Table of Contents

Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction
By Marc Campbell
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: January 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-10163-5
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-610163-3
Pages: 312

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Introduction
			Web Design…as Architecture?
			About This Book
			Who This Book Is For
			How This Book Is Organized
			Conventions Used in This Book
			We'd Like to Hear from You
			Safari Enabled
			Acknowledgments
		Part I:  Planning Your Site
			Chapter 1.  Stocking Your Technological Toolbox
				Section 1.1.  Choosing Software
				Section 1.2.  Comparing Static and Dynamic Sites
			Chapter 2.  Staking Your Claim
				Section 2.1.  Choosing a Web Host
				Section 2.2.  Deciphering Your Hosting-Plan Options
				Section 2.3.  What's in a Name?
				Section 2.4.  What Happens Next?
			Chapter 3.  Organizing the Content
				Section 3.1.  Defining the Scope
				Section 3.2.  Consulting the Cards
				Section 3.3.  Compiling the Outline
			Chapter 4.  Sketching the Interface
				Section 4.1.  What Makes a Good Design?
				Section 4.2.  Organizing the Layout
				Section 4.3.  Designing the Navigation
				Section 4.4.  Taking Measurements
				Section 4.5.  Choosing a Layout Strategy
			Chapter 5.  Preparing Images for the Web
				Section 5.1.  Comparing Image File Types
				Section 5.2.  Optimizing Images for the Web
				Section 5.3.  Naming Images for the Web
				Section 5.4.  Creating a Tracing Image
			Chapter 6.  Thinking About Text
				Section 6.1.  Sorting Out Formats
				Section 6.2.  Looking at Appearance Attributes
				Section 6.3.  Designing Text Hyperlinks
			Chapter 7.  Setting Up Your Site
				Section 7.1.  Defining the Site
				Section 7.2.  Building the Structure
				Section 7.3.  Setting Up Preview Browsers
				Section 7.4.  Setting Up Accessibility Attributes Dialogs
		Part II:  Designing Your Site
			Chapter 8.  Opening a New Page
				Section 8.1.  Using the New Document Dialog Box
				Section 8.2.  A Document Window with a View
				Section 8.3.  Setting Page Properties
				Section 8.4.  Previewing the Page in the Browser
			Chapter 9.  Designing with Tables
				Section 9.1.  Design View à la Mode
				Section 9.2.  Creating the Layout
				Section 9.3.  Centering a Fixed-Width Layout
				Section 9.4.  Creating a Liquid Layout
			Chapter 10.  Designing with Layers
				Section 10.1.  Creating the Layout
				Section 10.2.  Labeling the Layers
				Section 10.3.  Converting a Fixed-Width Layout into a Liquid Layout
			Chapter 11.  Creating Templates
				Section 11.1.  Getting Ready
				Section 11.2.  Saving Your Page as a Template
				Section 11.3.  Defining Editable Regions
				Section 11.4.  Applying the Template to an Existing Page
				Section 11.5.  Creating New Pages from the Template
			Chapter 12.  Building a Stylesheet
				Section 12.1.  Exporting Embedded Styles
				Section 12.2.  Defining Style Rules for Specific Elements
				Section 12.3.  Defining General-Purpose Style Rules
				Section 12.4.  Editing a Style Rule
		Part III:  Building Your Site
			Chapter 13.  Adding a Navigation Bar
				Section 13.1.  Creating the Buttons
				Section 13.2.  Building a Two-State Nav Bar
				Section 13.3.  Building a Four-State Nav Bar
				Section 13.4.  Adding a Background Color to the Nav Area
				Section 13.5.  Placing Custom Messages in the Status Bar
			Chapter 14.  Adding Text
				Section 14.1.  Placing Text on the Page
				Section 14.2.  Setting or Changing the Format
				Section 14.3.  Applying Typographic Styles
				Section 14.4.  Adding Lists
				Section 14.5.  Aligning and Justifying Text
				Section 14.6.  Adjusting Paragraph Spacing
				Section 14.7.  Using Horizontal Rules
			Chapter 15.  Adding Images
				Section 15.1.  Placing Images on the Page
				Section 15.2.  Positioning Images in Relation to Other Content
				Section 15.3.  Resizing Images
			Chapter 16.  Adding Flash Content
				Section 16.1.  Placing Flash Movies on the Page
				Section 16.2.  Creating Flash Buttons
				Section 16.3.  Creating Flash Text
				Section 16.4.  Creating a Flash Slideshow
			Chapter 17.  Connecting Links
				Section 17.1.  Linking Internally
				Section 17.2.  Linking Externally
				Section 17.3.  Creating an Email Link
				Section 17.4.  Adding Style Rules for Links
				Section 17.5.  Making Clickable Images
				Section 17.6.  Setting the Tab Index for Links
			Chapter 18.  Building Forms
				Section 18.1.  Laying Out the Form
				Section 18.2.  Adding Form Elements
				Section 18.3.  Aligning the Layout
				Section 18.4.  Applying Style Rules to Form Elements
				Section 18.5.  Validating Form Input
				Section 18.6.  Submitting the Form
		Part IV:  Publishing Your Site
			Chapter 19.  Tuning, Testing, and Troubleshooting
				Section 19.1.  Remembering What Everyone Forgets
				Section 19.2.  Adding Meta Tags
				Section 19.3.  Running Reports
			Chapter 20.  Going Live
				Section 20.1.  Deciding What Goes
				Section 20.2.  Publishing Your Site
				Section 20.3.  Maintaining Your Site
				Section 20.4.  Dreamweaver 8 Redesign and Construction
				Section 20.5.  Where to Go, What to Do
		Part V:  Appendixes and Glossary
			Appendix A.  HTML Tags
			Appendix B.  CSS Style Definitions
			Appendix C.  JavaScript Event Handlers
			Glossary
		About the Author
		Colophon
		Index