Course Outline

Dreamweaver CS5 Advanced

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