Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 - Intermediate One Day Training Course

Dreamweaver 8 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 and Flash and respects all the latest internet standards.

This one day intermediate course takes you to the next level of your understanding of this complex application. You'll go into standard features in new depth, learn about Dreamweaver 8's more advanced tools and get a comprehensive overview of all of version 8's new features.

On completing this one day course, you will have moved from your basic understanding of this sophisticated, multi-featured software to a fully-fledged working knowledge of how to use the more advanced utilities that have earned Macromedia Dreamweaver its place as the benchmark WYSIWYG application. This course will enable you to put these enhanced features to use, both to help you with the efficient creation and management of your websites, and to help you create the most stunningly attractive and professional designs possible.

Style sheets
-CSS Version overview
-Defining and applying style sheets
-Nesting css styles

Navigation systems
-Rollovers
-The insert navigation bar tool
-Using behaviors to add image states to a navigation bar
-Flash buttons and text
-Image slices
-Image maps

Libraries
-Creating a library
-Modifying library items within the library panel

Dreamweaver templates
-Introduction to templates
-Creating and using templates
-Template expressions
-Conditional statements

Layers
-Creating and using layers
-Layer styles
-Layers and behaviors
-Adding rich media objects

Defining head elements
-Defining head elements
-Editing and adapting meta tags

Forms
-Different HTML form elements
-Overview of CGI types
-Submitting data
-Form Focus
-Form Validation methods

Timelines and animation
-Introduction to timelines
-Keyframes, layers and behaviours

Behaviours
-Using behaviours
-Attaching behaviours to documents and objects
-Swapping images
-Browser and plug-in detection
-Pop-up windows

The history panel
-Using the history panel
-Recording steps
-Saving steps to the commands menu

Browser targeting
-Browser compatibility and browser checking
-Converting pages to earlier versions

Site management
-Site preferences
-Clean up HTML command
-Find and Replace
-Checking links
-Creating site reports
-Coding tools
-Check In and Check Out
-File view columns
-Cloaking and uncloaking sites
-Synchronising local and remote sites

Optimising your use of Dreamweaver
-Customising keyboard shortcuts
-Using other people's code
-Dreamweaver Developer Centre resources