Dreamweaver MX Level II: Interactive Web Site Development

DreamweaverMX TextbookDESCRIPTION 

In this course, you will learn powerful skills such as making your Website interactive with the user, testing your Website, managing your Website, etc. By the end of this course, you will have a functioning Website that is very efficient and interactive with the user. Your creative participation is required for this course, along with an active discussion of what you are learning. You will be asked to answer discussion questions and complete practical assignments of your choice for each of eight units. At the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to create your own course project that incorporates the skills that you learned in the course. Dreamweaver is quickly becoming a standard for web design and it has the ease of use that can be found in traditional print design and layout programs. It is perfect for novices, web designers, and print designers making the leap to the web.

Enrollment in this course requires you to have a working version of Dreamweaver MX 2004. The educational version is sufficient. Textbook: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004:  Training From the Source, Publisher: Macromedia Press,

ISBN #: 0-321-21919-8.

This course is 1 unit of credit.

OBJECTIVES

After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Create frames in Dreamweaver MX 2004.
  • Create forms in Dreamweaver MX 2004.
  • Add user interactivity in Dreamweaver MX 2004.
  • Manage your website in Dreamweaver MX 2004.
  • Test your Dreamweaver site and make it accessible.
  • Edit the code in Dreamweaver MX 2004 and use Find and Replace.

Course Outline

UNIT 1:  CREATING FRAMES IN DREAMWEAVER

In this unit, the student will investigate the following:

    1. Creating a frameset.
    2. Saving a frameset.
    3. Creating frames and nested frames.
    4. Resizing frames.
    5. Changing frameset and frame properties.
    6. Creating documents within frames.
    7. Targeting frame content.
    8. Creating Noframes content.

UNIT 2:  CREATING FORMS IN DREAMWEAVER

In this unit, the student will investigate the following:

    1. Creating a form on a Web page.
    2. Dividing form content into groups.
    3. Creating accessible forms.
    4. Adding single-line text fields.
    5. Adding a multi-line text field.
    6. Adding checkboxes, radio buttons, and list/menu items.
    7. Adding hidden fields.
    8. Adding buttons.
    9. Formatting a form using CSS.
    10. Creating a jump menu.
    11. Testing a form.

UNIT 3:  ADDING USER INTERACTIVITY IN DREAMWEAVER

In this unit, the student will investigate the following:

    1. Creating rollovers.
    2. Adding user interactivity to your pages by using behaviors.
    3. Adding multiple behaviors to one user action.
    4. Adding behaviors to image maps.
    5. Creating a status bar message.
    6. Redirecting users based on the version of their browser.
    7. Opening a new browser window.
    8. Creating a pop-up menu.

UNIT 4:  MANAGING YOUR WEBSITE IN DREAMWEAVER / ACCESSIBILITY AND TESTING 

In this unit, the student will investigate the following:

    1. The purposes and uses of the Files panel.
    2. Performing site-management functions within the Files panel.
    3. Customizing the Files panel.
    4. Creating a site map and using it to manage your files.
    5. Understanding the difference between a local site and a remote site.
    6. Setting up a connection to a remote site.
    7. Copying files to and from a remote site.
    8. Testing your site for browser compatibility.
    9. Testing the links in your site
    10. Creating site reports.
    11. Checking for orphaned files.
    12. Checking spelling.

UNIT 5:  EDITING THE CODE IN DREAMWEAVER / USING FIND AND REPLACE

In this unit, the student will investigate the following:

    1. Learning to switch document views.
    2. Using the Code view to edit HTML.
    3. Creating meta tags and HTML comments.
    4. Using the Tag Selector.
    5. Using the Quick Tag Editor.
    6. Using snippets.
    7. Cleaning up HTML.
    8. Cleaning up Word HTML.
    9. Finding and replacing text.
    10. Finding text within HTML tags.
    11. Using the Find and Replace feature to apply a custom style.
    12. Using the Find and Replace feature to attach external style sheets.
    13. Saving and reusing your search settings.
    14. Searching for patterns in text.
    15. Finding variations of a name.

UNIT 6:  CREATING LAYERS IN DREAMWEAVER

In this unit, the student will investigate the following:

    1. Creating and naming layers.
    2. Modifying layer sizes and locations.
    3. Using layers to control content on your page.
    4. Changing the stacking order of layers.
    5. Nesting and unnesting layers.
    6. Changing layer visibility.
    7. Setting rulers and guides.
    8. Using a JavaScript fix for a Netscape bug.
    9. Making pages designed with layers compatible with earlier browsers.

UNIT 7:  COURSE PROJECT

In this unit, the student will complete a course project that requires the synthesis and integration of all of the skills learned in this course.

TEXTBOOK:  Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004:  Training From the Source,

Publisher: Macromedia Press, ISBN #: 0-321-21919-8