Course Aims: Dreamweaver automates the process of creating cascading style sheets, Dynamic HTML and Java Scripts. It allows the creation and animation of layers which, together with image swapping and Shockwave controls, provide the ideal tool for professional web page design. Participants will explore and understand the many available features which assist in the design and creation of a web site.

Target Audience: Intending, new or less-experienced users of Illustrator who wish to gain a good understanding of the software in a short space of time.

Assumed Knowledge: A good understanding of the Apple MAC or PC interface gained either from experience in the workplace or from attendance on an 'AppleMac System Introduction' course or a 'Windows User Introduction' course.

Duration: 2 days

 

Course Content

 

Basic Concepts Using the Document Window; Workspace, Dynamic HTML Overview, Selecting Elements; Using the Object Palette, About Object Files; Creating a New Object, Creating an Object with a Parameters Form, Using the Property Inspector, Using the Launcher; Invisible Elements, Inserting Comments; Entering and Editing Scripts, Setting up Documents; Previewing in Browsers, Checking Downloading Time and Size, Targe-Browsers Checking; Preferences   Site Management Site Structure and Navigation Overview, Creating Local Site; Relative and Absolute paths, Creating Links between Documents, Using Named Anchors for Navigation, Checking In and Checking Out Files, Using the Site Window; Setting Site FTP preferences   Roundtrip HTML Rountrip HTML Editing, Using HTML Source Format Controls, Editing the Source Formatting, Profile, Using the HTML Inspector, Using BBEdit with Dreamweaver (Mac), Choosing Script Properties

Formatting Text, Tables and Forms Formatting Text Overview; Tables; Forms, Using Images, Movies, Controls, Applets and Plugins, Shockwave, ActiveX, Java and Netscapte plugins Overview   Using Frames Creating Frames and Nested Frames, Selecting a Frame or a Frameset, changing the Background Colour of a Frame, Saving Files in Frames and Framesets, Specifying the size of a Frame, conrolling Frame Content with Links, Choosing Frame and Fraeset Properties   Using Style Sheets Creating and Editing a Style, Applying a Custom Style, Conflicting Styles; External Style Sheets, Using the Style Palette; Defining Styles, Setting Style Sheet Preferences   Using Layers, Behaviors and Timeliness Layers; Behaviors; Timeline, Using the Timeline Inspector   Using Libraries Creating and Editing a Library Item, Adding a Library Item to a Page, Updating a Library Item, Making Library items Editable, Choosing Library Item Properties