An introduction to the Dreamweaver interface, and to HTML. By the end of the session, you'll be able to mark up text ready to go online, add links and insert images.
You'll learn how to link a style sheet to your web page, and use it to dictate how your site will look. You'll also begin to take control of the layout of your page by adding margins and using absolute positioning.
You'll gain an understanding of 'floating', 'the box model' and 'normal document flow', allowing you to position elements of your website relative to one another. You'll create a flexible template for your pages, which we'll build on in future weeks. We'll also build a menu in this session which will be added to the site template.
You'll be able to optimise images for publication online, and place them as part of a page's content, or as a background element. You'll have produced and styled a basic web gallery.
While learning Javascript is out-with the scope of this course, by the end of this session you'll be able to implement Dreamweaver's build in SPRY functionality to make a drop down menu, and use online libraries like 'lightbox JS' to produce stylish galleries.
A revision session to ensure that all the elements of previous weeks are coming together ready for publishing. A chance to get more detailed help with specific web site problems.
This week aims to get you up to speed with online video. You'll be able to optimise video for web and embed it in a page by uploading it to Vimeo, or by hosting the file on your site. We'll also look at how to easily add flash to a page using Dreamweaver.
Picking an internet service provider to host your site, connecting to your host via Dreamweaver and uploading your site. We'll also discuss maintaining and updating your site, and what to do next!