This course is for people either new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver to build intuitive, attractive and accessible websites, or for people with some experience with web concepts but are new to Dreamweaver.

To learn to use Dreamweaver to create web pages and manage web sites. The class also provides an introduction to html and substantial information about using Cascading Style Sheets to format text and create layouts.
At the end of this class attendees well have a complete and robust foundation for working with Dreamweaver to create and manage websites. Other recommended courses would be Fireworks, or Photoshop and Illustrator. Many web designers create their designs in one of these products and then "slice" and export them and open them up in Dreamweaver to create their entire site.
Questions: please email or call us: 408-315-8720; training@multigroup.com

To gain the most from the class, you should: be comfortable working with Windows operating systems or the Macintosh operating system. No prior knowledge of html is necessary, the basics of html will be covered during the class.

Unit 1: Understanding the course objectives * Reviewing the course format * Understanding static page architecture * Understanding the difference between "static" and "dynamic" web sites and which one you might need.Unit 2: Introducing Dreamweaver * Learning and understanding the Dreamweaver interface * Defining a local site in Dreamweaver * Creating pages * Introduction to html and understanding the basics * Search Engine Essentials, optimizing your site for Search Engines (SEO) : using keywords, descriptions, page titles and other pointers to improve your ranking * Previewing your page in a browser window, why it's importantUnit 3: Adding Content to a Site * Exploring the various ways of adding text to a page * Controlling document structure with html paragraphs, headings and lists *Making ordered list, unordered lists and definition lists ni html. * Adding horizontal rules* Adding special characters.Unit 4: Cascading Style Sheets, a crash course * Why you need to use Cascading Style Sheets * Creating CSS styles for formating text * Understanding the difference between inline styles, embedded styles and external stles * Creating embedded and external styles in Dreamweaver * Understanding the types of CSS style selectors * Understanding the CSS order of precedence * Exporting CSS rule definitions * Creating tag selectors and class styles * Attaching external style sheets * Creating advanced styles * Creating a new external style sheet * Displaying styles * Understanding CSS order of inheritance * Creating internal styles with the Property inspector * Editing and modifying an existing CSS file * Creating a CSS style sheet for printing purposes * Creating CSS styles for displaying a web page on other devices (cell phones and pda's)Unit 5: Working with Graphics * Understanding the differences between graphic formats for the web: gif, jpeg and png files * Placing graphics on a page * Modifying image properties * Why it isn't a good ideat to edit images from within Dreamweaver though we demonstrate how to do it and things to watch out for * Doing "roundtrip" editing with Fireworks or Photoshop from Dreamweaver * Adding the "alt" text to graphics make your site "accesible" to people with diabilities * Customizing the Insert bar to find features in Dreamweaver easier * Adding Flash content to a web page * Adding Flash Video to your web siteUnit 6: Creating Links and Navigating Your Site * Understanding site navigation * Creating links to other pages in your site * Linking to other sites * Linking to named anchors (creating links to sections within the same page * Adding e-mail links* Linking from images * Creating an Image Map and why it's useful * Creating a jump menuUnit 6 1/2 Understanding html "Frames" and why it's not recommended to use them.Unit 7: Exploring the various ways of creating Page Layouts including Tables and CSS * Exploring and Understanding Tables: for displaying tabular data and for creating layouts * Using the "Layout" mode in Dreamweaver to draw Table layouts * Designing Page Layouts with CSS * Using div tags and CSS to create layouts that stay centered in the middle of the browser window, or not, your choice * What used to be called "Layers" in Dreamweaver (Peeking under the hood and understanding "Absolutely Positioned Elements") * Using absolute and relative positioning * Designing with DIV tags* Designing navigation links with CSS and creating button rollover effects with CSS * Importing tabular dataUsing table layout viewUnit 8: Using Dreamweaver Libraries and Templates * Understanding and using Library Items * Understanding and using Dreamweaver templates * Defining editable regions in a template * Understanding the pros an cons of using templates to create other pages versus Applying a template to an existing page * Modifying templates and getting them to automatically update. Unit 9: Creating Forms * Creating a form in Dreamweaver that accepts user input * Understanding form Ppocessing *Sending an email with form data when the user clicks on a submitt button; Intro to CGI scripts; Setting focus in a formValidating a formUnit 9 Behaviors in Dreamweaver and the Spry Framework. (UIsing Javascript on your website without any coding).Unit 10: Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading your site * Testing your site * Uploading your site to a server to get it on the internet * Connecting to a remote site * Understanding and Using the Synchronize files feature * What are Design Notes: the pros and cons of using Design Notes; Using "Cloaking" in Dreamweaver and how it was (true story) inspired from Star Trek.