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Course Overview The power and flexibility of Web technologies have ignited explosive growth in their use for presenting information on both corporate intranets and the Internet. Those presenting such information face many challenges associated with the creation of attractive and effective Web pages. In this course, you employ a case study and gain experience designing and delivering professional Web content. You learn how to use comprehensive tools and exploit the latest techniques to enhance your Web presence. Audience This course is valuable for those involved in presenting information via corporate intranets or the Web. General familiarity with Web browsers and the Windows user interface is assumed. HTML knowledge is helpful. Skills Gained - Design the presentation and coherent organisation of Web pages
- Build powerful Web content that effectively conveys your message
- Create graphical content using Photoshop CS2, Fireworks 8 and Flash 8
- Develop standards-based Web sites with MS Expression and Dreamweaver 8
- Generate complex Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets, tables and layers
- Enhance Web pages with special effects and DHTML
Course Outline FUNDAMENTALS OF WEB DESIGN Web page design fundamentals - The roles of a Web page author
- Business considerations
- User profiling
- Accessibility
- Architectural issues
- Developing a business case and site plan
Design issues - What is design?
- Web site types
- Selecting font style and colour
- Alignment
- Proximity
- Navigation
- Focal point
- Designing graphics
CREATING GRAPHICAL CONTENT Fundamentals of computer imaging - Rasterised images
- GIF
- JPEG
- PNG
- Outlined images
- Anti-aliasing
Acquiring graphics for your Web pages - Producing computer-generated artwork
- Working with camera and scanner output
Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Utilising layers and selections
- Creating special effects
- Enhancing images using filters
- Adding drop-shadow effects
- Applying guides and rulers
- Optimising and animating graphics
Building graphics and animation with Fireworks and Flash - Defining vector and bitmap objects
- Producing interactive graphics
- Working with Properties Inspector
- Animating Web pages with Flash 8
- Exporting to Dreamweaver 8/Flash 8
CONSTRUCTING WEB PAGES Designing pages with Microsoft Expression Web - Working with the task panes
- Defining the Expression interface
- Managing the Tag Property panel
- Utilising dynamic Web templates
- Exploring Doctype and Quirks mode
- Developing pages in code, split or design view
Utilising Expression Web toolset - Toolbox options
- Basic formatting
- Lists, links and images
- Importing documents and templates from other sources
Setting up a local site in Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 - Working with the window
- Lists, links, text and images
- Designing with frames
Working with Dreamweaver 8 panels - Utilising the Start panel
- Editing and deleting local sites
- Assigning assets
- Creating library items and snippets
- Building a customised Favourites panel
Creating pages in Dreamweaver 8 - Customising the document window
- Working with the Properties tool
- Selecting objects
- Modifying object properties
DEVELOPING COMPLEX WEB PAGES - Structuring pages using the table tools
- Leveraging Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Selectors
- Rule syntax
- Positioning
- Group and Contextual Selectors
- Importing CSS
- Working with layers in Expression Web and Dreamweaver
- Leveraging the CSS task pane in Expression Web
BUILDING INTERACTIVE WEB PAGES Providing interactivity with forms - Input types
- Form validation
- Defining form scope
Client-side dynamic content - Working with DHTML
- Enabling JavaScript and the DOM
- Creating rollover graphics
- AJAX
- Scrolling text
Server-side dynamic content - Building dynamic Web pages
- Employing scripting
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