Adobe Dreamweaver CS6: Part 1

This course is most valuable for individuals who have been given responsibilities to create or maintain a website. It will also be valuable for new web designers, web developers, and graphic artists who want to extend their skills in creating complete websites. Learning how to use Dreamweaver CS6 will enable the practitioner to create web pages and sites in the most efficient manner.

Prerequisites:

To ensure success in this course, you should have basic personal computing skills. To obtain this level of knowledge and skill, it is recommended that you first take the following Logical Operations course (or have equivalent knowledge): Introduction to Personal Computers Using Windows 7. For accelerated learning and deeper understanding of this course, it is also recommended that you have some exposure to various web design technologies, so you may also want to take the Web Design with XHTML, HTML and CSS course.

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Dreamweaver

• Topic A: Web Basics
• Topic B: The Dreamweaver Interface
• Topic C: The Elements of Web Design
• Topic D: Dreamweaver Help

Lesson 2: Creating a Website

• Topic A: Plan the Website Project
• Topic B: Use Design Tools to Plan the Website
• Topic C: Set Up the Website in Dreamweaver

Lesson 3: Creating Web Pages

• Topic A: Create Web Page Documents
• Topic B: Add Head and Text Components to the Page
• Topic C: Add Lists and Quotations
• Topic D: Set Page Properties

Lesson 4: Using CSS

• Topic A: Create Styles and Selectors with CSS
• Topic B: Use CSS to Format a Web Page

Lesson 5: Inserting Images

• Topic A: Insert Images
• Topic B: Manage Image Properties with CSS

Lesson 6: Inserting Tables and Importing Content

• Topic A: Table Tags and Properties
• Topic B: Import External Data

Lesson 7: Creating Reusable Site Assets

• Topic A: Create Reusable Site Assets
• Topic B: Modify and Update Library Items
• Topic C: Create and Use Page Templates

Lesson 8: Linking Web Pages

• Topic A: Create Common Hyperlinks to Site Pages
• Topic B: Create Links to Page Locations
• Topic C: Create Email Links
• Topic D: Image Maps and Linking
• Topic E: Navigation and Rollovers

Lesson 9: Sending the Website to the Web Server

• Topic A: Validate the Website
• Topic B: Upload Files to the Web Server