Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced Tutorials

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Advanced is a series of tutorials from the author Mark Fletcher (a Member of Team Macromedia for Dreamweaver and a regular contributor to Macromedia DevNet) in this training course he shows the user how to work with CSS; add style to web pages; create page layout; use the integrated code tools; create web pages that comply with the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI); how to utilize Dreamweaver's templating tools. Mark also demonstrates the extensive integration between Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and Macromedia Contribute. If you want to take your web design to the next level and to be able to have total control over the layout and design of your web sites this training course is the one for you.

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.

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The links below are free Macromedia Flash MX tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University.

Introduction
About this Course
The Lessons Folder
Resources & References
Dreamweaver Updater

Site Configuration
Local Information
Remote Information FTP & Local / Network
Remote Info RDS, VSS, WebDAV
Testing Server
Cloaking
Design Notes
Contribute Administration
Site Cache & Exporting Definitions
Existing Sites
FrontPage Sites

CSS Overview
Why CSS
Understanding CSS
Local Styles
Linked and @import directive
Inheritance
The Cascade
Specificity
Class and ID Selectors

CSS & Dreamweaver MX
DWMX and CSS
CSS Positioning
Static DIVs
Creating a CSS File
CSS and Link States
Styling with Classes
Sizing Text
Line Height
Background Color
Background Images
Link Elements

Advanced CSS
CSS Preferences
The Box Model
Creating a CSS Layout
Building the Header
Applying Style to the Main Content
Link and List Styles
CSS Layout Wrap-up
External CSS Editor
CSS Layout Resources
CSS Navigation Bar

More on Advanced CSS
Floating Content
Stacking CSS Boxes
Transitional Table Layouts
CSS and Data Tables
CSS and Print
Design Time Stylesheets
Linking CSS Files
CSS and Contribute
Embedded vs External Styles
CSS and Dynamic Content

CSS Bugs and Hacks
Debugging Overview
CSS Validation
Box Model Hack
Dealing with Netscape 4.x
Netscape 4 and Modern Browsers
Comment Hack
Internet Explorer Conditional Comments
CSS Resources

Coding in Dreamweaver MX
Coding Tools
HTML vs XHTML
Document Structure
Converting HTML to XHTML
Understanding Doctype Switching
Code Hints and Tag Editors
Reference Panel
Tag Inspector
Snippets
Code Coloring
Tag Libraries
Custom Tag Libraries

More on Coding
Code Formatting
External Editors
Rewriting Code
Code and Contribute Users
Tags that do not Render in Design View
Table Structure Model
Column Group Tags
Column Tags
Fast Table Rendering
Server Side Includes
Library Items vs SSI

Templates - Basic
Dreamweaver MX Templates Overview
Constructing a Template
Creating Child Pages
Exploring the Template Code
Templates and Dynamic Content
Optional Regions
Editable Optional Regions
Repeating Tables
Repeating Regions
Updating Template File
Dealing with Inconsistent Regions

Templates - Advanced
Understanding Nested Templates
Constructing a Nested Template
Template Parameters and Nested Templates
Editable Attributes - Basic
Editable Attributes - Advanced
Template Expressions
Conditional Template Expressions
Using parameters with Optional Regions
Conditional Multiple If
Working with Complex Expressions
Expressions and Repeating Regions
Templates, Library Items and Behaviors
Nested Templates and Passthrough Parameters
Removing Template Mark-up - Page Level
Removing Template Mark-up - Sitewide
Exporting Template Data as XML
Importing XML into a Template
Templates and Macromedia Contribute
Template Preferences
Template Resources

Optimization & Validation
Web Page Optimization
Reducing the Weight of a Page
Optimizing Mark-up
Optimizing CSS
Externalizing JavaScript Code - PV11 Productivity Tools Suite 1.0
Cleaning up Word HTML
Validation

Accessibility
What is Web Accessibility
Accessibility and the Law
Assistive Technology
Accessibility and Dreamweaver MX
Accessibility and Images
Accessibility and Color
Sizing Text
Layout Tables
Data Tables
Navigation
Image Maps
CSS Page Layout
Simple Forms
Fieldset and Legends
Print
Frames
Resources