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  • Copyright 2007
  • Edition: 1st
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  • ISBN-10: 0-672-32936-0
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32936-4

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Dreamweaver® 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 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 with DHTML
  • Display data efficiently with tables
  • Dress up your site with Flash files and other multimedia
  • Insert scripted functionality by using Behaviors
  • Insert content controls using the Spry framework JavaScript libraries
  • Customize and extend Dreamweaver
  • Upload 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 instructing groups–ranging from corporations to school districts–on effectively creating dynamic and standards-based web content.

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Category:  Web Development

Covers:  Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3

User Level:  Beginning

Sample Content

Online Sample Chapters

Format Web Pages With CSS in Dreamweaver CS3

Formatting Web Pages Using Cascading Style Sheets

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Table of Contents

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Part I Getting Started with Dreamweaver

HOUR 1...... : A World Wide Web of Dreamweaver Possibilities

What Can You Do with Dreamweaver?

Defining the Technology

Dissecting Website Examples

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 2.................. : A Tour of Dreamweaver

Acquainting Yourself with Dreamweaver

Exploring the Dreamweaver Work Area

Getting Help

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 3: Setting Up a Website

Defining a New Website

Using the Site Definition Wizard

Using the Files Panel

Editing a Site Definition

Considering Site Organization

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 4: Dealing with Words: Adding Text and Lists

Creating a New Page

Adding Text to a Web Page

Applying Text Formatting

Setting Page Properties

Introducing Cascading Style Sheets

Changing Text Attributes in the Property Inspector

Aligning Text

Creating Lists and Indenting Text

Adding a Separator to a Page: The Horizontal Rule

Previewing in a Browser

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 5.... : Adding Links: Hyperlinks, Anchors, and Mailto Links

Exploring Relative and Absolute Paths

Adding a Hyperlink Within a Website

Setting Link Color Preferences

Organizing a Long Page by Using Named Anchors

Using the Point-to-File Icon

Adding a Mailto Link

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 6: Formatting Web Pages Using Cascading Style Sheets

Styling Text with CSS

Creating a Class Selector

Exploring Style Settings

Redefining an HTML Tag

Editing Styles

Creating an External Style Sheet

Understanding the Cascade

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 7: Looking Under the Hood: Exploring HTML

Exploring Code View

Viewing and Editing HTML Tags by Using the Quick Tag Editor

Setting Code Preferences

Cleaning Up HTML Created with Microsoft Word

Exploring References

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

Part II: Adding and Managing Images and Multimedia

HOUR 8: Displaying Images

Adding an Image to a Page

Exploring Image Flavors: GIF, JPEG, and PNG

Editing Images Within Dreamweaver

Creating a Linked Image

Creating an Imagemap

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 9.... : Complementing Dreamweaver with Other Applications

Acquainting Yourself with Photoshop

Modifying Images for Use in a Web Page

Creating an Image

Adding a Filter to a Rollover Image

Slicing an Image into Pieces

Importing Table Data from Excel

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 10: Adding Flash and Other Multimedia to a Web Page

Exploring Multimedia and Bandwidth

Understanding Players

Adding Flash Files

Adding a Link to a PDF File

Adding a Sound File to a Web Page

Adding a Java Applet to a Web Page

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 11........ : Managing Assets Using the Assets Panel

What Are Assets?

Managing Assets in the Assets Panel

Adding Assets to a Web Page

Creating Favorite Assets

Creating New Assets in the Assets Panel

Copying Assets to Another Site

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

Part III: Web Page Layout

HOUR 12................ : Displaying Data in Tables

Creating a Table for Data

Modifying a Table and Adding Content

Exporting Data from a Table

Nesting a Table Within a Table

Editing Existing Page Layout Tables

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 13: Using CSS for Positioning

Understanding the CSS Box Model

Exploring a CSS Page Layout Example

Positioning a Div

Using a Tracing Image

Creating Multiple and Contextual Selectors

Floating Page Elements

Centering Your Design on the Page

Fine-Tuning Your Design

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 14...... : Creating CSS for Mobile Devices and Printing

Understanding the CSS Media Attribute

Previewing Style Rendering in Dreamweaver

Adding an Alternative Style Sheet

Designing CSS for Print

Previewing Web Pages Styles for Handheld Devices

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 15: Creating Library Items and Templates

Managing Library Items and Templates in the Assets Panel

Creating a Library Item

Adding a Library Item to a Page

Making Changes to a Library Item

Creating a Template

Creating a Web Page from a Template

Making Changes to a Template and Updating Pages

Using CSS Styles with Library Items and Templates

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

Part IV: Dynamic HTML and AJAX: Using AP Divs, Behaviors, and XML

HOUR 16: Adding Navigation: Navigation and Menu Bars

Understanding Navigation

Creating a Rollover Image

Creating a Navigation Bar with Rollover Images and Links

Inserting a Menu Bar

Targeting a Link to Open in a New Browser Window

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 17........... : Using Dynamic HTML and AP Divs

What Is DHTML?

Adding an AP Div

Nesting AP Divs

Animating with Timelines

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 18: Adding Interactivity with Behaviors

What Is a Dreamweaver Behavior?

Attaching a Behavior to an Object

Showing and Hiding Elements

Opening a New Browser Window

Popping Up a Message

Attaching Multiple Behaviors to the Same Object

Sending Text to a Container

Using the Go to URL Behavior

Adding a Draggable AP Div to a Web Page

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 19: Displaying Content and XML Using the Spry Framework

Using the Spry Framework

Adding Spry Effects

Using Tabbed Panels, Collapsible Panels, and Accordions

Displaying XML in a Web Page

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

Part V: Collecting User Data Using Forms

HOUR 20........... : Creating a Form and Collecting Data

Creating a Form

Adding Radio Buttons and Check Boxes to Forms

Adding Lists and Menus to Forms

Adding Push Buttons and Image Buttons to Forms

Creating a Jump Menu to Navigate to Different URLs

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 21: Introduction to Scripts: Sending and Reacting to Form Data

Validating a Form’s Data Using the Validate Form Behavior

Using the Spry Framework Validation Objects

Receiving Information from a Form

Exploring Submission Security

Uploading a File from a Form

Preparing a Page to Interact with ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, or CFML

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

Part VI: Uploading a Project and Managing a Website

HOUR 22....... : Uploading and Sharing a Project on the Web

Enabling Server Connection

Moving a Site onto a Remote Server

Understanding Dreamweaver’s Website Management Capabilities

Transferring Files

Importing an Existing Website

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 23: Managing and Editing a Website

Managing the Local and Remote Sites

Adding Design Notes to Pages

Generating Reports About a Website

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

HOUR 24............... : Customizing Dreamweaver

Creating a Custom Snippet

Editing the Keyboard Shortcuts

Making a Menu Command

Adding Favorites to the Insert Bar

Extending Dreamweaver by Using Third-Party Extensions

Using, Saving, and Sharing Searches

Summary

Q&A

Workshop

Exercises

Appendixes

Appendix A

Glossary

Index

Index

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Introduction

Download the Introduction

Updates

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