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If you want to learn Dreamweaver in Sydney, then this course of 5 classes is for you.

Learn to use and implement advanced techniques and technologies with the most popular and industry standard web production tool. Move beyond the basics by exploring DHTML in Dreamweaver. Implement interactive solutions with behaviours, control the style and presentation of content with CSS (cascading style sheets), implement animated content on your web page, create storyboards for your site, time triggered events and more.

Students must have experience with the underlying operating system (Windows or Macintosh) as well as prior experience with Dreamweaver. Courses such as ‘Introduction to Dreamweaver’ will prepare the students for this course.

Rolando Ramos: Multimedia and web site designer and developer with extensive experience in creation and development of solutions for the presentation of content in interactive environments.

Agenda

During this course the intention is that the following topics will be covered, but not necessarily in the order given. Due to the flexible nature of Adult Education classes, parts of the curriculum may be adapted to suit the needs of the class.

Design approach

• Using mock-up images as starting point to develop web pages
• Analysis and projecting
• DHTML and its components

Features of the product

• A quick review of the interface (workspace)
• Customizing Workspace
• Configuring the document window
• The Preferences dialog box
• The HTML source Inspector
• External editors

Site creation and management

• Defining local site
• Story-boarding with the Site Window
• Design notes
• Checking files in/out
• Managing and editing sites
• The Site Window and Site panel

Advanced Frames

• Building an advanced frameset
• Frames and navigation
• Frameset and Frames properties
• Nested framesets
• Targeting frames and navigation

Working Tables in Layout mode

• Normal mode into Layout mode
• Advanced Layouts with Tables
• Preview your Tables

Layers

• The Layers Inspector
• Creating layers
• Nesting and overlapping
• Layers as a Layout construction tool
• Advanced Layout with Layers
• Creating navigation systems with Layers
• Converting layers to tables

Libraries

• Reusable Items in Dreamweaver
• Creating new library items
• Converting elements into library items
• Editing library items
• Using library items
• Detaching items from library
• Sharing libraries
• Editing and updating

Templates

• Creating advanced template
• Assigning editable regions
• Editing templates
• Using templates
• Sharing templates with other site
• Updating your site

Behaviors

• JavaScripting with another name
• The Behaviours Panel (inspector)
• Actions and events
• Assigning behaviors to an object (Image)
• Make an action automatic (no user intervention)
• Editing behaviors and events
• Multiple actions with an object

CSS Styles

• The CSS styles palette
• Creating new styles
• Using styles
• Editing styles
• Exporting CSS styles
• Making CSS styles available to other pages in your site
• Sharing CSS styles

Animation and Timelines

• The Timeline window
• Inserting layers in the timeline
• Timelines properties
• Animating layers
• Editing animation and keyframes
• Timeline actions
• Adding scripts and behaviours

Advanced Forms

• Creating an advanced form
• Form properties
• Formatting forms with tables
• Adding form objects
• Form objects properties
• Names and values
• Validate form objects

Objectives

The intended Learning Outcomes for this course are as follows.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

• Use the program effectively and have the confidence to explore it further
• Produce a number of web pages with advanced web technologies
• Understand DHTML
• Create and manage a web site (locally and remotely)
• Implement an advanced layout
• Implement re-usable elements (library and templates)
• Create, use, export and link CSS styles
• Implement web navigation
• Create an advanced form
• Implement JavaScripting with Behaviors
• Using Layers
• Animating layers and its content
• Make sure the pages will display on a variety of browsers and hardware

Other Information

Please bring a pen, paper and a floppy disk.

Design & Technology Ctr, cnr Gordon St & Victoria Rd, Rozelle. If driving, no left turn into Gordon St, so turn left into Lilyfield Rd, then first right into Gordon St. (click on venue below for directions)

PLS NOTE: All classes need a minimum number of students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled and you will be informed. ***Please be aware that you maybe be informed of a cancellation &/or change via SMS or E-mail.