Dreamweaver - Web Design Level 1

"Clear, concise and practical course with an excellent tutor."

This course is aimed at anyone that wants to learn how to build, publish and manage brochure type websites for small businesses, clubs and organisations or individuals that want to have a simple, easy to manage web presence.

The course will introduce you to the concepts behind web design and help you to get started using Dreamweaver as your website design and management tool. During the course you will learn how to secure a domain name, organise a web server host, design, plan, organise and manage your site, build a professional looking 6-10 page HTML website and publish it online.

Course Topics

 

• Web Design Overview

                - Choosing your development tools
                - Organising a Domain Name
                - Picking a Host
                - Design Considerations
                - Organising and Planning your site
                - Managing and Servicing your Site
                - Getting Seen…!

• Introducing Dreamweaver
• The Dreamweaver Screen
• Building a single web page
• Defining a Web Site
• Using Tables for structure
• Inserting, editing and managing Text
• Basic XHTML tags
• Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Working with Colour and backgrounds
• Adding and managing Images (photos, logos, graphics)
• Building a simple Picture Gallery
• Preparing  Images using MS Office Picture Manager
• Hyper linking
• Using Library Items
• Adding Multimedia including sound and movies
• Publishing your site – getting online!
• Adding Meta Tags for Search Engines
• Managing Local and Remote sites

Location: Irish Times Training, The Irish Times Building, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2