Course Length: 6hrs (1 Day)
You are familiar with creating web pages and now you will use Adobe Dreamweaver CC to enhance web pages by adding advanced functions such as movement, media elements, forms, and links to social media. You will also create responsive pages to ensure that your websites are compatible with various modern display devices, such as tablets and smartphones. You will create HTML email for email marketing or email newsletters. Lastly, you will share files over a server to work in a collaborative manner. All this will ensure that you develop a website that retains user interest by providing an engaging user experience across multiple display devices.
Learning Objectives:
In this course, you will be able to develop interactive and engaging websites that are compatible with multiple display devices. You will:
- Implement basic design principles in writing a website
- Author a site suitable for both mobile and desktop viewing
- Create forms
- Add movement through behaviors and CSS transitions
- Insert audio and video media
- Reach your target audience through social media and HTML email marketing
- Manage website files through testing and synchronizing
Target Student:
This course is designed for those who have some experience using Dreamweaver to design or modify websites and want to learn more. Students may be designing sites for the Internet or sites for their company's intranet. Students may be creating new sites or redesigning or updating existing sites. Students may be creating HTML email or newsletters. Web design may be only one part of the students' job duties. Or perhaps web design is the student's primary job function. Students may be artists or developers who wish to use a WYSIWIG tool for speed and ease of use.
Course Outline:
Section 1: Design Considerations
Fundamental Design Principles
Usability and Accessibility
Section 2: Writing for Mobile Platforms
Create Media Queries for Mobile Platforms
Create Mobile Responsive Pages with Bootstrap
Modify a Bootstrap Page
Section 3: Creating Forms
Create a Form with Form Fields
Validate a Form
Section 4: Creating Movement
Apply CSS Transitions to Create Movement
Apply Behaviors to Create Movement
Section 5: Adding Multimedia
Insert Audio Files
Insert Video Files
Section 6: Marketing Through Social Media and Email
Plan a Social Media Strategy
Add Links to Social Media
Create Email Marketing Materials and Newsletters
Section 7: Testing and Maintaining Your Site
Validate Your Site Against W3 Standards
Share Website Files with Other Users
Synchronize Your Site