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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe(R) Dreamweaver(R) CS3 in 24 Hours Betsy Bruce 24 Proven One-hour Lessons In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to create a fully functional website using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson offers background knowledge along with practical steps to follow, allowing you to learn the essentials of using Dreamweaver from the ground up. Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Dreamweaver tasks. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. By the Way notes present interesting information related to the discussion. Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to do something. Watch Out cautions alert you to possible problems, and give you advice on how to avoid them. Learn how to... Use Dreamweaver CS3 to create simple or advanced web pagesCreate forms to collect information from users at your siteOrganize your site with templates and librariesMake Cascading Style Sheets work for youCraft an interactive website with DHTMLDisplay data efficiently with tablesDress up your site with Flash files and other multimediaInsert scripted functionality by using BehaviorsInsert content controls using the Spry framework JavaScript libraries Customize and extend DreamweaverUpload your website to a server with Dreamweaver's built-in FTP capability Betsy Bruce is a consultant and owner of Performance Factor, creators of training and performance support applications using Dreamweaver and Flash. She is an Adobe-certified instructor for Dreamweaver, Flash, Captivate, and Authorware. As an authorized trainer, she has traveled the country instructinggroups-ranging from corporations to school districts-on effectively creating dynamic and standards-based web content. Register your book at www.samspublishing.com/register for convenient access to downloads, updates, and corrections as they become available. Category: Web Development Covers: Adobe(R) Dreamweaver(R) CS3 User Level: Beginning
Synopsis
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 in 24 Hours will show Dreamweaver beginners and upgraders how to create world-class web pages and sites with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. In this book's straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds on the previous ones -- helping you master all the essentials of Adobe's newest version of Dreamweaver from the ground up. Friendly, accessible, and conversational, this book gives Dreamweaver beginners a practical grounding in the entire package, without ever becoming overwhelming or intimidating. Coverage includes: getting started, planning projects, and creating HTML; links, images, multimedia, tables, frames, layers, CSS, behaviors, timelines, forms, publishing, customization, libraries, templates, project management, and much more. Throughout, step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common Dreamweaver questions, issues, and tasks... Q and As, Quizzes, and Exercises help you build and test your knowledge... Did You Know? tips offer you insider advice and shortcuts... and Watch Out alerts help you avoid problems. By the time you've finished with these lessons, you won't just understand Dreamweaver CS4: you'll be comfortable using it in real-world projects.
Synopsis
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to create a fully functional website using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson offers background knowledge along with practical steps to follow, allowing you to learn the essentials of using Dreamweaver from the ground up. Full-color figures and clear step-by-step instructions visually show you how to use Dreamweaver. Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge. Notes, Tips, and Cautions provide related information, advice, and warnings.
Learn how to…
- Use Dreamweaver CS4 to create simple or advanced web pages
- Create forms to collect information from users at your site
- Organize your site with templates and libraries
- Make Cascading Style Sheets work for you
- Craft an interactive website
- Display data efficiently with tables
- Dress up your site with Flash files and other multimedia
- Insert scripted functionality by using Behaviors
- Add Ajax controls using the Spry framework JavaScript libraries
- Customize and extend Dreamweaver
- Upload your website to a server with Dreamweaver’s built-in FTP capability
About the Author
Betsy Bruce (Seattle, WA) is a web developer and Adobe-authorized Dreamweaver and Authorware trainer for MediaPro, Inc. She specializes in computer and web-based training, and consults with major corporations throughout the Pacific Northwest on both design and training. She has traveled the country guiding corporations and schools in effectively creating dynamic web content. John Ray is an award-winning Web application and network developer whose clients have included Ohio State University, the FCC, Xerox, and the State of Florida. His other books include Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite 3 All in One, Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Leopard All in One, and Mac OS X Unleashed.
Table of Contents
FM i
Introduction 1
PART I: Getting Started with Dreamweaver
HOUR 1: A World Wide Web of Dreamweaver Possibilities 5
HOUR 2: A Tour of Dreamweaver 19
HOUR 3: Setting Up a Website 51
HOUR 4: Dealing with Words: Adding Text and Lists 67
HOUR 5: Adding Links: Hyperlinks, Anchors, and Mailto Links 93
HOUR 6: Formatting Web Pages Using Cascading Style Sheets 111
HOUR 7: Looking Under the Hood: Exploring XHTML 137
PART II: Adding and Managing Images and Multimedia
HOUR 8: Displaying Images 159
HOUR 9: Complementing Dreamweaver with Other Applications 181
HOUR 10: Adding Flash and Other Multimedia to a Web Page 207
HOUR 11: Managing Assets Using the Assets Panel 227
PART III: Web Page Layout
HOUR 12: Displaying Data in Tables 243
HOUR 13: Using CSS for Positioning 259
HOUR 14: Creating CSS for Mobile Devices and Printing 279
HOUR 15: Creating Library Items and Templates 299
PART IV: Dynamic HTML and Ajax: Using AP Divs, Behaviors, and XML
HOUR 16: Adding Navigation: Navigation and Menu Bars 321
HOUR 17: Using Dynamic HTML and AP Divs 335
HOUR 18: Adding Interactivity with Behaviors 347
HOUR 19: Using AJAX Frameworks and Libraries 373
PART V: Collecting User Data Using Forms
HOUR 20: Creating a Form and Collecting Data 399
HOUR 21: Sending and Reacting to Form Data 421
PART VI: Uploading a Project and Managing a Website
HOUR 22: Uploading, Sharing, and Managing Website Projects 439
HOUR 23: Maintaining a Website 459
HOUR 24: Customizing Dreamweaver 473
Index 489