Dreamweaver Advanced

  • Duration
  • 1 day
  • Cost
  • £220.00 per delegate + VAT.
  • Dates
  • 10th Mar 2011
  • 28th Oct 2011
  • Venue
  • The New Technology Institute in Birmingham City Centre.
  • Exam
  • N/A

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  • Course Code
  • DWA

Course Description

Dreamweaver CS4 is the industry-leading website creation tool, enabling users to efficiently design, develop and maintain websites.

Who should attend

Graphic/Web designers, or people transitioning into website related jobs who are already proficient in using Dreamweaver to create and maintain static websites. This advanced course goes beyond the basics and looks at Dreamweaver’s more advanced features including creating rich media and dynamic content without having to learn server side applications or database connectivity.

Pre-Requisites

Delegates should be completely comfortable with all aspects of the Dreamweaver Introduction course. Basic IT and Windows for PC users or OSX skills for Apple Mac users.

What you will learn

    Review of a Dreamweaver Static Website (This site will be used as a base for the course)

  • Template Review
  • CSS Review

    • Dreamweaver CS4 Advanced Overview

  • Adding Interactivity
  • What are JavaScript Behaviors?
  • What is Spry?
  • Advanced CSS
  • Using XML
  • Using Third-Party Resources

    • Dreamweaver Behaviors

  • Using the Behaviors panel
  • Event Triggers
  • Effects
  • Swapping Images
  • Using Show/Hide Elements
  • Using Jump Menus

    • Building Dynamic Pages with Spry

  • Adding Spry Elements
  • Using the Menu Bar Widget
  • Using the Tabbed Panel Widget
  • Using the Accordion Widget
  • Using the Collapsible Panel Widget
  • Using the Tooltip Widget

    • Building with Spry Form Validation

  • Text fields and areas
  • Checkboxes
  • Select Menus
  • Passwords
  • Validation Confirm

    • Advanced Dreamweaver CSS

  • Custom classes
  • CSS selectors
  • Alternative media style sheets
  • Using absolute and relative positioning
  • Designing with DIVs and nested DIVs
  • Designing navigation links with CSS
  • Styling page elements

    • XML Interactivity

  • Learning about XML data
  • Importing XML data with Spry
  • The Spry Data Set

    • Working with Graphics and Images

  • Working with Fireworks
  • Working with Photoshop
  • Using Smart Objects
  • Using Adobe Bridge
  • Adding Flash content
  • Encoding and adding Flash Video

    • Content Management

  • Overview of Content Management Systems
  • Overview of Adobe Contribute
  • Overview of Dreamweaver InContext Editing

What you will learn by the end of the course

  • How to use Dreamweaver’s more advanced features.
  • How to add interactivity to your website.
  • Import and display data source files into your website.
  • How to use locate and use third-party website resources.

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