Course content:

Creating Layers
Understanding Layers
The Layers Panel
Modifying Layers
Stacking Order of Layers
Nesting Layers
Layer Properties
Hiding & Showing Text
Gird & Ruler Settings
Netscape Resize Layer Fix
Using Layers to Design Tables

Using Style Sheets
Controlling the Type on Your Page
Understanding Cascading Styles
Types of Styles
External Style Sheets
Making Custom Styles
Removing a Custom Style
CSS Selector Styles
Internal Styles
External Styles
Conflicting Styles

Using Find and Replace
Searching your document
Applying a custom style to text
Adding External CSS Style Sheets
Saving Your Search Criteria
Searching With Regular Expressions

Adding User Interactivity
Defining a Behaviour
Creating Button Rollovers
Understanding Events
Using Insert Rollover Image
Adding Several Actions to One Event
Validating Forms
Focusing the First Field of a Form
Creating a Jump Menu
Checking the Browser
Opening a New Browser Window
Adjusting Placement of the New Window
Adding a Navigation Bar

Extending Dreamweaver
Testing Your Site
Checking Browser Compatibility
Checking Links in your Site
Using the Reports Command to Test a Site
Using the O'Reilly Reference Panel
Extending Dreamweaver
Using the Extensions Manager
Using Extensions
Changing the Objects Panel

Animating with Timelines
Adding Motion
Using the Timelines Panel
Animating Objects
Using Keyframes
Positioning an Object
Recording the Path of a Layer
Adding Behaviours to the Timeline
Making the Timeline Play

Course Duration:

2 days

Costs:

Candidate charge: £250.00 per person per day

Course Objectives:

How to build more exciting and informative websites simply and quickly using the advanced capabilities of Dreamweaver.

Prerequisite:

Fundamental knowledge of Dreamweaver 4 and a basic understanding of HTML.
Fundamental knowledge of design techniques.
(Recommended course: Website design techniques and pitfalls)

Follow on Courses:

Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 Fundamentals
Macromedia Fireworks 4 Fundamentals
Macromedia Flash 5 Fundamentals