Adobe Dreamweaver Beginners Introduction - 1 day course

You will just need good computer skills for the beginners Dreamweaver course.

Introduction to the tools and features of Dreamweaver and the principles of web design, effective design of navigation and links and the basics of accessibility.

How to organise the files in your website
File management and file types

Designing a simple web page
Setting a background colour for the page
Setting default text colours and active link colours
Giving the page a title

Using tables to layout a page
% width and pixel width tables
Setting table properties such as borders, background colours and cell padding

Adding text
Typing directly into the page or importing text
Formatting text with CSS styles
(or formatting text with font tags if you need this for HTML emails or old HTML documents)

Adding images and graphics
File naming, files sizes and the correct file types
Setting image properties such as size, border and Alt tags

Making links
Creating links to other pages and documents
Adding an email link
Using CSS to format link colour and hover colour for text links

Basic HTML recognition and editing

Using behaviours to create mouseovers effects on graphical buttons
Create image maps and hotspots

Design a simple page design and then create a 3 - 5 page website and link those pages together.

* Optional - available if time permits
Creating a simple page template
Using library items for repeated areas such as a navigation block

1 day course from £500 at your office.

Please 'request information' for pricing specific to your requirements.

Design Training

One to one and small group computer training courses for professional design software at your premises around the UK.

Design Software Training Courses

We specialise in short courses for professional web design, image editing, desktop publishing and graphic design software (including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress).

We can arrange courses in some of the more specialised design software such as Adobe Flash and Actionscript, Adobe Premiere, 3ds Max & AutoCAD.

We also now offer Microsoft Office courses, including MS Word, MS Powerpoint & MS Publisher.

•     Short intensive courses.

•     One to one training and training for small groups.

•     Custom courses - tailored to your requirements.

•     On-site training - delivered at your office or home, on Windows PC or Apple Mac.

Training Locations

The courses are available as on-site training at client's premises (home or office).
Courses are available in areas including Birmingham, Solihull, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Malvern, Hereford, Stourbridge, Kidderminster, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Stafford, Shrewsbury, Derby, Coventry, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Stratford upon Avon, Banbury, Oxford, Northampton, Leicester, Nottingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and other parts of Yorkshire, Bristol, Gloucester, and other areas around the UK.

Customised Courses

Customised courses are available for most applications. Most intermediate and advanced courses are intended to be customised to include working with some of your own designs and projects.
If you just need help with a particular project that you are working on at the moment, then the training can be based around the skills required to achieve successful completion of the project.

If you are interested in design courses and training for you and your business please 'request information'.