Course Length:

1 Day

Course Description:

Dreamweaver MX: Level 1 is a hands-on course that will introduce you to the basics of the Dreamweaver MX Web development application. Students will create web sites that include frame-based pages, tables, graphics, and links. By the end of the course, students will have created an entire website in Dreamweaver MX and learned to upload the site to a server.

Who Should Attend:

Web designers or prospective Web designers who want to use Dreamweaver's features to create Web sites efficiently will benefit from this course.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Explain basic concepts about the Internet and the World Wide Web.
• Identify the basic issues concerning proper site design, and navigate in the Dreamweaver work environment.
• Define a site in Dreamweaver to organize and maintain the Web pages.
• Create a basic web page by typing text and applying character and paragraph formatting.
• Use Site Panel to create and organize files and folders.
• Insert images, set images properties, create and format tables.
• Add links within a site, create anchors, and specify external links, as well as use images as links, and create image maps.
• Build a frame-based set of pages.
• Upload a site to a remote Web server.

Prerequisites:

Students must have a basic understanding of their computer's operating system. They should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

Course Outline:

• Chapter 1: Internet Access & HTML
  1. Internet Access and HTML
  2. Planning Web Sites
  3. The Dreamweaver Environment
  4. Viewing and Managing HTML Code
• Chapter 2: Creating A Web Site
  1. Defining a Web Site
  2. Creating a Basic Web Page
  3. Page Properties
• Chapter 3: Building A Web Site
  1. The Site Panel
  2. Templates
• Chapter 4: Adding Content To Web Pages
  1. List Formats
  2. Images
  3. Tables
  4. Templates Containing Repeating Regions
• Chapter 5: Working With Links
  1. Links within a Site
• Chapter 6: Enhancing Navigation In A Site
  1. Framesets
  2. Re-Usable Navigation Bars
• Chapter 7: Managing And Uploading A Web Site
  1. The Site Map