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Information Technology Services

Dreamweaver 8 Intro

Description

This ILT Series course, rated 4.7/5.0 in overall quality by ProCert Labs, teaches students how to use Dreamweaver 8 to create and publish Web sites. Students will learn how to define a Web site, format text, apply images, tables, and styles, create and format links, and publish a Web site.

Duration:

One day

Table of Contents

Unit 1: Getting started

Topic A: Internet basics

Topic B: The Dreamweaver workspace

Topic C: Editing pages

Topic D: HTML basics

Unit 2: Web sites and pages

Topic A: Creating a Web site

Topic B: Creating Web pages

Unit 3: Text formatting

Topic A: Text basics

Topic B: Structural formatting

Topic C: Cascading Style Sheets

Unit 4: Tables

Topic A: Creating tables

Topic B: Changing table structure and formatting

Topic C: Changing column width and cell properties

Topic D: Working with layout tables

Unit 5: Images

Topic A: Image formats and tags

Topic B: Backgrounds and image size

Unit 6: Links

Topic A: Creating links

Topic B: Creating image maps

Topic C: Using CSS link styles

Unit 7: Publishing

Topic A: Web site publishing

Objectives

Discuss basic Internet and HTML concepts; identify components of the Dreamweaver workspace; edit and format text; and view the HTML code for a Web page.

Plan and define a Web site; use Map view and the Assets panel to manage a site; create a Web page; import text from other documents; and modify colors and other page properties.

Create paragraphs and basic page structures; insert special characters; format text by applying HTML tags and list formats; create CSS style sheets; and add style-sheet rules to control the appearance of content.

Create tables to arrange data and control page layout; set row and column properties; format tables; and use layout tables to design pages.

Choose appropriate image formats; embed images and set image properties; create appropriate alternate text; and apply background images.

Create links to other pages and resources; create named anchors, e-mail links, and image maps; and format links with CSS.

Connect to a Web server through a secure FTP connection; check a site for broken links and orphaned files; and upload a site.

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