Welcome to Dreamweaver - Week 1
Lecture/Demo:
- Presentation - Introduction to Web Design:
- HTML
- XHTML
- CSS
- XML
- DHTML
- JavaScript
- Web Application
- Dreamweaver Interface, workspace and site management
- Students do a primer on XHTML and create a simple page using XHTML. View Basic Anatomy of an XHTML Web Page. Also view Mollys Version of an XHTML Document
- Suggested resources for learning basic XHTML: http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/ and HTML Dog Tutorials. View a list of Common XHTML Tags. and View some examples of the XHTML Tags
- Setting up your first website in Dreamweaver.
Lab:
- Chapter 1 – Exploring the Workspace Exercises
- Chapter 1 Review Questions
Homework:
- Choose one site from the CSS Zen Garden and another site of your choice. Create a presentation with your experience while browsing these sites in terms of:
- What do you like about these sites?
- What do you “not like” about these sites?
- Do you think the site has a clear theme and supporting design elements?
- Suggested enhancements to these sites (if any)
- Be prepared to do a presentation of your results in the next class
Resources
- W3C.org - World Wide Web Consortium
- CSS Current Status from W3C.org