Unit 1: Introducing the Course

• Understanding the course
• Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
• Reviewing the course format
• Outlining the course content
• Understanding static page architecture

Unit 2:  Getting Started

• Introducing Dreamweaver 8
• Learning the interface
• Defining a local site
• Creating a website

Unit 3:  Adding Content to a Site         

• Adding content
• Controlling document structure
• Making lists
• Adding horizontal rules
• Adding special characters

Unit 4: Formatting with Cascading Style Sheets

• Formatting text
• Introducing cascading style sheets  
• Creating styles
• Exporting CSS rule definitions
• Creating class styles
• Attaching external style sheets
• Creating advanced styles
• Creating a new external style sheet

Unit 5: Working with Graphics

• Using graphics on web pages
• Placing graphics on the page
• Modifying image properties
• Editing images
• Doing roundtrip editing with Fireworks
• Customizing the Insert bar
• Adding Flash content
• Adding Flash Video

Unit 6: Navigating Your Site

• Understanding site navigation
• Linking to files in your site
• Linking to sites
• Linking to named anchors
• Adding e-mail links
• Linking from images
• Creating a jump menu

Unit 7:  Designing Page Layouts with CSS

• Understanding page layout
• Using layers for layout
• Adding CSS to layers
• Using absolute and relative positioning
• Designing with DIVs
• Designing navigation links with CSS
• Importing tabular data
• Using table layout view

Unit 8:  Using Libraries and Templates

• Using site library items
• Creating site templates
• Defining editable regions
• Using templates
• Applying a template to an existing page
• Modifying templates

Unit 9:  Unit 9 Creating Forms

• Understanding Forms
• Setting Input Tag Accessibility
• Processing Forms
• Setting Focus in a Form
• Validating a Form
• Designing navigation links with CSS
• Importing tabular data
• Using table layout view

Unit 10:  Unit 10 Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading

• Testing Your Site
• Maintaining Your Files and Folders
• Connecting to a Remote Site
• Synchronizing Files