Dreamweaver CS4:

Advanced, ACE Edition

Topic-Level Outline

Days:  1

          Prerequisites: Dreamweaver CS4: Basic, ACE Edition or equivalent experience

                         Unit 1 :  CSS layout

Topic A: 0  Overview of style sheets

A-1:                               Discussing style sheets

Topic B: 0  Page layout

B-1:                         Discussing page sections

B-2:                         Linking a page to an external style sheet

B-3:                         Defining document sections

B-4:                         Controlling margins, padding, and borders

B-5:                         Creating and applying an ID style

                         Unit 2 :  Site assets

Topic A: 0  Library assets

A-1:                               Creating and inserting a library item

A-2:                               Updating a library item

A-3:                               Creating and inserting a snippet

Topic B: 0  Server-side includes

B-1:                               Creating a server-side include

B-2:                               Adding a server-side include

B-3:                               Editing a server-side include

Topic C: 0  Templates

C-1:                               Creating a template

                               C-2:                               Creating an editable attribute

C-3:                               Applying a template and a template attribute

                               C-4:                               Applying a template to an existing page

Topic D: 0  Head elements

D-1:                         Discussing head elements

D-2:                         Examining a document’s head section

D-3:                         Editing a head element

D-4:                         Defining keywords for your site

D-5:                         Creating a description of your site

                         Unit 3 :  Forms

Topic A: 0  Building a form

A-1:                               Starting a form

A-2:                               Inserting text input fields

A-3:                               Creating a list box and a menu

A-4:                               Adding check boxes and radio buttons

A-5:                               Inserting Submit and Reset buttons

Topic B: 0  Tab order

B-1:                               Observing the default tab order for a form

B-2:                               Setting the tab order

                               Topic C: 0  Validation input fields

C-1:                         Creating and modifying a Spry widget

                         Unit 4 :  Rollovers and behaviors

Topic A: 0  Rollovers

A-1:                               Creating a gallery with rollover images

Topic B: 0  Behaviors

B-1:                         Applying the Swap Image behavior

B-2:                         Exploring Dreamweaver extensions

                         Unit 5 :  AP elements

Topic A: 0  Creating AP Divs

A-1:                               Inserting AP Divs

Topic B: 0  Working with AP Divs

B-1:                         Modifying AP Divs

B-2:                         Setting visibility

B-3:                         Controlling visibility dynamically

                         Unit 6 :  Multimedia

Topic A: 0  Adding multimedia content

A-1:                         Inserting Flash content

A-2:                         Inserting a FlashPaper document

                         A-3:                         Inserting a Windows Media Player movie

A-4:                         Inserting a QuickTime movie

                         Unit 7 :  Working with XML

Topic A: 0  Using XML and XSLT

A-1:                               Converting an HTML page to an XSLT page

A-2:                               Binding XML data to an XSLT page

Topic B: 0  Working with XML data

B-1:                         Creating a repeat region

B-2:                         Creating a dynamic link

B-3:                         Attaching an XSLT file to an XML document

                         Unit 8 :  Collaboration and reports

Topic A: 0  Collaboration

A-1:                               Checking files in and out

A-2:                               Adding a design note

Topic B: 0  Site reports

B-1:              Validating your site code

              B-2:              Checking accessibility             

              Appendix A :  ACE exam objectives map

Topic A: 0  ACE exam objectives