Essentials of Dreamweaver 4
Course Objectives:
 Learn Dreamweaver 4 using IconLogic's critically acclaimed
"skills & drills" approach.
This book has been designed to quickly teach you all of the essential
skills necessary to work with this fantastic web page development tool.
You will learn how to define sites, format text using cascading style
sheets, use the new Design View to create tables, use the History palette,
import text into a table and format tables, create templates, use libraries,
create and work with online forms, create and use frames, add animation
and even FTP your completed files to your Internet Service Provider.
All this, and most people will be able to finish within 2 short days
(or less).
Note: The book comes with a
CD that contains all of the student data files necessary to complete the
book. All you need is a Macintosh or PC, Dreamweaver 4, this book and
a few days. Dreamweaver 4 does not come with this book. You can download
a free demo version from Macromedia's
web site.
Here's exactly what you'll learn:
Module One Lessons: The Basics
What is HTML? | Dreamweaver's Role | Site Management Essentials | Browsers,
Versions & HTML Overview | HTML Basic Structure | Explore Dreamweaver's
Palettes | Define a New Site | Create an Index Page | Add Content to a
Page | Preview a Web Page in a Browser | Hexadecimal Color | Modify Page
Properties | Heading Tags | Format Text on a Web Page | HyperLinks | Link
Web Pages Together | Link Web Pages to Web Sites | Add an Email Link |
Use the History Palette
Module Two Lessons: Tables & Layers
Define a New Site | Set Page Properties | Import Table Data | Sort a
Table | Add Rows and Merge Cells | Format a Table | Use the New Design
View to Create Tables | Add a Tracing Image | Create Layers | Add Images
to Layers | Convert Layers to a Table
Module Three Lessons: Templates
Templates Overview | Define a New Site | Create a Template | Add Layers
to a Template | Insert Images Inside Layers | Add an Editable Region to
a Template | Assign a Template to Web Pages | Link Images to Web Pages
Using a Template | Create an Image Map | Create and Use Library Items
| Update Library Items
Module Four Lessons: HTML Source &
CSS
Use Code View | CSS Overview | Redefine an HTML Tag | Style Sheet Classes
| Create a Custom Class | Use Custom Styles | Edit a Custom Style | Create
an External Style Sheet | Apply an External Style Sheet | Edit an External
Style Sheet | Make Styles Compatible with 3.0 Browsers | Behaviors &
JavaScript Overview | Add a Check Browser Behavior
Module Five Lessons: Forms
Forms Overview | Define a New Site | Create a Basic Form with Text Boxes
| Add Radio Buttons | Add a Check Box | Add a Drop Down List | Add a Text
Field with Scroll Bars and a Value | Add Submit and Reset Buttons | Set
Form Properties
Module Six Lessons: Frames
Frames Overview | Define a New Site | Create a Frameset | Add Content
to a Frameset | Region | Name Frameset Regions | Link Files into Named
Frameset Regions | Link a Frameset Region into Itself | Control Frame
Properties
Module Seven Lessons: Behaviors &
Timelines
The Drag Layer Behavior | Add the Drag Layer Behavior | Add the Swap
Image Behavior (Rollover Effects) | Timelines Overview | Create a Timeline
| Extend a Timeline | Add Keyframes
Module Eight Lessons: Site Management
& FTP
Retrieve and Delete Sites | Check and Repair Site-wide Links | Designate
a Page as the Home Page | Explore the Site Map | Use the Site Map to Link
Files Together | Set Up FTP Access | Add Design Notes to a File | FTP
Files to a Host
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