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David Dawson
Senior ICT Adviser
Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Netskills [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:29 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Getting to Grips with Dreamweaver 3 - Netskills, Newcastle
> upon Tyne, 20th April 2001
>
> Due to popular demand, we are re-running the new Dreamweaver workshop
> in Newcastle shortly, book quickly to ensure a place.
>
> Netskills Workshop:
> Getting to Grips with Dreamweaver 3
>
>
> 09:30 - 16:30 Friday 20th April 2001 Netskills, Newcastle upon Tyne
>
> Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 is a popular choice of
> package incorporating tools for web page creation
> and web site control and management. It brings
> sophisticated techniques within the grasp of
> non-technical people and produces professional
> results with a minimum of effort.
>
>
> This is a practical workshop for those who are
> users of the World Wide Web and would like to
> use a web publishing tool to create their own web
> pages and manage their web site. Whether they
> have already started authoring on the web or not
> they will be able to produce a high quality site
> without the need for programming skills.
>
> Workshop Content:
> The workshop will comprise presentations, demonstrations and
> hands-on sessions with opportunities for questions and discussion.
> Participants will each receive a workbook which contains workshop
> exercises, presentation slides and other relevant materials.
>
> Topics covered will include:
>  * Getting started with Dreamweaver 3
>  * Creating and editing web pages including: formatting text, adding
>  * tables and images and making hyperlinks
>  * Manipulation of page properties such as title, background colour and
>    metadata
>  * Editing the HTML directly from within Dreamweaver 3
>  * Formatting techniques including style sheets, templates and library
>    file inclusions, in order to give a consistent appearance to pages
>  * Building navigation tools such as navigation bars and jump menus
>  * Creation of frames and assigning links to open pages in particular
>    frames
>  * Web site management with Dreamweaver 3, including building a site
>    map and link checking
>  * Designing for accessibility: testing pages in target browsers
>    including text browsers
>  * Importing Word HTML and cleaning up the HTML
>
> By the end of the workshop participants will have:
>  * Written a number of web pages
>  * Included images and hyperlinks in their web pages
>  * Created a style sheet and linked it to a web page
>  * Created templates and used library items for information common to a
>    number of pages
>  * Divided your page into frames and loaded pages into the main frame
>  * from links in a navigation bar in the bordering frame
>  * Created a web site and investigated the site management features
>    including link checking and publishing
>  * Explored design and accessibility issues
>  * Imported a Word HTML document and removed some of the less
>    accessible elements of the HTML
>
> Workshop Requirements:
> Participants need no special technical skills. Basic
> computer skills such as using a mouse and keyboard
> are essential. In addition, experience in using
> Microsoft Windows to open and save files and close
> applications (e.g. a word processor) would be helpful.
> Participants are expected to have seen the World
> Wide Web and used a Web browser such as Netscape
> or Internet Explorer. A basic knowledge of HTML would
> be useful.
>
> The cost of the workshop is £ 115 for participants from higher and
> further education. The workshop fee for other public sector
> participants is
> £ 140 and the fee for commercial and business sector participants is
> £ 195.
> Note: Costs include lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea.
>
>
> For more information about Netskills workshops, including
> online booking forms, look at the Netskills event pages on the World
> Wide Web at:
>  http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/
>
> or contact Netskills directly by email:
> [log in to unmask]
>
> or by Fax:
> 0191 222 5001
>
> or leave a request for booking forms on the bookings hotline:
> 0191 222 5008