Instructor-led training - London course dreamweaver

Intermediate DreamWeaver course London & UK wide

Macromedia DreamWeaver MX Intermediate

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Who is this training course suitable for?

Our Macromedia DreamWeaver intermediate course is suitable for those with a basic, working knowledge of DreamWeaver who want to progress their knowledge.

Prerequisites

Delegates should know how to use Dreamweaver's most basic functions or have completed our DreamWeaver Introduction course.

Benefits

On completion of this course the delegate will be proficient in most of the features and functions of DreamWeaver. They will be able to change the look of their site in an instant using Cascading Style Sheets. The delegates will be able to further enhance their site by using library items, rollover images and behaviours, inserting layers and adding hotspot 'maps'. They will be able help attract visitors to the site by understanding meta tags. Finally, they will be able to create forms for internal and external visitors.

Course Syllabus

Introducing Head Elements and META Tags
Define head elements
overview of meta and other tags
Using tags with the meta object
Refresh a web document

Creating a Form
Form elements
Laying out a form
Set 'Post' and 'Get' methods
Form handling

Using a Library

Organising libraries
Create and modify library items
Detach or delete a library item

Style Sheets

Cascading style sheets (CSS)
Cascading idioms
Apply a style sheet
Export style sheets
Attach external style sheets
Use CSS selector classes
Eliminate underlines from links

Introducing Rollovers
Swap images
Add and modify behaviours
Using flash text and flash buttons

Layers
Position and measure layers
Create layers
Draw a layer
Modify and move a layer
The 'drag' behaviour
Layers and behaviours
Use show/hide layers
Animate layers using the timeline

Creating a Pop-Up Window
The open browser window behaviour
Set window properties

Image Maps
Use image maps
Create hot spots
Alt tags for hot spots

Introducing Browser Targeting and Good Practice
The targeting issues
Test a page with a targeted browser
Dreamweaver's target browser check
Test the browser compatibility for an entire site
Good web design standards

 

"What do I get on the day?"

  • Microsoft qualified trainers with industry relevant experience
  • Modern air conditioned training suite, flat screen PC's, 1 per delegate
  • Lunch provided in a comfortable and relaxed setting
  • Comprehensive course material and files to take away
  • What do I get on the day? - More information

What is DreamWeaver?

DreamWeaver is a web authoring tool that allows web developers to code while viewing the site as they work. Instead of spending hours writing HTML tags to code a complex table, the developer can build the table, resize it, and view it exactly as it will appear on a web page.


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