Adobe Dreamweaver

Level 1 – New User (1-2 days)

What is Dreamweaver?

Adobe Dreamweaver is the industry's leading application for developing and editing websites and web applications. Using its powerful coding view or visual design interface, designers and developers at all levels can create engaging and dynamic websites for multiple devices. By incorporating text, images and graphic items from Adobe’s other products like Photoshop and Illustrator, Dreamweaver allows you to create professional online results.

Overview

This course aims to provide a solid foundation in the use of Dreamweaver’s tools for those who are new to the product. Emphasis will be placed on applying practical techniques whilst ensuring the user develops an efficient working style.

Content

• Internet Basics and an overview of Web Technology
• Introducing the Dreamweaver workspace
• Creating a new web page
• Defining a local site
• Working with Dreamweaver views
• Adding and formatting text using ‘Design View’
• Making lists (and adding special characters)
• Working with graphics
• Previewing web page designs
• HTML basics and using ‘Code View’
• Defining how text looks using styles
• Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Adding tables and editing table structure and formatting
• Positioning images
• Navigating using local and external links, anchors and image maps
• Testing and publishing web sites
• Managing broken links and orphaned files