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Intro to Dreamweaver. Web Design Section 8 -1. Part or all of this lesson was adapted from the University of Washington’s “Web Design & Development I” Course materials. Objectives. The Student will: have a basic understanding of Dreamweaver
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Intro to Dreamweaver Web Design Section 8-1 Part or all of this lesson was adapted from the University of Washington’s “Web Design & Development I” Course materials
Objectives • The Student will: • have a basic understanding of Dreamweaver • have a basic understanding of the features that are common to most web authoring software programs. • know how to create common HTML or XHTML elements using Dreamweaver rather than writing code
Dreamweaver • We will look at a few features of Dreamweaver (and other web authoring software): • Different Views • Adding Text • Creating Links • Adding Images
Dreamweaver Views • Like most Web Authoring Software Dreamweaver provides different views of the web page: • Design view - This is typically the default view, which is a blank screen on which you type, paste, or insert content. This is very similar to a word processor screen. • Code view - Allows you to view and work directly with the HTML code. • Split - Both of the above views are displayed simultaneously in separate windows.
Creating Headings and Subheadings • In Design View, Dreamweaver is very similar to word processing software. You use the format menu to set fonts, styles, and even heading levels. • Default is a paragraph <p>
Inserting Links • Add links to the web page using Insert | Hyperlink • Two ways to insert a link: • Select text first and then Insert | Hyperlink • Insert | Hyperlink and then enter the text
Inserting Links • Each item on a page has properties. You can add links in the properties panel. • This is the properties tab for an image: Add a link here
Inserting Links • If you want the link to open the page in a new window find Target set it to _blank
Adding Images • You add an image to a document by selecting Insert|Image • A dialog box will appear, prompting you for the location of the image. • After you have inserted the image into your webpage, you can edit its attributes in a Properties panel. • For example, you can change the image's height and width, put a border around it, make it into a link, and add alternate text for users who can't see the image.
Summary • Dreamweaver is a web authoring program • In Design view Dreamweaver works much the same a word processing program • Dreamweaver will generate both HMTL and CSS code
Rest of Today • Download the instructions for Homework 8-1 • Complete the assignment and show me the result.