DWCS4FT - Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: Fast Track
This course is intended for novice web designers, web developers, and web graphic artists, and also for media marketing personnel who need to build simple websites and want to utilize the features of Adobe Dreamweaver CS4.
This course is also intended for web designers, developers, graphic artists, media marketing personnel, and anyone who needs to utilize Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 to create or enhance websites using advanced techniques.
Getting a Quick Start
Defining a Dreamweaver site
Using the Welcome screen
Selecting a CSS layout
Saving a page
Choosing a document view
Modifying the page title
Changing headings
Inserting text
Inserting images
Selecting and modifying CSS styles
Adjusting text, fonts, and colors
Working with Code view and Code and Design view
Using the Properties panel
Previewing a page in Live view
Previewing pages in a browser
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Working with Cascading Style Sheets
Previewing a completed file
Attaching an external style sheet
Creating new CSS rules
Applying styles
Applying custom classes to page divisions
Examining selectors in the CSS Rules panel
Creating style sheets for other media types
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Working with Text, Lists, and Tables
Previewing a completed file
Creating headings, lists, and blockquotes
Creating tables
Styling tables with CSS
Spell-checking a document
Using the Spry Tooltip widget
Finding and replacing text
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Working with Images
Previewing the completed file
Inserting an image
Using background images
Using the Properties panel with images
Copying and pasting from Photoshop
Accessing Adobe Bridge
Using Photoshop Smart Objects
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Working with Navigation
Previewing your completed file
Linking to internal site pages
Creating an external link
Setting up e-mail links
Targeting links within a page
Inserting Spry Menu Bars
Inserting Spry Tabbed Panels
Checking your page
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Adding Interactivity
Learning about Dreamweaver behaviors
Previewing a completed file
Using a Spry effects behavior
Learning about XML data
Importing XML data with Spry
Creating Spry Accordions
Customizing a Spry Accordion
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Creating a Page Layout
Previewing a completed file
Creating layout styled <div> elements
Looking at Code view
Exporting CSS styles
Using the ruler and guides
Checking the layout
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Working with Forms
Previewing a completed file
Learning about forms
Adding a form to the page
Inserting text form elements
Creating radio buttons
Inserting check boxes
Working with lists
Adding a submit button
Styling forms
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Working with Flash
Previewing a completed file
Adding a Flash movie to a page
Adding Flash video to a page
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Increasing Productivity
Previewing completed files
Creating a template
Inserting editable regions
Updating a template
Producing child pages
Using Library items
Using server-side includes
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Publishing to the Web
Defining a remote site
Cloaking folders and files
Putting your site online
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