Course Specifications
Course number: 084502
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will design, build, and upload a website.
Target Student: This course is intended for novice web designers, web developers, website designers, and graphic artists with some programming background who need to build simple websites and want to utilize the features of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. The course covers the Adobe Web Communication using Dreamweaver CS5 objectives, and is intended to help prepare students to take the Adobe Certified Associate exam. Please refer to the CD-ROM that came with this course for a document that maps the Adobe Web Communication using Dreamweaver CS5 objectives to the content in the Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 series.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success in this course, it is recommended that you first take the following Element K course (or have equivalent knowledge): Web Design with XHTML, HTML, and CSS : Level 1.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- identify basic web design concepts and customize the Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 interface.
- build a website.
- design web pages.
- create reusable site assets.
- work with different types of links.
- upload a website.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Getting Started with Dreamweaver
- Topic 1A: Identify the Basic Concepts of Web Design
- XHTML
- Websites
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- The Website Access Process
- Principles of Web Designing
- Design Elements
- Element and Attribute Consistency
- Layout Symmetry
- CS Live
- Topic 1B: Locate Dreamweaver Interface Elements
- The Welcome Screen
- The Dreamweaver Workspace
- Document Views
- Topic 1C: Customize the Interface
- Panel Groups
- Predefined Workspaces
- The Preferences Dialog Box
- How to Customize the Interface
- Lesson 2: Initiating a Website
- Topic 2A: Identify the Elements of a Project Plan
- Project Plans
- Project Plan Phases
- Project Plan Deliverables
- Topic 2B: Determine the Workflow of a Web Project
- Storyboards
- Flowcharts
- Wireframes
- Site Maps
- Topic 2C: Define a Website
- Starter Layouts
- The Site Setup Dialog Box
- The FILES Panel
- How to Define a Website
- Topic 2D: Create a Document
- File Naming Conventions
- Page Size Resolution
- The New Document Dialog Box
- The Home Page
- The Check Spelling Command
- How to Create a Document
- Lesson 3: Designing Web Pages
- Topic 3A: An Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Types of CSS
- CSS Rules
- Tag Styles
- Class Styles
- Topic 3B: Format a Web Page
- Text Properties
- Lists
- The CSS STYLES Panel
- CSS Text Properties
- The Page Properties Dialog Box
- CSS Disable-Enable
- The div and span Tags
- The INSERT Panel
- How to Format a Web Page
- Topic 3C: Identify Copyright and Citation Requirements
- Copyright Terminologies
- Copyright Permission
- Citing Internet Content
- Topic 3D: Insert Images
- Graphic File Formats for the Web
- Image Properties
- CSS Image Properties
- How to Insert Images
- Topic 3E: Insert Tables
- Tables
- The Table Dialog Box
- CSS Table Properties
- Table Modes
- How to Insert Tables
- Topic 3F: Import Data from Other Applications
- Import Commands
- The Clean Up Word HTML Command
- How to Import Data from Other Applications
- Topic 3G: Organize Files and Folders
- How to Organize Files and Folders
- Lesson 4: Creating Reusable Site Assets
- Topic 4A: Create and Use Library Items
- The ASSETS Panel
- Libraries
- How to Create and Use Library Items
- Topic 4B: Update Library Items
- How to Update Library Items
- Topic 4C: Use Snippets
- Snippets
- The SNIPPETS Panel
- How to Use Snippets
- Topic 4D: Create a Template
- Templates
- Regions of a Template
- How to Create a Template
- Lesson 5: Working with Links
- Topic 5A: Create Hyperlinks
- Hyperlinks
- The Hyperlink Dialog Box
- How to Create Hyperlinks
- Topic 5B: Create Anchors
- Anchors
- How to Create Anchors
- Topic 5C: Create Email Links
- Email Link
- How to Create Email Links
- Topic 5D: Create Image Maps
- Hotspots
- Image Maps
- How to Create Image Maps
- Topic 5E: Create Image Link Rollovers
- Rollovers
- How to Create Image Link Rollovers
- Lesson 6: Uploading a Website
- Topic 6A: Validate a Website
- Accessibility Standards
- The Results Panel Group
- Validator Preferences
- Site Reports
- Adobe BrowserLab
- How to Validate a Website
- Topic 6B: Upload Files onto a Site
- The Get and Put Commands
- Site Upload
- How to Upload Files onto a Site
