Dreamweaver 4 - Intermediate/Advanced

Course Length: Two Days
Fees: Training at Client Offices: One delegate: £495 per-day + VAT
Additional delegates attending: £100 each per-day + VAT

Overview: Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 has everything you need to develop a professional Web site – it is the solution for professional web site design and production. Whether you use Dreamweaver's visual layout tools or its text-editing environment, the intuitive Macromedia User Interface makes it easy. Dreamweaver can be customised using HTML, JavaScript and XML giving you the power you need for rapid Web development.

This course is designed for web authors already familiar with Dreamweaver but who would like to get more from the software and build more dynamic and interactive websites. It will give you the skills to streamline the productivity of your site and concentrate on advanced design features and techniques. You will also learn how to use Dreamweaver’s Dynamic HTML features such as animated layers, behaviours and user interactivity without having to write a line of code.

Requirements: Familiarity with the Dreamweaver interface and basic site building techniques. We would recommend attending our introductory Dreamweaver course or similar before attending this course.

Introduction

	Dreamweaver Concepts
	Using RoundTrip HTML
	Generating JavaScript
	HTML and JavaScript
	The Code Reference feature

Creating Layers

	Understanding Layers
	The Layers Panel
	Modifying Layers
	Stacking Order of Layers
	Nesting Layers
	Layer Properties
	Hiding and Showing Text
	Grid and Ruler Settings
	Netscape Resize Layer Fix
	Using Layers to Design Tables

Using Style Sheets

	Controlling the Type on Your Page
	Understanding Cascading Styles
	Types of Styles
	External Style Sheets
	Making Custom Styles
	Removing a Custom Style
	CSS Selector Styles
	Internal Styles
	External Styles
	Conflicting Styles

Using Find and Replace

	Searching your Document
	Applying a Custom Style to Text
	Adding External CSS Style Sheets
	Saving Your Search Criteria
	Searching with Regular Expressions

Adding User Interactivity

	Adding actions to events
	Understanding Events
	Using Insert Rollover Image
	Adding Several Actions to One Event
	Validating Forms
	Focusing the First Field of a Form
	Creating a Jump Menu
	Checking the Browser
	Opening a New Browser Window
	Adjusting Placement of the New Window
	Adding a Navigation Bar

Dreamweaver Extensibility

	Customizable menus and shortcuts
	Using the Reference Panel
	Using the Extension Manager
	Changing the Objects Panel

Animating with Timelines

	Adding Motion
	Using the Timelines Panel
	Animating Objects
	Using Keyframes
	Positioning an Object
	Recording the Path of a Layer
	Adding Behaviors to the Timeline
	Making the Timeline Play

Search Engines

	Giving your site meta tags
	Search engine criteria for listing your site
	Submitting your site to search engines

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