Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Certified Developer Study Guide : What Every Dreamweaver Developer Needs to Know to Pass the Certified Dreamweaver 8 Developer Exam

by Hove, Sue; Booth, Donald S.

• ISBN13: 9780321336286
• ISBN10: 0321336283
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-08
• Publisher: Macromedia Press

Summary

This is the definitive exam study guide that will help you review what you need to know to pass the Certified Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Developer Exam. Designed specifically to simplify exam preparation for intermediate to advanced Dreamweaver developers, each subject is presented in clear and direct language, with useful and well-explained code examples. The guide includes 24 concise, focused chapters with extensive notes, tips, and cautions. Each chapter concludes with sample questions and answers designed to facilitate review. Intermediate Dreamweaver developers will get the grounding they need to complete the Macromedia certification process, and veteran users will find coverage of all the new Dreamweaver 8 features you need to keep your certification up to date: visual authoring with XML data, improved CSS support for media types (unified panel, rendering improvements, layout visualization, and style rendering toolbar), integrated accessibility, improved WebDAV, and more. Coverage of the following Dreamweaver topics: Design basics Library items and extensions Team collaboration Layers and tables in page layout

Author Biography

Sue Hove is Macromedia Inc.'s Director of Instructor Readiness for Customer Training. She has been working on shaping the curriculum for Macromedia during the last 9 years and has worked on the last four iterations of the Macromedia Certified Developer program.

Donald Booth is a Quality Assurance Engineer for Dreamweaver. Since 2000, he has worked for Macromedia as a Technical Support Lead and as a member of the Dreamweaver Product Team. He is the co-author of Inside Dreamweaver MX and has also participated in the development of the Dreamweaver Certification Exam since 2002 .

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
PART 1 Getting Started	1	(36)
CHAPTER 1 Web Basics	3	(16)
The Internet	3	(1)
DNS	4	(1)
The World Wide Web	4	(4)
Web Browsers	5	(1)
Web Servers	6	(1)
URLs	7	(1)
Client-Side Web Technologies	8	(8)
HTML	9	(1)
XHTML and XML	10	(1)
Global Structure of HTML Documents	11	(2)
Structure and Display Specifications	13	(1)
Cascading Style Sheets	14	(1)
JavaScript	14	(2)
DHTML	16	(1)
Summary	16	(1)
Sample Questions	17	(2)
CHAPTER 2 Using the Macromedia Dreamweaver Interface	19	(10)
Dreamweaver Interface Elements	19	(5)
Dreamweaver Menu	20	(1)
Insert Bar	20	(1)
Document Window	21	(1)
Document Toolbar	21	(1)
Design View	22	(1)
The Status Bar	22	(1)
Tag Selector	23	(1)
Property Inspector	24	(1)
Panel Sets	24	(2)
Summary	26	(1)
Sample Questions	26	(3)
CHAPTER 3 Creating a Local Site	29	(8)
Creating a Dreamweaver Site	30	(3)
Folder Organization	30	(1)
Managing Sites	30	(1)
Creating a New Site	31	(2)
Local Site Benefits	33	(1)
Using the Files Panel	33	(1)
Preferences	33	(1)
Summary	34	(1)
Sample Questions	35	(2)
PART 2 Building Web Sites	37	(76)
CHAPTER 4 Adding Basic Content	39	(12)
Text	39	(1)
Pasting in Content	40	(1)
Paragraphs	41	(1)
Headings	41	(1)
Lists	41	(1)
Line Breaks	42	(1)
Formatting with the Property Inspector	43	(2)
Format	43	(1)
Style (Bold and Italic)	43	(1)
Alignment	43	(1)
Link and Target	44	(1)
Lists (Ordered and Unordered)	44	(1)
Text Indent and Outdent	44	(1)
Horizontal Rules	45	(1)
Special Characters	45	(1)
Head Content	46	(3)
Meta Properties	46	(1)
Keywords and Descriptions	47	(1)
Refresh	47	(1)
Base URL	48	(1)
Link Information	49	(1)
Summary	49	(1)
Sample Questions	50	(1)
CHAPTER 5 Using Cascading Style Sheets	51	(12)
CSS Syntax	52	(5)
Tags	54	(1)
Classes	55	(2)
Advanced Selectors	57	(1)
Linking Style Sheets	57	(1)
Embedding Style Sheets	58	(1)
Inline Styles	59	(1)
Cascading Order	59	(1)
Inheritance	60	(1)
Adding, Modifying and Deleting styles	60	(1)
Box Model	60	(1)
Summary	61	(1)
Sample Questions	62	(1)
CHAPTER 6 Using Images	63	(10)
Image Types and Uses	64	(2)
GIFs	64	(1)
JPEGs	65	(1)
PNGs	66	(1)
Inserting Images	66	(3)
Image Properties	67	(2)
Image Maps	69	(1)
Tracing Image	70	(1)
Summary	70	(1)
Sample Questions	71	(2)
CHAPTER 7 Linking Pages and Sites	73	(8)
Complete and Partial URLs	74	(2)
Defining Relative Paths	75	(1)
Choosing the Pathing Method in Macromedia Dreamweaver	75	(1)
Using Named Anchors	76	(2)
Targeting Links	77	(1)
Creating Links Using Dreamweaver	78	(1)
Creating Full URL Links	78	(1)
Creating Partial URL Links	78	(1)
Creating Mailto: Links	79	(1)
Case Sensitive Links	79	(1)
Updating Links	79	(1)
Summary	79	(1)
Sample Questions	80	(1)
CHAPTER 8 Using Layers for Page Layout	81	(6)
Creating CSS Layers	82	(3)
Layer Attributes	82	(3)
Visualizing Layout	85	(1)
DIV Visualization	85	(1)
Box Model Layout	85	(1)
Summary	85	(1)
Sample Questions	86	(1)
CHAPTER 9 Using Tables for Page Layout	87	(16)
Inserting Tables in Standard Mode	88	(1)
Table Code	89	(1)
Selecting Table Elements	90	(2)
Selecting a Cell	90	(1)
Selecting Several Cells	91	(1)
Selecting Columns or Rows	91	(1)
Selecting an Entire Table	91	(1)
Modifying Table Elements	92	(2)
Importing Tabular Data	94	(1)
Sort Table	95	(2)
Format Table	97	(1)
Layout Mode	98	(3)
Layout Tables	98	(1)
Adding Cells and Content in Layout Mode	99	(1)
Manipulating Cells in Layout Mode	99	(1)
Manipulating Layout Tables	100	(1)
Autostretch	100	(1)
Converting Layers to Tables	101	(1)
Summary	101	(1)
Sample Questions	102	(1)
CHAPTER 10 Adding Interactivity Using Forms	103	(10)
Creating Forms	103	(2)
Form Name	104	(1)
Action	104	(1)
Method	104	(1)
Enctype	105	(1)
Form Objects	105	(5)
Text Input Field Objects	105	(2)
Buttons	107	(1)
Checkboxes	107	(1)
Radio Buttons	108	(1)
List/Menu Objects	109	(1)
File Field Objects	109	(1)
Hidden Fields	110	(1)
Form Validation	110	(1)
Summary	111	(1)
Sample Questions	112	(1)
PART 3 Reuse, Collaboration, and Automation	113	(56)
CHAPTER 11 Managing Site Assets	115	(6)
Assets Panel	115	(1)
Adding an Asset to a Page	116	(1)
Editing Assets	117	(1)
Using Favorites	117	(1)
Adding and Removing Favorites	117	(1)
Nicknaming Favorites	118	(1)
Grouping Assets in a Favorites Folder	118	(1)
Working with Assets and Sites	118	(1)
Summary	119	(1)
Sample Questions	119	(2)
CHAPTER 12 Using Templates and Library Items	121	(14)
Creating Templates	122	(1)
Creating Editable Regions	122	(2)
Creating New Pages from Templates	124	(1)
Creating and Working with Optional Content	125	(1)
Creating and Working with Repeating Regions	125	(1)
Creating and Working with Editable Tag Attributes	126	(1)
Updating Pages Created from Templates	126	(1)
Creating Nested Templates	127	(1)
Library Items	128	(5)
Advantages of Library Items	128	(1)
Drawbacks of Library Items	128	(1)
Creating Library Items	129	(1)
Adding Library Items to Your Documents	129	(1)
Editing a Library Item	129	(1)
Updating a Library Item	130	(1)
Updating All Items in a Site	130	(1)
Detaching a Library Item	131	(1)
Storing Library Items	131	(1)
Managing Library Items with the Assets Panel	132	(1)
Summary	133	(1)
Sample Questions	134	(1)
CHAPTER 13 Editing Code	135	(10)
Dreamweaver's Code View	135	(3)
Document Toolbar Code Features	136	(1)
Coding Toolbar Features	136	(1)
Using Tag Definition Libraries	137	(1)
Using the Code Inspector	138	(1)
Including Server-Side Files	138	(4)
Support for SSI	138	(1)
Create the SSI File	139	(1)
Adding a Server-Side Include	139	(1)
Modifying SSI Properties	139	(1)
Adding a Server-Side Include Placeholder	140	(1)
File Versus Virtual Types	140	(1)
Understand SSI Code	141	(1)
Advantages	141	(1)
Disadvantages	141	(1)
Summary	142	(1)
Sample Questions	142	(3)
CHAPTER 14 Using Behaviors and JavaScript	145	(16)
Applying Behaviors	146	(1)
Removing Behaviors	147	(1)
Behavior Order	147	(1)
Target Browser Levels	148	(1)
Behaviors and Hyperlinks	149	(1)
JavaScript and Behaviors	149	(3)
Exploring a Simple Behavior	150	(2)
Commonly Used Behaviors	152	(6)
Check Browser	152	(4)
Go to URL	156	(1)
Open Browser Window	156	(1)
Swap Image	157	(1)
Hide/Show Layers	157	(1)
Commonly Used Events	158	(1)
Summary	159	(1)
Sample Questions	159	(2)
CHAPTER 15 Team Collaboration	161	(8)
Commenting Files	161	(2)
Viewing Comments in Design View	162	(1)
Design Notes	163	(1)
Enabling and Creating Design Notes	163	(1)
Sharing Notes	164	(1)
Storage Location	164	(1)
Notes Clean Up	164	(1)
Check In/Out	164	(2)
Using an Enterprise Development Environment	166	(1)
Summary	166	(1)
Sample Questions	167	(2)
PART 4 Testing and Deployment	169	(20)
CHAPTER 16 Testing Web Sites	171	(6)
Testing Server Setup	171	(1)
Checking Links	172	(1)
Site Reports	173	(1)
Download Time Testing	174	(1)
Create "Smaller" Pages	175	(1)
Site Map Generation	175	(1)
Summary	175	(1)
Sample Questions	176	(1)
CHAPTER 17 Transferring Files to Remote Servers	177	(12)
Remote Site Definition	177	(4)
FTP	178	(1)
Local/Network	179	(1)
Microsoft® Visual SourceSafe®	180	(1)
WebDAV	180	(1)
Site Preferences	181	(1)
Working with Files	181	(3)
Connecting and Showing Files	181	(1)
Put	182	(1)
Get	182	(1)
Dependent Files	182	(1)
Background File Transfer	182	(1)
Cloaking	183	(1)
Synchronize	183	(1)
Check In/Out	184	(1)
Locally Moving and Renaming Files (Drag Around)	184	(1)
Design Notes	184	(1)
Find and Replace	184	(2)
Regular Expressions	185	(1)
Summary	186	(1)
Sample Questions	187	(2)
PART 5 Appendix	189	(10)
APPENDIX A Answers	191	(8)
Chapter 1	191	(1)
Chapter 2	191	(1)
Chapter 3	192	(1)
Chapter 4	192	(1)
Chapter 5	192	(1)
Chapter 6	193	(1)
Chapter 7	193	(1)
Chapter 8	193	(1)
Chapter 9	194	(1)
Chapter 10	194	(1)
Chapter 11	194	(1)
Chapter 12	195	(1)
Chapter 13	195	(1)
Chapter 14	196	(1)
Chapter 15	196	(1)
Chapter 16	196	(1)
Chapter 17	197	(2)
Index	199