Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Training


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Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is the industry-leading HTML editor for designing, coding, and developing websites, web pages, and web applications. VTC author, James Gonzalez, provides concise and straightforward but complete demonstrations of Dreamweaver’s visual design tools. Dreamweaver contains both a design and code editor, so you can enjoy the control of hand-coding HTML, or take advantage of Dreamweaver’s rich visual editing features to quickly create web pages without typing a line of code. Gonzalez demonstrates how to set up a site, manage the files within, work with text, layers, and layout tables. Learn CSS, how to design and create forms, work with templates, and much much more. To being learning today, simply click on one of the Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 links.

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Introduction to Dreamweaver 8
	Course Introduction	(02:36)
	What is Dreamweaver?	(05:04)
	New with Dreamweaver 8 pt. 1	(05:08)
	New with Dreamweaver 8 pt. 2	(06:11)
	Covered in this Course pt. 1	(04:58)
	Covered in this Course pt. 2	(02:46)
	System Requirements	(02:03)
Site Setup
	Creating a Site pt. 1	(05:06)
	Creating a Site pt. 2	(05:20)
	Using the Dreamweaver FTP Client	(05:28)
	Files Window	(06:43)
	Site & File Management	(07:05)
Dreamweaver Workspace
	Application Workspace Overview	(06:39)
	Dreamweaver View Options	(03:11)
	Insert Menu	(04:08)
	Properties Inspector	(02:57)
	Panels & Panel Groups	(06:16)
	Zoom Tools	(03:52)
	Guide Tools	(06:59)
	XHTML vs. HTML	(06:11)
	Coding Toolbar	(07:11)
	Page Properties	(04:20)
Text
	Placing Text by Dragging & Dropping	(03:33)
	Placing Text by Cutting & Pasting	(02:59)
	Working with Word Documents	(07:18)
	Formatting Text with CSS vs. HTML	(04:25)
	Formatting Text with Property Inspector pt. 1	(03:32)
	Formatting Text with Property Inspector pt. 2	(04:06)
	Formatting Paragraphs	(05:07)
	Problems with HTML Formatted Text	(01:58)
	Working with Lists	(07:01)
	Finding & Replacing Text	(06:23)
	Spell Checking	(03:29)
Layers & Layout Tables
	HTML Layers Overview	(03:00)
	Creating Tables in Layout Mode	(04:18)
	Working with Layer Content	(03:54)
	Overlapping & Nesting Layers	(07:15)
	Layer Visibility & Stacking Order	(04:49)
	Converting Layers to Tables	(06:28)
Tables
	Inserting Tables	(06:11)
	Creating Tables in Layout Mode	(05:28)
	Selecting Table Elements	(02:35)
	Adding & Removing Columns & Rows	(06:00)
	Resizing Table Elements	(05:17)
	Cell Padding & Cell Spacing	(03:38)
	Aligning Table Elements	(04:15)
	Table Colors & Backgrounds	(02:52)
	Sorting Tables	(03:12)
Images
	Image Formats	(02:54)
	Inserting Images	(02:55)
	Setting Image Properties pt. 1	(03:16)
	Setting Image Properties pt. 2	(03:26)
	Image Placeholders	(02:22)
	Image Rollovers	(05:42)
	Tracing Images	(05:50)
Cascading Style Sheets
	Why Use CSS?	(04:01)
	How CSS Works	(03:41)
	Types of Styles	(04:38)
	Using The CSS Panel	(03:43)
	Creating & Editing Styles	(06:36)
	Manual HTML Formatting	(04:07)
	Applying CSS Formatting	(06:37)
	Editing Styles	(06:30)
	Style Rendering	(03:34)
	CSS Layout Visualization	(05:20)
	External Style Sheets	(06:47)
	Style Definitions - Overview	(05:43)
	Style Attributes - Type Appearance	(04:55)
	Style Attributes - Text Blocks	(03:17)
	CSS Troubleshooting Tips	(05:55)
CSS Positioning
	CSS Positioning Techniques	(06:01)
	Relative vs. Absolute Positioning	(04:57)
	CSS Positioning Properties pt. 1	(06:05)
	CSS Positioning Properties pt. 2	(05:56)
Links
	Absolute vs. Relative Links	(06:17)
	How Document Relative Paths Work	(06:32)
	Text & Image Links	(04:48)
	Named Anchors	(05:35)
	E-Mail Links	(02:40)
	Opening Links in a New Window	(04:03)
	Image Maps	(04:16)
Designing & Creating Forms
	Forms Overview	(03:15)
	Positioning Form Objects	(04:06)
	Adding Form Objects	(04:18)
	Text Fields	(04:35)
	Checkboxes	(02:37)
	Radio Buttons	(02:47)
	Menus & Lists	(03:57)
	Jump Menus	(04:51)
	Submit & Reset Buttons	(02:58)
	Other Form Elements	(02:19)
	Processing the Form Data	(05:23)
Library Items
	About Library Items	(05:29)
	Creating Libraries	(04:10)
	Inserting & Updating Libraries	(03:36)
	Library Management Tips	(05:07)
Templates
	How HTML Templates Work	(04:45)
	Creating Templates	(03:34)
	Types of Template Regions	(05:22)
	Setting Editable Regions	(05:22)
	Applying Templates to Pages	(03:15)
	Updating Pages Based on Templates pt. 1	(03:31)
	Updating Pages Based on Templates pt. 2	(04:33)
Adding Interactivity Using Behaviors
	How Behaviors Work	(04:46)
	Applying Behaviors - Check Plug-in	(05:42)
	Check Browser Behaviors	(04:05)
	Open Browser Window	(06:25)
	Swap Image	(03:48)
	Show or Hide Layers	(02:13)
	Validate Form	(05:17)
Frames
	What are Frames?	(03:19)
	Creating Framesets & Frames	(03:26)
	Setting Content Pages	(03:01)
	Setting Frame Targets	(06:12)
	Specialized Frame Targets	(03:45)
Site Management
	Moving/Renaming & Deleting Files	(04:02)
	Checking Links	(03:15)
	Checking & Fixing External Links	(02:59)
	Fixing Broken Links with the Link Checker	(04:39)
	Checking In & Checking Out Files	(05:46)
	Synchronizing Modified Files	(04:43)
	Cloaking Files & Folders	(04:12)
Extending Dreamweaver
	Accessibility Features	(04:46)
	Using Dreamweaver Exchange	(03:56)
	Managing Extensions	(06:01)
	Installing & Using Extensions	(06:46)
Course Wrap-up
	Course Wrap up/Summary	(01:56)
Credits
	About Your Instructor	(01:00)

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Title:	Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Author:	James Gonzalez
SKU:	33666
ISBN:	1-933736-02-x
Duration:	10 hrs / 128 Lessons
Compatibility:	Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Training

Introduction to Dreamweaver 8

Site Setup

Dreamweaver Workspace

Text

Layers & Layout Tables

Tables

Images

Cascading Style Sheets

CSS Positioning

Links

Designing & Creating Forms

Library Items

Templates

Adding Interactivity Using Behaviors

Frames

Site Management

Extending Dreamweaver

Course Wrap-up

Credits