Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780321701770
• ISBN10: 0321701771
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-26
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Completely revised to cover new Dreamweaver CS5 features, such as code inspect, Adobe browser labs, and dynamic CSS trouble-shooting.

Official training series from Adobe Systems Inc., developed with the support of Adobe Product Experts.

Includes 2 hours of FREE video tutorials from Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Learn by Video! Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 choose Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press.

The 18 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in Dreamweaver CS5. Readers learn what they need to know to create a professional website without having to delve into code. This completely revised CS5 edition covers Adobe's Spry framework for Ajax to create dynamic interfaces, Spry widgets (pre-built user interface components) to quickly add common components to Web pages; and Live View, a working browser rendering right in the program.

The book also shows how to enter text in headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables; insert graphics and Photoshop Smart Objects; add links to text and images; apply cascading style sheets; and customize the Dreamweaver workspace. Readers will also learn to add interactive elements to their sites, such as Flash video and animation, get guidance for working with code, and finally publish a finished site to the Web.

The companion DVD includes lesson files so readers can work along with the book, as well as 2 hours of FREE video tutorials from 'Learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 by Video' by video2brain and Adobe Press.

Author Biography

The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real-world knowledge of Adobe 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

Table of Contents
Lesson 1 - Getting Started
Lesson 2 - Customizing Your Workspace
Lesson 3 - HTML Basics
Lesson 4 - CSS Basics
Lesson 5 - Getting a Quick Start with a CSS Layout
Lesson 6 - Creating a page layout from scratch
Lesson 7 - Working with Cascading Style Sheets
Lesson 8 - Working with templates
Lesson 9 - Working with Text, Lists, and Tables
Lesson 10 - Working with Images
Lesson 11 - Working with Navigation
Lesson 12 - Adding Interactivity
Lesson 13 - Working with Flash
Lesson 14 - Working with Forms
Lesson 15 - Building pages with Data: Spry, ASP, PHP and ColdFusion
Lesson 16 - Working with Third-Party Components/Services
Lesson 17 - Working with Code
Lesson 18 - Publishing to the Web