Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hands-On Training

by Green, Garo

• ISBN13: 9780321202970
• ISBN10: 032120297X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-22
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

With its powerful combination of visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing support, Dreamweaver MX 2004 is sure to become the constant companion of many Web developers. Here to get you hands-on with it fast is the definitive project-based training on the topic from one of the master teachers at Linda.com training. Using a combination of project-based lessons, guided exercises, and QuickTime tutorials, veteran author Garo Green walks you through all the Dreamweaver MX 04 basics: navigating the new interface, creating and managing Web sites, and linking among pages. You'll learn about frames and forms, cascading style sheets, and Fireworks and Flash integration, and gobble up Garo¿s suggestions about best layout and typography practices. You'll also find extensive coverage of all of Dreamweaver's newest features: dynamic cross-browser validation, improved CSS support, built-in graphics editing, and more. Throughout, Garo shows you not just how to do something but why you¿re doing it and the results of your actions.

Author Biography

Garo Green is the Director of Publications at lynda.com where he manages the Hands-On Training series Lynda Weinman is the originator of the Hands-On Training series

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. x
Background	p. 2
What Is Dreamweaver MX 2004?	p. 3
HTML versus XHTML	p. 3
Roundtrip XHTML	p. 4
Do You Need to Learn XHTML to Use Dreamweaver?	p. 4
XHTML Resources	p. 5
What Does XHTML Do?	p. 6
What Does XHTML Look Like?	p. 7
XHTML Code Deconstructed	p. 8
File-Naming Conventions	p. 9
File Name Extensions	p. 10
What Is CSS?	p. 11
What Is XML?	p. 12
Extending Dreamweaver	p. 13
What Is DHTML?	p. 14
What Is JavaScript?	p. 15
What Is a Web Application?	p. 15
Interface	p. 16
Setting Up Your Workspace (Windows Users Only)	p. 17
A Tour of the Interface	p. 18
Windows Interface	p. 19
Macintosh Interface	p. 20
The Start Page	p. 21
The Insert Bar	p. 22
Types of Insert Bar Groups	p. 24
The Properties Inspector	p. 25
The Document Toolbar	p. 26
The Document Window	p. 28
Document Window Views	p. 30
Multiple Document Windows (Windows Users Only)	p. 31
Panels and Panel Groups	p. 32
Preferences	p. 37
External Editors	p. 38
Preset Window Sizes	p. 39
How to Define Your Browser of Choice	p. 40
Shortcut Keys	p. 42
Site Control	p. 44
What Is a Local Root Folder?	p. 45
Defining a Site	p. 46
Relative and Absolute Links	p. 52
File and Folder Management	p. 56
Understanding Path Structure	p. 59
Different Path Notations	p. 64
Using the File Browser	p. 65
Creating a Site Map	p. 70
Creating a Site from Nothing	p. 74
Basics	p. 78
Defining the Site	p. 79
Creating and Saving a New Document	p. 86
The Significance of index.html	p. 92
Inserting Images	p. 93
Inserting Text	p. 100
Centering Images and Text	p. 104
Modifying Page Properties	p. 106
The Page Properties Panel	p. 111
The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Color Pickers	p. 112
Creating Links with Images and Text	p. 113
[left angle bracket]meta[right angle bracket] Tags	p. 117
Linking	p. 120
Linking with Point to File	p. 121
Linking to New Source Files	p. 126
Creating Email Links	p. 133
Named Anchors	p. 139
Image Maps	p. 149
Linking to Files	p. 153
Typography	p. 158
CSS versus XHTML Text Formatting	p. 159
Valid XHTML Type Elements	p. 159
Default CSS Formatting	p. 161
Adding and Formatting HTML Text	p. 163
Font Lists	p. 171
Aligning Text	p. 178
Aligning Text and Images	p. 181
Ordered, Unordered, and Definition Lists	p. 182
Color Schemes	p. 184
Formatting Text in Tables	p. 186
What Is Flash Text?	p. 189
Creating Flash Text	p. 190
Tables	p. 196
What Is a Table?	p. 197
Changing the Border of a Table	p. 199
Sorting the Table	p. 207
Formatting a Table	p. 211
The Format Table Command	p. 214
Creating and Modifying a Table	p. 215
Aligning Images and Text with Tables	p. 223
Percentage-Based Table Alignment	p. 231
Combining Pixels and Percentages	p. 237
Inserting Tab-Delimited Data	p. 241
Import Tabular Data Settings	p. 243
Nested Tables and Borders	p. 244
Rounded-Corner Tables	p. 250
Layout	p. 256
What Are Tracing Images, Layers, and Tables?	p. 257
Applying a Tracing Image	p. 258
Tracing Images, Background Colors, and Images	p. 263
Adding Layers	p. 264
Converting Layers to Tables	p. 270
Convert Layers to Table Options	p. 273
Converting Tables to Layers	p. 274
What Is the Layout View?	p. 279
Layers to Tables versus Layout View	p. 279
Layout Tables and Layout Cells	p. 280
Anatomy of Layout Cells	p. 290
Cascading Style Sheets	p. 294
Levels of CSS	p. 295
The Cascading Part of Style Sheets	p. 295
Types of Style Sheets	p. 296
Anatomy of a Style Sheet	p. 298
CSS Preferences in Dreamweaver	p. 299
CSS and Page Properties	p. 300
Exporting and Linking External CSS Files	p. 309
Creating CSS-Redefining HTML Tags	p. 319
Redefine HTML, Custom Class, or Selectors?	p. 321
Creating Classes	p. 329
The Relevant CSS Panel	p. 344
Using the Relevant CSS Panel	p. 346
CSS Rollovers	p. 350
Frames	p. 362
What Are Frames?	p. 363
Frames: A Love-or-Hate Proposition	p. 363
Saving Your First Frameset	p. 365
Different Ways to Save Frames	p. 370
Modifying Frames	p. 371
Links and Targets	p. 375
Target Names	p. 380
Adding a Background Image	p. 381
Units	p. 385
Frame Properties	p. 385
Seamless Background Across Two Frames	p. 387
Frames Objects	p. 391
Rollovers	p. 396
Rollover Rules	p. 397
Creating a Simple Rollover	p. 398
Creating Pointer Rollovers	p. 402
Creating Multiple-Event Rollovers	p. 410
What Are Flash Buttons?	p. 417
Creating Flash Buttons	p. 419
Inserting a Navigation Bar Rollover	p. 424
Different Rollover States	p. 425
XHTML	p. 432
Viewing the Markup	p. 433
Options in Code View	p. 440
Editing in Code View	p. 442
Using the Quick Tag Editor	p. 447
Using the Tag Editor and Tag Chooser	p. 452
Adding XHTML Using a Code Snippet	p. 456
Cleaning Up XHTML	p. 459
Options for Cleaning Up XHTML	p. 463
Cleaning Up Word HTML	p. 464
Forms	p. 468
The Forms Panel	p. 469
Form Objects	p. 469
Working with Form Objects	p. 472
Laying Out a Form with Tables	p. 479
Creating a Jump Menu	p. 485
Behaviors	p. 490
Creating a Set Text of Status Bar Behavior	p. 491
Creating a Set Text of Text Field Behavior	p. 495
Opening a New Browser Window	p. 501
Validating Forms with Behaviors	p. 506
The Macromedia Dreamweaver Exchange	p. 509
Downloading from Dreamweaver Exchange	p. 510
Fireworks Integration	p. 520
The Importance of Design Notes	p. 522
External Image Editor and Launch and Edit Preferences	p. 523
Inserting Fireworks MX 2004 Images	p. 524
Editing Images with Built-in Fireworks MX 2004 Tools	p. 527
Editing a Fireworks MX 2004 Image	p. 530
Inserting Simple Rollovers from Fireworks MX 2004	p. 534
Updating Fireworks HTML in Dreamweaver	p. 537
About Fireworks MX 2004 Export Settings	p. 541
Editing an HTML-Based Pop-Up Menu	p. 542
Editing an Image-Based Pop-Up Menu	p. 546
Adding a Dreamweaver MX 2004 Pop-Up Menu Behavior	p. 551
Automation	p. 558
What Is the History Panel?	p. 559
Using the History Panel for Undo/Redo	p. 560
Using Find and Replace	p. 565
What Is a Web Photo Album?	p. 571
Getting More Commands	p. 572
Creating a Web Photo Album	p. 574
Templates/Libraries	p. 580
Templates in Action	p. 581
Creating a New Template	p. 588
Modifying a Template	p. 597
Library Items in Action	p. 601
Creating a Library Item	p. 604
Modifying a Library Item	p. 606
Accessibility	p. 608
W3C Accessibility Guidelines	p. 609
Accessibility Preferences	p. 610
IBM Home Page Reader	p. 612
Inserting Accessible Images	p. 613
Inserting Accessible Tables	p. 617
Inserting Accessible Frames	p. 620
Inserting Accessible Form Objects	p. 624
Input Tag Accessibility Attributes	p. 625
Inserting Media Objects	p. 630
Plug-Ins Require Viewer Participation	p. 631
Linking to Sounds	p. 632
Different Sound Formats	p. 637
Embedding Sounds	p. 638
Inserting Flash Content	p. 641
Inserting Director (Shockwave) Content	p. 643
What Is QuickTime?	p. 645
Inserting a QuickTime Movie	p. 646
Getting It Online	p. 648
Free Web Hosting with Tripod	p. 649
Signing Up with Tripod	p. 650
Setting the FTP Preferences	p. 656
What Is FTP?	p. 659
Putting Files onto the Web Server	p. 660
Getting Site Reports	p. 664
The Reports Dialog Box	p. 666
Troubleshooting FAQ and Technical Support	p. 668
Macromedia Technical Support	p. 669
Peachpit Press	p. 669
lynda.com	p. 669
Dreamweaver MX 2004-Emerging Issues	p. 669
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 670
Online Resources	p. 674
Discussion Groups	p. 675
Listservs	p. 675
A Few Third-Party Dreamweaver Web Sites	p. 676
Index	p. 680
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