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Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3 Training

Learn how to effectively use Dreamweaver to quicly develop HTML pages. Use many of Dreamweaver's "Behaviors" that allow you to use JavaScript without any direct coding! Learn how to format text with HTML 4.0 tags, but also explore Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Insert Images and Backgrounds and use Color. Format your page with the use of Tables.

• Introduction to Dreamweaver
  • History of Dreamweaver
  • Goals of this class / who this class is for
  • Introduction to the Web and HTML
  • Client-Server Model
  • Definition of HTTP
  • Static pages vs. Dynamic pages (ColdFusion, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, etc.)
  • Introduction to the Dreamweaver 8 Interface
  • Create a New Page
  • Code View vs. Design View
  • Dreamweaver’s Windows and Panels
  • Panels and Panel Groups in Dreamweaver 8
  • Opening and closing Panels
  • Edit Preferences
    
• Create a Dreamweaver “Site”
  • Site Creation – Basic
  • Site Files Panel
  • Exercise 1: Create a Site
    
• Basics of Page Format
  • HTML Structural Tags
  • HTML Title
  • Format Text and Color
  • Font size, display and color
  • Block level code
  • Creating Lists
  • “Preview in Browser” vs. “Save and Refresh”
  • Exercise 2: Create the Site’s Index Page
    
• Creating Links
  • Internal Links
  • External links
  • E-mail
  • Link within page (named anchor)
  • Exercise 3: Add Links to Serve as Navigation in Footer
    
• Images & Backgrounds
  • Inserting Images
  • Adding a Background Image
  • Exercise 4: Add Images for Navigation Buttons and Background
    
• Image Rollover "Behavior"
  • Adding Rollover Images in Dreamweaver
  • Behaviors
  • Exercise 5: Add Rollover Images for Main Navigation
    
• Image Maps
  • Exercise 6: Add a Map with “Hot Spots” to the Locations Page
    
• Cascading Style Sheets
  • CSS Options
  • Manage CSS Styles with Dreamweaver
  • Applying CSS to Page Content
  • Exercise 7: Organize CSS Styles and create an External Style Sheet
    
• Attaching an Existing Style Sheet
  • Exercise 8: Attaching Style Sheets to Existing Pages
    
• Tables
  • Import data from text file
  • Sort Data Command
  • Format Table Command
  • Exercise 9: Add a Table with Staff Information to the “Contact Us” page
    
• Tables for Page Layout
  • Merge Cells
  • Exercise 10: Use a Table to Reformat the Layout of the Index Page
    
• Creating Tables with Layout View
  • Dreamweaver "Layout View"
  • Use a Tracing Image
  • Exercise 11: Use Layout View to Create Dogs Page
    
• Forms
  • Using Dreamweaver to Create Forms
  • HTML Form Elements
  • Creating Data-Driven Sites with Dreamweaver
  • Exercise 12: Create a “Contact Us” Form
    
• Adding Dreamweaver Behaviors
  • What is JavaScript?
  • Behavior: Validate Form
  • Target Browser Check
  • Exercise 13: Form Validation Behavior
    
• Flash Buttons / Flash Text
  • Using Flash in Dreamweaver
  • Flash Buttons
  • Flash Text
  • Exercise 14: Flash Buttons and Flash Text
    
• Using Meta Tags to Optimize Search Engine Placement
  • Keywords
  • Description
  • Exercise 15: Add Meta Tags to Index.html
    
• Appendix A: Site Management Information
  • Find and Replace
  • Built in FTP client
  • File check-in/check-out
  • Design Notes
  • Link Checker
  • Reports
  • Target Browser Check
    
• Appendix B: Working with HTML Code Directly
  • Tags at bottom
  • Tag dialog boxes on code side
  • Reference window
    
• Appendix C: Templates
  • Steps in Creating a Template
  • Updating a Template
  • Additional Template Options
    
• Appendix D: Resources

See also

Adobe Dreamweaver Training Courses

• Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4 Training (2 days)
• Advanced Dreamweaver CS4 Training (2 days)
• Building Data-driven Websites with Dreamweaver CS4 (using ColdFusion, PHP or ASP) Training (2 days)
• Using Adobe Dreamweaver Developer Toolbox with Dreamweaver CS4 (using ColdFusion, PHP or ASP) (2 days)

• Introduction to Dreamweaver CS3 (2 days)
• Advanced Dreamweaver CS3 (2 days)
• Building Data-driven Websites with Dreamweaver CS3 (using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)
• Using Adobe Dreamweaver Developer Toolbox with Dreamweaver CS3 (using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)

• Introduction to Dreamweaver 8 (2 days)
• Advanced Dreamweaver 8 (2 days)
• Building Data-driven Websites with Dreamweaver 8 (using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)