Product Description

These video tutorials equip you with the skills necessary to turn an ordinary website into one that’s content-rich using popular web design and development tools: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Contribute, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

The course will amaze you at how easy it is to combine these programs interchangeably. John shares his expertise to help you understand how to ensure compatibility across multiple browsers and platforms.

Highlights

It enables to learn tips on logo enhancements, stock photo materials, as well as template designs and layouts.

It helps to discover how to utilize your website to build out marketing materials, like brochures, business cards, and company letterhead.

It helps to become truly skilled at how to publish your web projects also to cell phones and kiosks.

Entry Requirements
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.

Whats Included
Learning documentation, Online Resources and Tutor support for 2 years.

Course Study Format
Course will be delivered online.

Courseware Support
The biggest advantage of studying with us is that using your unique student account, you can immediately access the course materials online and submit all the question papers to the tutor online. On submission of question papers, you will immediately, receives the email containing the results and feedback.

Study Hours
Study hour is dependent upon the dedication and grasp towards the learning concepts mentioned in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to the tutor.

Learning Hours
Approximately 300 hours.

Assessment Method

The Examination:
The course is examined in below components:

Examination Paper 1 Unit 1 Introduction to Financial Accounting
This paper is one hour and thirty minutes in length and the marks provide 50% of the overall marks of the course, AS, and 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Examination Paper 2 Unit 2 Financial and Management Accounting
This paper is one hour and thirty minutes in length and the marks provide 50% of the overall marks of the course, AS, and 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Examination Paper 3 Unit 3 Further Aspects of Financial Accounting
This paper is two hours in length and the marks provide 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Examination Paper 4 Unit 4 Further Aspects of Management Accounting
This paper is two hours in length and the marks provide 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Exams would need to be carried out at an approved examination centre. Please contact us for assistance.

Exams
Exam vouchers supplied with our courses must be used within the duration of your course. Exam Vouchers become invalid once the course has expired.

Section 1
Chapter 1: Introduction & Project Background (10 min)
• Project File Overview
• Identifying Ways to Improve a Website
• Previewing the Finished Website

Chapter 2: Creating a Company Logo with Illustrator (25 min)
• Live Trace & the Tracing Options Dialog Box
• Adjusting Tracing Presets, Mode & Threshold
• Adjusting the Trace Settings
• Converting a Tracing Object into Paths
• Tracing Strokes & Changing the View
• Using Live Paint to Fill an Area with Color

Chapter 3: Website Layout using Photoshop (49 min)
• Preparing a Web Page Mock-up in Photoshop
• Creating Mock-up Navigation Buttons
• Managing Assets & Working with Layer Groups
• Working with Rasterized Illustrator Files
• Importing & Working with Smart Objects
• Working with Text
• Adding Buttons to the Layout
• Using Blend Modes to Add Graphic Highlights
• Tidying Up Photoshop & Saving Your Project

Chapter 4: Making Slices with Fireworks (47 min)
• Altering Some Design Issues in Photoshop
• Opening a Photoshop File in Fireworks
• Using the Slice Tool
• Making Slices with the Selection Tool
• Exporting from Fireworks into Dreamweaver
• Adding More Slices to the Web Page
• Renaming the Slices
• Setting Up the HTML File for Export
• Looking at the Images & Deleting Unused Files
• Optimizing Images with the Optimize Palette
• Doing a Final Clean-up Pass

Chapter 5: Creating a Dreamweaver Site (32 min)
• Setting Up the Site De.nition
• New Document & Preview in Browser Preferences
• Creating a Tracing Image
• Editing a Layout in Fireworks
• Choosing Background Color & Alignment
• Creating Multiple Pages Using a Template
• Modifying a Template in Expanded Mode
• Adding Content to the Pages
• Linking Buttons to Pages
• Saving & Updating Template-Based Files

Chapter 6: Cascading Style Sheets (46 min)
• Introducing CSS Styles
• Creating & Applying a New Class Style
• Creating & Applying New Tag Styles
• Removing, Finding & Replacing Styles
• Duplicating, Moving & Modifying Styles
• Viewing Applied Styles & Updating Changes
• Creating an Advanced CSS Rule for Links
• De.ning Group & Combination Tag Selectors
• Creating a Class Style for Text Color
• Creating a Horizontal Rule to Divide Text

Chapter 7: Main Navigation Systems (47 min)
• Setting Up Rollover Button Images in Fireworks
• Copying & Sharing Graphics across Frames
• Setting Up the Rollover Behavior in Fireworks
• Setting Up Pages for a Pop-up Menu
• Creating a Pop-up Menu in Fireworks
• Using Correct Paths, Button Styles & Special Characters
• Exporting Images from Fireworks to Dreamweaver
• Creating a Rollover Button in Dreamweaver
• Creating an Animated GIF in Fireworks

Chapter 8: DHTML Layers, Interactivity & Forms (52 min)
• Designing Layers with CSS
• Determining Table Position with CSS Rules
• Integrating CSS Styles & DHTML Layers
• Setting Up a Form on the Stu. Page
• Adding Buttons & Checkboxes to a Form
• Enabling the Form to Submit Order Data
• Creating Remote Rollovers
• Using the Show-Hide Layers Function
• Using Tags & Behaviors to Control HTML Text
• Final Comments & Credits

Section 2
Chapter 1: ADVANCED GALLERY PAGES (68 min)
• Looking at Web Page Layers in Fireworks
• Creating Slices for the Crew Images/li>
• Setting Slice Types & Optimization
• Copying Images to Another Frame for Rollovers
• Setting Behaviors for the Navigation Bar
• Adding Simple Rollovers to the Main Menu
• Exporting HTML, Images & Slices from Fireworks
• Linking Slices & Putting Images on Separate Layers
• Editing HTML & Attaching a Style Sheet
• Building the Individual Crew Pages
• Linking the Crew Pages to the Main Page
• Creating a Photoshop(R) Web Photo Gallery
• Setting Up a Page Template for the Gallery
• Incorporating the Gallery into the Website
• Finishing Up the Gallery Pages in Dreamweaver

Chapter 2: FLASH ELEMENTS & FLASH VIDEO (26 min)
• Inserting Flash Text into Dreamweaver
• Using Flash Buttons
• Preparing Video in the Flash 8 Video Encoder
• Advanced Flash Video Encoding Settings
• Using the Insert Flash Video Dialog Box
• Viewing the Inserted Flash Video in a Browser

Chapter 3: MAKING FLASH SLIDESHOWS (59 min)
• Starting a New Slideshow
• Importing Still Image Files
• Adding Text to the Slideshow
• Creating Navigation Button Graphics
• Converting Button Graphics to Symbols
• Understanding Keyframe Properties
• Adding Behaviors to Buttons
• Loading the Slideshow into a Website
• Using a Flash Movie as a Template
• Looking at Publish Settings

Chapter 4: CREATING A FLASH BANNER AD (50 min)
• Setting Up to Create a Banner Ad
• Designing the Banner
• Adding Motion to the Banner
• Creating & Animating Text
• Animating with Motion & Shape Tweens
• Adjusting the Animation for Timing
• Linking the Animated Banner to the Site
• Generating a Size Report & Publishing

Chapter 5: MAKING A MINI FLASH SITE (73 min)
• Reviewing the Site in Fireworks
• Importing & Organizing Assets/li>
• Adjusting Values & Settings in an Imported Document
• Converting the Layout to a Flash Movie
• Creating a Flash Animation with Slides
• Making More Animations Using Guides & Slides
• Testing Your Flash Movie & Fixing Errors
• Converting Graphics into Buttons
• Applying a Behavior to a Button
• Importing Video
• Animating the Video
• Controlling the Video with Behaviors
• Adding Behaviors to Buttons
• Setting up a Loader
• Adding a Progress Bar
• Placing the Mini Site into the Website

Chapter 6: SITE TESTING & PUBLISHING (36 min)
• Testing a Website for Potential Problems
• Adding Keywords & Description Meta Tags/li>
• Viewing the Site Map & Modifying Page Titles
• Verifying Links with Check Links Sitewide Feature
• Checking Source Code for Errors
• Setting Up a Remote Server for Your Website
• Cloaking Certain File Types to Prevent Publishing
• Making Changes to a Published Website

Chapter 7: WORKGROUP INTEGRATION USING CONTRIBUTE (21 min)
• Setting Up a Website for Multiple Users
• Communicating through Design Notes/li>
• Creating a Connection with Contribute
• Editing a Web Page in Contribute
• Administering a Website

Chapter 8: INCORPORATING PRINT MATERIALS (30 min)
• Creating a Business Card Using Web Page Graphics
• Creating a Brochure Using Web Page Graphics/li>
• Adding Background & Text Colors to the Brochure
• Saving the Brochure as a PDF for Printing Purposes
• Saving the Brochure as a PDF for the Web
• Linking the Brochure PDF to the Website
• Final Comments & Credits

Job Prospects
Become fully trained and substantially improve your chances of employment or earn more money!

Skills Assessments
Test yourself and receive a certificate online. Multiple choice or fill in the blanks style questioning helps you remember and learn.

Certificates
Upon completion of the course, you can download the completion certificate as well as any other qualifications you have been awarded.

Interactive simulations
Feel like you are actually using the software you are being trained about in the added security of our learning environment.

Printable reference guides and exercises
Every chapter has its own hands on exercises for you to carry out to help you gain essential experience. You also have automatic glossary and search features to help you use the course as a ‘quick reference’ guide.

Course Completion Certificate

*Please note, unless stated otherwise or included in package, our online courses only offer course completion certificates ( £10 fee) and in all cases official testing (at a charge made by testing centre) is required to gain officially certified recognised qualifications.

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