Category: Web Design & Publishing

Cost: $345 (1-Day Format) or $690 (2-Day Format)

Course Summary:

Learn how this unique Web design tool works, about its built-in site management, and intuitive interface. Learn the basics of how to plan and create a Web site. Work with Freeway's precision tools. Create pages, and work with items, and learn best practices of HTML v. graphic text, and work with graphic images.

Prerequisite: Internet Essentials or equivalent.

Next Course of AACTTion: Freeway Part II (Save 10% when registering for both)

Course Topics: Freeway Pro - Part I

Freeway 5 Pro - Part One

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Freeway 5 Pro - Part Two

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Freeway Pro Part I - Course Topics

Getting Started

• Starting a Web site
• Workflow
• Creating a new site document
• Deciding on a page size
• Layout options

Working with Pages

• Adding pages
• Page title and file name
• Viewing and changing pages
• Working with Master pages
• Modifying pages
• Rulers and Guides
• Margins and Grids

Introduction to CSS

• What is CSS?
• Using CSS Layout

Working with Items

• Types of items
• Creating items
• Drawing items
• Manipulating items
• Moving items
• Showing items in the Site panel
• Changing attributes for items
• Arranging Items
• Applying a background color to an HTML item
• Applying a background color to a Graphic item

Working with Text

• Adding HTML text
• Resizing a text box
• Editing text
• Checking spelling
• Graphic Text

 

Styling Text

• What are styles?
• HTML styles
• Graphic styles
• Styles on items
• Defining styles
• Edit Styles dialog
• Character attributes
• Paragraph attributes

Working with Graphics

• Editable graphics
• Importing graphics
• Resizing graphics
• The Resources dialog box
• Alt text
• File names
• Export formats

Hyperlinks

• Linking between pages in your document
• Linking to external pages
• Testing navigation within Freeway

Introduction to Freeway Actions

• What are Actions?
• Types of Actions
• Creating a Rollover

Publishing and Uploading Basics

• Previewing in a browser
• Publishing the site
• Uploading

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Freeway Pro Part II - Course Topics

More with Pages

• Rearranging pages
• Copying and duplicating pages
• Working with folders
• Working with multiple windows

More with Items

• Independent and inflow items
• Child items
• Changing box shape
• Reshaping paths
• Transforming items
• Creating layer items
• Grouping Items
• Inflow items
• Padding and margins
• Applying a background image to an HTML item
• Item borders
• Graphic Effects

More with Text

• Working with lists
• Issues that affect HTML text
• Graphic text paragraph attributes

Working with Style Sheets

• Methods of creating, applying and changing styles
• The Styles & Colors palette
• Creating a style
• Using tags for accessibility
• Styles Inspector

Working with Multimedia

• Using multimedia
• Types of multimedia
• Using plug-in content in Freeway
   

More with Links and Anchors

• Image maps
• Hyperlink styles
• Anchors
• Email links

Creating Flexible Layouts

• Flexible table layout

More with CSS

• CSS positioning
• CSS inflow items
• CSS items and text overflow
• Overlapping items - working with Layers
• Float and Clear

Working with Tables

• Creating & modyfing tables
• Positioning & resizing tables
• Resizing rows and columns
• Changing table borders
• Changing cell spacing, padding and alignment
• Applying color
• Joining and splitting cells
• Formatting text across table cells
• Importing content into tables

Working with Frames

• What are frames and frameset pages?
• Benefits & disadvantages of using frames
• How to create frameset pages
• Noframes content
• Options for working with frames
• Targeting links
   

Working with Forms

• Form tools
• Checkboxes
• Radio buttons
• Buttons
• Text fields
• Text area
• Form setup
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More with Actions

• Installing extra actions
• Targets
• Sequence Timer
• Quicktime Extras
• Flash Extras
• Link to PDF
• CSS Menus
• Introduction to Shop Actions

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Freeway Pro Part I

Freeway Pro Part II

Freeway 5 Express provided upon request. Call 847-590-9500 for details.

Category: Web Design & Publishing

Cost: $345 (1-Day Format) or $690 (2-Day Format)

Course Summary:

Go beyond the basics to learn more about this revolutionary Web development tool. Work more with color, master pages, links & anchors, items and CSS. Integrate items and text. Apply text effects, and add graphic effects to images. Discover when to use and create forms. Learn how to use different types of Actions, and much more.

Prerequisite: Freeway Part I or equivalent.

Next Course of AACTTion: Flash Pro Intro

Course Topics: Freeway Pro - Part II

Freeway 5 Express provided upon request. Call 847-590-9500 for details.