Getting Started with Dreamweaver CS5 and Business Catalyst

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In Getting Started with Dreamweaver CS5 and Business Catalyst, author Joseph Lowery introduces Business Catalyst, the hosted application for building and managing business web sites, and shows how to add complex functionality by leveraging its integration with Dreamweaver CS5. The course includes tutorials on setting up a Business Catalyst site in Dreamweaver, adding and customizing design elements such as blogs and forums, and employing the Business Catalyst ecommerce features to build an online store. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Exploring the capabilities of Business Catalyst

Modifying Business Catalyst modules and templates in Dreamweaver

Extending to clients the ability to modify their web pages in the browser

Managing downloadable documents with the Literature module

Utilizing Business Catalyst's customer and content management features

Creating email marketing campaigns

Building a store catalog

Setting up a payment gateway

Customizing the checkout experience

0. Introduction

Welcome 01:36

Using the exercise files 00:54

1. Introducing Business Catalyst

What is Business Catalyst? 03:50

Why Business Catalyst matters to Dreamweaver designers 03:14

What Business Catalyst costs 04:28

Understanding the Business Catalyst partnership 05:10

Adobe and Business Catalyst integration 02:04

2. Integrating Business Catalyst with Dreamweaver

Installing the Business Catalyst extension 01:44

Setting up a Business Catalyst site in Dreamweaver 02:44

Basic file management 01:59

Creating Business Catalyst templates 03:41

Defining a default template 01:48

Inserting Business Catalyst modules 03:46

Customizing module tags 06:48

Styling module output 03:31

3. Using InContext Editing

Establishing editable Dreamweaver pages 03:51

Enabling InContext Editing for clients 07:39

4. Advanced Business Catalyst Features

Setting up a custom site 06:02

Integrating templates 02:54

Building a web form 05:01

Inserting a blog 04:13

Handling downloadable documents 03:59

Creating announcements 03:37

Setting up an email campaign 07:26

5. Building an Online Store with Business Catalyst

Creating a catalog 06:01

Adding products 08:24

Styling detail pages 06:32

Establishing a payment gateway 03:05

Defining the checkout experience 02:28

Enabling discounts 03:23

Upselling and cross selling 04:25

6. Conclusion

What's Next 00:14