Synopses & Reviews
Learn to create dynamic, data-driven Web sites—easilyIf you're among the two and a half million Web professionals who already use Dreamweaver, here's your ticket to the exciting enhancements in the CS3 version. If you're just breaking into Web development, you'll get a thorough understanding of the basics. Either way, you'll learn to produce pages with pizzazz, connect to live databases, integrate with Flash® and Photoshop®, use advanced technologies like Spry and Ajax, and enjoy Web success.
- Create multifaceted Web pages that draw from data sources
Learn the fundamentals of static and dynamic pages
Explore the Spry framework and tools
Add Flash, Shockwave®, QuickTime®, and WAV files
Use Dreamweaver in site management
Build custom objects to extend Dreamweaver
Import Photoshop files directly into Dreamweaver
Highlight CSS tags at design time
Integrate your pages with live data
What's on the CD-ROM?
- Bonus Chapter 1: Creating and Using Objects
Bonus Chapter 2: Creating a Behavior
Interactive simulations from master trainer Mark Fletcher that guide you through every step of each Dreamweaver Technique
Practice files for all the Dreamweaver techniques
Additional Dreamweaver server behaviors, objects, commands, and other extensions
Other relevant code from the book
System Requirements: Please see About the CD-ROM Appendix for details and complete system requirements
Synopsis
Learn to create dynamic, data-driven Web sites using the exciting enhancements in the Dreamweaver CS3 version. You get a thorough understanding of the basics and then progress to learning how to produce pages with pizzazz, connect to live databases, integrate with Flash and Photoshop, use advanced technologies like Spry and Ajax, incorporate Flash, Shockwave, QuickTime, and WAV files, import Photoshop files directly into Dreamweaver, and enjoy Web success.
Synopsis
Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.
Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver 8
- Create dynamic Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets
- Punch up your page with progressive or streaming video
- Build interactive forms and client-side image maps
- Insert, delete, and update data in your Web pages
- Improve your HTML coding with the new Coding toolbar
- Integrate with Photoshop®, Flash®, Fireworks®, ColdFusion®, and other apps
- Use templates and the Library to unify and update your pages
- Extend Dreamweaver's power by creating your own custom tags and behaviors
Bonus CD-ROM
The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials!
Synopsis
The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials
Synopsis
Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management—plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more - this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.
Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver 8
- Create dynamic Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets
- Punch up your page with progressive or streaming video
- Build interactive forms and client-side image maps
- Insert, delete, and update data in your Web pages
- Improve your HTML coding with the new Coding toolbar
- Integrate with Photoshop(r), Flash(r), Fireworks(r), ColdFusion(r), and other apps
- Use templates and the Library to unify and update your pages
- Extend Dreamweaver's power by creating your own custom tags and behaviors
Bonus CD-ROM
The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials!
Note:CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
About the Author
Joseph Lowery is a professional Web developer and author who has been writing about computers since 1981. Joe has garnered the attention and respect of many at Macromedia and has been featured as one of their “celebrity presenters” for the Macromedia User Conference (SF and Paris), and as a speaker for the Macromedia Seminar Series (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York). Joe also speaks and teaches at Macromedia Web World and Seybold Seminars, and leads an intermediate Dreamweaver online course through eHandsOn on Macromedia’s site.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver 8.
Chapter 1: What’s New in Dreamweaver 8.
Chapter 2: Introducing Dreamweaver 8.
Chapter 3: Touring Dreamweaver.
Chapter 4: Setting Your Preferences.
Chapter 5: Setting Up Sites and Servers.
Part II: Designing and Crafting Core Pages.
Chapter 6: Accessing the Code Directly.
Chapter 7: Building Style Sheet Web Pages.
Chapter 8: Working with Text.
Chapter 9: Inserting Images.
Chapter 10: Establishing Web Links.
Part III: Adding Advanced Design Features.
Chapter 11: Working with Divs and Layers.
Chapter 12: Using Behaviors.
Chapter 13: Setting Up Tables.
Chapter 14: Interactive Forms.
Chapter 15: Creating Lists.
Chapter 16: Using Frames and Framesets.
Chapter 17: Working with Timelines.
Part IV: Incorporating Dynamic Data.
Chapter 18: Establishing Connections and Recordsets.
Chapter 19: Making Data Dynamic.
Chapter 20: Managing Data.
Chapter 21: Working with Live Data.
Chapter 22: Crafting Multiple-Page Applications.
Part V: Including Multimedia Elements.
Chapter 23: Fireworks Integration.
Chapter 24: Inserting Flash and Shockwave Elements.
Chapter 25: Adding Video to Your Web Page.
Chapter 26: Using Audio on Your Web Page.
Part VI: Enhancing Productivity and Web Site Management.
Chapter 27: Using Dreamweaver Templates.
Chapter 28: Using the Repeating Elements Library.
Chapter 29: Maximizing Browser Targeting.
Chapter 30: Building Accessible Web Sites with a Team.
Chapter 31: Integrating with XML and XSLT.
Part VII: Extending Dreamweaver.
Chapter 32: Customizing Dreamweaver.
Chapter 33: Handling Server Behaviors.
Appendix A: What’s on the CD-ROM?
Index.
End-User License Agreement.