Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780321822451
• ISBN10: 0321822455
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-17
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 choose Adobe Dreamweaver CS6: Classroom in a Bookfrom the Adobe Creative Team. The 15 project-based lessons in this book show you step by step everything you need to know to work in Dreamweaver CS6. You'll learn to create a professional website without having to write code by hand. This completely revised CS6 edition also covers HTML5, CSS3, and media queries for responsive web design. The book also shows how to create HTML-based headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables; insert graphics and Photoshop Smart Objects; add links to text and images; apply cascading styles sheets; and customize the Dreamweaver workspace. You'll also learn to add interactive elements to your sites, such as HTML5-compatible video and animation, get guidance for working with code, and finally publish a finished site to the Web. The companion DVD includes all lesson files so you can work along with the book, as well as, two hours of free video tutorials from Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Learn by Video.

Author Biography

The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real world knowledge of Adobe web design products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Table of Contents

Getting Started	p. ix
About Classroom in a Book	p. ix
TinyURLs	p. ix
Prerequisites	p. x
Installing the program	p. x
Copying the Classroom in a Book files	p. x
Recommended lesson order	p. xi
Jumpstart	p. xi
Setting up the workspace	p. xiii
Windows vs. Macintosh instructions	p. xiii
Finding Dreamweaver information	p. xiii
Checking for updates	p. xiv
Additional resources	p. xiv
Adobe certification	p. xv
Customizing Your Workspace	p. 2
Lesson overview	p. 2
Touring the workspace	p. 4
Switching and splitting views	p. 5
Working with panels	p. 7
Selecting a workspace layout	p. 11
Adjusting toolbars	p. 13
Personalizing preferences	p. 13
Creating custom keyboard shortcuts	p. 14
Using the Property inspector	p. 15
Html Basics	p. 18
Lesson overview	p. 18
What is HTML?	p. 20
Where did HTML begin?	p. 20
Writing your own HTML code	p. 22
Frequently used HTML 4 codes	p. 30
Introducing HTML5	p. 32
CSS Basics	p. 38
Lesson overview	p. 38
What is CSS?	p. 40
HTML vs. CSS formatting	p. 41
HTML defaults	p. 42
CSS box model	p. 45
Formatting text	p. 46
Formatting objects	p. 55
Multiples, classes, and IDs, oh my!	p. 64
CSS3 overview and support	p. 66
Creating A Page Layout	p. 70
Lesson overview	p. 70
Web design basics	p. 72
Working with thumbnails and wireframes	p. 75
Defining a Dreamweaver site	p. 78
Using the Welcome screen	p. 79
Previewing your completed file	p. 80
Modifying an existing CSS layout	p. 81
Adding a background image to the header	p. 84
Inserting new components	p. 87
Changing element alignment	p. 92
Modifying the page width and background color	p. 93
Modifying existing content and formatting	p. 95
Inserting an image placeholder	p. 100
Inserting placeholder text	p. 101
Modifying the footer	p. 101
Checking browser compatibility	p. 102
Working With Cascading Style Sheets	p. 104
Lesson overview	p. 104
Previewing the completed file	p. 106
Working with the CSS Styles panel	p. 106
Working with type	p. 110
Using images for graphical effects	p. 113
Creating new CSS rules	p. 115
Creating an interactive menu	p. 122
Modifying hyperlink behavior	p. 125
Creating faux columns	p. 128
Moving rules to an external style sheet	p. 130
Creating style sheets for other media	p. 132
Working With Templates	p. 140
Lesson overview	p. 140
Previewing completed files	p. 142
Creating a template from an existing layout	p. 143
Inserting editable regions	p. 144
Producing child pages	p. 146
Updating a template	p. 149
Using library items	p. 152
Using server-side includes	p. 157
Working With Text, Lists, and Tables	p. 166
Lesson overview	p. 166
Previewing the completed file	p. 168
Creating and styling text	p. 170
Creating and styling tables	p. 182
Spell checking webpages	p. 195
Finding and replacing text	p. 197
Working With Images	p. 202
Lesson overview	p. 202
Reviewing web image basics	p. 204
Previewing the completed file	p. 209
Inserting an image	p. 210
Adjusting image positions with CSS classes	p. 212
Working with the Insert panel	p. 213
Using Adobe Bridge to insert images	p. 215
Inserting non-web file types	p. 218
Working with Photoshop Smart Objects	p. 221
Copying and pasting images from Photoshop and Fireworks	p. 223
Inserting images by drag and drop	p. 227
Optimizing images with the Property inspector	p. 227
Working With Navigation	p. 232
Lesson overview	p. 232
Hyperlink basics	p. 234
Previewing the completed file	p. 235
Creating internal hyperlinks	p. 237
Creating an image-based link	p. 240
Creating an external link	p. 241
Setting up email links	p. 243
Targeting page elements	p. 244
Inserting Spry menu bars	p. 248
Checking your page	p. 265
Adding Interactivity	p. 268
Lesson overview	p. 268
Learning about Dreamweaver behaviors	p. 270
Previewing the completed file	p. 272
Working with Dreamweaver behaviors	p. 273
Working with Spry Accordion widgets	p. 279
Working With Web Animation and Video	p. 286
Lesson overview	p. 286
Understanding web animation and video	p. 288
Previewing the completed file	p. 289
Adding web animation to a page	p. 290
Adding web video to a page	p. 293
Working With Forms	p. 300
Lesson overview	p. 300
Previewing the completed file	p. 302
Learning about forms	p. 303
Adding a form to a page	p. 305
Inserting text form elements	p. 306
Inserting checkboxes	p. 315
Creating radio buttons	p. 317
Incorporating text areas	p. 319
Working with lists	p. 320
Adding a Submit button	p. 322
Specifying a form action	p. 324
Emailing form data	p. 325
Styling forms	p. 329
Working With Online Data	p. 334
Lesson overview	p. 334
Working with dynamic content	p. 336
Previewing the completed file	p. 336
Using HTML and XML data	p. 338
Choosing a server model	p. 348
Configuring a local web server	p. 349
Setting up a testing server	p. 350
Building database applications	p. 352
Building Dynamic Pages with Data	p. 360
Lesson overview	p. 360
Building pages with PHP	p. 362
Creating a master/detail page set	p. 372
Creating a detail page	p. 384
Publishing To The Web	p. 388
Lesson overview	p. 388
Defining a remote site	p. 390
Cloaking folders and files	p. 396
Wrapping things up	p. 398
Putting your site online	p. 402
Synchronizing local and remote sites	p. 404
Appendix: TinyURLs	p. 408
Index	p. 411
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