Advanced Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Behaviors,
Reusing Code and Site Management
Dreamweaver MX offers many advanced tools that allow you yo manage
your entire site. You will learn how to use Templates, Server-side
Includes, Library Items, Snippets and other ways to reuse code.
You will master all of the "Behaviors" Dreamweaver offers that insert
client-side JavaScript on your site. Learn how to utilize the site
management tools and actually upload to a real web server
Course Outline
- Introduction to Dreamweaver 8
- The Dreamweaver MX interface
- Goals of this course
- Introduction to Site Examples
- Create a Dreamweaver "Site"
- EXERCISE: Build a Dreamweaver "Site"
- Creating Reusable Components
- Server-Side Includes
- Drawbacks to using SSIs
- When to use an SSI
- Creating an SSI
- Inserting an SSI
- Editing and Updating an SSI
- Exercise 2: Create a "featured pet of the week" section with a Server-Side Include
- Library Items
- Drawbacks to using Library Items
- When to use an Library Items
- Creating an Library Item
- Inserting an Library Item
- Editing and Updating an Library Item
- Exercise 3: Add an Updatable Footer Using a Library Item
- Snippets
- How to use Snippets
- Saving Snippets
- Exercise 4: Creating a List of Related Links Using Snippets
- Fireworks HTML
- Insert Fireworks HTML
- Exercise 5: Adding Navigation Links with Fireworks HTML
- Cascading Style Sheet
- Attach a Cascading Style Sheet
- Exercise 6: Attaching a CSS document / Cumulative Exercise
- Templates
- Creating Templates
- Using a template to create additional pages
- Exercise 7: Create Multiple Pages Using a Template
- Dreamweaver Behaviors
- What is JavaScript?
- Events vs. Actions
- Behavior: Changing Status Bar Text
- Behavior: Popup Message / Alert Box
- Exercise 8: Status Bar / Pop-up message Behaviors
- Layers
- Behavior: Layers: Dynamic Visibility
- Exercise 9: Dynamic Visibility
- Behavior: Layers: "Dragable" Content
- Exercise 10: Creating a game with Dragable Content
- Exercise 11: Using the Timeline
- Behavior: Jump Menu
- Behavior: Jump Menu
- Adding a little JavaScript
- Exercise 12: Jump Menu
- Behavior: Open Browser Window
- Behavior: Open Browser Window
- Adding a little JavaScript
- Exercise 13: Open Browser Window
- Behavior: Pop-up Menu
- Behavior: Pop-up Menu
- Exercise 14: Add Pop-up Menu
- Behavior: Insert Flash Movie
- Behavior: Insert Flash Movie
- Exercise 15: Replace the titlebar.gif with a Flash movie
- Appendix A: Form Validation Behavior
- Form Validation Behavior
- Exercise 16: Form Validation
- Appendix B: Site Management Tools
- Search and Replace
- Built in FTP client
- Synchronize files
- File check-in/check-out
- Design Notes
- Link Checker
- Reports
- Appendix C: Extending Dreamweaver
- Dreamweaver Exchange
- Exercise 17: Install an Extension
See also
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Training Courses
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