APPLIED COMPUTERS III
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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

Project 1
Creating a Dreamweaver Web Page and Local Site

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

  • What are some of Dreamweaver's key features?
  • How do you open and close panels within Dreamweaver?
  • How do you create a local site using the Site Definition Wizard?
  • How is a color scheme applied to a Web site?
  • What does the Property Inspector allow you to do?
  • How can you format and modify text elements on a Web page?
  • How can you change a Web page title?
  • How is an absolute link created?
  • How is a relative link created?
  • How is a Web page previewed in a Web browser?
  

TERMS

1. title bar
2. Design view
3. Code view
4. Property inspector
5. context sensitive
6. Document toolbar
7. site
8. Web site
9. remote site
10. local site
11. subfolder (nested folder)
12. path
13. directories
14. Site Definition Wizard
15. Web-safe colors
16. line break
17. layer
18. hotspot
19. BASEFONT
20. relative size method
21. Heading 1 (H1)
22. Heading 6 (H6)
23. sans-serif
24. serif
25. monospace
26. Web page title
27. absolute (external) link
28. .htm extension

ASSIGNMENTS

Creating a Local Site
pp. 1.10-1.21
1) Class follows demo using the site definition wizard to create a local Web site.
2) Students create four additional local sites as defined in the exercises on pp. 1.74-1.81.
3) Work on vocabulary definitions as presented in class.
January 25-28

Adding Color Schemes and Text to a Web page
pp. 1.21-1.28
 1) Class follows demo on creating a basic Web page.
2) Continue with vocabulary
January 29-30

Using the Property Inspector features to add formatting to a Web page
pp. 1.30-1.44
1) Class follows demo on basic formatting
2) Continue with vocabulary
January 31-February 1

Adding Horizontal Lines, Special Characters and a Title to a Web page
pp. 1.45-1.58
1) Class follows demo using features of the Insert Bar.
2) Complete vocabulary (print)
February 4

Creating an Absolute Link, Previewing and Printing a Web page.
pp. 1.60-1.71
1) Class follows demo on creating links, previewing and printing web pages.
February 5

1. Complete Apply Your Knowledge, "B & B Lawn Service" Web page.
2. Complete In the Lab One, “Candle Dust” Web page.
3. Complete In the Lab Two, “Credit Protection" Web page”.
4. Complete In the Lab Three, “Plant City" Web page.
Show me each completed Web page
February 6-11


Additional exercises
1) Complete Practice Test located in the Handout Folder.

Tentative Test Date for Project 1 is Monday February 12