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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Introduction
Duration 1 Day
Course Objectives You will learn how to create a basic web site using Dreamweaver tools, including Hyperlinks, Images, Tables and use of the Dreamweaver web site Management tools. Also, you will learn how to publish a web site onto the Internet or an Intranet.
Pre-requisites Delegates should be familiar with basic Windows 95 or above, or Mac OS8 or above operation.
Platform Windows 95+ or Mac OS8+

Introduction
Explanation of the Internet, web sites and HTML

Web Design Issues
What to look out for when designing web pages.

Getting Started
Starting Dreamweaver and opening a web site or creating a new one.

Using the Editor
Working with pages within the Dreamweaver Editor including entering, editing and formatting text within a page, and previewing and saving a page.

Page Background
Formatting the background of pages with images and colours, and defining default colours for text.

Working with Images
Including images within pages, setting their properties and dealing with imported images

Hyperlinks
Creating and editing Hyperlinks from text and images.

Tables
Creating and formatting tables.

Managing your Web Site
Using the Dreamweaver Site Management tools to ensure your web site works properly on the Internet or Intranet.

Publishing
Uploading a web site to an Internet or Intranet server.

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Intermediate
Duration 1 Day
Course Objectives This course is designed to instruct you how to use the advanced HTML features of Dreamweaver. You will learn how to create Hyperlinks that target specific positions within pages from hot-spots on images, Cascading Style Sheets to format the whole web site, forms to obtain information from visitors to your site, reassemble the web site to make use of Frames and adding dynamic content such as animation and JavaScript code.
Pre-requisites Delegates should be familiar with the basic functions of Dreamweaver including using the Editor, Formatting Text, Inserting Images, Creating Hyperlinks, Creating and Formatting Tables and Publishing a Web.
Platform Windows 95+ or Mac OS8+

Cascading Style Sheets
Using inline, embedded and external stylesheets to change the formatting characteristics of HTML tags and creating custom formatting using CLASS and ID.

Image Maps
Defining areas of an image as Hyperlinks.

Bookmarks
Creating anchors within HTML files and targeting them with internal and external Hyperlinks.

Forms
Gathering information from visitors to a web site with forms.

Frames
Using Frames to control the content of pages areas.

Layers
Using layers to build web pages more easily.

Animation
Using the Animation Timeline function to add animation to your web pages.

Precoded JavaScript Actions
Adding extra functions to your pages with JavaScript code created automatically by Dreamweaver.

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Advanced
Duration 2 Days
Course Objectives You will learn how use Dreamweaver MX to create dynamic content for web pages from databases. This course uses the ASP scripting technology, although the basic principles are the same for others such as PHP, JavaScript, ColdFusion.
Pre-requisites Delegates should be familiar with basic Windows 95 or above, or Mac OS8 or above operation and the use of Macromedia Dreamweaver, especially tables and forms.
Platform Windows 95+, Mac OS8+

Introduction
The principles of databases and their use together with Server Side Scripting technology to create dynamic web pages.

ASP Enabled Web Servers
Web servers that run Active Server Page files and setting up the Microsoft Personal Web Server.

Getting Started
Overview of the additional database functions in Dreamweaver MX.

The Database Connection
Integrating databases in a web site with ODBC or connection strings.

Recordsets
Creating recordsets and displaying data on a web page.

Repeat Regions & Record Navigation
Displaying multiple records from a database and creating record navigation functions.

Updating Records
Creating web pages that allow the user to update database records.

Inserting Records
Web page forms that allow the user to add records to the database.

Advanced Recordset Definition
Defining recordsets using SQL.

Restricted Access
Creating a User Login and restricting user access to web pages.

Session Variables
Using Session Variables to detect who the user is and creating a Welcome message.

Cookies
Using Cookies to store information on the User's computer and reading them on later visits.

Dynamic Form Fields
Creating form fields that are populated by database records.

Search Function
Searching a database using a web page form.

Passing Values
Using the Get and Post method in forms to pass values to ASP files.

 
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