Feb. 13-15 2012: Dreamweaver CS5.5: Website Development

Sign up today for Dreamweaver CS5.5: Website Development provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver CS5. This course is 3 days in length and was developed by Fig Leaf Software. Fig Leaf Instructors were also contracted by Adobe to write the official Adobe Dreamweaver Certification Exam. 

Duration: 3 days 


REGISTER HERE:  http://training.figleaf.com/courses/Dreamweaver-Website-Development.cfm 

Course Prerequisites

• Experience with Windows Operating Systems or the Macintosh operating system, where systems are available in a classroom
• Use and knowledge of the web environment and web browsers
• Basic understanding of document formatting programs, such as Microsoft Word

Course Objectives

• Open and use the Dreamweaver CS5 interface to create pages and preview the pages in a browser
• Use Dreamweaver to generate HTML tags for page formatting and view the resulting HTML source code
• Create and link style sheets for a consistent look and feel of your web pages
• Use graphics to make your website attractive and link to other pages
• Create links between and within pages, as well as links to email addresses
• Create and implement a page design using <div> tags and CSS box model
• Use Dreamweaver templates to implement a consistent page design
• Create HTML forms to get information from your users
• Test your web pages and upload them to a remote site
• Understand the benefits of CSLive services

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introducing the Course

• Understanding the course
• Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
• Reviewing the course format
• Outlining the course content
• Understanding static page architecture

Unit 2: Getting Started

• Introducing Dreamweaver CS5
• Learning the interface
• Defining a local site
• Creating a website
• Testing pages with Live View
• Testing pages with primary/secondary browsers
• Testing pages with Adobe Device Central

Unit 3: Adding Content to a Site

• Adding content
• Controlling document structure
• Making lists
• Adding horizontal rules
• Adding special characters

Unit 4: Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets

• Formatting text
• Introducing cascading style sheets
• Creating styles
• Creating Tag Styles
• Exporting CSS rule definitions
• Creating class styles
• Attaching external style sheets
• Creating compound and pseudo-element styles
• Creating a new external style sheet
• Displaying styles with the Style Rendering Toolbar
• Understanding cascading order and inheritance of styles
• Creating internal styles with the Property inspector
• Using the Code Navigator

Unit 5: Working with Graphics

• Using graphics on web pages
• Placing graphics on the page
• Modifying image properties
• Editing images
• Doing round trip editing with Fireworks
• Adding Flash content
• Adding Flash Video

Unit 6: Navigating Your Site

• Understanding site navigation
• Linking to files in your site
• Linking to sites
• Linking to named anchors
• Adding e-mail links
• Linking from images
• Creating a jump menu

Unit 7: Designing Page Layouts with CSS

• Understanding page layout
• Using AP DIV's for layout
• Adding CSS to DIV tags for layout
• Using absolute and relative positioning
• Designing with DIVs
• Designing navigation links with CSS
• Importing tabular data

Unit 8: Using Libraries and Templates

• Using site library items
• Creating site templates
• Defining editable regions
• Using templates
• Applying a template to an existing page
• Modifying templates

Unit 9: Creating Forms with Adobe Spry

• Understanding forms
• Form Accessibility and Usability
• Using the Spry toolbar to add validation to form fields
• Setting focus in a form
• Creating tableless forms with CSS
• Processing a form using an Application Server (ASP/JSP/ColdFusion/PHP)

Unit 10: Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading

• Testing your site
• Maintaining your files and folders
• Connecting to a remote site
• Synchronizing files
• Understanding Adobe Business Catalyst and CSLive Services