Foundation Dreamweaver Mx

by Grannell, Craig; Marks, Todd; McLachlan, George; Stephens, Matt; Turner, Jerome

• ISBN13: 9781590591970
• ISBN10: 1590591976
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Whether a complete novice or a past user, after reading this book, readers will be fluent in the full breadth of Dreamweaver MXUs powerful functionality, a unique learning curve backed up by solid real-world case studies and tutorials.

Table of Contents

Welcome	1	(8)
The aim of this book	1	(2)
What you'll need	3	(1)
Macs and PCs	3	(1)
Server technologies: PHP and MySQL	4	(1)
Conventions	4	(1)
Download files	5	(1)
Support-we're here to help	6	(3)
Introducing Dreamweaver MX	9	(30)
What is Dreamweaver?	10	(10)
Dreamweaver settings	10	(10)
The case study	20	(19)
Brainstorming	21	(2)
Visual inspiration	23	(2)
Design	25	(1)
Structure	26	(3)
Content	29	(2)
The case study - final designs	31	(8)
The Dreamweaver Interface	39	(24)
Organizing site assets	40	(7)
The Site panel	45	(2)
The Dreamweaver interface	47	(16)
Beginning Layout	63	(32)
Splash pages	64	(7)
GIFs and JPEGs	69	(2)
The splash page	71	(13)
Finishing design touches	84	(4)
Adding functionality to our splash page	88	(7)
Layout with Templates	95	(38)
Layout types	96	(33)
Plain text	97	(1)
Frames	98	(6)
Layers	104	(3)
Tables	107	(5)
Cascading Style Sheets	112	(17)
The case study	129	(4)
Page defaults	132	(3)
Planning the layout	135
Cascading Style Sheets	133	(18)
Checking our visual	134	(1)
The main table	134	(2)
The navigation	136	(8)
The gray bars	144	(7)
Creating Content for our Site	151	(38)
Using Form Objects	170	(5)
When to start using other file formats	175	(14)
Flash Files	175	(9)
QuickTime files	184	(5)
The Code Window	189	(46)
Code preferences	190	(6)
Code coloring	190	(2)
Formatting	192	(1)
Code hints	193	(1)
Code rewriting	194	(1)
Internal preferences	195	(1)
Working with code	196	(22)
Adding tags	197	(5)
The tag editor	202	(16)
Our case study site	218	(17)
The contact page	218	(4)
Dogs in Cars	222	(7)
Further validation	229	(1)
Loose ends	230	(5)
Introducing Dynamic Content	235	(28)
How do dynamic sites work?	236	(3)
Installation	239	(1)
Installing PHP and Apache on a PC	239	(7)
Troubleshooting tips	243	(3)
Switching on PHP in Mac OS X	246	(10)
Using PHP in Dreamweaver	256	(7)
Troubleshooting	260	(3)
Using PHP and Apache	263	(34)
An introduction to PHP	269	(18)
Variables	270	(6)
Forms and PHP	276	(3)
Conditional Statements	279	(3)
Logical operators	282	(5)
Guest books	287	(10)
Processing the form	288	(9)
Further PHP	297	(16)
Looping	298	(2)
Arrays	300	(4)
Cookies	304	(9)
PHP/MySQL: The Real Dynamic Duo	313	(34)
Installing, configuring and running MySQL on Win32	314	(5)
The MySQL daemon	315	(2)
MySQL monitor	317	(1)
Testing, testing	318	(1)
Installing and setting up MySQL for Mac OS X	319	(3)
Instructions for Mac OS 10.1.x and 10.2.x	321	(1)
MySQL security	322	(1)
Preparing MySQL	322	(4)
Downloading phpMyAdmin	326	(1)
Configuring phpMyAdmin	327	(3)
Building a PHP application	330	(9)
Planning our database table	331	(8)
Testing our form by retrieving information	339	(8)
Secure Login and Registration	347	(30)
PHP coding conventions used in this chapter	348	(1)
Working with PHP sessions	349	(7)
Building our Registration 1 Login application	356	(3)
Validation	359	(14)
Security issues	364	(9)
Testing our application	373	(4)
Case Study: Dynamic Image Viewer	377	(40)
Making things modular	379	(3)
Creating the three main PHP files	382	(8)
iFrames	390	(12)
Databases	402	(3)
imageViewer.php	405	(12)
Dreamweaver Extensions	417
Where to find Extensions	421