Dreamweaver Training
Learn Dreamweaver to easily design your website from start to publishing and keep your web pages up to date. We provide one-on-oneDreamweaver tutoring and group training in Dreamweaver for Mac or PC from version 4 to 10 (Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS3).
Hands-on Dreamweaver tutoring for the practical know-how you cannot get from any book or tutorial.
Get the tips and learn tricks-of the trade to design quality web sites without typing a single HTML, CSS or Javascript line of code. Add text, links, pictures, buttons,... to your web pages with simple clicks and key strokes.
No spectator allowed!
Training in Dreamweaver CS6 and previous versions.
You will be on the pilot seat during your training to get the feel and the hang of it.
See your website appear right before your eyes as you build the template then create your web pages.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 & CS3 users can now discover the SPRY visual effects, widgets, use Spry objects and all the new "cool" features loaded in Dreamweaver CS3.
Setting up your web site in Dreamweaver
- Defining Local Info
- Remote Info
- Testing Server
- Dreamweaver Preferences
- Browsers List for Page Preview
Planning Your Web Site Design
- How to design for your target audience
- Web Site Structure
- Organizing your website Files
- Web Pages Layout
- Choosing the right Color Scheme
- Web Site Navigation & usability
From Page Sketch to Mockup
- Visualizing your web page layout
- Frames CSS based design
- Table based design
- CSS based design
Using Table based Website Design
- Defining Table rows and columns
- Inserting a new Table in a web page
- Fluid vs Fixed Design
- Defining Table properties: padding, spacing, border,...
- Table Cell dimensions: width, height
- Table Cell background image/color
- Table Cell content alignment: horizontal, vertical
- Merging Table Cells
Designing Your Site Navigation
- Adding a text link, email link and named anchor
- Link to an external web site
- Creating graphic buttons
- Rollover effects on buttons/text links
- Building a Pop-up menu
- Pop-up window
- Building Navigation Bar
- Flash Buttons
Working with Dreamweaver Templates
- Creating a Dreamweaver template
- Editable Region
- Editable Attribute
- Optional Region
- Applying Template to Page
- Updating a Template
Working with Text
- Typing text in a web page
- Defining Text Properties: font, size, color, alignment
- Formatting text with CSS
- Aligning text with pictures
Adding Pictures and Graphics
- Inserting a picture in a web page
- Defining image properties
- Optimizing your pictures with Photoshop/Fireworks
- Rollover Effect with Pictures
- Aligning pictures with text
- Putting Text on top of a Picture
Building a Contact Form
- Creating a new form in your web page
- Form Text elements: text field, textarea
- Form buttons: reset, submit
- Form Check Boxes
- Form Radio Buttons
- Form drop-down list/Menu
- File Upload box
- Hidden Fields
Working Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Dreamweaver CSS Panel
- CSS based Web Page Layout
- Creating a new Style
- Editing an existing Style
- Creating External Style Sheet
- Attaching an external Style Sheet
- Rollover effect with CSS
- Formatting text with CSS
Adding Meta Tags
- Keywords Meta Tags
- Description Meta Tags
- Web Page Title
- Get SEO Tips
Uploading and downloading web Files
- Uploading a web page
- Downloading a web page
- Including Dependent Files
Using Dreamweaver Advanced Tools
- Find and Replace
- Checking Broken Links
- Spell Checking
Working with Frames
- Frameset Layout
- Frame Navigation
- Frame Content source
- Inline Frames