Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Basic

This 1-day course teaches students how to use Dreamweaver 8 to create and publish Web sites. Students will learn how to define a Web site, format text, apply images, tables, and styles, create and format links, and publish a Web site.

Students will learn how to:

• Discuss basic Internet and HTML concepts; identify components of the Dreamweaver workspace; edit and format text; and view the HTML code for a Web page.
• Plan and define a Web site; use Map view and the Assets panel to manage a site; create a Web page; import text from other documents; and modify colors and other page properties.
• Create paragraphs and basic page structures; insert special characters; format text by applying HTML tags and list formats; create CSS style sheets; and add style-sheet rules to control the appearance of content.
• Create tables to arrange data and control page layout; set row and column properties; format tables; and use layout tables to design pages.
• Choose appropriate image formats; embed images and set image properties; create appropriate alternate text; and apply background images.
• Create links to other pages and resources; create named anchors, e-mail links, and image maps; and format links with CSS.
• Connect to a Web server through a secure FTP connection; check a site for broken links and orphaned files; and upload a site.

Target audience

Before taking this course, you should be familiar with personal computers and Windows XP. You should also have a good understanding of the Internet and basic knowledge of web page structure.

Course content

Getting started Internet basics • The Dreamweaver workspace • Editing pages • HTML basics

Web sites and pages Creating a Web site • Creating Web pages

Text formatting Text basics • Structural formatting • Cascading Style Sheets

Tables Creating tables • Changing table structure and formatting • Changing column width and cell properties • Working with layout tables

Images Image formats and tags • Backgrounds and image size

Links Creating links • Creating image maps • Using CSS link styles

Publishing Web site publishing

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