Dreamweaver^® MX 2004 Accelerated: A Full-Color Guide

by Youngjin.com

• ISBN13: 9788931435078
• ISBN10: 893143507X
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Sybex

Summary

Accelerate Your Dreamweaver Skills with This Practical, Sophisticated GuideDreamweaver MX 2004 Accelerated: A Full-Color Guide gets you up and running in a flash through hands-on experience creating meaningful, fun projects. Its learn-by-doing approach makes the road to proficiency quick and painless. Start off with a clear-cut introduction to the essential concepts, functions, and terminology that are difficult to grasp on your own. Then, immediately put your new skills to the test by following the step-by-step practical exercises.Full-color, crisp screenshots and graphics on every page give you a clear image of what's possible. Dozens of real-world examples, from straightforward to advanced, demonstrate how to integrate techniques and take advantage of the innovative features new to Dreamweaver MX 2004. By the end, you'll know how to construct vibrant web pages with Dreamweaver.With the book's projects you will:Create a calendar using advanced table modificationsApply different styles (HTML, CSS, internal, external) to tablesCreate looping background musicDevelop login pages and membership formsDesign a flexible employee profile page with layersBuild a cyber classroomConstruct a jukebox and a music video pageUse Fireworks to make pop-up menus and a Web photo albumFashion an advertisement windowUse rollover effects to create dynamic menusDesign a building tour using behaviorsUse templates and style sheets to make global site updates

Table of Contents

Dreamweaver MX 2004 - The Basics	p. 10
About Dreamweaver	p. 12
Setting Up Your Web Site	p. 21
Working with Text, Images, and Tables	p. 28
Basic Techniques	p. 30
Making a Site Map	p. 44
Creating a Favorites List	p. 50
Producing Different Layouts with Tables	p. 56
Creating Rollover Effects	p. 60
Making a Calendar	p. 64
Producing an Office Arrangement in Layout Mode	p. 69
Formatting Web Pages with Style Sheets	p. 74
Introduction to Style Sheets	p. 76
Designing an Investor Relations Page	p. 82
Creating Employee Profile Pages	p. 91
Creating Rollover Effects in Tables	p. 100
Creating Unique Scrollbars	p. 106
Using Frames	p. 112
Introduction to Frames	p. 114
Designing a Link Page Using Frames	p. 124
Creating a Navigation Bar	p. 128
Using Inline Frames	p. 131
Adding Looping Background Music	p. 134
Using Forms	p. 138
About Forms	p. 140
Inserting Jump Menus	p. 161
Database Connection Pages	p. 164
Making a Login Page	p. 171
Exploring Layers	p. 174
The Basics of Layers	p. 176
Creating a Profile Page	p. 185
Creating a Floating Menu	p. 188
Adding a Flash Banner Ad with an Invisible Background	p. 192
Showing and Hiding Elements Using Clip Layers	p. 195
Adding Moveable Layers to a Homepage	p. 199
Behaviors - Adding Interactivity to a Page	p. 202
Behavior Basics	p. 204
Creating Pop-Up Labels for a Product Page	p. 210
Designing a Building Tour Using Swap Image	p. 213
Creating a Full-Screen Web Page with a Close Button	p. 217
Creating Pop-Up Ads that Open in a New Window	p. 220
Using the Change Property Behavior	p. 223
The Assets Panel - Using Libraries and Templates	p. 228
The Assets Panel	p. 230
Using Templates to Create and Update Several Pages	p. 240
Using Templates and Style Sheets	p. 249
Using the Replace Command to Update Links	p. 259
Inserting Multimedia Elements into Web Pages	p. 262
The Basics of Working with Multimedia Elements	p. 264
Making an Online Lecture Page	p. 274
Inserting a RealVideo File	p. 277
Making a Music Video Page	p. 281
Using Flash Elements to Make a Slide Show	p. 285
Working with Images	p. 288
Dreamweaver and Fireworks	p. 290
Slicing Images	p. 296
Making Pop-Up Menus in Fireworks	p. 300
Creating an Online Photo Gallery	p. 304
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