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

• Displaying styles

• Understanding cascading order and inheritance of styles

• Creating internal styles with the Property inspector

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: Creating Forms

• Understanding forms

• Processing a form

• Setting focus in a form

• Validating a form

Unit 10: Testing, Maintenance, and Uploading

• Testing your site

• Maintaining your files and folders

• Connecting to a remote site

• Synchronizing files