Dreamweaver
for Desginers is the new Class on Demand
self-paced 10-hour instructional DVD that provides users
familiar with design concepts but new to the Dreamweaver
application with a step-by-step
approach to building a professional web site. Instructor Sue Jenkins is
a Dreamweaver expert, Adobe
Certified Expert/Instructor, and industry
renowned author of
two Dreamweaver instructional books. The DVD takes students
through the fundamentals of web site and application
creation for users of Dreamweaver MX 2004 all the way
through Dreamweaver CS3.
“…the DVD
is worthy of a well-structured college course.”
—The Kleper Report
“Sue
Jenkins represents the ideals and caliber of Class
on Demand instructors. A phenomenal designer, author
and teacher, we are thrilled she has taken the lead
in this Class on Demand self-paced training course.
Students from all levels will gain valuable insight
to professional web development,” said
— Paul Holtz, founder and CEO, Class on Demand
Read testimonials about
Sue's teaching from her students
Reviews:
by The Kleper Report on Digital Publishing
Issue 12.4 July / August 2007
Dreamweaver for Designers (MAC/WIN) is a 10-hour multimedia
course covering virtually all aspects of deploying
the application in a
design environment. The instruction is led by Sue Jenkins,
a practicing professional whose fluid and clear style
makes the
course both instructional and enjoyable.
Ms. Jenkins not only shows how to use the various elements
of Dreamweaver, but provides insight into best practices.
It is
obvious that she is quite comfortable navigating through
the maze of Dreamweaver commands and options, and she
serves
as a friendly guide to what may be an unfamiliar environment
to most viewers. She routinely shows the effects of executing
commands and settings by revealing how they will display
in a Web browser. Her speaking rate and degree of detail
are
excellent, and the DVD is worthy of a well-structured
college course. All of the project files that she uses
are provided so
that the user can try them while watching the videos.
Dreamweaver is a bi-modal program, providing both a visual
display of a Web page appearance, and its code view.
Ms.
Jenkins does an exemplary job of explaining the code
that appears as a result of working with WYSIWYG, and
the visual
result of composing code directly. Her explanations of
what each element of code does are lucid and easy to
follow, and help
to consolidate the user's understanding of how the many
parts of Web page construction fit together.
The 15 videos, which are provided in Flash format, are
under the complete control of the user. The user can
easily and
quickly move to any lesson, start or stop, and repeat
at will. The lessons include: 1: Getting Started; 2:
Managing a Site; 3:
Taking Your Graphics to the Web; 4: Creating a Basic
Web Page; 5: CSS Basics; 6: Creating Forms; 7: Image
Maps,
Rollover Buttons, and Media Files; 8: Building Navigation
Menus; 9: Working with Layers; 10: Behaviors, Snippets
and the
History Panel; 11: Templates, Library Items and SSIs;
12: Testing and Validation; 13: Publishing Your Site;
14: Where to
Go From Here; and a bonus lesson: Working in CS3.
This self-contained course beats any Dreamweaver book
that we've seen. Having Sue Jenkins available on one's
bookshelf,
at arm's length, should give any Dreamweaver user the
confidence to attempt to move their website from ordinary
to great.
_____
For further information
about this DVD contact:
Class On Demand, a Christie Entertainment, Inc. Company
2200 N. Stonington Ave., Suite 100
Hoffman
Estates, IL 60195
This video was fantastic. I had learned how to do web
design while I was in school some years ago using GoLive
but hadn't used much of it since. This program not only
showed me how to use Dreamweaver, but it also helped
make certain I am employing the best practices available
today.
There is a lot of content packed into the lessons that
will help even intermediate users, but it is presented
in such a way that it would be easy for even a novice
to understand. If you've never done web programming/design
before, just take it slowly and don't try to absorb everything
in 1 day. It is helpful when using Dreamweaver to have
some basic knowledge of html, but it isn't required in
order to get a lot out of the video. The instructor goes
over the most important things you need to know.
Because I had a basic understanding already, I was able
to watch all the videos over 2 days without feeling overwhelmed.
I would highly recommend this video. It was very helpful
and well done and a much better way for me to learn the
program than by reading a book. A picture is worth a
thousand words!
Robert West, Seattle Washington
Place Your Order:
Purchase your copies of the Dreamweaver for
Designers DVD (MAC/WIN) online through the following
vendor links:
In the fall, I was sent a copy of Sue Jenkins’ Dreamweaver
for Designers training DVD to review. I was really
interested in giving it a look, since I have been using
Dreamweaver to build websites since 1998.
The Class on Demand self-paced instructional DVD is
ideal for beginners and intermediate users looking to
learn Dreamweaver. Class on Demand Dreamweaver
for Designers takes students through the fundamentals
of web site and application creation for users of Dreamweaver
MX 2004 all the way through Dreamweaver CS3.
Topic highlights include:
Dreamweaver Environment Understanding the application
layout and learning the basic navigation flow to structuring
the web site.
Implementing Graphics Mocking layouts in Photoshop.
Understanding size and file types.
Creating slices.
Creating Web Pages Inserting images, creating hyperlinks,
adding tables, creating style sheets and inserting
comments into Dreamweaver code.
Building Navigation Menus Structuring navigation
menus, building button, rollovers and image maps.
Incorporate media objects.
Working with Layers and Templates Create and work
with templates.
Understand server-side workings.
I have finished looking over the DVD and found it useful
(even to an advanced user)!
—Char @ Essential Keystrokes
Articles
If you like Sue's DVD and books,
you'll love her articles.
Sue writes articles on a variety of computer subjects, like Dreameaver and Web
Design, for the ezine, TechTrax as
well as for the Luckychair
Blog.
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