Audience

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 CS4
• 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