Dreamweaver Levels 1 & 2

Learning Outcomes:

• Utilizing the instructions during the Lesson Lab, successfully create a web site.
• Given the parameters in the Activity Lab, correctly add designated design elements to the web pages.
• Create an effective user-navigation interface as directed by the Instructor.
• As directed in the Lesson Lab and under the supervision of the Instructor, add Flash buttons and text to a page.

This two-day session provides information on designing and building a professional looking website.

• Getting Started with Dreamweaver
• Adding Content and Working with Links
• Enhancing the Navigation of a Site and Uploading a Website
• Creating an Effective User-Navigation Interface
• Managing Libraries and Snippets
• Managing Head Elements and Keyboard Shortcuts
• Formatting with Style Sheets
• Working with AP Elements
• Automating Tasks
• Creating Forms
• Authoring with XML data

Dreamweaver Levels 1 & 2

During this class students will: Create a Web site structure on your local machine and explore the Dreamweaver environment. Create templates to help you develop multiple pages easily. Create a navigation bar using behaviors and by using the Insert Navigation Bar Tool. Insert, modify and edit images, add Flash buttons and text to a page. Identify the different types of links and create them for easy navigation. Create an effective user-navigation interface. Manage libraries and snippets. Work with style sheets, layers, insert rich media objects and combine layers with behaviors. Use the History panel, record and save steps. Manage head elements, edit Meta Tags and customize keyboard shortcuts. Target websites to specific versions of browsers, test browser compatibility, convert pages to earlier versions, add a behavior to check the browser version. Examine coding tools, integrate XML-based data and display using Spry. Set up forms, add form elements and validate form.

Class targeted to: The professional who wants to use Dreamweaver to design and develop a Web Site.

Prerequisites: Experience with Windows Operating Systems. Familiarity with Web technologies and various Web browsers and a basic working knowledge of HTML and CSS is helpful.