MASTERING ADOBE® DREAMWEAVER®
In this seminar you'll learn...
The basic principles behind Web site design, and how planning your Web site can make you more efficient
How to maximize the power of Dreamweaver´s visual tools to incorporate virtually any type of image or graphic into your Web pages
CSS basics: How to get started and up to speed quickly, creating CSS-formatted Web pages in almost no time at all
The best way to use layers to achieve dramatic design effects
And much more
You can´t beat Dreamweaver when it comes to sophisticated design and ease of use—no wonder it´s the favorite Web site creation tool of top Web professionals. The best Web designers can command fees of $100 per hour and more. Wouldn´t you rather put that money into your own pocket? Armed with the knowledge you´ll gain from this class, you´ll soon be able to create a Web site that can hold its own against anything a pro can do, because Dreamweaver takes care of the structure and coding for you—there´s no longer any need to learn HTML. Dreamweaver´s amazing new features will dramatically change the way you work, making you more efficient and allowing you to unleash your true creativity.
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Day One: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Getting down to business—setting up and managing your Web site
In this session, you´ll learn how to plan your Web site and what you need to know to ensure that you create a cutting-edge destination that will attract—and keep—your target audience. Then you´ll learn how to set up, manage and build your Web site from the ground up using Dreamweaver´s features—including how to move a completed site from one computer to another. You´ll also ...Discover the basic principles behind Web site design and how planning your Web site can make you more efficient
Tour the Dreamweaver interface and discover some little-known tricks and shortcuts that will dramatically cut down your production time
Learn how the Site Setup Wizard enables you to easily configure site information for a dynamic site or for FTP purposes
Discover how to save time by getting a head start with sample Web page templates
Find out how Dreamweaver´s improved workspace layout will dramatically improve your productivity
Review the newly enhanced tools incorporated into Dreamweaver CS3 which will save you time and money
The essentials of working with text, images and Flash®
Using Dreamweaver CS3, you can create stunning Web pages with very little effort—if you know how to take advantage of its powerful text and image formatting tools. This session will show you how to easily create professional-looking Web pages that will amaze your visitors and leave them wondering how you did it. Also in this session, you´ll discover ... Dreamweaver´s wide range of text manipulation tools you can use to make your text-based Web content leap off the page
How to maximize the power of Dreamweaver´s visual tools to incorporate virtually any type of image into your Web pages
How Dreamweaver helps you manage links to ensure smooth navigation within your Web site
How to bring video to your Web site by adding Flash files—absolutely no knowledge of Flash necessary!
The best way to design, develop and maintain content within Dreamweaver CS3 while taking advantage of the intelligent integration with the other Adobe tools
The secret of a great Web site—Cascading Style Sheets
In this session, you´ll discover the secrets of Cascading Style Sheets and how they can be used to alter typefaces, type sizes and spacing throughout an entire Web site with a single command, saving you both time and money. With the latest version of Dreamweaver, Cascading Style Sheets are more user-friendly than ever before. Here´s where you´ll learn how to get the most out of them, giving your Web site a consistent, professional look. You´ll also learn ... CSS basics: How to get started and up to speed quickly, creating CSS-formatted Web pages in almost no time at all
How to get the most out of the Adobe CSS Advisor, which makes sure your CSS pages are compatible with a number of different Web browsers and mobile devices
How the professionals create CSS-based layouts that you can apply to your Web site with just one click
How to use more advanced CSS features to create complex layouts and how you can precisely control how your content is displayed, to give your Web pages a consistent, high-quality look
The secrets of the new "Manage CSS" feature of Dreamweaver CS3 and how it simplifies the process of managing CSS rules from one Web page to another
Organizing your Web page layout with tables, frames and layers
In this session, you´ll learn how to use tables, frames and layers to control Web page layout and how Dreamweaver® CS3 simplifies the process to help you get the job done in snap. You´ll also learn ... Everything you need to know to create a table, such as setting alignment, resizing, and adding and removing rows and columns
How to use the Dreamweaver commands to sort or completely reformat your tables in just a few clicks
How to turn off the continual updating of tables to speed up your table input
Step-by-step instructions on how to use Dreamweaver´s Import Tabular Data command to avoid tedious retyping
How to use frames and framesets to help organize your Web pages, making your site more user-friendly
The best way to use layers to achieve dramatic design effects
Adding interactivity to your Web pages using Ajax pages with Spry and forms
Discover the technology behind the next generation Internet and how this technology has ushered in a new era of Web page interactivity. Ajax allows you to easily create sophisticated Web pages that could previously only be done in Flash. Using the Spry Framework technology, you´ll be creating dynamic pages that will blow away the competition. You´ll learn how these two tools work together and how the new Spry tools that come with Dreamweaver CS3 will make your life so much simpler. In this session you´ll also learn ... How to create interactive forms that can capture visitor information, including valuable data such as e-mail addresses, names, phone numbers and even product orders for an e-commerce site
Step-by-step procedures to use the form objects available to create professional-looking forms
How to get the most out of the Spry Framework for Ajax to create interactive Web pages
What Spry Widgets are and how to use them to create amazing pop-up menus and collapsible panels that will wow your users
A simple technique to effortlessly integrate XML data into your Web page, using Spry to create content-rich Web sites
Making your Web site come alive using Behaviors and Timelines
No bad behavior here! In this session, you´ll discover the incredible abilities of Behaviors and Timelines and how they bring Web pages to life. In this session, you´ll see how to use Timelines to add animation and how to use Behaviors to add pop-up messages, images that change with a simple roll-over, buttons that change color when selected and more. You´ll quickly learn how creating these interactive elements is a lot easier than you think. Plus, you´ll learn ... How Behaviors can dramatically change the appearance and functionality of your Web pages, and how you can create them without doing any programming
Step-by-step procedures for adding a Behavior to an object to achieve the effect you want with minimal effort
How to use the built-in Behaviors and Events that come with Dreamweaver to make your Web pages interactive
How to use Timelines to add animation to your Web pages—and make them come alive
A great technique to create navigational bars with roll-overs to give your Web pages that truly professional touch
How to use a Behavior to check browser versions and direct your visitors to pages that are compatible with their browser or device
CEU Credits: 0.5
CPE Credits: 6
Field of Study: Computer Science
NASBA#: 107719
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