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Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Bootcamp

 

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Bootcamp
Duration: 5 days

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

Course Synopsis: Adobe Dreamweaver Website Development is a 5-day course that provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage dynamic web sites using industry standard for professional web development and design. This class introduces the student to the fundamentals of Dreamweaver with an emphasis on best practices and current web standards. Students will learn how to use the latest features of Dreamweaver for design and connecting to a database.

Who Should Attend: This course is for people new to web design and development and would like to use Dreamweaver to build data driven - standards compliant web sites. This class will cover design techniques as well as best practices for CSS and design standards. This class is a discounted combination of the Dreamweaver Intro and Advanced classes. For student cancellation purposes, each separate component is treated as a separate class.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. 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.

What You Will Learn:
• Dreamweaver Interface Basics
• Getting started with web design and layout
• Working with text and images
• Creating links and anchors
• Designing for devices with CS4
• Building Successful Site Navigation
• Building forms in Dreamweaver
• Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database
• Accessibility and Standards
• Update, Select, and Insert, SQL with Dreamweaver

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: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Fireworks and Flash Professional. 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 CS4 Bootcamp

 

LESSON 1
• Web Basics
• HTML vs. XHTML
• What is CSS?
• What is XML?
• What is DHTML?
• What is JavaScript?
• File Naming Conventions
• What is an Index Page?

LESSON 2
• Exploring the Interface
• Touring the Interface
• Setting a Default Workspace
• Saving Workspace Layouts
• Defining a Default Browser
• Using Shortcut Keys

LESSON 3
• Managing Your Sites
• What Is a Local Root Folder?
• Defining a Site
• Understanding Relative and Absolute URLs
• Managing Files and Folders
• Understanding Path Structure
• Understanding Site Root and
• Document Relative Links
• Creating Site Maps
• Creating a Site From Scratch
• Deleting a Site Definition

LESSON 4
• Learning The Basics
• Creating and Saving a New
Document
• Setting Page Titles
• Inserting Images
• Inserting Text
• Aligning Text and Images
• Creating Links With Images and Text
• Inserting <meta> Tags

LESSON 5
• Linking
• Linking With Point To File
• Linking To New Source Files
• Creating E-mail Links
• Creating Named Anchors
• Linking To Files

LESSON 6
• Working with Cascading Style Sheets
• Understanding CSS Specifications
• Understanding the Cascade
• The Anatomy of a Style Sheet
• Understanding Page Properties
• Using the Page Properties Dialog
• Types of Style Sheets
• Exporting and Linking CSS Files
• Using the CSS Style Panel
• Understanding CSS Selectors
• Understanding Type Selectors
• Creating Type Selectors
• Understanding ID Selectors
• Creating ID Selectors
• Understanding Class Selectors
• Creating Class Selectors
• Creating CSS Rollovers with
• Pseudo-Classes

LESSON 7
• Working With Typography
• Leaving the <font> Tag Behind
• Using Valid XHTML Typographic
Elements
• Formatting With The Property Inspector
• What Measurement Should You Use?
• Managing White Space With
Margins, Padding, and Line Height
• Using Font Lists
• Aligning Text
• Using Ordered, Unordered, and Definition Lists

LESSON 8
• Tables
• About Tables
• Tables in Code view
• Creating and Adding Content to Tables
• Changing Table Borders with XHTML
• Coloring Tables with XHTML and CSS
• Aligning Table Content
• Sorting Tables
• Setting Table Widths
• Creating Rounded-Corner Tables

LESSON 9
• Web Page Layout
• Dreamweaver’s Layout Tools
• Tracing Images
• Adding AP Div Tags
• Modifying AP Div Tags
• Adjusting Table Widths and Nesting
Tables

LESSON 10
• Designing for Devices
• What is a Device?
• Attaching a Printer-Friendly Style Sheet
• Styling for Print
• Adobe Device Central 2

LESSON 11
• Rollovers
• Rollover Rules
• Creating Simple Rollovers
• Creating Disjointed Rollovers
• Creating Navigation Bars with
• Multiple States
• Creating Flash Buttons

LESSON 12
• Viewing the Code
• Editing in Code View
• The Code Toolbar
• Working with Code Collapse
• The Quick Tag Editor
• Working with snippets

LESSON 13
• Building Forms
• About Forms
• Adding Text Fields
• Adding Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
• Adding Lists and Menus
• Submitting Form Results
• Styling Form Elements with CSS







LESSON 14
• Essential Behaviors
• Opening a New Browser Window
• Creating a Popup Message
• Validating Text Fields
• Getting More Behaviors
• Removing Extensions

LESSON 15
• Fireworks and Photoshop
Integration
• External Image Editor Preferences
• Built-in Image Editing Tools
• Roundtrip Editing from Dreamweaver to Fireworks or Photoshop
• Copying and Pasting

LESSON 16
• Templates and Library Items
• Templates in action
• Creating a New Template
• Applying Templates
• Modifying a Template
• Adding Repeating Regions
• Working with Repeating Regions
• Adding Optional Regions
• Creating a Library Item
• Modifying a Library Item

LESSON 17
• Automation in Dreamweaver CS4
• Using the History Panel
• Saving History Steps as Commands
• Using Find and Replace

LESSON 18
• Accessibility
• W3C Accessibility Guidelines
• Accessibility Preferences
• Inserting Accessible Images
• Inserting Accessible Tables
• Inserting Accessible Form Objects

LESSON 19
• Inserting Media Objects
• About media Objects
• Linking to Audio and Video Files
• Embedding Audio and Video Files
• Setting Parameters
• Inserting Flash Content
• Inserting Flash Video

LESSON 20
• Using Spry Tools
• What is Ajax?
• What is Spry?
• Adding an XML Data Source
• Adding a Spry Table
• Adding Spry Detail Regions
• Using Spry Widgets
• Adding Spry Form Fields

LESSON 21
• Moving to Dynamic Development
• Understanding Static vs. Dynamic Pages
• Working with Sites in Dreamweaver
• Developing Dynamic Pages
• Including Common Code

LESSON 22
• Using the Database Panel
• Using Databases on the Web
• Creating a Database Connection
• Using the Database Panel
• Creating a Simple Recordset
• Creating an Advanced Recordset
• Building Join Statements

LESSON 23
• Binding Data to a Page
• Using Live Data View
• Formatting Data Using the Bindings Panel
• Inserting a Dynamic Image

LESSON 24
• Customizing Recordset Display
• Introducing Server Behaviors
• Displaying All Rows in a Recordset
Using Repeat Region
• Introducing Application Objects
• Using the Recordset Navigation Bar to Page Through Recordsets
• Displaying Recordset Navigation Status
• Using the Server Debug View

LESSON 25
• Creating Drill-down Interfaces
• Generating Dynamic Links
• Using Dynamic Filters in SQL
• Using the Dynamic Table
Application Object
• Creating a Master-Detail Page Set

LESSON 26
• Creating a Search Interface
• Reviewing HTML Forms
• Creating Dynamically Populated Drop-Down Menus
• Creating Filtered Recordsets

LESSON 27
• Inserting Rows Into a Table
• Creating a Form and Using the Insert
Record Server Behavior
• Validating Form Data using
Behaviors
• Creating dynamic Form Elements
• Using the Recordset Insertion Form
Application Object

LESSON 28
• Updating Rows
• Creating an Interface for Updating Data
• Displaying Results in a Table Using
the Dynamic Table Application Object
• Creating a Pre-Filled Form for the Row to Update
• Using URL Parameters
• Using the Record Update Form Application Object
• Manually Creating a Form and Applying an Update Record Server Behavior

LESSON 29
• Deleting Rows
• Understanding the Delete Process
• Creating a Delete Confirmation Page
• Passing Hidden Data in a Form
• Using a SQL Delete Statement
• Using the Delete Row Application Object

LESSON 30
• Authenticating Users
• Setting and Retrieving Cookies
• Authenticating Users with a Web Application
• Building the Registration Pages
• Building the Log-in Page
• Restricting Access to Pages

 

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