Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. He holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and a master of science degree in instructional technology from National University in San Diego. He served as creative director with EPIC Solutions until 1998. His expertise in developing web applications led him to a position as manager of web development at SkyDesk Inc., where he developed web applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Intuit, Peachtree, Dell, and Microsoft. He has worked for such companies as ADCS, Inc., and Wireless Knowledge, and as a wireless software engineer developing .NET solutions for companies such as Mellon Financial, Goldman Saks, TV Guide, Healthbanks, The Gartner Group, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Commerce One.
His skill set includes technologies and languages from HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, ASP, ASP.NET, Visual Basic .NET, C#, ADO.NET, Web Services, SQL, T-SQL, Flash/ActionScript, and ColdFusion.
Aside from teaching and holding design lectures on various technologies and tools including Dreamweaver, Flash, and ASP.NET for the San Diego Community College District, Mt. San Jacinto Community College, and Palomar Community College, Zak Ruvalcaba is also the author of 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver 4 by Que Publishing, Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# and VB by SitePoint Press, and Beginning Expression Web by Wrox Press.
Zak Ruvalcaba is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET (MCAD) and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for .NET (MCSD).
Introduction | p. 1 |
Getting Up to Speed with Dreamweaver CS4 | p. 5 |
The Dreamweaver CS4 Interface | p. 7 |
New Dreamweaver CS4 Features | p. 8 |
The Welcome Screen | p. 10 |
The Document Window | p. 11 |
The Tabbed File Chooser and Related Files Bar | p. 12 |
The Document Toolbar | p. 14 |
The Standard Toolbar | p. 25 |
The Style Rendering Toolbar | p. 26 |
The Status Bar | p. 27 |
Context Menus | p. 30 |
The Insert Panel | p. 32 |
Common Objects | p. 33 |
Layout Objects | p. 35 |
Form Objects | p. 36 |
Data Objects | p. 37 |
Spry Objects | p. 37 |
Text Objects | p. 38 |
Favorites | p. 39 |
The Property Inspector | p. 40 |
Panels | p. 42 |
Interacting with Panels | p. 42 |
The CSS Styles Panel | p. 45 |
The AP Elements Panel | p. 45 |
The Application Tab Group | p. 45 |
The Files Panel | p. 45 |
The Assets Panel | p. 46 |
The Snippets Panel | p. 46 |
The Tag Inspector Panel | p. 46 |
The Behaviors Panel | p. 47 |
The History Panel | p. 47 |
The Frames Panel | p. 47 |
The Code Inspector | p. 47 |
The Results Tab Group | p. 47 |
Workspace Layouts | p. 48 |
The Menu Bar | p. 49 |
Building a Web Page | p. 51 |
Creating a New Document | p. 52 |
Working with a New Document in Design View | p. 56 |
Modifying the Page Properties | p. 56 |
Working with Text | p. 61 |
Inserting the Time and Date | p. 79 |
Inserting a Horizontal Rule | p. 80 |
Working with Images | p. 82 |
Inserting Images into a Dreamweaver Document | p. 83 |
Formatting Images Within a Document | p. 85 |
Image Placeholders | p. 88 |
Rollover Images | p. 90 |
Working with Hyperlinks | p. 91 |
Linking Text | p. 93 |
Email Links | p. 95 |
Linking Images | p. 96 |
Image Maps | p. 97 |
Named Anchors | p. 99 |
Creating a Navigation Bar | p. 102 |
Dreamweaver Site Management | p. 105 |
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