Building Data-Driven Websites with Dreamweaver 8 (with ColdFusion MX, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP)

Note: This course can be taught using either Macromedia ColdFusion MX, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP 3.0.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 allows all users to create dynamic database-driven websites with absolutely no hand-coding at all. It has WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) functions called Server Behaviors that allow you to create a connection to a database, query the database with a "Recordset" and display the resulting records.

Course Outline

• Introduction to Dreamweaver MX
• The Dreamweaver MX interface
• Which server-side language is best?
• ColdFusion vs. PHP vs. ASP.NET vs. ASP
• Create a Dreamweaver "Site"
• EXERCISE: Build a Dreamweaver "Site"
• Database Basic
• Creating Database Connections
• Introduction to SQL
• Recordset Behavior
• EXERCISE: Build Recordset to Query the Database
• Display Resulting Records
• Repeat Region Behavior
• EXERCISE: Display Results from Recordset
• Paging Through Records
• Use "Go to next record" and "Go to Previous record" Behaviors
• EXERCISE: Paging through Records
• Conditional Display of Content
• "Show Region If..." Behaviors
• EXERCISE: Display Next and Previous Links only if needed
• Recordcount
• Display the number of Records returned
• EXERCISE: Display recordcount
• Psssing Variables
• "Go to Detail Page" Behavior
• EXERCISE: Build a link to pass a variable
• Advanced Recordsets and Multi-table Queries
• Simple Recordset with Filter
• Advanced Recordset
• Advanced Recordset and Multi-table Queries (JOIN)
• EXERCISE: Build a query that uses variable input
• Review
• EXERCISE: Cumulative Exercise
• Build Dynamic Select Lists
• Review of HTML Forms
• Display data in Select List
• EXERCISE: Dynamically Create Select Lists
• Insert Records
• "Insert Record" Behavior
• Client-side Form Validation
• EXERCISE: Insert Record
• Stored Procedures
• Insert new Record using Stored Procedure
• SQL Insert Statement
• EXERCISE: Insert New Record with Stored Procedure
• Edit Record
• "Edit Record" Behavior
• EXERCISE: BuildEdit Records
• Delete Records
• "Delete Record" Behavior
• EXERCISE: Build Page to Delete Record
• Build Password Protected Admin Section
• Create Login Page using "Login User" Behavior
• Password Protect a page with "Restrict Access to Page" Behavior
• EXERCISE: Utilize the "User Authentication" Behaviors
• Site Management Tools
• Design Notes
• Check Target Browsers
• Link Checker
• Reports
• Appendix: Extending Dreamweaver
• Find available Extensions

See also:

Adobe ColdFusion 8 Training Courses

• Core ColdFusion 8 (3 days) - UPDATED!
• Advanced ColdFusion 8: Components, Error Handling and Complex Objects (2 days) - UPDATED!
• Advanced ColdFusion 8: XML, External Data and File System (2 days) - UPDATED!
• ColdFusion 8 and Reporting (2 days) - NEW!
• ColdFusion 8 and Ajax (2 days) - NEW!
• What's New in ColdFusion 8 (2 days) - NEW!

• Introduction to ColdFusion MX 7 (3 days)
• Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 (4 days)

• Introduction to ColdFusion MX (2 days)
• Advanced ColdFusion MX (3 days)
• ColdFusion MX, Web Services and XML (2 days)
• FuseBox 4.1 Training (2 day)
• Building Data-driven Websites with Dreamweaver 8(using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)
• Flash Remoting MX: Integrating Flash and ColdFusion (2 days)

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Training Courses

• Introduction to Dreamweaver CS3 (2 days)
• Advanced Dreamweaver CS3 (2 days)
• Building Data-driven Websites with Dreamweaver CS3 (using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)
• Using Adobe Dreamweaver Developer Toolbox with Dreamweaver CS3 (using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)

• Introduction to Dreamweaver 8 (2 days)
• Advanced Dreamweaver 8 (2 days)
• Building Data-driven Websites with Dreamweaver 8 (using ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET or ASP) (2 days)