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Adobe Dreamweaver 4

Foundation Level Training Course

Courseware Training Manual

1. INTRODUCTION TO DREAMWEAVER 4

WHAT IS DREAMWEAVER?

• Adobe Dreamweaver 4
• Adobe website

HTML - AN OVERVIEW

• Using HTML
• Recognizing HTML code
• Using DHTML
• Using XML
• Using JavaScript
• Naming Files
• Adding file extensions

2. THE INTERFACE

THE AUTHORING ENVIRONMENT

• Using the Document Window
• Using Dockable Panels
• Using the Grid

THE TOOLBAR

• Using the Toolbar
• Showing Code View
• Showing Code and Design Views
• Showing Design View
• Titling the Document
• Using File Management
• Previewing and Debugging in Browser
• Refreshing
• Using Reference
• Using Code Navigation
• Using View Options

THE STATUS BAR & THE LAUNCHER

• Using the Status Bar
• Using Tag Selector
• Using Window Size
• Using Download Indicator
• Using the Launcher
• Showing Site
• Using Assets
• Showing HTML Styles
• Showing CSS Styles
• Showing Behaviors
• Showing History
• Showing Code Inspector

THE PROPERTIES INSPECTOR

• Using the Properties Inspector

THE PREFERENCES

• Using the Preferences
• Setting General preferences
• Setting Code Colors preferences
• Setting Code Format preferences
• Setting Code Rewriting preferences
• Setting CSS Styles preferences
• Setting File Types / Editors preferences
• Setting Fonts / Encoding preferences
• Setting Highlighting preferences
• Setting Invisible Elements preferences
• Setting Layers preferences
• Setting Layout View preferences
• Setting Panels preferences
• Setting Preview in Browser preferences
• Setting Quick Tag Editor preferences
• Setting Site preferences
• Setting Status Bar preferences

3. THE TOOLS

THE OBJECTS PANEL

• Using the Objects Panel

COMMON OBJECTS

• Using Common Objects
• Inserting an Image
• Inserting a Rollover Image
• Inserting a Table
• Inserting Tabular Data
• Drawing a Layer
• Inserting Navigation Bar
• Inserting Horizontal Rule
• Inserting an Email Link
• Inserting Date
• Inserting Server-Side Include
• Inserting Fireworks HTML
• Inserting Flash
• Inserting Flash Button
• Inserting Flash Text
• Inserting Shockwave
• Inserting Generator

CHARACTER OBJECTS

• Using Character Objects
• Inserting a Line Break
• Inserting a Non-Breaking Space
• Inserting a Copyright
• Inserting a Registered Trademark
• Inserting a Trademark
• Inserting Pound
• Inserting Yen
• Inserting Euro
• Inserting Left Quote
• Inserting Right Quote
• Inserting the Em Dash
• Inserting Other Character

FORM OBJECTS

• Using Form Objects
• Inserting Form
• Inserting a Text Field
• Inserting a Button
• Inserting a Checkbox
• Inserting a Radio Button
• Inserting a List/Menu
• Inserting a File Field
• Inserting an Image Field
• Inserting a Hidden Field
• Inserting a Jump Menu

FRAMES OBJECTS

• Using Frames Objects
• Inserting a Left Frame
• Inserting a Right Frame
• Inserting a Top Frame
• Inserting a Bottom Frame
• Inserting a Left, Top-Left Corner, and Top Frames
• Inserting a Left and Nested Top Frames
• Inserting a Top and Nested Left Frames
• Splitting the Frame Center

HEAD OBJECTS

• Using Head Objects
• Inserting Meta information
• Inserting Keywords
• Inserting a Description
• Inserting a Refresh tag
• Inserting a Base
• Inserting a Link

INVISIBLE OBJECTS

• Using Invisible Objects
• Inserting a Named Anchor
• Inserting a Script
• Inserting a Comment

SPECIAL OBJECTS

• Using Special Objects
• Inserting an Applet
• Inserting a Plug-in
• Inserting an ActiveX

4. SITE CONTROL

STORYBOARDING

• Creating a Storyboard

DEFINING A SITE

• Creating a site root
• Specifying a remote site
• Setting Design Notes preferences
• Setting Site Map Layout preferences
• Setting File View Columns preferences
• Using the Site Window
• Using the Site Toolbar
• Showing Site Files
• Showing the Site map
• Connecting to the remote host
• Getting files
• Putting files
• Refreshing the site screen

FILE AND FOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Creating a Homepage
• Creating a new page
• Creating a new folder

THE PATH STRUCTURE

• Understanding path structure
• Reading a file path

CREATING A SITE MAP

• Creating a Site Map
• Creating a new page using the Site Map

5. WEB PAGE BASICS

CREATING A LOCAL SITE

• Setting up your Site

CREATING THE HOMEPAGE

• Creating a Homepage
• Creating new pages
• Setting page properties
• Adding Design Notes to a page

ADDING IMAGES

• Adding images to the Assets Panel
• Enabling Layout View
• Inserting an image
• Editing the image

ADDING TEXT

• Using text headings
• Setting text style
• Adjusting font size
• Adding font color

ALIGNING IMAGES AND TEXT

• Aligning text
• Indenting paragraphs
• Aligning images

MODIFYING PAGE PROPERTIES

• Modifying page properties
• Using Set Color Scheme

ADDING META TAGS

• Inserting keywords
• Inserting a description
• Inserting <meta> tags on all pages

VIEWING THE CODE

• Looking at the HTML
• Using the Code Inspector
• Setting code options

6. LINKING

LINKING WITH POINT-TO-FILE

• Pointing to a file

BROWSING FOR FILES

• Browsing for files to link

EMAIL LINKS

• Inserting an Email link

NAMED ANCHORS

• Using named anchors

LINKING USING IMAGES AND TEXT

• Using image maps
• Modifying an image map
• Deleting an image map

CHECKING THE LINKS

• Using the Link Checker

7. PUBLISHING THE SITE

PREVIEWING THE SITE PAGES

• Previewing the site pages
• Adding or editing browsers in Preferences
• Previewing pages

REMOTE SITE

• Setting up the remote site

TRANSFERRING FILES TO THE SERVER

• Transferring files to the host server

SYNCHRONIZING FILES

• Synchronizing Local and Remote files