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The current version of Dreamweaver on campus is CS3.
What is a web page and a web site
- html files
- jpgs, gifs, movs
- PDFs
- other files
Setting up Dreamweaver
- sites versus FTP connection
- connecting to the server
- synchronizing files
- copying files to local folder
- setting up a default page: index.htm
Using Dreamweaver
- File List: delete files, copy files, create folders, move files around
- Objects Panel: allows for inserting images, rollover images, date, etc.
- The Property Inspector
- Three views of a page: Design, Code, or Split
New Documents
- Blank
- Starter Page
- Templates (discussed when templates are discussed)
- Issues concerning the size of the page design
Page Properties
- Background Color
- Background Image
- Default fonts and styles
- Hyperlink styles: underline, roll-over
Color
- choosing a color
- how hexidecimal colors work
- determining a color using Photoshop Elements
Working with Text
- Copy and paste
- Sizes: different measurements of size
- Styles
- Font Faces
- Paragraph Formats: breaks, bullets, numbering
- Special characters: non-breaking space, bullets, currencies
- Issues with anticipating font appearance on a page
Working with Pictures
- Importing from outside of the site
- Placing in page from site
- Concern for file size and quality
- resizing in Dreamweaver versus resizing in Photoshop
- Rollover Images
- Animated GIFs
Linking
- Linking to other page
- Linking to an email (sending an email from your page)
- Linking to external site
- Linking to document (such as Word, Excel, PDF)
- Linking to an anchor on current page
- Using text
- Using picture
- Using Image Map
- Relative versus absolute references
- Use of the target options: blank, parent
Importing Data and Pages
- Paste versus Paste Special
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- Word
Tables
- Different uses of tables
- Background color
- Cell Pad
- Cell Space
- Cell Border
- Align
- Entering and Formatting Data
- Adding and subtracting cells
- Merging Cells
- Header Cells
Other Objects to Insert on a Page
- Navigation Bar
- Quicktime
- Audio
- Background Audio
- Gizmo: the weather underground
Basic Templates
- Planning a template
- Editable and Non-editable regions
- Creating documents based on template
- Updating documents
Frames
- File structure
- Settings
- Targetting
- ADA issues
Posting with asp
- Creating a form
- modifying .asp coding
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- linking to a page
- modifying styles
- adding styles
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