Mastering Adobe Golive 4

by Holzschlag, Molly E.; Romaniello, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780782126044
• ISBN10: 0782126049
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Covering both the Windows and Macintosh versions of GoLive 4, this title explores new features such as a movie editor for QuickTime 3, support for XML, and Actions Plus--12 of the most commonly requested JavaScript actions. The full-color insert showcases results achieved with GoLive and examples of the visual impact of well-designed Web pages.

Author Biography

Stephen Romaniello is a graphic designer, illustrator, and fine artist who teaches in the Communication Graphics Program at Pima Community College in Tucson.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xvii
Visual Design for the Web	p. 1
Visual Design for the Web	p. 5
About Graphic Design	p. 5
Designers of the Web	p. 7
Designing for the Web	p. 8
Principles of Graphic Design	p. 11
Balance	p. 11
Proportion	p. 12
Direction	p. 12
Unity	p. 13
Emphasis	p. 14
The Grid	p. 15
Type	p. 17
Web Typography	p. 17
Font Size	p. 18
Type Style	p. 19
Type Alignment	p. 20
Line Breaks	p. 22
About Color	p. 22
Color Spaces	p. 23
Graphics	p. 24
Displaying Images on the Web	p. 25
Up Next	p. 26
Understanding Graphic User Interfaces	p. 29
Understanding GUIs	p. 29
Creating Relationships	p. 31
Serve Information in Appropriate Portions	p. 32
Pay Attention to the Physical	p. 32
Love Your Audience	p. 33
Features of Interface Design	p. 34
Metaphor	p. 34
Clarity	p. 35
Consistency	p. 35
Orientation	p. 37
Navigation	p. 39
All the World's a Page	p. 39
The Home Page	p. 40
The About, or Profile, Page	p. 41
Content Pages	p. 42
Contact Page	p. 43
Additional Content	p. 44
Up Next	p. 44
Interactive Design	p. 49
Interactive Theory	p. 50
The Cycle of Interactivity	p. 50
Understanding Web Site Structure	p. 51
Linearity	p. 53
Tier-Based Models	p. 55
A Simple Tier Model	p. 56
A Complex Tier Model	p. 56
Shared, Complex Tiers	p. 58
Types of Interactivity	p. 59
Hardware and Software	p. 59
Networked Hardware and Software	p. 60
Computers, Networks, and People	p. 60
Interactivity in Context	p. 61
Functional Interactivity	p. 62
Human Interactivity: Community	p. 64
Up Next	p. 65
Understanding Golive	p. 67
Setting Preferences and Navigating GoLive	p. 71
Working with GoLive for Windows and Mac	p. 72
System Requirements for the Macintosh	p. 72
System Requirements for Windows	p. 75
Understanding GoLive's Data Distribution	p. 75
Launching and Customizing GoLive	p. 77
Setting At Launch Preferences	p. 78
Specifying Font Preferences	p. 81
Configuring the Document Window, Interface, and Inspectors	p. 83
The Document Window	p. 83
Working in the Interface	p. 85
Becoming Familiar with the Inspectors	p. 89
Making Room on the Desktop	p. 91
Up Next	p. 91
Working with Page Layout, Text, and Images	p. 95
Working in GoLive: A Basic Approach	p. 96
Aligning Elements	p. 97
Adding A Rule	p. 98
Designer's Choice: The Layout Grid	p. 99
Setting up the Layout Grid	p. 100
The Grid Toolbar	p. 103
The Multiselection Inspector	p. 104
Managing Type and Paragraph Formats	p. 105
The Style Menu	p. 106
The Format Menu	p. 110
Line Breaks and Paragraphs	p. 114
The Text Toolbar	p. 115
Working with Images	p. 116
Importing Images	p. 117
Sizing the Image	p. 119
Low-Resolution Images	p. 120
Aligning Images	p. 120
Tiled Image Background	p. 121
Creating Basic Tables	p. 122
Inserting and Sizing Tables	p. 123
Selecting and Editing Tables	p. 126
Entering Data into a Cell	p. 126
Nesting Tables	p. 127
Creating Links	p. 128
Text Links	p. 128
Making an Image a Hyperlink	p. 129
Inspecting and Repairing Links	p. 129
Applying Color	p. 130
Setting Custom-Colored Text, Links, and Backgrounds	p. 131
Coloring Web Elements	p. 132
Up Next	p. 133
Using Editing Environments and Specialty Tools	p. 137
About HTML	p. 138
HTML Syntax	p. 139
Source View: Getting Under the Hood	p. 143
Setting Source Preferences	p. 144
Using Source View Coding Methods	p. 149
Checking Syntax	p. 154
Outline View: A Hierarchical Approach	p. 155
Getting around in Outline View	p. 155
Editing in Outline View	p. 156
Understanding the Web Database	p. 162
Global Control	p. 162
HTMI Data	p. 163
Special Characters	p. 166
Other Tabs within the Web Database	p. 168
About WebObjects	p. 169
What Is WebObjects?	p. 170
Up Next	p. 171
Creating Web Pages with Golive	p. 171
Building a Web Page Step by Step	p. 175
Choosing a Working Method	p. 176
Think before You Jump	p. 177
Creating a Default Page	p. 179
Building the Home Page	p. 182
Creating a Grid	p. 182
Specifying a Background Graphic	p. 183
Adding Images to the Page	p. 184
Working with Text	p. 188
Formatting a Line	p. 190
Adding Additional Text	p. 191
Creating a Template and Additional Pages	p. 192
All about Linking	p. 194
Adding Links to Your Pages	p. 196
Adding a Feedback Form	p. 200
Creating a Basic Form	p. 201
Adding Advanced Form Features	p. 206
Up Next	p. 210
Creating a Web Site	p. 213
Production Techniques	p. 214
Understanding Your Web Site	p. 214
Creating a Schedule	p. 217
Designing Content	p. 218
Producing Sites in GoLive	p. 224
Generating Site Graphics	p. 224
Starting the Site in GoLive	p. 225
Building a Site Hierarchy	p. 233
Creating Custom Data Sets for Your Site	p. 236
Building Your Site Page by Page	p. 238
Preparing Your Site for Publication	p. 239
Postproduction	p. 239
Up Next	p. 240
Advanced Web Page Concepts	p. 243
Creating Sites with Frames	p. 243
Frames: First Steps	p. 245
Building the Navigation Page	p. 247
Creating a Frameset	p. 249
Modifying Frame Borders	p. 252
Special Targeting Techniques	p. 254
Adding Style with Style Sheets	p. 256
Style Sheet Terms and Concepts	p. 258
Using GoLive to Create Style Sheets	p. 261
Building Dynamic Sites	p. 269
JavaScript	p. 269
Java	p. 275
Adding Audio and Video Plug-Ins	p. 276
About DHTML	p. 278
Other Technologies of Interest	p. 279
Up Next	p. 282
Special Insert: GoLive Step By Step: Building A Real-Life Web Site	p. 284
Planning and Organizing the Fuller Site	p. 285
Getting Started on the Site	p. 286
Adding the Background Color	p. 287
Creating a Grid	p. 288
Adding the Logo	p. 289
Adding Text	p. 289
Generating Text	p. 290
Creating a Mail Link	p. 292
Creating a Template	p. 293
Adding Images to the Photo Index	p. 295
Creating a Subject Page	p. 296
Creating a Detail Photo Page	p. 297
The Why Should I Hire Him Page	p. 298
Where to Go from Here	p. 299
Integrating GoLive With Other Adobe Software	p. 301
Image Editing Foundations	p. 305
Graphics Past and Present	p. 306
Imaging Technique and Technology	p. 306
Vector Art	p. 307
Raster Art	p. 310
Working in an Integrated Software Environment	p. 311
Calibrating Your Monitor	p. 312
Photo Retouching and Color Correction	p. 314
The Rubber Stamp Tool	p. 316
Color Correction	p. 318
Web File Formats and Optimization	p. 322
JPEG	p. 322
Indexed Color and GIFs	p. 323
PNG	p. 326
Up Next	p. 327
Adobe Illustrator 8	p. 331
About Adobe Illustrator	p. 332
Using Adobe Illustrator as a Web Tool	p. 335
Making an Illustrator Design Template	p. 337
Sketching, Scanning, and Saving	p. 338
Working with Bezier Curves	p. 340
Combining Paths	p. 342
Illustrator Techniques	p. 344
Adding Color to a Path	p. 344
Moving or Sizing an Object	p. 345
Adding Gradients	p. 345
Adding Type along a Curved Path	p. 347
Using Illustrator Actions	p. 349
Creating an Interactive Image	p. 351
Making an Image Map	p. 353
Up Next	p. 354
Adobe Photoshop 5	p. 357
Using Photoshop as a Layout Tool	p. 358
Photoshop Preliminaries	p. 358
Preferences	p. 359
Optimizing Photoshop's Performance	p. 360
Setting Custom Options	p. 361
Designing Your Page in Photoshop	p. 361
Creating a Margin-Style Background	p. 361
Creating a Seamless Background Pattern	p. 364
Creating a Typographic Header	p. 365
Optimizing the Images	p. 367
Indexed Color	p. 367
Exporting to GIF	p. 368
Creating a Transparency Mask	p. 369
Save For Web Dialog Box	p. 374
Making Thumbnails from Images	p. 379
Making the Contact Sheet	p. 379
Using Photoshop to Prepare Animations	p. 380
Up Next	p. 382
Working with ImageReady	p. 385
Optimizing Graphics	p. 386
Working with GIFs	p. 388
Working with JPEGs	p. 391
Transparency and Matting	p. 393
Creating Background Images	p. 396
Wallpaper Tiles	p. 396
Margin Tiles	p. 402
Splicing Graphics	p. 406
Adding Special Effects Using Filters	p. 408
Creating a GIF Animation	p. 409
Up Next	p. 413
Getting in Style with ImageStyler	p. 417
Working with Objects	p. 418
Drawing with ImageStyler	p. 420
Working with Text	p. 422
Importing and Placing Images	p. 424
Working with ImageStyler Shapes	p. 425
Texture, Dimension, and Distortion	p. 426
Adding Texture	p. 426
Gradients and Styles	p. 427
3D and Distortion Effects	p. 429
Creating Specialty Images and JavaScript Actions	p. 432
Background Tiles	p. 432
Creating Linked Images and Image Maps	p. 434
Splicing Images	p. 435
JavaScript Effects	p. 437
Saving Files for the Web	p. 440
General Saving Techniques	p. 440
Importing Code and Images into Adobe GoLive	p. 441
Up Next	p. 444
Managing Web Sites	p. 445
Site Testing	p. 449
Cleaning Up the Visual Design	p. 450
Multi-Browser Testing	p. 450
Using GoLive to Test Your Site	p. 452
Link Verification	p. 455
The Links Warning Feature	p. 455
Using the Link Inspector	p. 458
Using the Errors Tab	p. 459
Cleaning Up Files	p. 459
Tag Validation	p. 462
Proofreading Your Pages	p. 464
Checking Download Times	p. 465
Up Next	p. 466
Publishing Your Site to the Web	p. 469
Finding Server Space	p. 470
Adding Keywords and Descriptions	p. 471
Using GoLive's FTP Features	p. 474
Setting General FTP Preferences	p. 474
GoLive's Built-In FTP Tool	p. 476
FTP Upload and Download	p. 479
Using the Export Command	p. 480
Using Other FTP Applications	p. 483
Distributed Web Sites	p. 485
Testing Files on the Live Site	p. 486
Up Next	p. 486
Promoting Your Site	p. 489
Registering a Domain	p. 489
Registering with Search Engines	p. 491
Simulating Search Engines (Mac Only)	p. 492
Fine-Tuning Keywords on a PC	p. 494
Other Forms of Promotion	p. 494
Banner Advertising	p. 495
Using Signature Lines to Promote Your Site	p. 496
Compiling a Mailing List	p. 497
Links and Web Rings	p. 498
Offline Promotions	p. 499
Keeping Your Site Fresh	p. 499
Up Next	p. 500
Master's Reference	p. 502
Index	p. 589
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