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Topic 1 Introduction to Website Maintenance & Creation
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Topic Objectives
Understanding Web Page Architecture
Overview of the website design and maintenance process
Introduction to HTML
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Dissecting the HTML file
Editing HTML in Dreamweaver
Web Browsers
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Topic 2 Getting Started in Dreamweaver
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Topic Objectives
Introduction to Dreamweaver
The Dreamweaver Interface
The Dreamweaver Designer Workspace
Changing and Saving Workspaces
Defining a Local Site
Basic Site Setup
Advanced Site Setup
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Creating a Web page
Development views
Saving pages
Home pages
Previewing pages
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Topic 3 Adding Content to a Site
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Topic Objectives
Adding Content
Controlling Document Structure
Lists
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Adding Special Characters
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Topic 4 Formatting Text with Cascading Style Sheets
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Topic Objectives
Formatting Text
Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
Creating Style Rules
HTML Tag Rules
Editing Style Rules
Using Points, Ems or Pixels for font sizes
Creating a New External Style Sheet
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Attaching External Style Sheets
Moving CSS Rules
Creating Class Styles
Cascading Order and Inheritance of Styles
Creating Internal Styles with the Property Inspector
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Topic 5 Working with Graphics
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Topic Objectives
Preparing Images
Image file formats
Optimising images for the web using Photoshop
Step 1 Using the Crop Tool
Step 2 Save for Web & Devices Command
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Step 3 Resizing an Image
Step 4 Optimising an image
Placing Graphics on the Page
Modifying Image Properties
Editing Images in Dreamweaver
Adding Flash Content
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Topic 6 Creating Links
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Topic Objectives
Understanding Site Navigation
Linking to Files in Your Site
Updating Links
Changing Link Colours
Linking to Sites
Linking to Named Anchors
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Adding E-mail Links
Linking to Different File Types
Linking from Images
Creating a Jump Menu
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Topic 7 Designing Page Layout with Cascading Style Sheets
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Topic Objectives
Understanding page layout
Controlling layout using Div tags
Creating CSS page layouts
Inserting Div Tags
The CSS box mode
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Using Dreamweaver’s CSS layouts
Customising CSS layouts
Designing navigation links with CSS
Working with Tables
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Topic 8 Using Libraries and Templates
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Topic Objectives
About Library Items
Creating Library Items
Working with Library Items
Creating Site Templates
Defining Editable Regions
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Using Templates
Applying a Template to an Existing Page
Modifying Templates
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Topic 9 Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading Files
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Topic Objectives
Checking Links
Fixing Broken Links
Site reports
Connecting to a Remote Site
FTP settings
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Cloaking Files and Folders
Connecting to the remote server
Synchronizing Files
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Appendix A: Index
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