Dreamweaver 4 / Brenda D. Ballard.

By:

Ballard, Brenda D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Fast & easy Web developmentPublication details: Roseville, Calif. : Prima Tech, 2001.Description: xviii, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:

0761535187 (pbk.)

Other title:

Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 [Cover title]

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

006.7 BAL

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	006.7 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000201955

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This volume covers the features new to Dreamweaver 4. It contains step-by-step instructions and hundreds of actual screen shots. The CD-ROM includes a trial version of Dreamweaver.

System requirements for Windows: Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT.

System requirements for Macintosh: Macintosh OS 7.0 or later.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Introduction (p. xv)
Chapter 1 Exploring the Dreamweaver Work Area and Components (p. 1)
The Work Area--Your Home away from Home (p. 2)
Understanding the Dreamweaver Work Area (p. 2)
Using the Dreamweaver Views (p. 4)
Working with the Launcher Bar (p. 5)
Understanding the Toolbar (p. 13)
Customizing Dreamweaver Preferences (p. 17)
Customizing General Preferences (p. 17)
Customizing Fonts and Encoding Preferences (p. 18)
Working with Keyboard Shortcuts (p. 21)
Working with Extensions and Dreamweaver 4 (p. 22)
Summary (p. 22)
Chapter 2 Planning a Mission Critical Web Site (p. 23)
Advanced Planning Prevents Poor Performance (p. 24)
Setting Goals (p. 24)
Understanding Site Structure and Preparation (p. 24)
Summary (p. 34)
Chapter 3 Your Site's Foundation--The Document (p. 35)
Understanding Document Properties (p. 36)
Creating a Blank HTML Document (p. 36)
Setting and Changing Document Properties (p. 42)
Changing a Page Title (p. 43)
Setting Page or Background Colors (p. 47)
Defining Background Elements (p. 48)
Setting up Default Text Colors (p. 49)
Controlling Invisible Elements (p. 51)
Selecting an Invisible Element (p. 51)
Selecting a Complete Tag (p. 52)
Revealing Comments (p. 53)
Setting up Visual Guides (p. 55)
Working with Visual Guides for Window Sizing (p. 55)
Ruling Rulers (p. 59)
You Don't Have to Draw--You Can Trace (p. 61)
Placing the Tracing Image in a Document Window (p. 61)
Hiding or Showing the Tracing Image (p. 63)
Changing the Tracing Image Position (p. 63)
Resetting the Tracing Image Position (p. 64)
Aligning the Tracing Image with a Selected Element (p. 65)
Head Content Section Management (p. 66)
Viewing Head Content (p. 66)
Inserting an Element into the Head Section (p. 66)
Editing an Element in the Head Section (p. 67)
Task Automation (p. 68)
Repeating the Last Step Performed (p. 68)
Repeating a Series of Adjacent Steps (p. 69)
Repeating a Series of Non-Adjacent Steps (p. 70)
Applying Steps to a Different Object (p. 70)
Creating a New Command from History Steps (p. 71)
Summary (p. 72)
Chapter 4 Laying out a Web Page (p. 73)
Layout Cells and Tables--A Mini-Tutorial (p. 74)
Designing Layout Cells and Tables (p. 74)
Working with Layout Width--Fixed and Autostretch (p. 82)
Using Dreamweaver's Grid Guides (p. 83)
Displaying or Hiding Grid Lines (p. 83)
Changing Grid Settings (p. 84)
Summary (p. 86)
Chapter 5 Framing Your Pages (p. 87)
Creating a New Frame (p. 88)
Making Frame Borders Visible (p. 89)
Designing a Frameset (p. 90)
Creating a Frameset (p. 90)
Creating Nested Framesets (p. 91)
Saving Frames and Framesets (p. 93)
Setting Frame Properties (p. 94)
Summary (p. 98)
Chapter 6 Hoarding Your Assets (p. 99)
Defining the Assets Panel Categories (p. 100)
Using the Assets Panel (p. 103)
Refreshing the Site List (p. 103)
Adding Assets to the Favorites List (p. 104)
Adding Assets to Your Pages (p. 106)
Editing Assets (p. 107)
Manipulating Assets to Work for You (p. 109)
Summary (p. 112)
Chapter 7 Consistency and Style--A Class Act (p. 113)
Placing Text and Objects (p. 114)
Inserting Text (p. 114)
Inserting Tables, Images, and Objects (p. 115)
Importing Tabular Data (p. 117)
Inserting Today's Date (p. 120)
Building Lists, Font Families, and Horizontal Rules (p. 121)
Text Colors (p. 126)
Aligning Text (p. 126)
Cascading Style Sheets (p. 128)
Using an External CSS (p. 128)
Search and Cleanup (p. 136)
Spell Checking (p. 136)
Using Search and Replace (p. 138)
Saving Search Patterns (p. 139)
Summary (p. 140)
Chapter 8 You've Got That Look--Using Images (p. 141)
Inserting Images (p. 142)
Setting the Image Properties (p. 144)
Understanding the Property Inspector (p. 144)
Resizing Images (p. 149)
Using Client-Side Image Maps, Hotspots, and Rollovers (p. 149)
Working with Image Maps and Hotspots (p. 150)
Creating Rollover Images (p. 153)
Testing Rollover Images (p. 155)
Using External Imaging Editors (p. 156)
Setting Fireworks as the External Image Editor (p. 157)
Applying Behaviors (p. 161)
Applying Behaviors to an Image (p. 161)
Summary (p. 162)
Chapter 9 Now That's Teamwork! Dreamweaver and Fireworks Together (p. 163)
Placing Fireworks Files into Dreamweaver Pages (p. 164)
Inserting a Fireworks Image into Dreamweaver (p. 164)
Inserting Fireworks HTML Code into the Document (p. 165)
Copying, Pasting, and Exporting Fireworks Files (p. 167)
Launching Fireworks from Dreamweaver (p. 173)
Setting Launch and Edit Preferences for Fireworks (p. 173)
Editing Fireworks Files within Dreamweaver (p. 174)
Editing Fireworks Images (p. 175)
Editing Fireworks Tables (p. 177)
Optimizing Fireworks Images and Animations in Dreamweaver (p. 178)
Changing Optimization Settings (p. 178)
Working with Web Photo Albums (p. 180)
Creating a Web Photo Album (p. 180)
Summary (p. 184)
Chapter 10 Add Visual Excitement--Insert Media! (p. 185)
Inserting Multimedia Objects into a Web Page (p. 186)
Attaching Design Notes (p. 189)
Working with Flash Files--An Overview (p. 192)
Using Flash Button Objects (p. 192)
Working with Flash Text Objects (p. 198)
Inserting Flash Movies into Your Web Site (p. 201)
Working with Sound Files (p. 204)
Linking to Audio Files (p. 206)
Embedding Audio Files (p. 207)
Parameters and Behaviors--Controlling Media (p. 210)
Controlling Shockwave or Flash Files (p. 211)
Controlling Sounds (p. 214)
Controlling Netscape Plug-Ins (p. 215)
Summary (p. 218)
Chapter 11 Your Chain of Experience--Navigating with Links (p. 219)
Creating Links with Tools (p. 220)
Using the Property Inspector to Create Links (p. 220)
Setting Links inside a Document (p. 225)
Creating a Named Anchor (p. 225)
Linking to a Named Anchor (p. 228)
Using Point-to-File to Link to a Named Anchor (p. 229)
Creating E-Mail Links (p. 231)
Using the E-Mail Link Command (p. 231)
Creating an E-Mail Link Using the Property Inspector (p. 232)
Working with Null and Script Links (p. 233)
Creating Null Links (p. 233)
Creating Script Links (p. 234)
Managing Your Site Links (p. 235)
Activating Link Management (p. 235)
Site Map Link Management (p. 236)
Designing Jump Menus and Navigation Bars (p. 243)
Inserting a Jump Menu (p. 243)
Working with Navigation Bars (p. 245)
Controlling a Link with Behaviors (p. 248)
Setting Status Bar Text (p. 248)
Using the Open Browser Window Behavior (p. 249)
Working with the Jump Menu (p. 252)
Setting the Nav Bar Image Behavior (p. 253)
Summary (p. 254)
Chapter 12 Form Your World--Site Forms and Scripts (p. 255)
Understanding the Forms Category (p. 256)
Creating Forms (p. 257)
Adding Forms to Documents (p. 257)
Adding Form Fields (p. 260)
Permitting Site Visitors to Upload Data (p. 262)
Creating Hidden Fields (p. 263)
Inserting Form Objects: Check Boxes and Radio Buttons (p. 264)
Inserting a Check Box (p. 264)
Inserting a Radio Button (p. 265)
Designing Lists and Menus (p. 266)
Creating Scrolling Lists (p. 266)
Creating Menus (p. 269)
Working with Forms and Behaviors (p. 271)
Summary (p. 273)
Chapter 13 Manage and Collaborate, Test and Publish--A Polished Site (p. 275)
Traveling with the Site Map (p. 276)
Using the Site Map (p. 276)
Setting up a Remote Site (p. 282)
Associating the Remote Server with a Local Site (p. 282)
Using FTP to Connect to a Web Server (p. 283)
What Time Will You Check In and Out? (p. 285)
Checking Out Files from the Remote Server (p. 285)
Checking In Files to a Remote Server (p. 286)
Using Reporting to Improve Team Communication (p. 287)
Running the Checked Out Report (p. 287)
Running Design Note Reports (p. 289)
Getting Files from a Remote Server (p. 291)
Putting Files on a Remote Server (p. 292)
Synchronizing Files on Local and Remote Sites (p. 293)
Using Behaviors to Detect Plug-Ins and Browsers (p. 295)
Checking Browser Behavior (p. 295)
Using the Check Plugin Behavior (p. 297)
Validating Download Times and Sizes (p. 299)
Setting Download Time and Size Preferences (p. 299)
Summary (p. 300)
Appendix A PC and Macintosh Keyboard Shortcuts (p. 301)
Appendix B Tools to Use as You Work (p. 311)
Dreamweaver Sites (p. 312)
Markup Language Sites (p. 312)
Sites to Give You Ideas (p. 313)
Discussion Lists and Newsgroups (p. 313)
Appendix C Using the CD-ROM (p. 315)
Running the CD with Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT (p. 316)
Running the CD with Macintosh OS 7.0 or Later (p. 316)
The Prima User Interface (p. 317)
Using the Left Panel (p. 317)
Using the Right Panel (p. 317)
Resizing and Closing the User Interface (p. 318)
Glossary (p. 319)
Index (p. 325)