A Note About CS5
If you have a previous version of the software, don't worry! Although we're teaching Adobe® Creative Suite® 5, our instructors will point out which features are new and which aren't.
So whether you're using CS5 or its predecessors, our classes will meet your needs.
Class Description
prerequisites
If you are new to professional Web Publishing software, or if your experience is limited to FrontPage or iWeb, you should get familiar with the basics in our HTML & Web Overview class.
What we will cover:
In this class, we'll combine Dreamweaver's different views of our pages (looking at both code and design) to create a fully functioning web site by the end of the course. You'll even be able to bring it home with you! Some basic HTML experience is very useful, but we'll also cover some of those basics in class.
- Basics:
- Some fundamental Web Terminology
- Understanding Web Standards and the seperation of content from presentation (xhtml from css)
- Naming Conventions
- A glimpse at our resource pool
- Interface Basics:
- The Welcome Screen
- The Insert Bar
- The Property Inspector
- The Document Window and Toolbar
- Dreamweaver Panels
- The Preferences Window
- Learning about Site Control:
- Defining a Site
- File Management
- Path Structure
- Adding Content to your folder structure
- Creating Sitemaps
- Creating Web Pages & Page Layout:
- Document Type Declarations
- Inserting Images
- Inserting Text
- Adding Metatags
- Creating Links
- Working with Tables
- Inserting Flash and other media content
- Understanding and Working with Casading Stylesheets (CSS):
- Why CSS? Fine control
- Working with linked, embedded, and inline stylesheets
- Adding CSS via the Page Properties window
- Working with selectors
- Using the Style Panel
- CSS Typography
- Margins and Padding: Understanding the Box Model
- Alignment
- Working with, and styling lists
- Site Building:
- Layout and working with Dreamweaver's existing basic templates
- Creating the markup
- Writing an internal stylesheet
- Moving the stylesheet
- Creating Navigation
- Basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Checking Links Sitewide
- Validating your markup
- Uploading the site
- Creating a Template
- Creating Pages from Template
- Maintenance:
- Looking at Site Reports
- Working collaboratively: Using check in/check out
- Publishing & Site Management:
- Setting up hosting server
- Running site reports
- Using Cloaking
- Site synchronization
- Sitewide link check
- Site validation & browser checks
- SEO tips