Overview:
The course will enable you to use Dreamweaver to create your web site. It introduces you to all the tools needed to create engaging, professional and functional content.
Objectives:
- Create your first website, with graphics and formatted text, laid out professionally.
- Use Dreamweaver to create and organise files and folders, and automate basic tasks.
- Create links to connect all your pages.
Course Content:
Anatomy of a website
Planning a Site - guiding your readers around your pages
Good Design Principles - layout, navigation, search engine optimisation
The power of online marketing
The Dreamweaver Environment
Creating your first Web Page
Viewing & Managing HTML Code
Make Dreamweaver write code for you.
Using Dreamweaver to organise your entire site
Defining a Web Site with the Site Panel.
Page Properties.
Creating visual impact
Formatting text - colour, font, lists.
Adding Images - size, positioning.
Working with Links
Connecting your pages - creating navigation.
Bookmarks - links to specific parts of a page.
Using images as links.
Links to other sites or email addresses.
Layout techniques
Tables - aligning, stretching and positioning cells.
Cascading Style Sheets
Creating CSS.
Applying CSS to pages.
Templates - Keeping heading and navigation constant
Adding Repeating Regions.
Overview of Web Technologies
Using the Live View Option.
Uploading a Web Site - FTP and the Site Map.
Browsers - how they work, checking your site is compatible.
Web page scripting - Overview of Javascript for forms & dynamic content.
Server side scripting - ASP & Cookies.
Multimedia - Graphics & Flash.
