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Dreamweaver Advanced

Description

During this course students will learn to build data-driven websites using Dreamweaver. The course starts with a review of building static websites using HTML, CSS, and templates. Students will configure their Dreamweaver sites to be ready to build a dynamic web site. Students can use PHP, ASP or ColdFusion to build their dynamic sites. Using the Dreamweaver tools, students will build dynamic sites that include emailing form content, connecting to a database and displaying records from the database, and updating database information using forms. Students should be familiar with creating web pages with Dreamweaver. Students will need a copy of Dreamweaver and a webserver that supports the server technology they choose to work with.

Objectives

Students will review skills for building static web pages in Dreamweaver.
Students will configure Dreamweaver to work with the server technology of their choice.
Students will create pages in Dreamweaver that pass data to new pages and read and use the passed data.
Students will build forms in Dreamweaver and pages to handle the form data.
Students will use Dreamweaver to connect to a database and display data from the database on their web pages.
Students will use Dreamweaver to build pages that display and filter data using Ajax.
Students will build pages in Dreamweaver to perform searches and authenticate users.
Students will use Dreamweaver to create forms and scripts to manage website content.
Students will use Dreamweaver to create pages for updating data in the database.
Students will create a final project using what they have learned in this course.

Book

Choose the book for your version. Version CS3 is the latest version.

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP: Training from the Source

Author: Jeffrey Bardzell
Publisher: Macromedia Press
ISBN: 0321241576

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP: Training from the Source

Author: Jeffrey Bardzell
Publisher: Macromedia Press
ISBN: 0321336259

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP: Training from the Source

Author: Jeffrey Bardzell and Bob Flynn
Publisher: Adobe Press
ISBN: 0321461061

Lesson 1: Getting Started

Read chapters 1 and 2

Lesson 2: Dynamic Web Sites

Read chapter 3.

Lesson 3: Passing Data Between Pages

Read chapter 4.

Lesson 4: Processing Form Data

Read chapters 5 and 6

Lesson 5: Working with Databases

Read chapters 7 and 8

Lesson 6: Filtering and Displaying Data with Ajax

Read chapters 9 and 10

Lesson 7: Building Search Interfaces and Authenticating Users

Read chapters 11 and 12

Lesson 8: Managing Content with Forms

Read chapter 13

Lesson 9: Building Update Web Pages

Read chapters 14 and 15

Lesson 10: Putting it All Together

Review chapters 1- 15