Web Page Design and Publication with Dreamweaver 8

This course is designed to equip learners with the theoretical knowledge and skills required to design, create and publish accessible Web pages on the Internet.
Course delivery is predominantly hands-on, accompanied by carefully written course materials to introduce new concepts and enable learners to master new skills with ease. To be able to make the most of this course students are required to be proficient in using a Computer to carry out simple file management and Word processing tasks. As part of the programme students are expected to undertake an individual Website development project and develop in time as the course progresses.

Dreamweaver 8 Course Outline

1. Introduction to working with Dreamweaver 8

Setting up a Web site
inserting & editing Text
inserting Images
creating Hyperlinks
Working with Tables

2. Working with XHTML code

Tables
 XHTML
 Editing code in Dreamweaver
Basics of HTML
Using Dreamweaver to teach yourself XHTML

3. Websites Evaluation

Evaluating websites for content and Design issues
 Using Tracing images
Identify strengths, Weaknesses; elements of successful sites

4. Planning a web site

Creating a flowchart
Identifying Target Audience for your web site
Creating Dreamweaver Templates, planning a web site
Designing a Template layout, use a tracing image in Dreamweaver  to mimic a design of your choice

5. Working with Fireworks 8
Graphics on the web
Using Fireworks with Dreamweaver
Displaying images on the Internet
 creating logo's
Manipulating graphics

6. Creating Interactivity
Using Flash Buttons & Flash Text
Javascript Behaviours

7. Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets
Formating text using CSS
Casdading Stylesheets for Layout

8. Forms
Designing & creating Forms with Dreamweaver 8
Accessibility & Online Forms
Issues about uploading your sites
Using meta tags techniques, customise and submit your Website to Search engines

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