Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a web site creation tool. 

Dreamweaver supports the latest innovations on the Web such as Dynamic Publishing, E-Commerce, XML, Dynamic HTML, and Cascading Style Sheets.

Techy Web designers will enjoy the Roundtrip HTML and Roundtrip XML features built into the HTML/XML editor. Dreamweaver has done a very good job on building a GUI interface to setting almost every attribute available to HTML/JavaScript object models. Their GUI design interface with real-time look-and-feel is awesome.

From a technical view, it looks like Dreamweaver has tried to add every attribute that exists in an HTML object. I am very pleased with the product.

Dreamweaver Resources (by Macromedia)

• You can download a 30 day demo version at http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver.

• www.macromedia.com/exchange - Extending the capability of Dreamweaver. 

• www.macromedia.com/university - Online learning university.  Year subscription to all courses was $399.

• Dreamweaver - professional web site design tool (DHTML, XML, CSS, E-Commerce, etc...)
  http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver - Download a trial version, and information about.
• CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver - visual authoring tool developed specifically for the creation of testing instructional web pages (assessment tests, etc...).
  http://www.macromedia.com/software/coursebuilder- Download a trial version, and information about.
  Support Link.
• Attain Objects for Dreamweaver2 - (replace by CourseBuilder)
  http://www.macromedia.com/support/attainobjects - developers center, tech notes, user groups, forums, etc...
• Dreamweaver vs UltraDev - UltraDev is a Dreamweaver type product that also has capability to create ASP, JSP, ColdFusion, and other server side.

Tutorials, Help, Discussion Groups etc...

• http://www.macromedia.com/learning/examples/ - Short tutorials for Authorware, CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver, Pathware (delivery by LMS)
  CourseBuilder - Go to above link. Then choose "Online Tutorials", then "CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver tutorial", then "Demonstrating CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver".
  
• Help & Tutorials within the Product (also in the Trial Version) (A must !!!)
  Steps: Start, Program Files, Dreamweaver, now choose the "Welcome" html file for the product your interesed in (ex: dreamweaver). Search for the link to "HTML Help Pages"
• Discussion Groups
  http://www.macromedia.com/support/newsgroups.html
• Technical News Group, monitored by tech support
  Paste the below URL into your browser and it will call your news software.
  news://forums.macromedia.com/macromedia.dreamweaver

Assessment Tests using Coursebuilder.

• You will need Dreamweaver2 w/ Attain Objects or Dreamweaver3 w/CourseBuilder to do Assessment Test.
• HTML Help Tutorials (Dreamweaver Attain Objects)
  1) Follow instructions above for "Help & Tutorials within the Product"
  2) Choose "Attain Objects for Dreamweaver Contents"
  3)Choose "Multiple-Choice Interactions", also "Scoring and Data Tracking". Other links are also good.
• Example Assessment Test (only one question):
  In your explorer go to the program directory (see example below):
  Ex: C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Dreamweaver 2\Tutorial\Attain Objects Tutorial
  Next, Click on "MultileChoice.htm"
• Guided software emulation.
  Not exactly the best for Assessment Test, but should be helpful for a beginner. Once you at the link below click on "Working in Course Builder for Dreamweaver"
  http://www.macromedia.com/learning/center/coursebuilder.html

My Examples & Notes

• Pulldown Menu Example Using Dreamweaver & Layers - Example of pulldown menus using Dreamweaver, layers, and cookies for persistent storage of completion status.
  download - download a zip of the files involved.

• Product Review & Examples - A review & samples that I created.

• Timeline - Example of Dreamweaver's timeline (animation) feature using their custom JavaScript routines.

• Coursebuilder - (under construction).  I've used Dreamweaver w/Coursebuilder to create WBT that interface with LMS systems.  Unfortunately I can not demo that software.