Adobe Create Cloud- Dreamweaver 

Lesson 1:

 

In this lesson, you will be performing the following steps:

1. Setup a manage site
2. Attaching an external cascading style sheet (CSS) to a Web page
3. Adding the title to the Web page.
4. Inserting a Animate Composition
5. Inserting images.
6. Adding text hyperlinks in the navigation menu
7. Applying a class rule

Install Dreamweaver from the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop:


Prerequisites:

1. Detach and unzip the Lesson 1 Assignment files.
2. Place and drag the Lesson 1 folder that contain files on your Desktop.  Verify that all your image files are in the image folder.


Desired Output:
See attached sample output- Lesson 1 output web page.

Requirements:
A.   Setup the manage site
1.  From the main menu, select Site-> New Site

2.  Enter the Site Name as “LMC Golden Gate Fleet”
3.  For the Local Site Folder, click on Browse and select the Lesson3 folder on your desktop.
4.  Click Save

 

5.  Access the File Panel (Press F8) and verify if you see the folder and files below
NOTE:  The File Panel can be accessed also from main menu and selecting Windows-> Files

 

 

 

B.   Dock the Properties Panel at the bottom of the screen

1.  From the File menu, select Windows-> Properties or press <Ctrl><F3>

    

2.   Move the Properties Panel at the bottom of the screen to dock it.

 

 

C.   Attached the external Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) to the index.html page

1. From the File Panel, select and open index.html


2. Click on the Design Mode
NOTE:   You can toggle between the 3 modes - Code, Split and Design.


3.  Access the CSS Designer Panel (Press Shift + F11)
NOTE:  The CCS Designer Panel can be access also from main menu and selecting Windows-> CSS Designer

 

4. Click on the + sign icon and select Attach Existing CSS File

 

5. Click on Browse button and locate the mystyle.css in your Lesson3 folder and click OK



NOTE:  Once the external style sheet is link, below is what gets displayed in Design Mode


 

D.  Insert the images on the html document
1. Replace the companylogJPG (800 x90) placeholder with the companylogo.jpg located in the images folder.
a.  In the banner layer, select the companylogJPG (800 x 90) placeholder. Then press the delete button on the keyboard to remove
    

b. Click inside the banner layer.  You should see the cursor blinking in the layer
    


c.  Access the Insert Panel (Press Ctrl F12) or from the main menu, select Windows->Insert

d.  Click on the Image

   


e. Select the
companylog.jpg and click OK

f.  Below is image that should show in the banner layer



2. Replace the sfbaybridgeJPG (316 x 291) placeholder with the sfbaybridge.jpg located in the images folder.
    Follow steps #D1a -1f above to insert the image
   


3. Replace the cruiseboatJPG (315 x 205) placeholder with the cruiseboat.jpg locatedin the images folder.
   Follow steps #D1a -1f above to insert the image
 

 

E. Insert the Animate Composition
1. In the AnimateProject1.oam (436 x 291) placeholder, select the placeholder and press the delete button on the keyboard to remove


2. Click inside the AnimateProject1 layer.  You should see the cursor blinking in the layer

c.  Access the Insert Panel (Press Ctrl F12) or from the main menu, select Windows->Insert

d.  Scroll down and click on the Animated Composition


e. Select the
AnimateProject.oam and click OK.   Select Flash for the Title and click OK



 

f.  Below is the what shows up in the layer. Click inside the layer and adjust the W= 436 and H=291 in the Properties panel


    

F.  Add the relative text hyperlinks in navigation menu
1.  Add the text below inside the table cells of the navigation menu.   

 

2. Add the hyper link. Highlight the text - Home.  Access the Insert Panel (Press Ctrl F12) and click on Hyperlink

    Type index.html and click OK

 

3.  Follow step #F2 for the add the rest of the hyperlinks

Home -  index.html
Tour - tour.html
Events – events.html
Tickets – tickets.html

Shop – shop.html
Press – press.html
About – about.html   

 

 

G.  Apply a class rule to a text element
1.  Open the Properties Panel.  From the main menu, select Windows-> Properties or press Ctrl + F3


2. Highlight the title text


3.  On the Properties Panel, for the
Class, select “titleheading”

 

 

Test:
1
.  Preview your web page by clicking on the Preview button or press F12.

2.  Verify your document is complete and that it closely matches the attached Lesson 3 output web page.

3.  Save your web page as index.html.


 

Submit:

1. Zip up and compress your Lesson1 folder.  
2. Upload the compressed folder into the Canvas– Dreamweaver Lab Assignment 1 drop box.

 

Lesson 1 Topics

Points

1. Attaching an external CSS

5

2. Adding the title to the Web page

5

3. Inserting images

5

4. Inserting a SWF file

5

5. Adding text hyperlinks in the navigation menu

5

6. Applying a class rule

5

Total

30