Dreamweaver 3.0: Introduction for Windows

Course description

Overview: Students will learn to create Websites using Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0.

Prerequisites: You must be familiar with the basic operation of the Windows operating system to take this course.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*           Explain basic concepts about the Internet and the World Wide Web, and how to publish a site.

*           Navigate in the Dreamweaver work environment.

*           Create a basic web page by typing text and importing graphics.

*           Design a site from scratch, beginning with developing a site map, through final upload of the site to a web server.

*           Import text into Dreamweaver pages using several methods.

*           Perform character and paragraph formatting on text, and define and apply HTML styles to speed up repetitive formatting.

*           Add links within a site, create anchors, and specify external links.

*           Create and format tables to assist in page design.

*           Use images as links and create image maps.

*           Build a frame-based site to assist the viewer in navigation.

*           Upload a site to a remote web server.

Course content

Lesson 1: Dreamweaver Basics

Internet Access and HTML

The Dreamweaver Environment

Editing an Existing Page

Viewing HTML and Download Time

Lesson 2: Creating a Basic Web Page

Creating and Formatting Text

Saving and Titling Web Pages

Working with Images

Lesson 3: Designing a Web Site

Defining a Web Site

Working with the Site Window

Working with Templates

Lesson 4: Working with Text

Importing Text

HTML Text

Character Formatting

Paragraph Formatting

HTML Styles

Lesson 5: Working with Links

Links within a Site

Anchors

Working with External Links

Lesson 6: Working with Images

Importing Images

Resizing Images

Using Images as Links

Lesson 7: Working with Tables

Creating Tables

Changing Table Layout

Formatting Text in Tables

Table Attributes

Using Tables for Layout

Lesson 8: Building a Site with Frames

Creating a Frameset

Web Pages in Framesets

Frame Link Destinations

Lesson 9: Uploading a Web Site

Checking the Site

Uploading the Site