Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver CC web design software provides an intuitive visual interface for making and editing HTML websites and mobile apps. This course will provide web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional websites.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of a Mac or PC computer

Course Outline

Customizing Your Workspace

• Using the Start Screen
• Exploring New Feature guides
• Working with toolbars
• Switching and splitting views
• Selecting a workspace layout
• Working with panels
• Personalizing Dreamweaver
• Working with Extract
• Creating custom keyboard shortcuts
• Using the Property inspector
• Using the Related Files interface
• Using tag selectors
• Using the CSS Designer
• Using the Visual Media Query interface
• Using the DOM Viewer
• Using the heads-up displays
• Exploring, experimenting, and learning

HTML Basics

• What is HTML?
• Where did HTML begin?
• Frequently used HTML 4 codes
• Introducing HTML5

CSS Basics

• What is CSS?
• HTML vs. CSS formatting
• HTML defaults
• CSS box model
• Applying CSS styling
• Multiples, classes, and ids

Web Design Basics

• Developing a new website
• Scenario
• Working with thumbnails and wireframes

Creating a Page Layout

• Evaluating page design options
• Working with predefined layouts

Working with a Web Framework

• Creating a navigation menu
• Creating header content
• Building semantic content
• Managing Bootstrap component width
• Inserting HTML entities
• Creating global type styles

Design for Mobile Devices

• Responsive design
• Adapting the site to different screen sizes
• Working with media queries
• More information on media queries

Working with Templates

• Creating a template from an existing layout
• Inserting editable regions
• Inserting metadata
• Producing child pages

Working with Text, Lists, and Tables

• Previewing the completed file
• Creating and styling text
• Creating lists
• Creating and styling tables
• Copying and pasting tables
• Spell-checking webpages
• Finding and replacing text
• Optional self-paced exercise

Working with Images

• Web image basics
• Previewing the completed file
• Inserting an image
• Adjusting image positions with CSS classes
• Working with the Insert panel
• Using the Insert menu
• Inserting non-web file types
• Working with Photoshop Smart Objects ( optional)
• Copying and pasting images from Photoshop ( optional)
• Inserting images by drag and drop
• Optimizing images with the Property inspector

Working with Navigation

• Hyperlink basics
• Previewing the completed file
• Creating internal hyperlinks
• Creating an external link
• Setting up email links
• Creating an image-based link
• Targeting page elements
• Checking your page
• Adding destination links to the same page ( optional)

Adding Interactivity

• Learning about Dreamweaver behaviors
• Previewing the completed file
• Working with Dreamweaver behaviors
• Working with Bootstrap Accordion widgets

Publishing to the Web

• Defining a remote site
• Cloaking folders and files
• Wrapping things up
• Putting your site online (optional)
• Synchronizing local and remote sites

Working with Code

• Creating HTML code
• Working with multi-cursor support
• Commenting your code
• Working with CSS preprocessors
• Selecting code
• Collapsing code
• Expanding code
• Accessing split Code view
• Previewing assets in Code view
• Appendix TinyURLs

Working with Web Animation and Video

• Understanding web animation and video
• Previewing the completed file
• Adding web animation to a page
• Adding web video to a page
• Don't host your own videos