Description:
Adobe Dreamweaver is an industry standard for WYSIWYG HTML editors. In this Hands-On Intensive class we will cover the basic components of this program in order to get you going with building your own website. This class will focus on Dreamweaver CS4, but most of what is covered will also be applicable to earlier versions of the software.

The workshop will cover:
- What is Dreamweaver and WYSIWYG editing
- Introduction to the Dreamweaver interface
- Overview of Tools
- Overview of managing a Site within Dreamweaver
- Discussion of planning and formatting strategies
- How to build a site from the ground up:
- Formatting text
- Introduction to using Cascading Style Sheets
- Exploring different graphic image types
- Optimizing images for the website
- Incorporating Flash content in a site
- Working with tables and achieving proper formatting
- Linking pages using different techniques
- Creating email links and named anchors
- Explore image mapping for adding links to a graphic
- Using the site library for adding reusable content
- Creating a site template and use it for creating pages
- Extended Dreamweaver Techniques
- Introduction to Javascript elements
- Understanding the use of forms on the web
- Building a form to accept user input using various form elements
- Test a form for data transfer
- Creating a finished product ­ testing and posting a site
- Testing a site for accessibility and broken links
- Maintaining files using the Files panel
- Defining and connecting to a remote server

Though the class is taught using our state-of-the-art Mac computers, please be aware that the Mac and PC versions of this software are nearly identical - the only real differences are the keyboard shortcuts.

Presented as a Hands-On Intensive:
Longer format (full day or multiple days) in-depth intensive training. Students use our state-of-the-art, fully loaded Macintosh computer lab. For maximum impact and the best student experience all intensives are limited to six participants.

Who Should Take This:
Participants should have some background understanding of web technology. Instruction will be presented in Macintosh OS X.

Instructor:
Tim Meehan operates his own Colorado-based sole proprietorship offering high-level, knowledge-based, creative, technical and support services to companies around the world.

Tim has almost 30 years' experience as a professional graphic designer, illustrator and trainer. His company, 21st Century Graphics, has been providing graphic support services in design and illustration to a broad range of national and international clients with a focus on productivity, creativity and fun. Along the way he has been published as an expert in various digital topics from QuarkXPress to Photoshop to Final Cut Pro.

Tim was one of the first graphics professionals to recognize the potential that the computer held for the professional designer. In 1984, early in the Macintosh product life cycle, Apple Computer, Inc. sought Tim out after seeing samples of the work he had been producing on the Mac. Since then, Apple has hired him to speak at numerous special events promoting Macintosh capabilities to audiences around the US.

Today Tim spends his time supporting graphics clients as a designer, illustrator, web developer, writer and trainer. He is one of the first members of the Apple Consultant Network and currently acting in a leadership role on Apple's ACN Advisory Council.

BDA Member Cost: $235.00
Non Member Cost: $260.00
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Registration fees automatically increase $10.00, 5 days before the event. The price above reflects that increase for the next scheduled date for this event. If you register for a future date you will not be charged this increase.