Synopses & Reviews
Whether you're a small business owner wanting to update your website to promote a big sale next month, a student assigned to create a website for a class, or you're curious about web design but you don't have any HTML experience, Macromedia Contribute 3 In a Snap can help. Organized into short, bite-sized tasks, you will quickly be able to accomplish the steps required to build a website without any HTML code. You will learn how to easily update text and images to existing web pages and create new pages with the use of Macromedia Contribute 3 and more familiar programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Use this tool to help you create web pages in a snap!
Synopsis
These days, nobody really needs to "learn" everything there is to know about HTML and Web publishing.
You just want a book that will quickly "show" you how to create, edit, and publish Web pages quickly and efficiently without having to learn all the HTML tags and arcane concepts and everything.
"Create Web Pages in a Snap" is designed specifically for today's computer user: Somebody who is new to Web page editing, but "not" new to computers or the Internet.Somebody who doesn't have time for long-winded, mind-numbing explanations and certainly no time or patience for a book that talks down to its readers.
Organized into a series of well-organized, bite-sized, quickly accomplished tasks, this book lets the reader zero right in on the one particular task he or she wants to accomplish, quickly figure out what to do, do it, and then get back to work.
Synopsis
These days, nobody really needs to learn everything there is to know about HTML and Web publishing to be efficient. Readers are looking for a book that will show how to create, edit, and publish Web pages quickly and efficiently--without having to learn all the HTML tags and concepts. By using Macromedia Contribute v2 as the tool, creating Web pages becomes a snap to do Contribute empowers non-technical users to begin updating text and images to existing Web pages, add new pages, or publish content to any existing HTML Web site easily. Readers can work with their favorite content creation software by cutting and pasting content directly from programs like Microsoft Word or Excel. Contribute even allows teams in organizations to work more productively by allowing multiple users to safely work together on the same site. Macromedia Contribute is built on the Macromedia Dreamweaver MX engine, so changes won't insert extraneous code or reformat existing code. Creating Web Pages with Macromedia Contribute in a Snap is the best format in which to learn Macromedia Contribute and Web publishing with its bite-sized, rapidly accomplished tasks.
Synopsis
Learn how to edit and publish Web pages quickly and efficiently without having to learn all the HTML tags and arcane concepts. Organized into a series of well-organized, quickly accomplished tasks, this book lets the reader zero right in on a particular task, quickly figure out what to do, do it, and then get back to work.
About the Author
Ned Averill-Snell has been making technology make sense since 1986, when he began writing beginner's documentation for one of the world's largest software companies. After writing manuals and training materials for several major technology companies, Ned switched sides and became a computer journalist, serving as a writer and editor for two national magazines,
Edge and
Art & Design News.
A freelance writer since 1991, Ned has written more than two dozen computer books and hundreds of articles. Between books, Ned works as a professional actor in regional theater, commercials and industrial films.
Table of Contents
I: GETTING STARTED.
1: Start Here.
2: Connecting to a Web Page to Edit It.
About Connections.
Import a Connection Key.
Locate Editable Regions.
Work Offline.
Delete a Connection.
Disable Connections.
Enable Connections.
Bookmark Websites You Edit Often.
II: EDITING THE CONTENT OF A WEB PAGE.
3: Editing the Content of a Web Page.
About Web Page Text.
Select Text.
Edit and Add Text.
Copy or Move Text.
Insert Special Characters (Symbols).
Insert the Date.
Check Spelling.
Use Find and Replace.
4: Changing the Way Text Looks.
About Text Formatting.
Change the Style of Text.
Make Text Bold, Italic, or Underlined.
Change the Font, Size, or Color of Text.
Apply a Highlight Color to Text.
Align Text on the Page.
Indent Paragraphs.
5: Editing Pictures and Movies.
About Web Images.
Align an Image and Choose Wrapping.
Reposition an Image.
Change the Size of an Image.
Prepare an Image for the Web.
Replace an Image.
Add or Delete an Image.
Add a Border or Extra Space Around a Picture.
About Flash Movies.
Change the Way a Flash Movie Plays.
Add or Delete a Flash Movie.
6: Organizing Content on a Page.
About Lists.
Create a List.
Nest Lists Inside One Another.
Add or Delete a Horizontal Rule.
Change the Style of a Horizontal Rule.
Edit or Add Text in a Table.
Edit or Add Pictures in a Table.
Add or Delete Rows and Columns.
Change the Dimensions of a Table.
Change the Size of Rows and Columns.
Align a Table on the Page.
Sort Data in a Table.
About Table Borders, Colors, Backgrounds, and Spacing.
Choose the Border Thickness and Color.
Change the Spacing Around Cell Contents.
Add a Background Color to a Table.
Create a New Table.
7: Linking to Web Pages, Files, and Email.
About Links.
Change Where an Existing Link Leads.
Edit an Existing Link's Text or Image.
Add a New Link.
Make a Linked Page Open in a New Window.
Link to a Particular Spot Within a Page.
III: CREATING NEW WEB PAGE CONTENT.
8: Working with New Pages.
About New Pages.
Copy an Existing Page to Make a New Page.
Use a Template to Make a New Page.
Create a New Blank Page.
Choose a Background Color and Other General Settings.
Use a Table to Arrange the Contents of a Page.
Delete Pages.
9: Inserting Documents in Word, Excel, and Other Formats.
About Inserting External Documents.
Insert a Word or Excel File into a Web Page.
Link to a Word or Excel File.
About FlashPaper.
Use FlashPaper to Insert a Document in Any Format.
10: Editing Content in Pages That Are Divided.
Into Frames.
About Frames.
Edit the Content in One Frame Within a Page.
Choose What Content Appears Within a Frame.
Create a Link That Points to a Particular Frame.
11: Publishing Pages.
About Publishing.
Preview Your Work.
Send Your Work to Reviewers.
Add Keywords and Descriptions to Pages.
Publish Edited Pages.
Publish New Pages.
Restore Published Pages to Their Previous Versions.
IV: ADMINISTERING WEBSITES.
12: Basic Site Administration Tasks.
About Site Administration.
Create or Edit Connections with the Wizard.
Become Administrator of a Website.
Change the Administrator Email, Password, and Enabling Rollback.
About Preferences.
Set Preferences.
Set Index Page Filenames.
Choose Alternate Web Addresses.
13: Managing Roles and Sharing Connections.
About Roles.
Create a New Role.
Set General Role Settings.
Set Folder and File Access Role Settings.
Set Editing Role Settings.
Set Style and Font Role Settings.
Choose Settings for New Web Pages.
Set File Placement Role Settings.
Set Shared Assets Role Settings.
Choose Settings for New Images.
Send Connections to Contributors.