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London Development Agency
European Social Fund Learning and Skills Council
Information Technology Qualification
 
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Dreamweaver MX Introduction

Duration
2 days

Course Objectives
This course is designed for delegates who will be developing professional Internet or in-house Intranet sites using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, the highly regarded Web Design application.

In this 2 day course, you'll learn to create Web pages by formatting text, inserting images and setting links, and use high-end features to create a stunning, well designed and attractive Web site.

Outline
Getting started with Dreamweaver
Understanding the Internet and HTML
The Dreamweaver MX environment
Dreamweaver components
Customising the environment
The Property inspector
Examining the panels
Working with documents
The Web browser preview
Viewing the HTML code
The Quick Tag Editor

Creating Web Pages
Creating documents
Adding text and colours
Setting page properties
Inserting a horizontal rule

Enhancing Web Pages
Fonts and heading styles
Common formatting tags
Inserting special characters
Paragraph and line breaks
Adding lists
Checking spelling
Importing text

Designing a Site
Planning and creating a site
Working with the Site panel
Copying and moving site files
Working with site maps
Creating, using and editing templates
The Reference and Assets panels

Connecting Web Pages
Linking to another page
Understanding absolute and relative paths
Creating links by using named anchors
Linking to Web sites and e-mail addresses

Working with Images
Inserting an image in a Web page
Common graphic file formats
Aligning and sizing an image
Adding background images
Creating links by using images
Image maps, hotspots and alternatives

Creating Tables
Understanding table tags
Inserting and deleting rows and columns
Importing and inserting tabular data
Images in a table
Formatting tables
Cell spacing and cell padding
Invisible characters and graphics

Uploading Sites
File naming conventions
The Site Definition dialog box
FTP Host name, directory and login
Checking links
Uploading the site
Synchronisation

Assumed Knowledge
Delegates attending this course should be familiar with browsing on the World Wide Web. The course is designed for those new to Dreamweaver and no prior knowledge of the product is expected.

Course Times
10:00am to 5:00pm

Comprehensive course manual included.
Refreshments and lunch are provided on all courses at the Information Horizons Training Centre.

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