Adobe Dreamweaver 8 Introduction

Anatomy of a website
Planning a Site - guiding your readers around your pages
Good Design principles - Layout, navigation, search engine optimisation
The power of online marketing


The DreamWeaver Environment
Creating your first Web Page
Viewing & Managing HTML Code
Make DreamWeaver write code for you.


Creating visual impact
Formatting text - colour, font, lists.
Adding Images - size, positioning.


Working with Links
Connecting your pages - creating navigation.
Bookmarks - links to specific parts of a page.
Using images as links.
Links to other sites or email addresses.


Layout techniques
Tables - aligning, stretching and positioning cells.
Layers - using fixed regions which float above your page.


Using DreamWeaver to organise your entire site
Defining a Web Site with the Site Panel.
Page Properties.


Templates - Keeping heading and navigation constant
Adding Repeating Regions.


Overview of Web Technologies
Uploading a Web Site - FTP and the Site Map.
Browsers - how they work, checking your site is compatible.
Web page scripting - Overview of Javascript for forms & dynamic content.
Server side scripting - ASP & Cookies.
Multimedia - Graphics & Flash.

 

 

 

Course Overview:

The course will enable you to use DreamWeaver to create your web site. It introduces you to all the tools needed to create engaging, professional and functional content.

 

Course Duration:

1 Day

 

Course Pre-requisites:

Competence with basic Windows skills.

 

At the end of this course
you will be able to:
  • Create your first website, with graphics and formatted text, laid out professionally.
  • Use DreamWeaver to create and organise files and folders, and automate basic tasks.
  • Create links to connect all your pages.

Price Band:

 Specialised