Course Length: 1 day
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take Dreamweaver CS5 Introduction or have equivalent knowledge.
Course Content:
Unit 1 : Designing with CSS
· Overview of style sheets
o Discussing style sheets
· Page layout and global styles
o Linking a page to a style sheet
o Discussing page sections
o Defining document sections
o Controlling margins, padding, and borders
o Creating and applying an ID style
o Using Inspect mode to explore a layout
Unit 2 : Site assets
· Library assets, snippets, and includes
o Creating and inserting a library item
o Updating a library item
o Creating and inserting a snippet
o Creating, adding, and editing a server-side include
· Templates
o Creating a template
o Creating an editable attribute
o Applying a template and a template attribute
o Applying a template to an existing page
Unit 2 : Site assets (cont.)
· Head elements
o Discussing head elements
o Exploring head elements
o Editing a head element
o Defining keywords for your site
o Creating a description of your site
· Multimedia content
o Inserting Flash content
o Inserting a Windows Media Player file
Unit 3 : Forms
· Creating interactive forms
o Starting a form
o Inserting text input fields
o Creating a list box and a menu
o Adding check boxes and radio buttons
o Inserting Submit and Reset buttons
o Observing the default tab order for a form
o Setting the tab order
o Creating and modifying a Spry widget
Unit 4 : Rollovers, behaviors, and AP Divs
· Rollovers and behaviors
o Applying rollover images
o Applying the Swap Image behavior
· Creating and modifying AP Divs
o Inserting AP Divs
o Modifying AP Divs
o Setting visibility
o Controlling visibility dynamically
Unit 5 : Working with XML
· Applying XML and XSLT
o Converting an HTML page to an XSLT page
o Binding XML data to an XSLT page
o Creating a repeat region
o Creating a dynamic link
o Attaching an XSLT file to an XML document
Unit 6 : Collaboration and accessibility
· Collaboration
o Checking files in and out
o Adding a design note
o Creating workflow reports
· Accessibility, usability, and site testing
o Discussing accessibility guidelines and methods
o Checking for missing Alt text
o Discussing usability techniques and feedback