Dreamweaver MX : the missing manual / David Sawyer McFarland.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• McFarland, David Sawyer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Dreamweaver (Computer file).
• Web sites--Authoring programs.
• Web sites--Design.
• Web publishing.

Physical Description:

xii, 779 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Missing manual

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, CA : Pogue Press/O'Reilly & Assoc., [2002]

Summary:

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX offers a rich environment for building professional Web sites. The program offers drag-and-drop simplicity, produces clean HTML code, and incorporates the dynamic, database-driven power of the product formerly known as UltraDev. Unfortunately, it comes without one of the most important features of all: a printed manual. Armed with this book, both first-time and experienced Web designers can bring stunning, interactive Web sites to life. With over 500 illustrations, a hand-crafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual, Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual is the ultimate atlas for the excellence-driven Web designer.

Contents:

• What's New in Dreamweaver MX 1
• HTML 101 3
• Part 1 Building a Web Page
• The Dreamweaver MX Interface 16
• The Dreamweaver Test Drive 25
• Chapter 2 Adding Text to Your Web Pages 47
• Adding Text in Dreamweaver 47
• Copying and Pasting Text 52
• Importing HTML from Word 53
• Selecting Text 56
• Spell Checking 57
• Undo, Redo, and the History Panel 59
• Chapter 3 Text Formatting 63
• Paragraph Formatting 63
• Lists 69
• Character Formatting 77
• HTML Styles 85
• Chapter 4 Links 91
• Adding a Link 95
• Adding an Email Link 101
• Linking Within a Web Page 103
• Modifying a Link 106
• Chapter 5 Images 109
• Modifying an Image 113
• Editing Images 121
• Image Maps 124
• Rollover Images 126
• Flash Buttons 128
• Flash Text 132
• Tutorial: Adding Rollovers 136
• Part 2 Building a Better Web Page
• Layout View 147
• Inserting a Table in Standard View 158
• Selecting Parts of a Table in Standard View 161
• Formatting Tables 163
• Modifying Cell and Row Properties in Standard View 166
• Adding and Removing Rows and Columns 174
• Merging and Splitting Cells 176
• Nesting Tables in Standard View 178
• Tabular Data 178
• Tables Tutorial 184
• Chapter 7 Frames 199
• The Frame Page 199
• Creating Frames 202
• Selecting Frames and Framesets 206
• Saving Framesets and Frames 207
• Frame and Frameset Properties 209
• Targeting Links 215
• Inserting a Navigation Bar 216
• Frames Tutorial 220
• Chapter 8 Cascading Style Sheets 231
• Creating Styles 235
• Using Styles 238
• Manipulating Styles 242
• More About Styles 247
• Style Properties 250
• Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial 263
• Chapter 9 Under the Hood: HTML 275
• Code View 278
• Quick Tag Editor 285
• Tag Inspector 288
• Reference Panel 288
• Inserting JavaScript 291
• Part 3 Bringing Your Pages to Life
• Chapter 10 Forms 295
• Creating a Form 297
• Adding Form Elements 300
• Validating Forms 313
• Forms Tutorial 316
• Chapter 11 Dreamweaver Behaviors 327
• Understanding Behaviors 327
• Applying Behaviors 330
• Events for 4.0 Browsers 335
• The Actions, One by One 339
• Adding More Behaviors 368
• Chapter 12 Layers: Interactivity and Animation 369
• Creating Layers 369
• Modifying Layer Properties 377
• Hiding and Showing Layers 384
• Creating Draggable Layers 386
• Animating Layers 390
• Controlling Playback 400
• Chapter 13 Flash, Shockwave, and Other Multimedia 403
• Flash 404
• Shockwave 411
• Java Applets 412
• ActiveX Controls 414
• Plug-ins 416
• Part 4 Building a Web Site
• Chapter 14 Introducing Site Management 421
• Structuring a Web Site 422
• Viewing a Site Map 437
• Site Assets 442
• Chapter 15 Testing Your Site 449
• Site Launch Checklist 449
• Check Target Browsers 451
• Validating Web Pages 454
• Find and Fix Broken Links 458
• Cleaning Up HTML 465
• Site Reporting 468
• Accessibility 472
• Download Statistics 475
• Chapter 16 Moving Your Site to the Internet 477
• Defining a Remote Site 477
• Transferring Files 486
• Check In and Check Out 494
• Synchronizing Site Files 500
• Communicating with Design Notes 503
• Part 5 Dreamweaver MX Power
• Chapter 17 Snippets and Libraries 515
• Using Snippets 516
• Creating Snippets 518
• Built-in Snippets 520
• Library Basics 521
• Create and Use Library Items 522
• Edit Library Items 524
• Library Tutorial 526
• Chapter 18 Templates 531
• Create a Template 534
• Define Editable Regions 536
• Adding Optional Regions 545
• Nested Templates 552
• Building Pages Based on a Template 556
• Update a Template 562
• Template Tutorial 566
• Chapter 19 Automating Dreamweaver 577
• The History Panel Revisited 577
• Create Web Photo Album 582
• Find and Replace 585
• Chapter 20 Customizing Dreamweaver 601
• Keyboard Shortcuts 601
• Dreamweaver Extensions 606
• Part 6 Dynamic, Database-Driven Dreamweaver
• Chapter 21 Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites 615
• Pieces of the Puzzle 616
• Setting Up Dreamweaver for Dynamic Web Sites 621
• Databases Explained (in Five Minutes or Less) 626
• Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database 629
• Creating a Dynamic Page 631
• Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database 632
• Exploring the Databases Panel 634
• Chapter 22 Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages 635
• Retrieving Information 635
• Adding Dynamic Information 651
• Displaying Multiple Records 654
• Recordset Navigation 658
• Viewing Live Data Within Dreamweaver 660
• Master Detail Page Set 663
• Passing Information Between Pages 666
• Tutorial: Displaying Database Information 670
• Chapter 23 Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records 687
• Adding Data 687
• Updating Database Records 694
• Dynamic Form Fields 699
• Deleting Records 706
• Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data 708
• Chapter 24 Advanced Dynamic Site Features 727
• Password Protecting Web Pages 727
• Additional Data Sources 737
• Advanced Server Behaviors 744
• Tutorial: Authentication 748
• Getting Help 759
• Help with Extensions 763.

Notes:

• "The book that should have been in the box"--Cover.
• Includes index.

ISBN:

0596003498

OCLC:

50988681