Adobe Dreamweaver Courses
Sydney, Melbourne, Onsite and ONLINE
Dreamweaver Essentials
City Desktop Training’s Dreamweaver course will introduce the process of building sophisticated, responsive websites using Adobe’s industry standard visual web authoring application. You will learn how to dramatically speed up the process of building websites with cutting edge features – visual editing, multi-device real-time previewing, a visual CSS designer, templates, code shortcuts, automatic link updating, file management, built-in file transfers and much more.
Training Modules (Overview)
- Introducing Dreamweaver
- Site Setup
- Pages, Text, Images & Links
- Creating Tables, Forms & Fields
- Styling Page Content
- CSS Styles for Layout
- Responsive Layouts
- Templates & Libraries
- Site Management
- Search Engine Optimisation Basics

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Course Outline
Introducing Dreamweaver
- The Interface
- Setting up your Workspace
- Preferences
Site Setup
- Creating a new Site
- Advanced Site Settings
- The Files Panel
Building a Page
- New HTML Document
- Image Basics
- Preview in Browser
- Meta Tags
Text
- Text Formatting
- Headings
- Strong and Emphasis
- Lists
- Special Characters
- Line Breaks
Images
- Image File Formats
- Image Properties
- Editing Images
- Image Editing within Dreamweaver
Links
- Links to External Sites
- Links Within the Site
- Targeting Links
- Links Within the Page
- IDs / Fragments
- Linking to an ID
- Adding Links to Graphics
- Email Links
Tables
- Creating a Table
- Styling Tables
- Importing Tabular Data
- Adding Rows
- Adding a Caption
- Table Widths & Borders
- Column Widths
Forms and Fields
- Adding a Form to a Page
- Spry Email Validation
- Placeholders
- Spry Number Validation
- Adding a Radio Button Group
- Adding a List/Menu
- Styling the Form
Styling Page Content
- Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Style Rules for Tags
- Creating a Custom Class
- Formatting Links
- Modifying a Style
- External CSS Stylesheets
CSS Styles for Layout
- Divs and IDs
- CSS Layout Basics
- Floats
- Clearing Floats
- Centering the Page
- CSS Descendant Selectors
Responsive Layouts
- Adding Content to Remaining Pages
- Inserting a Google Map
- Side by Side Layout
- Using Multiple Classes
- Using Multi-Screen Preview
- Media Queries for Different Device Sizes
- CSS for Mobile Phones
- Copying CSS Rules
- CSSfor Flexible Design
Templates & Libraries
- Creating a Template
- Adding Editable Regions
- Making Pages from a Template
- Modifying a Template
- Creating a Library Item
- Using a Library Item
- Editing a Library Item
Site Management
- Planning
- Working with Files and Folders
- Expanding the Files Panel
- Cloaking Files and Folders
- Generating Site Reports
- Checking for Broken Links
- Orphaned Files
- Checking Browser Compatibility
- Code Validation
- Defining the Remote Server
- Uploading & Downloading Files
Search Engine Optimisation Basics
- SEO Tips
- Accessibility
Dreamweaver Essentials Testimonials
“This is the second course I have taken with CD Training. Jonathon, again was excellent. I have signed up several of my staff to receive the training based on the success of these courses.”
Susan, Exec
“Loved this course, extremeley beneficial and Linda was lovely and inspiring! I look forward to creating websites.”
Emma, Designer/ Production Manager
“The trainer is a wonderful teacher. Thank you City Desktop! I feel confident I can go build a website and leverage my freelance career.”
Samantha, Marketing Co-ordinator
“Fantastic course. Very happy I chose City Desktop. Most professional training I have attended.”
Sarah, Fundraising and Events Assistant
“Fantastic training that has given a novice great insight into web development.”
Vineet, Manager OHS
“This was a very practical, hands on course, which is a great way to learn this material.”
Tom, Marketing
“Linda is a fantastic teacher! She has a wealth of information at her fingertips.”
Michele, Creative Manager
“Jonathon is a wonderful teacher and thank you City Desktop! I feel confident I can go build a website and leverage my freelance career.”
Samantha, Marketing Coordinator
“This is a very informative course, and a highly qualified trainer who obviously has a lot of first hand knowledge. Thanks”
Sally, Graphic Designer
“It was great. I have primarily been involved with print, so it has been great to see the web side of design. Definitely will help in future.”
Julie, Marketing Event Manager