Dreamweaver CC Essential Training

Learn how to use Dreamweaver CC 2017—the popular web design and development application from Adobe—to create and publish websites.

Discover how to use Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2017—the popular web design and development application—to create and publish websites using standards-based technology and a simplified user interface. In this course, David Powers shows how to get started with Dreamweaver, covering the user interface and providing guidance on creating new files, setting up a logical structure for content, and generating clear and accessible code. David explains how to format basic HTML and CSS using the visual and code-based tools in Dreamweaver. He also explores site management techniques, including checking for broken links, connecting to a remote server, and managing multiple sites.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• What to expect from this course

1. The Dreamweaver Interface

• Initial setup and the Start screen
• Document view options
• Toolbars
• The Insert panel and Quick Property Inspector
• Customize the insert panel
• The DOM panel
• The CC Libraries and Assets panels
• The Property inspector and other panels
• Manage workspaces
• Change Preferences
• What's different in the Mac version

2. Managing Projects

• Basic site structure
• Define a new site
• Edit sites
• Manage files and folders
• Test files in browsers
• Use real-time preview in a mobile device

3. Creating New Documents

• Create new files
• Explore starter templates
• Adapt a starter template

4. Authoring Options

• Edit in Live view
• Use the Quick Tag Editor in Live View
• Edit in Code view
• Reuse code snippets
• Detect errors in code
• Use Design view

5. Structuring Documents

• Create basic page structure
• Get text into Dreamweaver
• Import Word documents
• Add structure to text
• Create lists
• Create definition lists

6. Creating Links

• Overview of links
• Set site link preferences
• Create internal links
• Build external links
• Link to a specific point in a page
• Create an email link

7. Managing CSS

• CSS workflows in Dreamweaver CC 2017
• Set CSS preferences
• CSS Designer overview
• Attach an external style sheet
• Create a new CSS rule in the CSS Designer
• Styling text
• Use an Adobe Edge web font
• Create a custom font stack
• Style links
• Style basic layout properties
• Style borders
• Style background properties
• Style additional properties
• Add a media query
• Use CSS Inspect

8. Working with Images and Videos

• Place images on the page
• Control image properties
• Style images
• Use background images
• Insert a video

9. Working with Tables

• Basic table structure
• Import tabular data
• Create accessible tables
• Enhance tables through styles

10. Site Management

• Update files site-wide
• Check for broken links
• Connect to a remote server
• Define and test a remote server
• Upload files
• Manage multiple sites

Conclusion

• What next?

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files
• What to expect from this course

1. The Dreamweaver Interface

• Initial setup and the Start screen
• Document view options
• Toolbars
• The Insert panel and Quick Property Inspector
• Customize the insert panel
• The DOM panel
• The CC Libraries and Assets panels
• The Property inspector and other panels
• Manage workspaces
• Change Preferences
• What's different in the Mac version

2. Managing Projects

• Basic site structure
• Define a new site
• Edit sites
• Manage files and folders
• Test files in browsers
• Use real-time preview in a mobile device

3. Creating New Documents

• Create new files
• Explore starter templates
• Adapt a starter template

4. Authoring Options

• Edit in Live view
• Use the Quick Tag Editor in Live View
• Edit in Code view
• Reuse code snippets
• Detect errors in code
• Use Design view

5. Structuring Documents

• Create basic page structure
• Get text into Dreamweaver
• Import Word documents
• Add structure to text
• Create lists
• Create definition lists

6. Creating Links

• Overview of links
• Set site link preferences
• Create internal links
• Build external links
• Link to a specific point in a page
• Create an email link

7. Managing CSS

• CSS workflows in Dreamweaver CC 2017
• Set CSS preferences
• CSS Designer overview
• Attach an external style sheet
• Create a new CSS rule in the CSS Designer
• Styling text
• Use an Adobe Edge web font
• Create a custom font stack
• Style links
• Style basic layout properties
• Style borders
• Style background properties
• Style additional properties
• Add a media query
• Use CSS Inspect

8. Working with Images and Videos

• Place images on the page
• Control image properties
• Style images
• Use background images
• Insert a video

9. Working with Tables

• Basic table structure
• Import tabular data
• Create accessible tables
• Enhance tables through styles

10. Site Management

• Update files site-wide
• Check for broken links
• Connect to a remote server
• Define and test a remote server
• Upload files
• Manage multiple sites

Conclusion

• What next?