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Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Application Overview:
Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver is a robust web design tool, boasting an unparalleled combination of easy to use commands and powerful features. What makes Adobe Dreamweaver so unique is that it makes it easy for anyone to start building web sites, and yet it contains features indispensable to the productivity of veteran professionals.

What makes Adobe Dreamweaver so easy to learn is that it's interface is very similar to a word processor's. It takes the headache out of hand coding web pages by giving web designers a visual environment to work in, while the HTML code (and other coding) is written for them in the background. This allows new and experienced designers to work very fast and build much more elaborate sites.

But what makes Adobe Dreamweaver an industry standard tool is that it was one of the earliest web design programs to give developers both visual interface, and code-based environment to work in - and it allows designers to switch back and forth between the two environments.
As a result Dreamweaver not only accommodates new users and pros, but more importantly, it helps turn new users into pros.

Users: Creative, Design, Web Development, IT and Admin Professionals as well as anyone who needs to create, edit and maintain corporate or personal websites, design and implement Intranets, Web-based presentations and HTML email communications such as newsletters and email promotions.

Adobe Training

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 *
Intermediate/Advanced

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Course Information

Duration: Two-Day Course
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Fee: $795 CDN (+HST)

This class is limited to eight people.

*Note: As of February 2011 DPA Communications will offer Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Premiere, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash and Flash Catalyst courses on version CS5 (Creative Suite 5).

If you are currently using previous versions see the CS4 version of this course outline for any differences in training course content. Please contact DPA for more details or to have an instructor contact you.

Course Overview

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 is the leading single most powerful tool for professional web designers and developers, as it allows you to easily build and manage websites complete with complex functionality with the click of a mouse.

This course is a continuation of the Dreamweaver CS5 Introduction course. It is an intensive, hands-on guided tour of producing a CSS based layout and website. You will explore indepth techniques while working with external CSS pages such as designing a table-less layout, including creation of rollovers entirely in CSS.

You will also learn how to create custom code snippets that will save you time by reusing the code, add interactive behaviors via JavaScript and start working with SPRY widgets! In addition, this course will cover some very useful techniques as well as explore some of the new features in Dreamweaver CS5 that will speed up your workflow.

Course Content

  • Use the Site Definition Advanced Mode
  • Controlling Layout with CSS
  • Structuring pages with DIV tags
  • The Box Model
  • Understanding Floats
  • Using Relative and Absolute
  • Positioning
  • Adding Form Interactivity
  • Using SPRY Validation Widgets
  • Creating a Dreamweaver Template
  • Creating Editable Attributes
  • Applying Templates to existing pages
  • Behaviors Overview
  • Getting more Behaviours
  • Creating Rollovers with CSS
  • Hiding and Showing Elements
  • SPRY Overview
  • Using SPRY Widgets
  • Using Live View
  • Creating Library Items
  • Using Find and Replace
  • Understanding Code View
  • Photoshop Integration and Alternate
  • Workflows
  • Modifying Smart Objects
  • Adding Flash Video
  • Running Sitewide Reports
  • Checking for Broken Links
  • Validating Markup
  • Updating and Publishing Sites
  • Adobe AIR Authoring Support
  • HTML5

Calendar Dates:

Feb 9/10, 2012

Mar 26/27, 2012

Jun 25/26, 2012

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