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Adobe Dreamweaver Training Course

 

XML for Web Designers using Dreamweaver 8
Duration: 2 days
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

Course Synopsis: Adobe Dreamweaver 8: XML for Web Designers is a 2-day course that helps web designers learn how to use XML and Dreamweaver 8 to build
powerful websites. This class concentrates on how you can visually deliver XML-based information with the new features of Dreamweaver 8.

Who Should Attend: This course is experienced web designers who use Dreamweaver 8 for static or dynamic web development. This class will be of value to the web designer
that needs to learn the basics of XML and its related companion languages and how they can incorporate them into their existing workflow.

Prerequisites:
Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable with basic HTML coding, basic JavaScript Coding and basic Dreamweaver 8. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class. We highly recommend attending the Dreamweaver 8 Website Development and the Dreamweaver 8 ColdFusion Application Development class before attending this class.

What You Will Learn:
• Web Browsers and XML
• Writing Well-Formed XML
• Writing CSS for XML
• Configuring Dreamweaver as an XML Editor
• Importing XML
• Exporting Dreamweaver Template Data to XML
• Writing Valid XML
• Using XML with ColdFusion

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.


Adobe Dreamweaver Training Course Outline

 

LESSON 1:
Introduction
Course Introduction
• Overview of XML
• XML and Dreamweaver 8
• The Web Designers Role


LESSON 2:
Introduction to XML
• Basics of XML
• Web Browsers and XML
• Confi guring Your Web Server
• Web Based Tour of XML


LESSON 3:
Dreamweaver 8 and XML
Fundamentals
• Writing Well-Formed XML
• Rules of Syntax
• Default Encoding
• Viewing and Editing XML in
Dreamweaver 8
• Document Validation in
Dreamweaver 8
• Processing Instructions


LESSON 4:
Valid XML with a W3C Schema
• What is a schema?
• The Namespace
• Schema Advantages
• Declaring Elements
• Simle and Complex Types


LESSON 5:
How to Write CSS for XML
• What is CSS?
• Benefits of CSS
• CSS Rules
• The New CSS Panel in
Dreamweaver 8
• Creating an External Style Sheet
• Attaching the Style Sheet
• CSS Absolute Positioning

LESSON 6:
Displaying XML Documents with
an XSL-T Stylesheet

• What is XSL-T
• The XSL-T Processor
• The <output> Element
• XSL File Templates
• Understanding XPath
• Recursion in XML
• Using Conditional Logic
• Working with Multiple XML Files


LESSON 7:
Using Dreamweaver for XML Editing
• The Dreamweaver 8 Interface
• Customizing Dreamweaver 8
• Setting the Default Doc Type
• Adding a Tag Library
• Adding a Custom Button to the
Insert Toolbar
• Adding a New Item to the File Menu
• Adding Custom Menu Items

 

LESSON 8:
Dreamweaver Templates and XML
• Overview of Dreamweaver
Templates
• Exporting Dreamweaver Template
Data to XML
• Outputting XML from Dreamweaver 8


LESSON 9:
Importing XML into the Template
• XML Structure for Import
• Template Regions
• Transforming the XML
• MSXML Parser and XSL-T Parser
• Using a Third Party XSL-T Parser
• Importing XML into the Dreamweaver
Template
• The Import Dialog Box


LESSON 10:
How to use XML with ColdFusion
• Intro to Dynamic Web Pages
• Setting up the Web Server
• ColdFusion MX7 and XML
• The <cffi le> and <cfset> Tags
• Conditional Statements in ColdFusion
• Working with Live Data View
• Creating a loop in ColdFusion
<cfloop>
• The <cfoutput> Tag
• Dynamic Data and Graphics



 

 



 

 

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