Dreamweaver - Website creation with Adobe Dreamweaver (2 days)

Scheduled 2012 dates: 14-15 Jun, 9-10 Aug, 13-14 Sep, 1-2 Nov.

Course objective: To learn to design, develop and maintain a professional website using Dreamweaver.

During this course delegates learn by creating their own fully functioning website from scratch, covering all related topics along the way including how to effectively use CSS to layout and manage the website, and how to create, edit and optimise graphics and images. At the end of the course, delegates take this website away with them on Flash disk.

The course is designed for the busy professional. It is short and intensive, combining lecture, demonstration and hands-on instruction. Class numbers are small (maximum 8 delegates), so you have ample opportunity to discuss your specific requirements with the trainer.

Who should attend? Newcomers to Dreamweaver, and users with a small amount of Dreamweaver experience. You should be familiar with Windows; no other knowledge is necessary.

Additional courses: We also offer Advanced Adobe Dreamweaver website creation (1 day), and Creating HTML emails with Adobe Dreamweaver (1 day). Please contact us for further details.

Courseware and certification: Delegates receive courseware and a certificate confirming they have attended and successfully completed Adobe-authorised Dreamweaver training.

After course support: Following Dreamweaver training, delegates are entitled to 30 days email support from Armada to help with any post-training issues.

Venue: Scheduled Dreamweaver courses are hosted in Bromsgrove, in the Midlands. On-demand courses (for your group) can be run on a date and at a location to suit you, which may be Bromsgrove or your venue anywhere in the UK.

Course outline:

Module 1: How do websites work?
• The ‘bigger picture’ – the Internet
• Enabling your website to be viewed on the Internet
• Your target audience
• Accessibility and legal responsibilities

Module 2: Dreamweaver Overview
• Introducing Dreamweaver
• Learning the interface
• Dreamweaver Fireworks/Photoshop workflow

Module 3: HTML Code
• Understanding HTML code
• Viewing examples of HTML code
• Basic HTML exercises

Module 4: Getting started
• Creating a site folder
• Creating a new local site
• Working with your site files

Module 5: Basic page creation
• Create a new basic HTML page
• Add and format text content
• Insert graphics and images
• Test and preview the page

Module 6: Cascading style sheets - CSS
• Overview of CSS
• Styling with CSS
• Creating an internal style sheet
• Creating an external style sheet
• Attaching style sheets to multiple pages

Module 7: Navigating your site
• Understanding site navigation
• Creating internal site links
• Creating external links
• Creating email links
• Creating page anchor links
• Creating image links

Module 8: Page layout with CSS
• Using absolute and relative positioning
• Designing with DIVs
• Designing navigation links with CSS

Module 9: Working with graphics and images
• Overview of web-based image creation
• Sourcing, editing and optimising images
• Creating and manipulating graphics
• Prototype a full web page layout
• Creating slices, rollovers and hotspots
• Adding Flash content

Module 10: Templates and libraries
• Overview of templates
• Creating site templates
• Defining editable regions
• Applying templates
• Modify and update templates
• Create a site library
• Modify and update library items

Module 11: Adding interactive content
• Overview of JavaScript Behaviours
• Create and edit JavaScript Behaviours

Module 12: Creating forms
• Understanding forms
• Create a basic form
• Processing a form
• Form security

Module 13: Site testing, maintenance and uploading
• Testing your site
• Connecting your site to the Internet
• Uploading and maintaining your site