Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Two Day Introduction

Background
-What is HTML?
-How the web works: sites and links
-Screen design considerations
-Creating efficient web pages: size and content
-Planning a web site

Dreamweaver overview
-Dreamweaver's windows, palettes and inspectors
-Working with the split code view
-Preferences
-Viewing your work in an external browser

Creating a local site
-Creating a site using the site window
-Creating an index/default page
-Working with elements
-Undoing changes using the history palette

Text Formatting 1: characters and fonts
-Character formatting
-Text alignment
-Font attributes and groups
-Logical styles

Text Formatting 2: block elements
-Headings
-Paragraphs vs line breaks
-White spaces
-Lists
-Indenting and tags
-Searching for and replacing elements
-Spell checking

Using HTML and CSS styles
-Formatting text using HTML styles
-Using Cascading Style Sheets for text formatting
-Linking to external style sheets

Graphics
-File formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG
-Inserting images
-Applying and changing attributes
-Aligning images with text
-Using spacer GIFs
-Using background images
-Linking to image editing tools
-Creating rollover images and navigation bars

Multimedia
-Creating Flash text and buttons
-Embedding video and audio files
-Inserting plug-in based content

Hyperlinks and Anchors
-Creating links on text and images
-Linking to other pages in the site
-Linking to content within the page
-Linking to external sites
-mailto links
-Targeting links
-Creating image maps

Working with Tables
-Designing pages using tables
-Table attributes: spacing, padding, width etc
-Using table layout view to quickly design layouts
-Fixed, percentage and autostretch tables
-Sorting the contents of a table
-Using tabular data
-Nested tables

Using content from other sources
-Pasting text from a text editor
-Pasting HTML
-Importing tabular data
-Inserting Fireworks HTML
-Cleaning up Word HTML

Frames
-What are frames?
-Creating a custom frameset
-Using the frames panel
-Building a navigation system
-Page targeting within frames
-No-frames content

Collaboration
-Using file check in/check out
-Synchronising files

FTP and remote site management
-Uploading and downloading your site

Automating your workflow
-Working with site assets and using library items
-Controlling multiple pages using templates
-Using commands
-Extending the Objects Panel

Building Dynamic Navigation using Fireworks
-Introducing Macromedia Fireworks
-Creating rollovers
-Creating drop-down menus
-Combining Dreamweaver & Fireworks files
-Adding Macromedia Flash objects
Advanced Cascading Style Sheets
-CSS review
-Redefining HTML tags
-Using Custom Classes
-Using CSS Selectors
-Using Inline Styles
-Advanced style attributes

Interactive Page Elements
-Understanding and using Behaviours
-Creating a jump menu
-Validating form Behaviour
-Using other default Behaviours
-Adding new actions - Dreamweaver Exchange site

CSS Layers and Positioning
-Layers introduction
-Understanding x, y & z co-ordinates
-Converting layers to tables for older browsers
-Advanced layer uses
-Adding Behaviours for layer display and position
Building Animations with TimeLines
-Understanding Timelines
-Adding Animation: the Timelines panel
-Triggering the animation