Table of Contents | Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Training from the Source

macromedia® Dreamweaver® 8
By Khristine Annwn Page
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Publisher: Macromedia Press
Pub Date: March 28, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-321-33626-7
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-321-33626-2
Pages: 608

Table of Contents | Index

Credits

Bio

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Lesson 1. Dreamweaver 8 Basics

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Exploring the Workspace

Preparing to Develop Your Site

Defining a Local Site

Creating and Saving a New Page

Exploring the Tools

Working with Panels and Documents

Giving Your Page a Title

Specifying Preview Browsers

Exploring the Basics On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 2. Adding Content to a Page

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Importing Text

Identifying Content Structure

Creating Line Breaks

Inserting a Nonbreaking Space

Aligning Text

Identifying Quotes

Making Lists

Making Definition Lists

Nesting Lists

Inline Character Formatting

Adding Special Characters

Creating Multilingual Documents

Adding Horizontal Rules

Adding a Date Automatically

Formatting Content On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 3. Creating Links

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Specifying Link Color and Format

Creating Hypertext Links

Understanding Links and File Structure

Adding New Folders and Files to a Site

Creating a Site Map

Working with Links in Site Map View

Viewing a Subset of the Entire Site

Saving the Site Map

Targeting Links

Inserting and Linking to Named Anchors

Inserting E-mail Links

Working with Links On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 4. Developing Style Sheets

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Specifying a Background Color

Changing the Font

Changing the Font Size

Specifying Font Color

Understanding Styles

Working With Internal Styles

Converting Internal Styles to External Styles

Linking to an Existing External Style Sheet

Creating External Styles

Creating Styles for Tag Combinations

Editing an Existing Style

Working with Style Precedence

Creating a Basic CSS Layout

Working With CSS On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 5. Working with Graphics

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Using a Background Graphic

Placing Graphics on the Page

Resizing and Refreshing Graphics

Positioning Graphics

Adding a Border Around an Image

Assigning Image Names

Inserting an Image from the Assets Panel

Managing Images with the Favorites List

Adjusting the Space Around an Image

Inserting an Image Placeholder

Replacing an Image Placeholder

Setting Image-Editing Preferences

Basic Image Editing

Creating Graphic Links

Creating Image Maps

Using Graphics On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 6. Creating Tables

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Creating a Table

Importing Spreadsheet Data

Copying and Pasting Table Cells

Selecting a Table

Selecting and Formatting Table Cells

Sorting a Table

Modifying a Table

Exporting a Table

Using Images in Tables

Nesting Tables

Designing for Computer Screens

Using Window Size to Check Layout

Creating a Table in Layout View

Modifying Table Layout

Applying Cell Formatting

Specifying Layout Width

Using a Tracing Image

What You Have Learned

Lesson 7. Using Multimedia

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Creating Flash Text

Modifying Flash Text

Adding Flash Buttons

Modifying Flash Buttons

Adding Flash Animations

Using the Image Viewer

Embedding Quicktime Movies

What You Have Learned

Lesson 8. Adding User Interactivity

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Inserting a Rollover Image

Adding Behaviors

Swapping Multiple Images with One Event

Adding Behaviors to Image Maps

Editing Actions and Events

Creating a Status Bar Message

Checking the Browser

Opening a New Browser Window

Creating a Pop-Up Menu

What You Have Learned

Lesson 9. Creating Layers

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Creating Layers

Naming Layers

Modifying Layers

Changing the Stacking Order of Layers

Nesting and Unnesting Layers

Changing Layer Visibility

Setting Grid and Ruler Options

Using the Drag Layer Behavior

Using the Show-Hide Layers Behavior

Converting Layers to Tables

Using the Netscape Resize Layer Fix

Animating with Timelines

Understanding How Timelines Work

Timelines Panel

Adding an Object to a Timeline

Using Keyframes

Controlling Timelines with Behaviors

Positioning an Object

Recording the Path of a Layer

Changing Image Properties

Changing the Visibility and Size

Previewing the Animation in Dreamweaver

What You Have Learned

Lesson 10. Creating Frames

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Creating a Frameset

Saving a Frameset

Resizing Frames in a Frameset

Specifying Frame Properties

Creating and Editing Frames Content

Creating Other Content Documents

Opening an Existing Page in a Frame

Checking Frame Content

Controlling Frame Content with Links

Creating NoFrames Content

Using Frames On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 11. Creating Forms

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Building Your Form

Grouping Form Content

Adding Single-Line Text Fields

Adding Radio Buttons

Adding Checkboxes

Adding List and Menu Items

Adding Multiline Text Fields

Adding Buttons

Creating Hidden Fields

Formatting Forms

Processing Forms

Testing Your Forms

Creating Jump Menus

Creating Forms On Your Own

What You Have Learned

Lesson 12. Using Library Items

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Creating a Library Item

Placing a Library Item on a Page

Re-creating a Library Item

Modifying a Library Item

Updating Library References

What You Have Learned

Lesson 13. Using Templates

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Creating Templates

Adding Editable Areas to a Template

Removing Editable Regions

Creating Optional Content

Inserting Repeating Regions

Building Pages Based on a Template

Controlling Optional Content

Adding Repeating Entries

Modifying a Template

Creating Editable Tag Attributes

Modifying an Editable Tag Attribute

Creating Nested Templates

What You Have Learned

Lesson 14. Managing Your Site

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Using the Files Panel

Accessing Files Outside a Dreamweaver Site on Your Computer

Modifying Pages from the Files Panel

Connecting to a Remote Site

Uploading Files

Cloaking Files and Folders

Checking In and Checking Out

Using Design Notes

Exporting Site Definitions

Creating Server Connections

Enabling Contribute Compatibility

What You Have Learned

Lesson 15. Accessibility and Testing

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Testing for Accessibility

Checking Browser Compatibility

Checking Links in Your Site

Checking for Orphaned Files

Generating Reports for a Site

Checking Spelling

What You Have Learned

Lesson 16. Editing the Code

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Switching Document Views

Editing HTML in Code View

Using the Code Toolbar

Adjusting New Window Placement

Meta Tags

Using the Tag Inspector

Editing Code with Quick Tags

Using Snippets

Using Clean Up XHTML

Working with Microsoft Word HTML

Printing from Code View

Advanced Customization

What You Have Learned

Lesson 17. Using Find and Replace

What You Will Learn

Approximate Time

Lesson Files

Searching Your Document

Removing HTML Tags

Using Find and Replace to Attach External Style Sheets

Applying Custom Styles with Find and Replace

Saving and Reusing Your Search Criteria

Searching and Replacing with Regular Expressions

Finding Variations in a Name

What You Have Learned

Appendix A. Regular Expressions

Appendix B. Macintosh Shortcuts

Menu Shortcuts

Code Shortcuts

Files Panel Menus

Appendix C. Windows Shortcuts

Menu Shortcuts

Code Shortcuts

Files Panel Menus

Index