5 Dreamweaver Web Design Tutorials

These 5 excellent Dreamweaver Web Design Tutorials from the University at Albany address the procedures and tools used in creating and maintaining web pages and web sites. These Web Design tutorials also include specific topics to help staff maintain web pages under the University of Albany Web Standards. (these tutorials are in .doc format)


5 Dreamweaver Tutorials:

Introduction to Ualbany Web Design and Site Structure
This tutorial teaches how to plan and organize departmental website structure at UAlbany. We will discuss the term ‘Information Architecture’ and how to think about it when planning your departmental web pages. This tutorial will be taught using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. Topics covered include discussion of concepts and purpose, discussion of Information Architecture, review and explanation of the worksheet.

Creating and Maintaining your Departmental Web Page using ‘New Look’ UAlbany Templates
This tutorial is offered in Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 and strongly recommend that you use this application when updating your site. This tutorial teaches the procedures, logistics and, especially the reasons for creating and maintaining pages that are compliant with the UAlbany look, including layout, colors and styles.

Working with ‘Includes’ and other structures provided in Web Templates
This tutorial continues the topics started in tutorial I02, with special emphasis on the ‘includes’ attached to the UAlbany Web Templates. The topics covered under this tutorial are what are ‘Includes’, ‘Includes’ on the properties inspector in Dreamweaver, editing ‘Includes’ and other style issues.

Dreamweaver MX2004 I: Introduction to Concepts
This tutorial covers a group of recommendations and suggestions that will help you to more logically execute the new updates to your UAlbany Departmental website. The topics covered in this tutorial are best practices and things to remember.

Dreamweaver MX2004 II: Basic Page Design
This tutorial explains how to use Dreamweaver MX 2004 to build a web page. Participants will become familiar with the various Dreamweaver components, such as the Properties Inspector, Insert Bar tabs, and the Code and Design views. Participants will also learn how to use Dreamweaver to make tables for page layout and control. This tutorial is also covering on how to install and manage images on a web page.