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Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored and craving real-world examples? Do you want concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this book is for you. These hands-on exercises, complete with insider tips and detailed illustrations, teach you the latest techniques for designing Web sites with Dreamweaver 8. Yours"ll learn to define a Web site; layout pages effectively with Cascading Style sheets; use tables; create rollovers; work with templates, media objects, and forms; and design for mobile devices. Yours"ll also learn how to use the new features in Dreamweaver 8, including the new Unified CSS Panel, the Style Rendering Toolbar, the Code Toolbar, guides, CSS Layout visualization, Zoom, and Code Collapse. Accompanied by a CD-ROM loaded with classroom-proven exercises and QuickTime training videos, this book ensures you'll master the key features of Dreamweaver 8 in no time.

Garo Green is the vice president of operations for Lynda.com. He has worked extensively in the development of custom curriculum and courseware for software training, and has taught in both hardware and software applications. Daniel Short has been doing the web gig since the end of 1998 and co-owns a very successful web development company, Site-Drive, Inc (www.site-drive.com). He the Lead Developer for Cartweaver (www.cartweaver.com), driving the development of future versions of the product. Daniel is a coauthor of Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic, a contributing author to Dreamweaver MX Magic, the Dreamweaver MX Bible and the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible.

Introduction	p. viii
Getting Started	p. 2
What Is Dreamweaver 8?	p. 3
HTML vs. XHTML	p. 3
Roundtrip XHTML	p. 3
Do You Need to Learn XHTML to Use Dreamweaver?	p. 4
What Does XHTML Do?	p. 5
What Does XHTML Look Like?	p. 6
File-Naming Conventions	p. 7
Filename Extensions	p. 7
What Is CSS?	p. 8
What Does CSS Look Like?	p. 9
What Is XML?	p. 9
What Is DHTML?	p. 10
What Is JavaScript?	p. 10
What Is a Web Application?	p. 11
Extending Dreamweaver	p. 11
Interface	p. 12
Setting Up Your Workspace (Windows Users Only)	p. 13
A Tour of the Interface	p. 14
Preferences	p. 28
Preset Window Sizes	p. 30
Defining a Default Browser	p. 31
Shortcut Keys	p. 32
Site Control	p. 34
What Is a Local Root Folder?	p. 35
Defining a Site	p. 36
Understanding Relative and Absolute URLs	p. 40
Linking to Relative and Absolute URLs	p. 41
Managing Files and Folders	p. 43
Understanding Path Structure	p. 45
Site Root and Document Relative Links	p. 47
Creating a Site Map	p. 49
Creating a Site from Scratch	p. 51
Basics	p. 54
Creating and Saving a New Document	p. 55
The Significance of Default Documents	p. 59
Setting Page Titles	p. 60
Inserting Images	p. 62
Inserting Text	p. 67
Aligning Text and Images	p. 71
Creating Links with Images and Text	p. 74
Inserting Tags	p. 77
Linking	p. 80
Linking with Point to File	p. 81
Linking to New Source Files	p. 85
Creating Email Links	p. 90
Creating Named Anchors	p. 94
Linking to Files	p. 102
Cascading Style Sheets	p. 108
CSS Specifications	p. 109
The Cascading Part of Style Sheets	p. 109
Anatomy of a Style Sheet	p. 110
Understanding CSS and Page Properties	p. 111
The Page Properties Dialog Box	p. 116
Types of Style Sheets	p. 118
Exporting and Linking External CSS Files	p. 119
The CSS Styles Panel	p. 125
CSS Selectors	p. 128
Type Selectors	p. 129
Creating Type Selectors	p. 130
ID Selectors	p. 139
Creating ID Selectors	p. 140
Class Selectors	p. 148
Creating Class Selectors	p. 149
Creating CSS Rollovers with Pseudo-Classes	p. 155
Typography	p. 160
Leaving the Tag Behind	p. 161
Valid XHTML Typographic Elements	p. 163
Formatting Text with the Property Inspector	p. 165
What Measurement Should I Use?	p. 173
Managing White Space with Margins, Padding, and Line Height	p. 175
Using Font Lists	p. 182
Aligning Text	p. 185
Using Ordered, Unordered, and Definition Lists	p. 189
What Is Flash Text?	p. 192
Creating Flash Text	p. 193
Tables	p. 198
What Is a Table?	p. 199
Creating and Adding Content to a Table	p. 201
Changing the Border of a Table with XHTML	p. 207
Changing the Border of a Table with CSS	p. 213
Adding Color to Tables	p. 218
Aligning Table Content	p. 226
Sorting a Table	p. 232
Setting Table Widths	p. 235
Creating Rounded-Corner Tables	p. 242
Layout	p. 248
Tracing Images, Layers, and Tables for Layout	p. 249
Applying a Tracing Image	p. 250
Adding Layers	p. 253
What Makes a DIV a Layer?	p. 259
What Is the Layout View?	p. 259
Using Layout Tables and Layout Cells	p. 260
Working with Layout Table Widths	p. 267
Designing for Devices	p. 272
What's a Device?	p. 273
Attaching a Printer-Friendly Style Sheet	p. 274
Styling for Print	p. 277
Testing in Multiple Devices	p. 284
Rollovers	p. 286
Rollover Rules	p. 287
Creating a Simple Rollover	p. 288
Creating Disjointed Rollovers	p. 294
Creating Navigation Bars with Multiple Rollover States	p. 299
What Are Flash Buttons?	p. 308
Creating Flash Buttons	p. 309
XHTML	p. 312
Viewing the Markup	p. 313
Options in Code View	p. 317
Editing in Code View	p. 319
The Code Toolbar	p. 322
Using Code Collapse	p. 324
Using the Quick Tag Editor	p. 329
Using the Tag Editor and Tag Chooser	p. 332
Working with Snippets	p. 337
Forms	p. 342
The Forms Group of the Insert Bar	p. 343
Working with Text Fields and Textareas	p. 345
Working with Check Boxes and Radio Buttons	p. 352
Working with Lists and Menus	p. 355
Submitting Form Results	p. 358
Behaviors	p. 362
Using the Open Browser Window Behavior	p. 363
Using the Change Property Behavior	p. 367
Using the Validate Form Behavior	p. 371
Getting More Behaviors	p. 374
Fireworks Integration	p. 376
The Importance of Design Notes	p. 377
External Image Editor Preferences	p. 378
Inserting Fireworks 8 Images	p. 379
Editing Images with Built-in Fireworks 8 Tools	p. 381
Built-In Editing Tools	p. 383
Editing a Fireworks 8 Image	p. 384
Inserting Simple Rollovers from Fireworks 8	p. 387
Updating Fireworks HTML in Dreamweaver	p. 390
About Fireworks 8 Export Settings	p. 393
Manipulating Fireworks 8 Pop-Ups	p. 394
Templates and Library Items	p. 400
Seeing Templates in Action	p. 401
Creating a New Template	p. 407
Applying Templates to Existing Documents	p. 413
Modifying a Template	p. 416
Adding Repeating Regions	p. 418
Working with Repeating Regions	p. 422
Adding Optional Regions	p. 425
Modifying Template Properties	p. 427
When to Use Library Items	p. 428
Creating a Library Item	p. 429
Modifying a Library Item	p. 432
Automation	p. 434
What Is the History Panel?	p. 435
Using the History Panel for Undo/Redo	p. 436
Saving History Steps as Commands	p. 439
Using Find and Replace	p. 441
Accessibility	p. 446
W3C Accessibility Guidelines	p. 447
Setting Accessibility Preferences	p. 448
IBM Home Page Reader	p. 449
Inserting Accessible Images	p. 450
Inserting Accessible Tables	p. 452
Inserting Accessible Form Objects	p. 454
Inserting Media Objects	p. 458
Plug-Ins Require Viewer Participation	p. 459
Linking to Sounds	p. 460
Embedding Multimedia Files	p. 463
Inserting Flash Content	p. 466
Inserting Flash Video Content	p. 469
Getting Your Site Online	p. 472
Free Web Hosting with Tripod	p. 473
Signing Up with Tripod	p. 474
Setting FTP Connection Information	p. 477
What Is FTP?	p. 479
Putting Files onto the Web Server	p. 480
Running Site Reports	p. 484
The Reports Dialog Box	p. 486
Technical Support and Troubleshooting FAQ	p. 488
Dreamweaver 8 Resources	p. 492
Installing Extensions	p. 496
Index	p. 500
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