Dreamweaver MX 2004 Advanced Study Guide

0-619-20392-7 © 2005 Publish date: September 2, 2004 176 pages

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Course ID: dreamweaver-mx2004-adv-sg

If you have the basics of Dreamweaver down and you want to learn advanced skills, consider the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Advanced study guide from our selection of Macromedia computer training books. This course is a self-directed course that is designed to give you technical skills and proficiency in the creation of templates, forms, rollovers, basic animations, and database-driven pages.

This Dreamweaver MX 2004 Advanced courseware contains eight units of self-guided topics to explore and learn. You'll find that each topic is presented using clear language and in a logical sequence. You can take as much time as you need to thoroughly learn each unit's contents. After completing each unit, you can review the major points in the section review and participate in hands-on activities. These components ensure you have mastered the content and are ready to move to the next unit.

The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Advanced courseware is an excellent program that explores advanced techniques for using this program in the creation of web pages. By learning these techniques, you will become more productive and get the most out of your investment in the program. In addition, your web pages will reflect your higher level of knowledge with their superior design and features.

Course Objectives

By choosing this courseware, you will learn about creating and drawing layers, modifying layer properties, embedding Flash movies in layers, and applying specific behaviors to layers. You will also learn about the Timelines panel, creating and modifying timeline animations, and applying timeline behaviors.

In addition, you will learn basic concepts of database-driven pages, how to set up database-driven Web sites, how to create recordsets and display records, how to create recordset navigation bars, how to create a master/detail page set, and how to add search capabilities to Web pages.

Finally, you will learn ways of checking documents for browser-specific compatibility problems and code errors as well as how to apply the Check browser behavior.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces files, templates, and libraries

• The Files panel
• Templates
• Libraries

Unit 2 discusses DOCTYPE and meta information

• DOCTYPE
• Meta information

Unit 3 covers rollovers, Flash, and behaviors

• Rollovers
• Flash objects
• Behaviors

Unit 4 goes over forms

• Web forms
• Form validation

Unit 5 covers layers

• Applying layers
• Layer behaviors

Unit 6 goes over basic animation

• Timeline animation

Unit 7 covers database-driven Web sites

• An introduction to database-driven pages
• Recordsets
• Master/detail pages
• Search functionality

Unit 8 goes over browser compatibility

• Compatibility testing