Attendance of the Standard Editor Course. Attendance of the Advanced Editor Course is an advantage. Delegates must be familiar with CSS, HTML, XHTML.
General
This course introduces delegates the procedures of inserting CMC plug-ins directly into the XHTML template code, gaining an understanding of using plug-in properties to effect the output HTML rendering.
Attendees undertake a number of workshops designed to equip them with a range of knowledge including how to change the default styles used by the CMC Editor, how to create multiple editable area templates and how to create customised menus using the CMC menu plug-ins.
Objective
After completing this course, attendees are able to build CMC templates either from scratch or from existing, non-CMC templates.
Topics
- The use of style sheets within the CMS and how to create specific user selectable styles
- Convert flat HTML pages into working templates featuring editable regions
- Adding example top-level & side navigation to templates
- Implementing footer navigation and a breadcrumb trail
- Adding the CMC Search Box plug-in
- Generating different output formats & themes
Audience
This course is aimed primarily at designers, but should also be attended by developers who need a background understanding of the CMC architecture.