Dreamweaver CS4: Advanced

Course Outline

Duration: 1 Day

Description: This course will benefit students who want to learn how to use Dreamweaver CS4 to create and modify Web sites. Students will learn how to design pages with CSS, create and apply templates and server-side includes, and build accessible forms that validate user information. Students will also learn how to position elements and apply behaviors, add multimedia files, integrate XML-based data, transform XML with XSLT, and collaborate with other site developers. Students should have basic experience with Dreamweaver CS4 and should know how to use it for such tasks as defining sites, inserting elements and modifying properties, and managing site files.

Course Content:

Unit 1: CSS layout
Topic A: Overview of style sheets
Topic B: Page layout

Unit 2: Site assets
Topic A: Library assets
Topic B: Server-side includes
Topic C: Templates
Topic D: Head elements

Unit 3: Forms
Topic A: Building a form
Topic B: Tab order
Topic C: Validation input fields

Unit 4: Rollovers and behaviors
Topic A: Rollovers
Topic B: Behaviors

Unit 5: AP elements
Topic A: Creating AP Divs
Topic B: Working with AP Divs

Unit 6: Multimedia
Topic A: Adding multimedia content

Unit 7: Working with XML
Topic A: Using XML and XSLT
Topic B: Working with XML data

Unit 8: Collaboration and reports
Topic A: Collaboration
Topic B: Site reports

Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: ACE exam objectives