|
|

1335 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 424-0044
(301) 424-1693 (fax)
|
|

|
Creating
Web Pages using Macromedia Dreamweaver
|
|
Course
Length:(2 days or 14 hours)
|
| This
course shows the students how to design user-friendly home pages using
Macromedia Dreamweaver. The course starts with the basics of Web Design including
Formatting of the text, Definition of Bulleted and Numbered Lists. A part
of this course is devoted to advanced features such as working with forms,
adding Pointers, Hot Links, Table, Images and Style Sheets. |
|
Course
Topics:
|
|
LESSON
I DREAMWEAVER
BASICS
|
- Exploring
the Tools, Working with Panels, Developing Your Site Structure
- Defining
a Local Site, Specifying Preview Browsers, Creating and Saving a New
Page
- Giving
Your Page a Title, Specifying a Background Color, Using a Background
Graphic
- Specifying
the Default Font Color, Placing Text on a Page, Importing Text
- Creating
a Line Break, Centering and Indenting Text, Making Lists
- Making
Definition Lists, Nesting Lists, Character Formatting
- Repeating
a Command, Changing the Font, Changing the Font Size
- Changing the Font Color, Saving Colors As Favorites,
Creating HTML Styles
- Applying HTML Style, Adding Special Characters
- Adding Horizontal Rules, Adding a Date Automatically
- Adding Flash Text, Modifying Flash Text
|
|
LESSON
2 WORKING WITH GRAPHIC
|
- Placing Graphics on the Page, Resizing and Refreshing
Graphics
- Positioning Graphics, Adding a Border Around an Image
- Assigning Names and <Alt> Tags to Images, Inserting an
Image from the Assets Panel
- Managing Images with the Favorites List, Wrapping Text
Around Images
- Adjusting the Space Around an Image, Inserting an Image
Placeholder
- Replacing an Image Placeholder, Aligning an Image Relative
to a Single Line of Text
- Adding Flash Buttons, Modifying Flash Buttons
- Adding Flash Animations, Inserting an Accessible Image
- On Your Own: Solar Events
|
|
LESSON
3 CREATING LINKS
|
-
Specifying Link Colors, Inserting Email Links
-
Creating Hypertext Links, Creating Graphic Links
-
Targeting Links, Inserting and Linking to Named Anchors
-
Creating
Image Maps
|
|
LESSON
4 ELEMENTS OF PAGE DESIGN
|
-
Creating a Table in Layout View, Modifying
Table Layout
-
Cell Formatting, Layout Width and Spacer
Images
-
Creating a Table in Standard View,
Importing Data from Spreadsheets
-
Copying and Pasting Table Cells, Selecting
a Table
-
Selecting and Modifying Table Elements
-
Sorting a Table, Modifying a Table,
Exporting a Table
-
Using Images in Tables, Nesting Tables,
Outlining a Table
-
Designing For Computer Screens, Using
Window Size to Check Layout
-
Using a Tracing Image, Inserting Accessible
Tables
-
On Your Own: Exhibit Based Teaching
Partnerships (EBTP)
|
|
LESSON
5 ADDING USER INTERACTIVITY
|
- Inserting a Rollover Image, Adding
Behaviors
- Swapping Multiple Images with One Event
- Adding Behaviors to Image Maps, Editing
Actions and Events
- Creating a Status-Bar Message, Checking the
Browser
- Opening a New Browser Window, Creating a
Pop-up Menu
- On Your Own: At Home Astronomy
|
|
LESSON
6 MANAGING YOUR SITE
|
- Using the Site Window, Integrated File
Explorer
- Adding New Folders and Files to a Site,
Creating a Site Map
- Viewing a Subset of the Entire Site
- Links
in Site Map View, Modifying Pages from the Site Window
- Connecting
to a Remote Site, Uploading Files
- Cloaking,
Checking In and Checking Out
- Using
Design Notes, On Your Own: Life Along the Faultline
|
|
LESSON
7 ACCESSIBILITY AND TESTING
|
- Testing for Accessibility,
Checking Browser Compatibility
- Checking Links in Your Site,
Checking for Orphaned Files
- Generating Reports for a Site,
On Your Own: S.E Black & White Gallery
|
|
LESSON
8 USING LIBRARIES
|
- Creating a Library Item, Placing
a Library Item on a Page
- Recreating a Library Item,
Modifying a Library Item
- Updating Library References,
Creating a Library Item Containing Behaviors
- Modifying a Library Item
Containing Behaviors
- On Your Own: Origins-The Heart
of the Matter
|
|
LESSON
9 USING TEMPLATES
|
- Creating Templates, Adding
Editable Areas to a Template
- Removing Editable Regions,
Creating Optional Content
- Inserting Repeating Regions,
Building Pages Based on a Template
- Controlling Optional Content,
Adding Repeating Entries
- Modifying A Template, Creating
Editable Tag Attributes
- Modifying an Editable Tag
Attribute, Creating Nested Templates
|
|
LESSON
10 CREATING FRAMES
|
- Creating a Frameset, Saving a Frameset
- Resizing Frames in a Frameset, Specifying
Frame Properties
- Creating and Editing Frames Content,
Creating Other Content Documents
- Adding a Navigation Bar, Opening an
Existing Page in a Frame
- Checking Frame Content, Controlling Frame
Content with Links
- Creating Noframes Content
- On Your Own: South of Market Child Care,
Inc.
|
|
LESSON
11 CREATING FORMS
|
- Building Your Form, Adding Single-Line Text
Fields
- Adding Multi-Line Text Fields, Adding Check
Boxes
- Adding Radio Buttons, Adding List/Menu
Items
- Adding Buttons, Validating Forms
- Testing Your Forms, Creating Jump Menus
- On Your Own: The Women's Building
|
|
LESSON
12 EDITING THE CODE
|
- Switching Document Views, Editing HTML in
Code View
- Adjusting New Window Placement, Meta Tags
and Comments
- Using the Tag Selector, Editing Code with
Quick Tags
- Making Use of Code Hints, Using Snippets
- Using Clean Up HTML, Working With Microsoft
Word HTML
- Printing from Code View
- On Your Own: Robotics: Sensing, Thinking,
Acting
|
|
LESSON
13 USING STYLE SHEETS
|
- Creating External Style Sheets, Adding a Style
to an Existing External Style Sheet
- Editing an Existing Style, Creating Custom
Styles
- Creating CSS Selector Styles for Links, Creating
CSS Selector Styles for Tag Combinations
- Linking to an Existing External Style Sheet
- Creating Internal Styles, Converting Internal
Styles to External Styles
- Converting CSS to HTML, On Your Own: Project
Discover
|
|
LESSON
14 USING FIND AND REPLACE
|
-
Searching Your Document, Removing HTML Tags
-
Using Find and Replace to Apply a Custom Style
-
Using Find and Replace to Add External Style
Sheets
-
Saving and Reusing Your Search Criteria
-
Searching and Replacing with Regular Expressions
-
Finding Variations in a Name
-
On Your Own: Revealing Bodies
|
|
LESSON
15 CREATING LAYERS
|
-
Creating Layers, Naming Layers, Modifying Layers
-
Changing the Stacking Order of Layers, Nesting
and Unnesting Layers
-
Changing Layer Visibility, Setting Grid and
Ruler Options
-
Using the Drag Layer Behavior, Converting Layers
to Tables
-
Using the Netscape Resize Layer Fix
|
|
LESSON
16 ANIMATING WITH TIMELINES
|
- Animating Objects, Using Keyframes
- Positioning an Object, Changing an Animation with Keyframes
- Recording the Path of a Layer, Changing Image Properties
- Creating the Animation Layers, Adjusting the Keyframes
- Changing the Visibility of Layers, Adding Behaviors to the Timeline
- Making the Timeline Play, On Your Own: Interactive Navigation
|
|
LESSON
17 EXTENDING DREAMWEAVER
|
- Installing Extensions, Using the M Superscript 2 Extension
- Using the Advanced Random Images Extension, Using the fiXMovie
Extension
- Using the Breadcrumbs Extension, Creating a Simple Objec
- Advanced Customization, On Your Own: Ideum Media Portfolio
|
|