Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed

by Ruvalcaba, Zak

• ISBN13: 9780672327605
• ISBN10: 0672327600
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Unleashedis your complete reference guide to developing dynamic, data-driven web sites and applications with Dreamweaver 8. Based on the newest version of Dreamweaver, you will find comprehensive and up-to-date instruction on developing complex applications, as well as how to collect information from users, personalize their online experience, and use a variety of built-in site management tools to create the ultimate web site experience. WithMacromedia Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed, you will learn how to fully exploit Dreamweaver 8 by working with frames and framesets, layers, incorporating multimedia and animation, and adding dynamic elements such as a shopping cart.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
What's Inside, Part by Part	1	(1)
What's Inside, Chapter by Chapter	2	(6)
Part I Getting Up to Speed with Dreamweaver	8	(985)
Introducing Dreamweaver	5	(20)
CSS	5	(4)
Design	9	(4)
Coding	13	(2)
Site/File Management	15	(3)
Application Development	18	(3)
Other Additions and Enhancements	21	(4)
The Dreamweaver Interface	25	(42)
The Start Page	25	(2)
The Document Window	27	(17)
Context Menus	44	(1)
The Insert Bar	45	(7)
The Properties Inspector	52	(3)
Panels	55	(9)
The Menu Bar	64	(3)
Building a Web Page	67	(62)
Creating a New Document	67	(4)
Working with a New Document in Design View	71	(23)
Inserting the Time and Date	94	(1)
Inserting a Horizontal Rule	95	(1)
Working with Images	96	(9)
Working with Hyperlinks	105	(11)
Working with a Web Page in Code View	116	(13)
Dreamweaver Site Management	129	(44)
The Importance of Defining Sites in Dreamweaver	130	(2)
Defining a New Site	132	(19)
Managing a Website in Dreamweaver	151	(19)
Using Advanced Site Management Options	170	(3)
Defining Preferences	173	(40)
Using the Preferences Window	174	(28)
Setting Keyboard Shortcuts	202	(3)
Working with Tag Libraries	205	(8)
Part II Static Web Page Development
Web Page Structuring Using Tables	213	(50)
Inserting and Working with Tables	213	(50)
Advanced Page Formatting Using Style Sheets	263	(42)
An Introduction to CSS	264	(8)
Designing CSS Using Dreamweaver and the CSS Styles Panel	272	(26)
Tips and Tricks for Using CSS	298	(7)
Working with Frames and Framesets	305	(26)
Understanding Framed Websites	305	(4)
Working with Frames and Framesets	309	(4)
Adjusting Frame Attributes	313	(5)
Adjusting Frameset Attributes	318	(3)
Adding Content to Frames	321	(2)
Saving Frames and Framesets	323	(2)
Targeting Frames	325	(2)
IFrames	327	(1)
Targeting Browsers That Don't Support Frames	328	(3)
Working with HTML Forms	331	(26)
An Introduction to HTML Forms	331	(2)
Working with Forms and Form Objects	333	(24)
Using Dreamweaver Behaviors	357	(38)
An Introduction to Behaviors	358	(2)
Using the Behaviors Panel	360	(35)
Layers in Dreamweaver	395	(26)
Introduction to Layers	395	(3)
Working with Layers	398	(9)
Designing Table-less Websites Using Layers	407	(10)
Adding Interactivity with Behaviors	417	(4)
Part III Team Collaboration and Task Automation
Building Dreamweaver Web Sites within Teams	421	(28)
Using File Check In and Check Out	422	(5)
Maintaining Design Notes	427	(7)
File View Column Sharing	434	(1)
Generating Workflow Site Reports	435	(5)
Implementing Source Control with Visual SourceSafe	440	(5)
Using WebDAV	445	(4)
Managing Website Content Using Contribute	449	(26)
Content Management Using Contribute	450	(2)
Administrating Contribute-Enabled Sites in Dreamweaver	452	(15)
Sending Connection Keys to Contribute Users	467	(3)
Using Contribute to Make Basic Edits	470	(3)
Rolling Back Pages in Dreamweaver	473	(2)
Workflow Enhancement	475	(24)
Working with the Assets Panel	475	(11)
Using Find and Replace	486	(4)
Using the History Panel	490	(1)
Working with Commands	491	(8)
Working with Templates	499	(30)
Understanding Dreamweaver Templates	500	(13)
Working with Repeating Regions	513	(4)
Defining Optional Regions	517	(3)
Nested Templates	520	(1)
Templates and the Assets Panel	521	(6)
Removing Template Markup	527	(1)
Changing the Default Document	527	(2)
Working with Library Items	529	(16)
Understanding Library Items	530	(1)
Using the Assets Panel to Manage Library Items	531	(9)
Working with Server-Side Includes	540	(3)
Summary	543	(2)
Part IV Incorporating Multimedia and Animation
Understanding DHTML and the Timeline	545	(22)
Animation with the Timeline	546	(13)
Behaviors and the Timeline	559	(8)
Adding Video and Audio	567	(24)
Video on the Web	567	(3)
Media Players	570	(3)
Working with Video Clips	573	(12)
Audio on the Web	585	(6)
Integrating with Fireworks	591	(22)
Specifying External Editors	592	(1)
Editing Images in Dreamweaver with Fireworks	593	(3)
Replacing Image Placeholders Using Fireworks	596	(1)
Optimizing Images in Fireworks	597	(7)
Creating Rollover Buttons in Fireworks	604	(3)
Inserting Fireworks HTML	607	(1)
Creating a Web Photo Album	608	(5)
Integrating with Flash and Shockwave	613	(18)
Inserting Flash Movies into Dreamweaver Documents	614	(4)
Working with Flash Elements in Dreamweaver	618	(9)
Managing Links in Flash Movies with Dreamweaver	627	(1)
Controlling Flash Movies with Dreamweaver Behaviors	628	(2)
Roundtrip Flash Editing	630	(1)
Part V Dynamic Web Page Creation
Introduction to Web Applications	631	(16)
Terminology	632	(12)
The Dynamic Dorknozzle Intranet Application	644	(3)
Working with Server-Side Technologies	647	(36)
Introduction to Internet Information Services (IIS)	648	(6)
Introduction to ASP	654	(6)
Introduction to ASP.NET	660	(8)
Introduction to ColdFusion	668	(8)
Introduction to PHP	676	(7)
A Database Primer	683	(36)
What Is a Database?	684	(13)
Installing a Database	697	(11)
An Overview of the Dorknozzle Database	708	(11)
A SQL Primer	719	(32)
The Structured Query Language	719	(1)
Basic SQL	720	(8)
Expressions	728	(1)
Operators	729	(2)
Functions	731	(5)
Joins	736	(3)
Subqueries	739	(1)
Using Access to Generate Queries	740	(4)
Using MySQL Maestro to Generate Queries	744	(7)
Part VI Building Dynamic Web Pages
Working with Dynamic Data	751	(64)
Connecting to a Data Source	752	(19)
Building the Employee Store Using ASP, ColdFusion, or PHP	771	(18)
Building the Employee Store Using ASP.NET	789	(23)
Using Live Data View	812	(3)
Adding and Modifying Data	815	(46)
Creating the New User Registration Page Using ASP, ColdFusion, or PHP	815	(11)
Creating the My Account Page Using ASP, ColdFusion, or PHP	826	(8)
Building the New User Registration Page Using ASP.NET	834	(14)
Using Application Objects to Create an Admin Page	848	(13)
Integrating Search Functionality	861	(20)
SQL Search	862	(19)
Adding Shopping Cart Functionality	881	(36)
Creating the Employee Store Shopping Cart Using ASP	882	(22)
Building an ASP.NET Shopping Cart	904	(13)
Security and User Authentication	917	(32)
Securing the Dorknozzle Site Using ASP, ColdFusion, or PHP	917	(17)
Securing the Dorknozzle Site Using ASP.NET	934	(15)
Web Services	949	(44)
An Introduction to Web Services	949	(2)
Dreamweaver and Web Services Integration	951	(1)
Building a Simple Calculator Web Service	952	(11)
Web Service and Database Interaction	963	(12)
Part VII Appendixes and Bonus Content on the Website
Visual Authoring with XML	975
Introduction to XML and XSL	975	(4)
Dreamweaver's Visual XML Authoring Environment	979	(14)
Accessibility	993
Accessibility Standards	993
Accessibility Reference	1009
Extending Dreamweaver	1017
Working with Objects	1017
Working with Behaviors	1022
Customizing Dreamweaver Menus Using menus.xml	1030
Sharing Extensions Through the Macromedia Exchange	1032
The Server Behavior Builder	1036
Index	993

Excerpts

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