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Dreamweaver CS3 is the most powerful web design tool available today. In this class, you will gain the HTML and Dreamweaver skills necessary to build attractive, dynamic web pages. In addition to laying out your pages visually, Dreamweaver allows you to create interactive effects, such as animations and mouseovers, and write powerful JavaScript code.

Dreamweaver is more than a powerful, intuitive HTML editor. It has features that will allow you to work on group projects, manage and customize your site, and even customize the tool itself for your specific purposes. If you are ready to create linked style sheets, templates, custom objects, site maps, and server-side includes, and if you are looking for more ways to make your pages dynamic while saving valuable development time, this is the class for you.

Highlights

• Format text in multiple columns and with the application of a variety of effects
• Select and place images
• Add hyperlinks and image maps
• Build HTML tables for displaying data and for enabling complex text and graphics layouts
• Develop and validate forms
• Add colors and backgrounds
• Use layers which Dreamweaver can then publish as Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) layers, permitting overlapping, dynamic positioning, and more
• Take advantage of Dynamic HTML effects
• Manage sites using Dreamweaver's Site Manager tool
• Use linked styles to include CSS
• Design and manage templates to maintain a consistent look and feel
• How to create objects to add buttons or interactive behavior
• Become familiar with Behaviors to create behind-the-scenes JavaScript
• Develop server-side includes to create a section of code and easily apply it automatically to any page

Course Outline

1. Quick Start to Dreamweaver CS3

• Selecting a CSS starting point
• Saving your page
• Modifying the page title
• Changing headings
• Inserting text
• Adding new images
• Linking to other pages
• Selecting and modifying CSS styles
• Previewing your page in a browser

2. Customizing Your Workspace

• Touring the workspace
• Creating custom workspaces
• Using the Property inspector
• Adjusting toolbars
• Personalizing Preferences

3. Applying Cascading Style Sheets

• Defining a Dreamweaver site
• Previewing your completed file
• Attaching an external style sheet
• Creating new CSS rules
• Applying styles
• Changing properties
• Developing a print style sheet

4. Working with Text

• Previewing your completed file
• Entering headlines and body text
• Importing external text
• Creating numbered and bulleted lists
• Spell checking your document
• Searching and replacing text
• Building tables
• Importing tabular data

5. Designing with Images

• Previewing your completed file
• Inserting an image
• Using background images
• Optimizing graphics
• Including Fireworks rollovers
• Inserting Photoshop files
• Copying and pasting from Photoshop
• Accessing Bridge

6. Inserting Links

• Previewing your completed file
• Linking to internal site pages
• Creating an external link
• Setting up email links
• Targeting links within the page

7. Crafting Page Layouts

• Previewing your completed file
• Creating layout styled div elements
• Exporting CSS styles
• Using the Ruler and Guides

8. Creating Interactive Pages

• Dreamweaver Behaviors
• Previewing your completed file
• Applying Behaviors
• Opening browser windows
• Modifying a Behavior
• Showing and hiding areas

9. Integrating Ajax with Spry

• Ajax and Spry
• Previewing your completed file
• Including XML data
• Building Spry data sets
• Applying Spry detail regions
• Constructing Spry Widgets
• Applying Spry Effects

10. Constructing Forms

• Previewing your completed file
• Learning about forms
• Adding a form to the page
• Inserting text form elements
• Including radio buttons
• Inserting checkboxes
• Working with lists
• Adding a submit button to a form
• Styling your forms

11. Adding Multimedia

• Previewing your completed file
• Placing a Flash movie on the web
• Showing Flash video
• Integrating a Flash slide show

12. Working in Code View

• Use Coding Tools
• Search for and Replace Code
• Use Design Notes and Comments

13. Formatting with Style Sheets

• Create CSS Styles
• Apply External Styles to Multiple Pages
• Redefine Style Sheets

14. Creating an Effective User-Navigation Interface

• Create Rollovers
• Create a Navigation Bar
• Add Flash Buttons and Text to a Page
• Use the Spry User Interface Widgets
• Add Spry Effects

15. Working with AP Elements

• Create AP Elements
• Control AP Elements Dynamically
• Insert Rich Media Objects into an AP Element

16. Automating Tasks

• Add Library Items from Site Pages
• Place Library Items onto Site Pages
• Use Snippets
• Replay Actions Using the History Panel

17. Creating Forms

• Set Up Forms
• Add Form Elements
• Validate Forms

18. Authoring with XML-Based Data

• Integrate XML-Based Data
• Display XML Data Using Spry

19. Creating and Using Templates

• Template Creation
• Template Application
• Updating Templates
• Optional Regions in Templates

Appendix: Integrating Other Applications with Dreamweaver

• Import Word Documents into Dreamweaver
• Import Excel Worksheets into Dreamweaver
• Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment
• Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge
• Integrate Photoshop Images in Dreamweaver
• Preview Web Pages in Device Central

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