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Available for both the Mac and Windows, Macromedia's Dreamweaver 8 is a professional
web design and development program used by millions of Internet professionals
to build high-quality static and dynamic database-driven web sites. It offers
drag-and-drop simplicity, streamlined HTML coding tools, and powerful database
integration features. But Dreamweaver 8 is missing one vital component: a printed
manual.
Enter Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual, the completely revised fourth edition
of this bestselling book by experienced web site trainer, Macromedia Certified
instructor, and Dreamweaver Advisory Council member David McFarland. This book
enables both first-time and experienced web designers to create visually stunning
and highly interactive web sites.
With crystal-clear writing and much welcome humor, this new edition offers
features such as:
* Live examples: With McFarland's step-by-step annotated tutorials, you'll
learn how to construct a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with
working forms, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and dynamic databases.
* Tricks of the trade: The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and
shortcuts for easing the process of building, maintaining, and updating professional
web sites.
* Design guidance: You'll learn to create virtually every modern web feature,
including forms, animations, cascading menus, and more--and you'll find out
which browsers you need to provide special coding or do extra testing with.
No matter what your level of expertise is, you'll also learn how to manage
your entire web site-whether you've just launched or if it's been around for
awhile and takes up thousands of pages. Beginners with no web design experience
will appreciate the step-by-step guide to designing, organizing, building, and
deploying a web site; long-time Dreamweaver users will appreciate the advanced,
real-world techniques for controlling the appearance of their web pages with
CSS.
With more than 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought
that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this is the ultimate
atlas for the complex and powerful Dreamweaver 8.
Table of Contents
The Missing Credits
Introduction
Part One: Building a Web Page
Chapter 1. Dreamweaver 8 Guided Tour
Welcome to Dreamweaver 8
The Dreamweaver 8 Interface
The Dreamweaver Test Drive
Chapter 2. Adding Text to Your Web Pages
Adding Text in Dreamweaver
Copying and Pasting Text
Selecting Text
Spell Checking
Undo, Redo, and the History Panel
Chapter 3. Text Formatting
Paragraph Formatting
Lists
Character Formatting
Chapter 4. Links
Understanding Links
Adding a Link
Adding an Email Link
Linking Within a Web Page
Modifying a Link
Chapter 5. Images
Adding Images
Modifying an Image
Editing Graphics
Image Maps
Rollover Images
Flash Buttons
Flash Text
Tutorial: Adding Rollover Images
Part Two: Building a Better Web Page
Chapter 6. Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheet Basics
Creating Styles
Using Styles
Manipulating Styles
More about Styles
Advanced Styles
Style Properties
Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial
Chapter 7. Page Layout 101
Using Guides to Align Page Elements
Table Basics
Layout Mode
Inserting a Table in Standard View
Selecting Parts of a Table in Standard View
Expanded Table Mode
Formatting Tables
Modifying Cell and Row Properties in Standard View
Adding and Removing Cells
Merging and Splitting Cells
Nesting Tables in Standard View
Tabular Data
Tables Tutorial
Chapter 8. Advanced Page Layout
Introducing CSS Layout
The Basics
Creating CSS Styles for Layers
Applying the Layer Style
Drawing with the Layer Tool
The Layers Panel
Modifying Layer Properties
Nesting Layers
CSS Layout Tutorial
Chapter 9. Under the Hood: HTML
Roundtrip HTML
Code View
Quick Tag Editor
Tag Inspector
Comparing Versions of a Web Page
Reference Panel
Inserting JavaScript
Part Three: Bringing Your Pages to Life
Chapter 10. Forms
Form Basics
Creating a Form
Adding Form Elements
Validating Forms
Forms Tutorial
Chapter 11. Dreamweaver Behaviors
Understanding Behaviors
Applying Behaviors
Events
The Actions, One by One
Creating an External JavaScript Library
Adding More Behaviors
Chapter 12. Flash, Shockwave, and Other Multimedia
Flash
Flash Elements
Flash Video
FlashPaper
Shockwave
Other Multimedia Controls
Part Four: Building a Web Site
Chapter 13. Introducing Site Management
Structuring a Web Site
Viewing a Site Map
Site Assets
Chapter 14. Testing Your Site
Site Launch Checklist
Check Browser Support
Validating Web Pages
Find and Fix Broken Links
Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML)
Site Reporting
Accessibility
Download Statistics
Chapter 15. Moving Your Site to the Internet
Defining a Remote Site
Transferring Files
Check In and Check Out
Synchronizing Site Files
Communicating with Design Notes
Part Five: Dreamweaver Power
Chapter 16. Snippets and Libraries
Snippets Basics
Using Snippets
Creating Snippets
Built-in Snippets
Library Basics
Creating and Using Library Items
Editing Library Items
Snippets and Library Tutorial
Chapter 17. Templates
Template Basics
Creating a Template
Defining Editable Regions
Adding Optional Regions
Nested Templates
Building Pages Based on a Template
Updating a Template
Template Tutorial
Chapter 18. Automating Dreamweaver
The History Panel Revisited
Creating a Web Photo Album
Find and Replace
Chapter 19. Customizing Dreamweaver
Keyboard Shortcuts
Dreamweaver Extensions
Part Six: Dynamic Dreamweaver
Chapter 20. Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites
Pieces of the Puzzle
Dynamic Web Sites: The Setup
Databases: A Quick Introduction
Creating a Dynamic Page
Connecting to a Database
Chapter 21. Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages
Retrieving Information
Adding Dynamic Information
Displaying Multiple Records
Recordset Navigation
Viewing Live Data
Master Detail Page Set
Passing Information Between Pages
Tutorial: Displaying Database Info
Chapter 22. Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records
Adding Data
Updating Database Records
Dynamic Form Fields
Deleting Records
Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data
Chapter 23. Advanced Dynamic Site Features
Password-Protecting Web Pages
Additional Data Sources
Advanced Server Behaviors
Tutorial: Authentication
Chapter 24. XML and XSLT
What Is XML?
Building a Static Page from an XML File
Creating Dynamic Pages with XSLT and XML
Inserting and Formatting XML
Advanced XSLT Tricks
XML and XSLT Tutorial
Part Seven: Appendixes
Appendix A. Getting Help
Getting Help from Dreamweaver
What's New
Getting Help from Macromedia
Help from the Real World
Help Creating Your Own Extensions
Appendix B. Dreamweaver 8, Menu by Menu
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Insert Menu
Modify Menu
Text Menu
Commands Menu
Site Menu
Window Menu
Help Menu
Index
About the Author
David Sawyer McFarland is the president of Sawyer McFarland Media Inc., a web
development and training company located in Portland, Oregon. In addition, he
teaches JavaScript programming, Flash, and web design at the University of California,
Berkeley, the Center for Electronic Art, the Academy of Art College, and Ex’Pressions
Center for New Media. He was formerly the webmaster at the University of California,
Berkeley, and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center.
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