LearnKey Training

Dreamweaver 8


Dreamweaver 8

3 Sessions –
9 Hours of Interactive Training
Learn how to design, publish and maintain professional web pages with Dreamweaver 8 training from LearnKey. In this course, expert instructor and web designer, Deborah Berg covers the many refinements, workflow improvements, expanded CSS tools and how to convert XML files into beautifully designed, browser friendly documents. With powerful layout tools, layers, forms, templates and automated steps, you'll find this course easy to follow and exciting to learn. At the conclusion, you will understand how to efficiently design, develop and maintain standards-based websites and applications with maximum style and efficiency.

Benefits
  • You'll learn advanced features such as cascading style sheets and integration methods.
  • Step-by-step topics increase comprehension and efficiency.
  • Apply the concepts you've learned to your own professional web applications.

    • About The Author
    Debbie Berg is a Web designer and the owner of WebDeb Productions, Inc. She has been designing Web sites since 1996. Berg is also an instructor and a keynote speaker and has trained thousands of individuals and hundreds of corporations on Web-related topics since 1997. Berg holds a bachelor's degree in technical writing from the University of South Florida, and when not training others, she's designing Web sites for clients throughout the U.S.
    Session 1

    Section A: Getting Started
    · Installing Dreamweaver
    · Start Screen
    · The Workspace
    · Style Rendering Toolbar
    · Status Bar

    Section B: Web Site Setup
    · Site Planning
    · Setting Preferences
    · Saving Workspace Layouts
    · Defining a Web Site

    Section C: Web Page Design 101
    · Files Panel
    · Site Map View
    · Page Properties

    Section D: Tables
    · Standard Tables
    · Layout Tables
    · Expanded Tables
    · Formatting Tables
    · Nested Tables

    Section E: Text
    · Typography 101
    · Working with Fonts
    · Adding Text to a Document
    · Importing Word Documents

    Section F: Images
    · Web Graphics File Formats
    · Inserting Images
    · Image Properties
    · Editing Images
    · Background Images
    · Spacer Images

    		Session 2

    Section A: Links
    · Text Links
    · Creating Absolute Links
    · Image Links
    · Anchors

    Section B: Automation
    · Find and Replace
    · History Panel and Commands
    · Assets Panel
    · Creating and Inserting Library Items

    Section C: Templates
    · Creating Templates
    · Editable Regions and Options
    · Repeating Tables
    · Applying Templates
    · Modifying Templates

    Section D: HTML
    · What Is XHTML?
    · DOCTYPE 101
    · Tag Selector
    · Snippets
    · Clean Up HTML/XHTML
    · Clean Up Word HTML
    · Validating XHTML

    Section E: Interactivity
    · Rollover Images
    · Navigation Bar
    · Inserting Flash
    · Inserting Flash Video
    · Inserting Flash Buttons

    Section F: Behaviors
    · Behaviors 101
    · Opening a Browser Window
    · Checking Browsers
    · Checking Plug-ins
    · Validating Forms

    		Session 3

    Section A: Cascading Style Sheets
    · CSS 101
    · Class Selector
    · Tag Selector
    · Pseudo-Class Selector
    · Attaching a Style

    Section B: Layers
    · Adding Layers
    · Inserting < div > Tag
    · Inserting Layers
    · Tracing Images
    · Rulers, Guides, and Grids
    · Converting Layers

    Section C: Forms
    · Inserting Forms
    · Text Fields
    · Check Boxes
    · Radio Buttons
    · Drop-Down Menus
    · Jump Menus
    · Buttons

    Section D: Web Site Publishing
    · FTP
    · Local/Network
    · Synchronization
    · Cloaking

    Section E: Integration
    · Fireworks
    · Flash
    · Photoshop