Dreamweaver Domain 5 - Publishing Digital Media

This objective covers saving and exporting entire documents in multiple formats and specific assets within the project. This section contains presentations, projects, and quizzes to help you pass the Adobe InDesign CC Certification Exam.

5.1 Prepare project for publishing.

a.  Set up for testing and publishing.
  • Key Concepts: local site, remote site, testing server, web server, file transfer protocols (FTP, local/network, Secure FTP, WebDav, RDS), managing assets, links, and files, etc.

b. Check project for errors and project specifications.

  •  Key Concepts: spell check, creating a sitemap, HTML validation, usability and accessibility check, cleanup HTML, checking and updating links sitewide, testing live site to validate links and media, troubleshooting CSS issues by using visual aids, previewing in browser, Live View, code validation, etc.

5.2 Publish a web site.

a. Save web pages.

  • Key concepts: Save vs Save as ..., file name and location, Save as template, etc.

b. Publish a live site.

  • Key concepts: Put/Get files to and from server, Check-in/check-out for team projects, refresh site files, dependent/associated files, cloaking files and folders, synchronizing local and remote sites, etc.

c. Print proof copies before publishing.

  • Key Concepts: print settings, printing pages vs. spreads, printing thumbnails or tiles, etc.

d. Package an InDesign project.

  • Key Concepts: font and image management, packaging projects, handling protected fonts (CJK).