Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3: Level 2

Course Specifications

Course number: 084205
Software: Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: Adobe® Certified Expert (ACE) Program

Course Description

You have created basic web pages. You may now need to develop professional-looking websites. In this course, you will use the advanced features of Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 to design and develop professional-looking websites.

Course Objective: You will develop professional-looking web pages using the Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3 application.

Target Student: This course is designed for students who not only use Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 to design and develop webpages in a WYSIWYG environment, but also have the ability to understand and work with the architecture and coding of web pages. Students are those in small companies or departments within large companies who use web technologies for electronic communication. Some examples of target companies are advertising agencies, marketing agencies, and groups involved in intranet and extranet production.

Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should have completed the Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3: Level 1 course or possess equivalent knowledge.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Hardware Requirements

• An Intel® Pentium® IV processor.
• 512 MB of RAM.
• 1 GB of available disk space for software installation, and an additional 10 MB for the course data files.
• A 256-color monitor capable of 1024 x 768 resolution.
• A DVD-ROM drive.
• Internet connection.

Platform Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2.

Software Requirements

• Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3.
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or above or Netscape® Navigator 8.0.

To complete the activities in Appendix A, you will need to install the following applications:

• Microsoft® Office Word 2007
• Microsoft® Office Excel 2007
• Adobe® Photoshop® CS3
• Adobe® Flash® Player 9

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• work in Code view using the coding features of Dreamweaver.
• format content using style sheets.
• create an effective user-navigation interface.
• work with AP elements to enhance the layout and positioning of elements on a web page.
• automate tasks.
• create forms.
• author a web page using XML-based data.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Working in Code View

Topic 1A: Use Coding Tools

Topic 1B: Search for and Replace Code

Topic 1C: Use Design Notes and Comments

Lesson 2: Formatting with Style Sheets

Topic 2A: Create CSS Styles

Topic 2B: Apply External Styles to Multiple Pages

Topic 2C: Redefine Style Sheets

Lesson 3: Creating an Effective User-Navigation Interface

Topic 3A: Create Rollovers

Topic 3B: Create a Navigation Bar

Topic 3C: Add Flash Buttons and Text to a Page

Topic 3D: Use the Spry User Interface Widgets

Topic 3E: Add Spry Effects

Lesson 4: Working with AP Elements

Topic 4A: Create AP Elements

Topic 4B: Control AP Elements Dynamically

Topic 4C: Insert Rich Media Objects into an AP Element

Lesson 5: Automating Tasks

Topic 5A: Add Library Items from Site Pages

Topic 5B: Place Library Items onto Site Pages

Topic 5C: Use Snippets

Topic 5D: Replay Actions Using the History Panel

Lesson 6: Creating Forms

Topic 6A: Set Up Forms

Topic 6B: Add Form Elements

Topic 6C: Validate Forms

Lesson 7: Authoring with XML-Based Data

Topic 7A: Integrate XML-Based Data

Topic 7B: Display XML Data Using Spry

Appendix A: Integrating Other Applications with Dreamweaver

Supplemental Lesson Integrating Other Applications with Dreamweaver

Topic 1A: Import Word Documents into Dreamweaver

Topic 1B: Import Excel Worksheets into Dreamweaver

Topic 1C: Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment

Topic 1D: Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge

Topic 1E: Integrate Photoshop Images in Dreamweaver

Topic 1F: Preview Web Pages in Device Central

Appendix B: Adobe® Certified Expert (ACE) Program