Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced
Training
Provided by The Virtual Training Company
This is the third in the Macromedia Dreamweaver MX series of tutorials from the Virtual Training Company. Author Mark Fletcher is a Member of Team Macromedia for Dreamweaver and a regular contributor to Macromedia DevNet; he is also a Certified Macromedia Professional. Mark shows the user how to work with CSS, add style to web pages, create page layouts, use integrated code tools, create web pages that comply with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and how to utilize Dreamweaver's templating tools. Mark also demonstrates the extensive integration between Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and Macromedia Contribute. To start learning, simply click one of the topics below.
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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced
Introduction
- About this Course
- The Lessons Folder
- Resources & References
- Dreamweaver Updater
Site Configuration
- Local Information
- Remote Information FTP & Local / Network
- Remote Info RDS, VSS, WebDAV
- Testing Server
- Cloaking
- Design Notes
- Contribute Administration
- Site Cache & Exporting Definitions
- Existing Sites
- FrontPage Sites
CSS Overview
- Why CSS
- Understanding CSS
- Local Styles
- Linked and @Import Directive
- Inheritance
- The Cascade
- Specificity
- Class and ID Selectors
CSS & Dreamweaver MX
- DWMX and CSS
- CSS Positioning
- Static DIVs
- Creating a CSS File
- CSS and Link States
- Styling with Classes
- Sizing Text
- Line Height
- Background Color
- Background Images
- Link Elements
Advanced CSS
- CSS Preferences
- The Box Model
- Creating a CSS Layout
- Building the Header
- Applying Style to the Main Content
- Link and List Styles
- CSS Layout Wrap-up
- External CSS Editor
- CSS Layout Resources
- CSS Navigation Bar
More on Advanced CSS
- Floating Content
- Stacking CSS Boxes
- Transitional Table Layouts
- CSS and Data Tables
- CSS and Print
- Design Time Stylesheets
- Linking CSS Files
- CSS and Contribute
- Embedded vs. External Styles
- CSS and Dynamic Content
CSS Bugs and Hacks
- Debugging Overview
- CSS Validation
- Box Model Hack
- Dealing with Netscape 4.x
- Netscape 4 and Modern Browsers
- Comment Hack
- Internet Explorer Conditional Comments
- CSS Resources
Coding in Dreamweaver MX
- Coding Tools
- HTML vs XHTML
- Document Structure
- Converting HTML to XHTML
- Understanding Doctype Switching
- Code Hints and Tag Editors
- Reference Panel
- Tag Inspector
- Snippets
- Code Coloring
- Tag Libraries
- Custom Tag Libraries
More on Coding
- Code Formatting
- External Editors
- Rewriting Code
- Code and Contribute Users
- Tags that Do Not Render in Design View
- Table Structure Model
- Column Group Tags
- Column Tags
- Fast Table Rendering
- Server Side Includes
- Library Items vs SSI
Templates - Basic
- Dreamweaver MX Templates Overview
- Constructing a Template
- Creating Child Pages
- Exploring the Template Code
- Templates and Dynamic Content
- Optional Regions
- Editable Optional Regions
- Repeating Tables
- Repeating Regions
- Updating Template File
- Dealing with Inconsistent Regions
Templates - Advanced
- Understanding Nested Templates
- Constructing a Nested Template
- Template Parameters and Nested Templates
- Editable Attributes - Basic
- Editable Attributes - Advanced
- Template Expressions
- Conditional Template Expressions
- Using Parameters with Optional Regions
- Conditional Multiple If
- Working with Complex Expressions
- Expressions and Repeating Regions
- Templates, Library Items and Behaviors
- Nested Templates & Passthrough Parameters
- Removing Template Mark-Up - Page Level
- Removing Template Mark-Up - Sitewide
- Exporting Template Data as XML
- Importing XML into a Template
- Templates and Macromedia Contribute
- Template Preferences
- Template Resources
Optimization & Validation
- Web Page Optimization
- Reducing the Weight of a Page
- Optimizing Mark-Up
- Optimizing CSS
- Externalizing JavaScript Code
- Cleaning Up Word HTML
- Validation
Accessibility
- What is Web Accessibility
- Accessibility and the Law
- Assistive Technology
- Accessibility and Dreamweaver MX
- Accessibility and Images
- Accessibility and Color
- Sizing Text
- Layout Tables
- Data Tables
- Navigation
- Image Maps
- CSS Page Layout
- Simple Forms
- Fieldset and Legends
- Frames
- Resources
About The Training Provider: The Virtual Training Company
The Virtual Training Company - The Virtual Training Company started in California's Silicon Valley in 1996.
VTC grew quickly over the next three years and relocated first in 1999 to the beautiful town of Winchester, Virginia; and six years later to Stephens City, Virginia.
The company was founded by British born Mark Vernon who started producing CD-based training for Apple software. The format on the CDs - narrated...
