Publisher: Adobe

Version: CS5
Length: 2 day s
Course-ID: SX695LAM

Course Description

Dreamweaver CS5 Foundation will give you the fundamental skills to design, build and maintain professional websites.

Who should attend

Graphic/Web designers, or people transitioning into a website related job or taking on website maintenance responsibilities. This Foundation course is aimed at delegates with little or no experience of Dreamweaver. At the end of the course delegates will have created and built a professional working website.

What will I learn

How to quickly and easily design, develop and maintain a professional website. Effectively use CSS to layout and manage your website. Create, edit and optimize graphics and images to incorporate into your website design. How to connect your website to the Internet and how to upload and maintain your website files.


Planning and Designing your Website
  • Components of a Web Page
  • Understanding the Language
  • Web Addresses
  • Structure of a URL
  • Planning your Web Site
  • Plan the Site Navigation
  • Plan the Site Design and Page Layout
The Dreamweaver Environment
  • First Time Use
  • The Welcome Screen
  • The Document Window
  • Document Views
  • Customising the Dreamweaver Workspace
  • The Panels
  • Controlling the Workspace
  • Customising the Dreamweaver Environment
Creating Your First Web Site
  • Creating a Local Site
  • The Site Definition Wizard
  • Defining a Remote Site
  • Editing Site Definitions
  • The FILES Panel
Creating your First Web Page
  • Creating a New Page
  • The Structure of an Html Page
  • Adding Keywords to Your Page
  • Adding Text to your Page
  • Working with Lists
  • Setting Page Properties
Working with Tables
  • Selecting Table Elements
  • Formatting Your Table
  • Resizing a Table
  • Resizing Columns
  • Inserting Rows and Columns
  • To Delete a Row or Column
Working with Images
  • Web Graphic File Formats
  • Adding Images to your Web Page
  • Image Placeholders
  • Working with the Assets Panel
  • Aligning Images
  • Setting Image Properties
  • Editing Images in Dreamweaver
  • Resampling
  • Adding a Background Image
  • Working with Image Maps
Working with Links
  • Understanding File Paths
  • Creating Text and Image Links
  • Working with Named Anchors
  • Creating Email Links
Working with Forms
  • Understanding forms
  • Create a basic form
  • Processing a form
Formatting and Layout with CSS
  • The Concept of Cascading Style Sheets
  • The CSS Cascade
  • Creating CSS Rules
  • Style Selectors
  • Working with the CSS Styles Panel
  • Formatting your Page with CSS
  • Creating Styles with the STYLES panel
  • Create a CSS Style
  • The Rule Definition
  • The Selector Type
  • The Selector Name
  • CSS Style Categories
  • Position Options
  • Visibility Options
  • Other Options
  • Overflow Options
  • Visual Effects
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
Adding Interactive Content
  • Overview of JavaScript Behaviours
  • Create and edit a JavaScript Behaviour
Site Testing, Maintenance and Uploading
  • Testing your site
  • Connecting your site to the Internet
  • Uploading and maintaining your site