Adobe GoLive CS training - Introduction training to creating web sites with GoLive and Photoshop

Adobe GoLive CS and Adobe Photoshop CS training for the web— Bespoke

Adobe GoLive CS, Adobe Photoshop CS (and ImageReady CS which is included with Photoshop CS) are key tools in producing great looking, professional websites. They integrate perfectly together to make web site production easier than ever while allowing for endless creative possibilities.

In this two-day course we take a two-pronged approach to producing great looking web sites. We cover the key elements of Adobe GoLive CS you will need to create the structure and content of your site, then we look at Photoshop CS and ImageReady CS and how to create and optimise images for internet with these applications.

By the end of this course you’ll have covered key areas of web design from the initial planning stage of your website through to uploading and road-testing the site you create using Adobe GoLive CS. You will also have a good understanding of how to use Adobe PhotoShop CS and ImageReady CS to produce web orientated graphics and basic animations.

By the end of this course, you’ll be confident in producing great-looking, content-full and visually rich web sites using these industry standard tools.

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Adobe GoLive CS and Adobe Photoshop CS training for the web Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Web Publishing Primer
-Sites and pages
-What is a web server?
-Local, intranet, internet differences
-Moving files to a server

GoLive CS Interface Overview
-Overview of menus and palettes
-Different working modes
-Opening a page
-Opening a Site

Simple Page Elements
-Inserting, editing and formatting text
-Adding colour to text and backgrounds
-Adding pre-optimised images
-Previewing your work in a browser
-Adding links to other pages
-Adding anchors to specific page elements

Planning and Managing a Site
-A look at some good pre-existing sites
-Planning your own site architecture
-Creating your local site and using the Site Window
-Managing files with the site window

Creating Tables
-Dragging a simple table to a page
-Adjusting table properties with the Inspector palette
-Pixel and relative sizes for tables and table elements
-Tables that fill an entire page
-Nested tables for precise design

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
-A better way of formatting text and page elements
-Style Sheet palette elements
-Different levels of “cascading” style sheets: internal and external
-Creating and applying a simple Style Sheet
-Adjusting a Style Sheets

Editing HTML Code
-Overview of the structure of a HTML page
-Understanding <Tags>
-Editing text, a table and moving an image with HTML code

Hidden Tags and Referencing
-Using HTML to add Header elements
-Using the GoLive GUI to add Header elements

Site Management
-Setting server access settings
-Uploading and maintaining your web site

Photoshop CS
-How images for the internet differ from other image types: size, colours, formats
-Choosing correct colour settings
-Web safe colour palettes for graphic objects
-Graphic elements: anti-aliasing, effects and other considerations
-Cropping and visually optimising images for screen
-Slicing images into component parts
-Saving optimised images for the web: using the correct format and compression
-Making round trips to ImageReady CS

Imageready CS
-Limitations of ImageReady
-Creating animated GIF’s
-Creating image maps
-Creating navigation tabs
-Slicing with ImageReady
-Grouping slices into a table
-Creating rollovers
-Using the Optimised tab for previewing
-Creating basic animations
-Creating animations from layers in other applications
-Creating areas with editable text
-Grabbing HTML code from the image layout
-Previewing your work in a browser
-Exporting your artwork as a web page
-Exporting your artwork for inclusion in an HTML page

GoLive CS Smart Objects
-Using Adobe Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS and other file formats
-Using Smart Objects to let GoLive optimise images
-When to use images and when to use text in the web page

Advantages of learning Adobe GoLive CS with XChangeTraining

-Our GoLive CS trainers are experienced web design professionals with excellent knowledge off all aspects of Internet technology and graphic design.
-It's bespoke and solutions based: before you come to XChange Training we agree the course content with you based on your needs.
-We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-On-site and off-site training is available for the whole UK.
-Free email support service for 3 months after course.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Training Pricing

On-site course pricing
Prices include a set of course notes per trainee, 3 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course and all refreshments including a light lunch if held at the training centre.

For training courses outside of London a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Britton Street facility:
1 person £750 for a 2 day course*
2 people £900 for a 2 day course*
3 people £1050 for a 2 day course
4 people £1200 for a 2 day course
5 people £1350 for a 2 day course
6 people £1500 for a 2 day course
All prices subject to VAT

Training Centre address
17-18 Britton Street,
Clerkenwell, London
EC1M 5NQ

Tel: 020 7490 4455
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

* For courses held outside of London for less than 3 trainees, there is an additional charge of £75, plus a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

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