Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Advanced
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 advanced course
Target student
This course will benefit students who want to learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 to
create and modify Web sites. Students will learn how to design pages with CSS, create
and apply templates and server-side includes, build accessible forms that validate user
information, position elements and apply behaviors, add multimedia files, integrate
XML-based data, transform XML with XSLT, and collaborate with other site
developers. Students should have basic experience with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, including
defining sites, inserting elements and modifying properties, and managing site files.
After completing this course, students will know how to:
- Identify the advantages of using CSS, the difference between internal and
external style sheets, and the role of inheritance and specificity in style
rendering; link a page to an external style sheet; define content sections with
<div> tags and IDs; apply margins, padding, and border styles; and arrange
content sections. - Create and update library items and snippets; create and edit server-side
includes; create page templates and define editable regions and attributes; create
a page from a template and apply a template to an existing page; create and edit
<head> elements; and add keywords and descriptions to pages. - Create a form, add a variety of input fields, and apply accessibility features; set
the tab order of form input fields; and validate form data by using Spry widgets. - Create rollover images; apply behaviors to page elements; and download
Dreamweaver extensions. - Insert AP Divs by using the Draw AP Div tool; manipulate the position, size,
and visibility of AP Divs; and control visibility dynamically. - Insert Flash and FlashPaper files into a Web page; and add Windows Media
Player files and QuickTime files. - Convert an HTML page to an XSLT page; bind XML data to an XSLT page;
create a repeat region in an XSLT page; create dynamic links; and attach an
XSLT page to an XML document. - Use Check In and Check Out to ensure file integrity; attach notes to files to
inform team members; validate site code; identify and fix errors; and identify
and fix accessibility problems.
