Mini-review & Competition: Complete Training for Adobe DW CS5

Learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 online!

If you just got started learning Adobe's programs, and Dreamweaver CS5 in particular, we have an awesome online training full of great lessons to help you out. From learning the Dreamweaver CS5 menus to building professional websites as an experienced Web designer, it's all packed in over 6 hours of online course with Class on Demand.

Overview

What You Will Learn:

In this training, you will learn everything you need to know to build simple websites with Dreamweaver. Lessons include topics such as how to manage sites and create new pages; insert text, graphics, tables, lists, layers, and forms; build a navigation system; add dynamic functionality with Dreamweaver’s behaviors and Spry widgets; style your pages with Cascading Style Sheets; create and use templates, library items, and server-side includes; test and validate code; and publish your finished site via FTP through Dreamweaver’s expanded Files panel.

Dreamweaver CS5 Training Lessons:

  • Introduction - Sue Jenkins, the Complete Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 instructor will go through the whole course material in few words and will guide you through the process of learning.

  • Getting Started - A complete overview of the Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 workspace to learn how to navigate around the program.

  • Managing a Site - Learn how to manage your sites through the Dreamweaver CS5 panel and how to import them from your computer in order to publish them on the Web.

  • Creating Pages - Use the document dialog box, choose the proper DTD, title and save your pages and use meta tags in the head of your pages.

  • Making a Basic Web Page - Introduction - What's included in a simple web page.

  • Making a Basic Web Page - Part One - Adding text, images and links.

  • Making a Basic Web Page - Part Two - Adding lists and tables.

  • Understanding Cascading Style Sheets - How to style and format your content on the web.

  • Working with Layers - Organize your content with regular div tags and API div tags, as well as styling your layers with CSS.

  • Building Navigation Menus - CSS List Style Menus and Spry Menus.
  • Templates, Library Items and SSIs - Maximize the power of Dreamweaver by creating Templates, Library items and Server Side Includes (SSIs), which will save you tons of work when you need to update your sites in the future.

  • Rollover Buttons, Image Maps and Media Files - Interact your visitors with these tools in order to make your visitor spend more time on your website.

  • Creating Forms - Form processing scripts , how to organize form with tables, insert form fields and validate data before sending it to the server in order to collect your website users data.

  • Behaviors, Snippets, History Panel, and Spry Widgets - More ways to add interactivity to your website.

  • Testing and Validation - Once your webpage is done you need to do some test to make sure it works properly so you will received the deserved attention on it. Learn how to use Live code, Live view, inspect and Adobe browser lab.

  • Code Cleanup - Sitewide using find and replace tool, running reports and cleanup commands and fixing code errors with the results panel before publishing your website on the Web.

  • Publishing Your Site - Setting up file transfer protocol or FTP and transfer your pages from Dreamweaver to a Live Remote server.

  • Helpful Online Resources - Learn more about accessing Dreamweaver exchange, the Extensions manager, and more sources of useful websites.

  • Using Lunarpages Web Hosting - Hosting Plans

  • Conclusion

Competition:

In order to win on of the two Token IDs, which can be used for the Complete Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, all you need to do is to answer the following question: How long is the total running time of this training?

Send your answer to this e-mail address, before Wednesday the 26th of January 2011. 

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