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Dreamweaver Intermediate Level
 Course Description

Extending skills beyond the basics of web building, focusing on more challenging topics and troubleshooting web page layouts.

If the aims or topics you require are not listed in this description, please contact Christina to see if the training can be adapted to include them.

training@xtinalamb.co.uk

This course will enable delegates to:

  • Troubleshoot Dreamweaver / HTML issues which have caused them problems
  • Format text and layouts with CSS
  • Create complex tables
  • Compose layouts with layers
  • Add interactive elements such as showing hidden layers and opening specific sized windows
  • Build sites with frames
  • Add forms to pages
  • Use the content management features Library and Templates

Suitable for delegates who wish to increase their skill level in Dreamweaver, refining the basics and learning additional features of this excellent software package.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with the basic features of Dreamweaver (formatting text, tables, saving and previewing files etc.) as well as using the Internet is advisable. Experience of writing simple HTML code would also be very helpful as references will be made to the code that Dreamweaver writes.

Course Prices

Related Courses:

HTML
Dreamweaver Introductory Level
Dreamweaver Advanced Level
Fireworks (graphics for the web)
Usability and Web Design
Two day course
 Course Topics

Day One:

Design Overview Discussion
Issues for designers and visitors

Cascading Style Sheets
Formatting text and links with CSS
Redefining tag styles
Creating external style sheets
Nesting CSS styles

Troubleshooting Complex Tables
Controlling and nesting tables
The role of Shims and Sliced Images

Keeping it Clean
Clean up HTML command
Find and Replace
Checking links

Frames
The Pros and Cons of frames
Creating and editing framesets
Troubleshooting framesets

Day Two:

Forms
Understanding forms
Creating form fields and objects
Processing forms
Inserting jump menus for navigation

Interactivity
Concept of authoring with Javascript
Adding interactive behaviors to the page
Designing an interactive layout
Adding Shockwave and Flash content

Layers
Composing layouts with layers
Browser support for CSS-P
Converting layers to a table layout

Managing Content
Creating and using library items
Introduction to templates