Dreamweaver MX 2004 Course

Total Items: 7 Total Time: 23.00 hour(s)  

Summary:

This training presents information on designing Web sites using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004.

 Topics include an introduction to the interface and the basic concepts of Web design, in addition to procedures for setting up the site, managing the site, creating pages, and inserting basic text, links, and images.

 The latter part of the series covers advanced topics such as tables and frames, DHTML, behaviors, and forms.

Finally the series explains how to upload projects and work with templates.  

Learning segment 1: Interface and Web Page Creation Basics  

Summary:

This Learning segment provides an overview of the Dreamweaver interface and basic concepts related to Web page creation.  

Objectives:

• Identify various interface elements
• Create a Web page
• Apply text formatting
• Set page properties
• Preview Web pages in a browser  

Topics:

• Getting acquainted with Dreamweaver
• Using the Menu bar and Insert bar
• Using the Document toolbar and Status Bar
• Using Panels and Inspectors
• Creating new pages
• Creating lists and pasting text
• Adding page separators and setting page properties
• Saving work and previewing in a browser  

Learning segment 2: Project Planning, Link Creation, and HTML Editing    

Summary:

This Learning segment provides information on creating and defining Web sites, creating hyperlinks and named anchors, and editing HTML code.  

Objectives:

• Define a new Web site
• Use relative and absolute paths
• Create hyperlinks and email links
• Create named anchors
• Edit HTML  

Topics:

• Defining a new Web site
• Using the Site Definition wizard
• Working with the Files panel
• Editing site definitions and organizing Web sites
• Exploring relative and absolute paths
• Adding hyperlinks within Web sites
• Using named anchors and point-to-file icon
• Exploring code view
• Using the Quick Tag Editor
• Setting code preferences
• Editing HTML in Word    

Learning segment 3: Images, Image Maps, and Assets    

Summary:

This Learning segment provides information about images, image maps, and the Assets panel in Dreamweaver MX.  

Objectives:

• Display images on a page
• Create image maps
• Create navigation bars
• Manage assets by using the Assets panel  

Topics:

• Adding images to pages
• Working with images
• Creating Flash text
• Creating Flash buttons
• Creating image maps
• Adding and aligning hotspots
• Targeting Links and Creating Navigation Bars
• Managing assets in the assets panel
• Adding and creating assets    

Learning segment4: Tables, Frames, and Framesets    

Summary:

This Learning segment provides information on creating and modifying tables as well as adding, sorting, exporting, and importing table data. It also explains how to build and use frames and framesets.  

Objectives:

• Create and modify tables in a Web page
• Import and export table data
• Add and edit frames and framesets to a Web page
• Load content into frames  

Topics:

• Creating tables for data
• Modifying tables and adding content
• Exporting and importing table data
• Designing tables using Layout mode
• Editing tables in Standard mode
• Adding color, nesting tables, and using layers
• Using tracing images
• Creating frames and framesets
• Setting attributes and using frames objects
• Nesting frames and using existing Web pages
• Loading content in frames

Learning segment 5: Dynamic HTML    

Summary:

This Learning segment provides information about inserting and modifying layers, including changing their stacking order and visibility settings. It also describes how to create and apply the three types of CSS styles: classes, redefined HTML tags, and advanced styles. In addition, it explains how to create external style sheets and how to apply behaviors.  

Objectives:

• Work with layers in Dreamweaver MX
• Use Cascading Style Sheets
• Apply behaviors to objects  

Topics:

• Adding layers
• Working with layers
• Stacking and aligning layers
• Changing layer visibility and nesting layers
• Creating and applying classes
• Exploring style settings and redefining HTML tags
• Positioning layers
• Working with advanced and external style sheets
• Understanding Dreamweaver behaviors
• Showing and hiding layers
• Opening new windows
• Adding more behaviors    

Learning segment 6: Advanced Behaviors and Forms    

Summary:

This Learning segment shows learners how to use advanced features and behaviors. It also explains how to create forms and process form data.  

Objectives:

• Enable the Drag Layer behavior
• Create forms
• Collect user input
• Create dynamic Web pages  

Topics:

• Using Drag Layer behavior
• Capturing drop target locations
• Applying advanced attributes and adding events
• Creating forms
• Adding radio buttons and check boxes
• Adding lists and menus
• Adding push buttons and image buttons
• Creating jump menus
• Validating form data
• Receiving information from forms
• Exploring submission security and updating files
• Creating dynamic Web pages    

Learning segment 7: Uploading Projects and Working with Templates    

Summary:

This Learning segment provides information on establishing a remote server connection, specifying the appropriate file transfer method, and moving files between a local and remote server. It also explains how to create templates from existing Web pages or from scratch and how to edit and apply these templates.  

Objectives:

• Establish a server connection
• Upload a site to a remote server
• Create templates
• Edit and apply templates  

Topics:

• Enabling server connections
• Moving and managing sites
• Transferring files and importing existing sites
• Creating templates
• Making regions editable
• Applying and editing templates

Features:

• Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
• Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
• Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
• Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• Supplied sample files include sample documents, application files, programs, and programming code that enable learners to practice with these files, enhancing the learning experience.
• A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
• Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
• A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms. Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.  

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.