Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Level 2
Quickly and easily design, develop, and maintain websites and web applications — from start to finish — with Macromedia Dreamweaver software. Built for both designers and developers, Dreamweaver offers the choice of working in an intuitive visual layout interface or a streamlined coding environment.
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Duration: 1 Day
Objectives
- Create dynamic user-interface elements, including simple rollovers and complex navigation bars
- Use libraries to manage repeating site elements
- Create CSS styles to streamline text formatting within a page, and create external style sheets to allow formatting information to be used throughout a site
- Create and manage layers, as well as combine layers with behaviors to provide additional visual feedback for a viewer navigating a site
- Add a form to your web page
Prerequisites
- Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Level 1 or equivalent experience
Outline
- Section 1 - Rollovers
- Defining a Site and Creating Rollovers
- Building a Navigation Bar using Tables
- Creating the Initial Rollovers
- Adding a Click State to a Navigation Bar
- Testing Rollovers in a Browser
- Build a Navigation Bar Using the Insert Navigation Bar Tool
- Adding Flash Buttons and Text to a Page
- Section 2 - Libraries
- Adding and Placing a Library item
- Modifying a Library Item
- Section 3 - Style Sheets
- Altering an Existing HTML tag
- Creating Classes
- Applying Styles to Format Text
- Using the CSS Selector
- Exporting and Linking Style Sheets
- Applying Linked Styles to Text
- Redefining Style Sheets
- Section 4 - Layers
- Inserting a Layer and Setting Layer Visibility
- Creating a Layer with the Draw Layer Button
- Naming and Organizing Layers
- Setting the Stacking Order
- Defining a Layer with Styles
- Creating a Pop-Up Message
- Controlling Layer Visibility Using Behaviors
- Inserting a Flash Movie into a Layer
- Section 5 - Creating Forms
- Setting Up a Form Element
- Creating a Mailto: Action to Receive Form Submissions
- Adding Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
- Adding a Menu and Testing the Form
- Creating Text Fields and Areas
- Creating Submit and Reset Buttons
- Validating Form Entries