Synopses & Reviews
Even if you've never used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, this Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia's popular Web authoring program in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver, everybody's favorite Dreamweaver guru, author J. Tarin Towers, returns with her trademark crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce users, both veteran and new, to the brave, new world of Dreamweaver MX 2004. Using step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, Tarin explains how to use all of the program's visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing support to create stunning, accessible Web sites. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of all the program's new features: dynamic cross-browser validation, improved CSS support, built-in graphics editing, and more. Whether you're using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX as a WYSIWYG page-layout tool or a sophisticated text editor, you'll find this guide the key to it all.
Synopsis
In this completely updated edition of this bestselling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver, everybody's favorite Dreamweaver guru, J. Tarin Towers, returns with her trademark crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce users, both veteran and new, to the brave, new world of Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Synopsis
Even if you've never used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, this Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia's popular Web authoring program in no time. In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver, leading technology authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith use their trademark crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you everything that’s new in Dreamweaver 8. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to use all of the program's visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing support to create stunning, accessible Web sites. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of all the program's new features: drag-and-drop integration of XML data feeds, improved CSS support, advanced style rendering toolbar, the industry’s first integrated Web accessibility evaluation tool for Section 508 and WCAG 2 checkpoints, and more!
About the Author
Tom Negrino has been working with Macs since 1984. As a longtime contributor to Macworld magazine, he’s written about everything from upgrading your Mac to Web design and presentation software. He’s authored more than two dozen computing-related books, including
Macromedia Contribute 3 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, Keynote 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, and co-authored with Dori Smith,
JavaScript for the World Wide Web, Fifth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide.
Dori Smith has been programming for over 20 years. As a partner in Chalcedony Consulting, she does programming, training, writing, and Web design. Dori is also a contributing editor for NetProfessional magazine, is on their advisory board, and is a member of the Web Standards Project Steering Committee. She’s also the author of Java 2 for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
1: Getting Started.
2: Setting Up a Local Site.
3: Basic Web Pages.
4: Editing Code.
5: Working with Images.
6: Working with Links.
7: Inserting & Playing Media.
8: Fonts and Characters.
9: Paragraphs and Block Formatting.
10: Creating HTML Styles.
11: Stylin¹ with Style Sheets.
12: Setting Up Tables.
13: Framing Pages.
14: Layers and Positioning.
15: Filling Out Forms.
16: Behavior Modification.
17: Automating Dreamweaver.
18: Customizing Dreamweaver.
19: Managing Your Web Sites.
Index.