
Adding images and graphics to the web page
Placing borders around images or removing a border when you don't want it
there
Using images and graphics as hyperlinks
Adding a behaviour to make buttons change colour on a mouseover action
Setting Alt tags on images and buttons
Using Tables
Using tables to gain better control over the layout of text and graphics
Creating and editing tables
% with and pixel width tables
Setting and modifying table cell properties and colouring table cells
Using a table within another table (nested tables)
Common problems which may occur when setting or editing tables
Other
Setting a background colour or background image for the page
Setting default text and active link colours
Giving the page a title
Adding active links to another web page or to another part of the same page
Adding an active e-mail link
Linking to different sections of long web pages
Using Library items for adding sections of identical content to multiple
pages
Testing & Site Management
Testing & bug fixing your web pages
Checking for broken links in your site
Using site manager in Dreamweaver to manage and update your site files
How to upload your site to your web space
HTML editing
Basic HTML coding: identifying and using various tags to create a simple
web page
Editing HTML and selecting and editing sections of text in HTML mode
Templates basics - optional if time allows
Creating and editing a basic web page template
Creating content pages based on a template
Editing and updating pages based on a template
Defining editable areas on the page and setting properties for those areas
Adding content to pages based on a template
Web Graphics with Fireworks ( or Photoshop - optional)
Summary of the main tools and features in Fireworks - text, shapes, colours, layers, etc.
Designing simple buttons and artwork in Macromedia Fireworks
Designing a simple banner or header design for your web site
Creating web page backgrounds and border designs
Creating images with areas of transparency (so you can see the web page
background)
Photographs and scanned images:
Preparing photographs and scanned images for use on a web page
Adjusting brightness & contrast and colour balance
Correctly resizing images for the web page, resizing without causing blurring
Image Optimisation - getting file sizes as small as possible while maintaining
image quality
Saving in the correct file format and checking file sizes
This web design course is available onsite in Birmingham and Midlands areas, including Solihull, Bromsgrove, Redditch, and Worcester. Web design training is available for one or two people at our premises in Cofton Hackett, South Birmingham.
Web design training for Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash can be arranged with trainers in other areas of the UK.
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