Course Title:

GoLive Advanced

Duration:

2 days

Prerequisites:

A working knowledge of GoLive is required. No prior experience of ASP or PHP is necessary, but a basic appreciation of database construction and some basic handcoding skills (e.g. JavaScript, VB or HTML) would be useful

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Objectives:

This practical Adobe authorised course is designed for people who already have a working knowledge of GoLive. The first day of the course is spent looking in detail at some of the more advanced features of the program, enabling a faster workflow and more sophisticated production techniques. Day two is designed as an introduction to building dynamic web applications using Adobe GoLive

You will need to choose between a Microsoft Access / ASP solution (Windows based) or a
mySQL / PHP solution (Mac OSX)

If you are not sure or would like to go through the available options in detail, please contact Margaret Fielding at Castalia to discuss your requirements

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STANDARDS COMPLIANT MARKUP WITH CSS (CASCADING STYLE SHEETS)

What is possible with CSS?
CSS and progression to XHTML
Setting font attributes with CSS
Setting up paragraphs with CSS
Laying out pages with CSS
Element and Class styles

WORKING WITH HTML

Tools to aid writing code direct
Creating complex tables
Using Smart Objects to generate tables

WORKING WITH SMART OBJECTS

Creative Suite integration
Using Illustrator to produce images
Creating Active rollover images
Limitations of working this way
Using Smart Objects to generate tables
Organising Smart Objects

WORKING WITH FORMS

Assigning form methods
Using hidden elements
Principles of form submission
Passing values into text boxes
Overview of CGI scripts
Using PHP and ASP to collect form data

KEYFRAMES AND SCENES

Integrating JavaScript into pages
Using floating boxes to create overlaps
Making floating boxes invisible
Using the GoLive timeline
Setting keyframe events
Setting the Z axis order
Creating scenes
Using Events to activate scenes
Limitations of DHTML
Using browser diversion

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ORGANISING YOUR SITE

Working with diagrams
Creating pages from plans, components and templates
Updating site elements
Printing and presenting site plans
Collaborative asset management

DYNAMIC WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT

Overview of how a dynamic site works (with examples)

SETTING UP A STAGING SERVER

Principles of web Servers
Setting up a separate Staging Server
Connecting to and testing the Server
Setting up aliases
Setting FTP details
Security issues
Setting up a simple database
Setting up a Microsoft Access (Wins) or mySQL (Mac OSX) database

SETTING UP A DYNAMIC SITE

Using GoLive’s dynamic wizard
Setting up a data object
Connecting to the database
Testing the connection
Uploading a site to a Server

GOLIVE’S DYNAMIC FEATURES

Creating a content source
Designing a simple dynamic site
Making simple query and result pages
Testing your site

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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