Dreamweaver Essentials

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Hello and Welcome

Lecture 2: Ten Ton Dreamweaver Essentials Project Files

Chapter 2: Web Design Fundamentals

Lecture 1: HTML Fundamentals

Lecture 2: CSS Fundamentals

Lecture 3: Three Challenges In Web Design, Pt 1

Lecture 4: Three Challenges In Web Design, Pt 2

Lecture 5: Dreamweaver's Role In Web Design

Chapter 3: Working in the Dreamweaver Interface

Lecture 1: Getting Started in Dreamweaver

Lecture 2: The Dreamweaver CS3 Interface

Lecture 3: The Dreamweaver CS4 Interface

Lecture 4: Customizing Dreamweaver's Interface

Lecture 5: Using Dreamweaver's History Panel

Lecture 6: Working with the Snippets Panel

Lecture 7: Exploring Other Panels

Lecture 8: Fast Selecting with the Tag Selector

Lecture 9: Saving Dreamweaver Workspaces

Lecture 10: Viewing Code in Dreamweaver

Lecture 11: Understanding Code Visually

Chapter 4: Managing Websites in Dreamweaver

Lecture 1: Defining A New Site

Lecture 2: Managing Multiple Sites

Lecture 3: Arranging File Structure

Lecture 4: Setting Up Index Files

Lecture 5: Uploading Files

Lecture 6: Using the Assets Panel

Lecture 7: Task #1: Define Your Own Site in Dreamweaver

Chapter 5: Adding Text and Page Structure

Lecture 1: Sample File Layout Tour & Free Resources

Lecture 2: Inserting Structural Headings

Lecture 3: Creating Numbered and Bulleted Lists and Sublists

Lecture 4: Inserting Special Characters

Lecture 5: Horizontal Rules & Property Inspector Limitations

Lecture 6: Previewing in Web Browsers, Adding Browsers, Online Browser Resources

Chapter 6: Getting Started with CSS

Lecture 1: Creating & Applying a Basic Style in Dreamweaver CS3

Lecture 2: Creating & Applying a Basic Style in Dreamweaver CS4

Lecture 3: Two Methods For Applying Styles & Understanding the Background Code

Lecture 4: Editing Styles Using the CSS Styles Panel

Lecture 5: Introducing the CSS Rule Definition Dialog Box

Chapter 7: Going Further with CSS

Lecture 1: The Three Fundamental CSS Rule Types

Lecture 2: About The Two Types Of Style Sheets

Lecture 3: Creating CSS Class Rules

Lecture 4: Adding A Border And Padding To A Class

Lecture 5: The Cranial Stuff: The CSS Box Model And How Widths Are Measured In CSS

Lecture 6: Using The Box Model To Create A Class Sidebar

Lecture 7: Controlling HTML With CSS…With Redefined HTML Tags

Lecture 8: Work Even Faster By Duplicating Styles

Lecture 9: Redefining The Page Text

Lecture 10: Redefining Bulleted Or Numbered Lists

Lecture 11: Creating Styles In Dreamweaver CS4

Lecture 12: Task #2: Think You’re So Big? Try Creating This CSS Rule!

Lecture 13: Technique #1: Simple Typography Control With CSS!

Lecture 14: Technique #2: Alright, Now For Advanced CSS Typography!

Chapter 8: Managing Internal and External Style Sheets

Lecture 1: Moving Internal Styles to an External Style Sheet

Lecture 2: Disconnecting and Reconnecting an External Style Sheet

Lecture 3: Editing Rules within an External Style Sheet

Lecture 4: Editing Style Sheets Without Dreamweaver

Lecture 5: Moving Styles Between Style Sheets

Lecture 6: Working Faster with External Style Sheets

Lecture 7: External Style Sheets with Dreamweaver CS4

Chapter 9: Working With Tables

Lecture 1: Table Basics in Dreamweaver

Lecture 2: Inserting Content and Table Oddities

Lecture 3: Selecting Table Components

Lecture 4: Traditional Table Formatting

Lecture 5: Using CSS to Control Table Formatting

Chapter 10: Inserting Images

Lecture 1: Understanding Graphics in Web Design

Lecture 2: Inserting & Formatting Images

Lecture 3: Controlling Images with CSS

Lecture 4: Dreamweaver's Image Editing Commands

Lecture 5: Editing Images Outside of Dreamweaver

Lecture 6: Setting Background Images

Lecture 7: Using Smart Objects with Dreamweaver CS4

Lecture 8: Technique #3: Using Images for Typography

Lecture 9: Technique #4: From Illustrator to Photoshop to Dreamweaver

Lecture 10: Technique #5: Soft-Edged Transparency with PNGs

Chapter 11: Creating Hyperlinks

Lecture 1: Creating Links From Text & Images

Lecture 2: Linking to Other Websites

Lecture 3: Linking to an Email Address

Lecture 4: Linking to PDFs & Other Files

Lecture 5: Linking to A Specific Location on a Page

Lecture 6: Creating Image Maps

Lecture 7: Hyperlink Formatting with CSS

Lecture 8: Technique #6: Creating Rollover Buttons with CSS

Lecture 9: Technique #7: Site Rollout: From a Single-Page to a Multi-Page Website

Lecture 10: Task#3 Design Your Page Layout

Chapter 12: Traditional Page Layout with Tables

Lecture 1: Setting Up a Basic Layout Structure

Lecture 2: Refining the Layout with Nested Tables

Lecture 3: Inserting the Layout's Images & Text

Lecture 4: Further Layout Refinement

Chapter 13: Modern Page Layout with Divs

Lecture 1: Getting Started with Divs