Dreamweaver 8 is the web layout and publishing part of the Adobe suite of Web Design applications. It is the professional choice as the No. 1 web site production tool. It is designed with user friendly layout and publishing tools making it an ideal application for both experienced and novice web developers.

On this course you will be adding to the skills that you acquired during the Introductory course by working on specific functions available to you in Dreamweaver 8 like creating and controlling forms and form data, working with templates, using assets, frames and layers.

Minimum Pre-Course Requisites

• Dreamweaver 8 (Introductory) or similar course

Building Forms

• Designing your form
• Form Layout 8
• Fields and controls
• Setting Properties
• Collecting form data
• Troubleshooting form data collection

Using Templates

• Creating a Template
• Editing, updating and making changes
• Using Styles with Templates
• Building web pages with Framest

Creating a Frameset

• Using the Frames panel
• Nesting Frames
• Nesting Layers
• Animating with Timelines

Using Dynamic HTML and Layers

• What is DHTML?
• Adding a Layer
• Modifying image properties

Library Items and Assets

• Creating a Library Item
• Adding Library Items to your site
• Managing and updating Library Items

Customising Dreamweaver

• Creating Custom Snippets
• Editing Keyboard Shortcuts
• Setting Preferences
• Making a Menu Command
• Working with the Insert Bar

Testing, Deployment and Maintenance

• Testing your site
• File maintenance
• Connecting to a remote site
• Using find and replace

Dreamweaver 8 is also delivered as an Evening Course. It takes place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6pm to 8pm at the Irish Times Training centre in Dublin city centre.