Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 - Advanced

Introduction | Advanced

Intermediate to Advanced Level

Platforms: PC/Mac

Prerequisite: General Mac or Windows Knowledge

Location: Sydney Metropolitan Area

Course Outline

• Forms
  Adding form objects
  Names and values
  Jump menus
  Formatting forms
  Form html code
  
  
• Introduction to style sheets
  Working with cascading style sheets
  Using linked style sheets Working with forms and libraries
  Using forms
  Creating libraries
  
  
• Layers and Positioning
  CSS positioning - X, Y, Z coordinates
  Absolute vs relative positioning
  Positioning Properties
  The layer inspector
  Creating, selecting and using layers
  Stacking order
  
  
• Behavior Modification
  Adding behaviors
  Common objects
  Event handlers
  Set text of Status bar
  Go to URL
  Popup message
  Open browser window
  Check plugin
  Check browser
  Swap Image
  Play sound
  Control Shockwave or Flash
  Validate form
  
  
• Creating Head content for a Web page
  Defining the elements of a HEAD tag
  Using elements in the HEAD tag
  
  
• Automating Dreamweaver
  About library items
  Creating, editing and using library items
  Updating your site
  Dreamweaver templates
  Creating templates
  Setting template page properties
  Setting Editable regions
  Creating pages based on a template
  Attaching an existing page to a template
  Using editable regions
  Highlights for templates
  Renaming and deleting templates