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Provided by: XChange Training UK Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Two Day IntroductionDreamweaver |
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Training
Provided by XChange Training UK
Dreamweaver MX 2004 is the latest incarnation of Macromedia s leading web development and site management application. Its powerful tools allow you to build and manage great web sites all through an intuitive graphical user interface. It integrates perfectly with Macromedia s other leading applications like Fireworks MX and Flash MX and respects all the latest internet standards.
On completing this two day course, you will be confidently using Dreamweaver MX and a graphics editor to create and implement visually exciting web sites. You will have gone right from conceptualising how your site should be structured through to uploading it into your web space. You will also have completed several web pages and mini sites using the techniques you have learnt and will have experimented in depth with the more important Macromedia MX 2004 tools.
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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
-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
About The Training Provider: XChange Training UK
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