Adobe Dreamweaver Creating Your First Web Site

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Adobe DreamweaverCreating Your First Web Site

• Presented by Jonathan Meersman

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Session Agenda

• Presenter Background
• What is Dreamweaver?
• History of Dreamweaver
• HTML and CSS
• Hands-on Lab
• Dreamweaver at MATC
• Web Design at MATC

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Presenter Background

• Current Industry Employment
• Milwaukee Area Technical College Web Design
  Faculty
• Previous Industry Experience
• HostingSpot.com Founder Past President
• General Electric eLead Systems Designer
• Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club Multimedia
  Coordinator
• Education
• MBA in E-Business
• BA in Geography (focus Computer Cartography)

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What is Dreamweaver?

• Industry leading WYSIWYG web design/development
  application
• Supports (X)HTML, CSS, ASP, PHP, XML, JavaScript,
  Ajax, ColdFusion
• Built-in FTP/SFTP client
• MAC and Windows versions

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History of Dreamweaver

• 1997 Developed by Allaire Systems
• 2001 Macromedia acquired Allaire
• 2005 Adobe acquired Macromedia
• 2007 Adobe Dreamweaver 9 (CS3) - 4/07
• 2008 Adobe Dreamweaver 10 (CS4) - 10/08
• 2010 Next Version in 2010 ???

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HTML and CSS

• HTML HyperText Markup Language
• Used to display content on web pages
• CSS Cascading Style Sheets
• Controls the formatting on web pages
• HTML and CSS used together
• Allow for separation of content from formatting
  for flexibility and control

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Hands-on Lab

• Creating your first web site with Adobe
  Dreamweaver

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Dreamweaver at MATC

• Introduction to Digital Media
• Multimedia Tools (Including Dreamweaver)
• Web Site Design
• Web Design with Dreamweaver Photoshop
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Dreamweaver with CMS Integration
• Advanced Web Site Development
• Dreamweaver with JavaScript and Ajax

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Web Design at MATC

• Visual Communications (Multimedia)
• 69 Credits (A.A.S. Degree)
• eBusiness Technology Specialist
• 70 Credits (A.A.S. Degree)
• Web Designer
• 32 Credits (Technical Diploma)
• Graphic Technologies/Web Development
• 9 Credits (Advanced Technical Certificate)

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Q A

• Time for Questions

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Contact Information

• Jonathan Meersman
• Milwaukee Area Technical College
• 6665 South Howell Avenue
• Oak Creek, WI 53154
• [phone]
• www.JonathanMeersman.com
• meersmaj_at_matc.edu

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Resources

• http//www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/
• http//www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/?viewgett
  ingstarted
• http//www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/applicatio
  n_development.html
• http//www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/css.html
• http//tv.adobe.com/product/dreamweaver/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Dreamweaver
• http//www.killersites.com/magazine/2008/dreamweav
  er-cs4-review/
• http//www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2
  52770
• http//www.cengage.com/cengage/instructor.do?produ
  ct_isbn9781435482609
• http//www.howtodothings.com/computers-internet/ho
  w-to-design-a-website-with-dreamweaver
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheet
  s