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  • Copyright 2009
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  • ISBN-10: 0-672-33039-3
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-672-33039-1

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Unleashed

This book is the most comprehensive and independent resource for experienced web developers who want to plan, architect, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art websites, applications, and services.

Expert web developer and trainer Zak Ruvalcaba brings together real-world insights and advanced techniques for every facet of contemporary web development, from site management to data-driven applications and multimedia content to security. Ruvalcaba systematically illuminates the major features Adobe has brought to Dreamweaver CS4, including its

powerful Spry framework for Ajax development, its innovative CSS browser compatibility checking, and more.

You’ll learn how to smoothly integrate Dreamweaver CS4 with other key web design and development tools, ranging from Photoshop to Flash to databases. You’ll also discover how to use Dreamweaver CS4 to improve team collaboration, automate workflow, streamline content management, and reuse assets more efficiently.

Detailed information on how to…

  • Get productive with Dreamweaver CS4 development fast, whether you’re new to Dreamweaver or upgrading from previous versions
  • Create more effective, compatible CSS sites—and leverage Dreamweaver CS4’s powerful CSS templates
  • Streamline and automate workflow across your development and content teams
  • Incorporate animation, video, and audio, including Adobe Flash content
  • Make the most of databases and SQL queries in your sites and applications
  • Build dynamic pages and sites that integrate everything from search functionality to user authentication
  • Implement high-performance web services with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
  • Use Adobe’s Spry framework, widgets, and effects to quickly build rich XML-based applications

Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the web since 1995. He’s built websites and applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Intuit, Peachtree, Dell, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and many others. He is currently an instructor with the San Diego Community College District, Palomar Community College, and Mt. San Jacinto Community College, teaching the use of various technologies and tools including ASP.NET, Dreamweaver, and Flash. He is the author of the 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver (Que), Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# and VB (SitePoint), and Beginning Expression Web (Wrox).

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Category: Web Development/Dreamweaver

Covers: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4

User Level: Intermediate–Advanced 

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Table of Contents

Introduction    1

Part I    Getting Up to Speed with Dreamweaver CS4    5

1    The Dreamweaver CS4 Interface    7

New Dreamweaver CS4 Features    8

The Welcome Screen    10

The Document Window    11

The Tabbed File Chooser and Related Files Bar    12

The Document Toolbar    14

The Standard Toolbar    25

The Style Rendering Toolbar    26

The Status Bar    27

Context Menus    30

The Insert Panel    32

Common Objects    33

Layout Objects    35

Form Objects    36

Data Objects    37

Spry Objects    37

Text Objects    38

Favorites    39

The Property Inspector    40

Panels    42

Interacting with Panels    42

The CSS Styles Panel    45

The AP Elements Panel    45

The Application Tab Group    45

The Files Panel    45

The Assets Panel    46

The Snippets Panel    46

The Tag Inspector Panel    46

The Behaviors Panel    47

The History Panel    47

The Frames Panel    47

The Code Inspector    47

The Results Tab Group    47

Workspace Layouts    48

The Menu Bar    49

2    Building a Web Page    51

Creating a New Document    52

Working with a New Document in Design View    56

Modifying the Page Properties    56

Working with Text    61

Inserting the Time and Date    79

Inserting a Horizontal Rule    80

Working with Images    82

Inserting Images into a Dreamweaver Document    83

Formatting Images Within a Document    85

Image Placeholders    88

Rollover Images    90

Working with Hyperlinks    91

Linking Text    93

Email Links    95

Linking Images    96

Image Maps    97

Named Anchors    99

Creating a Navigation Bar    102

3    Dreamweaver Site Management    105

The Importance of Defining Sites in Dreamweaver    106

Defining a New Site in Dreamweaver    108

The Local Info Category    117

The Remote Info Category    118

The Testing Server Category    120

The Version Control Category    121

The Cloaking Category    122

The Design Notes Category    123

The File View Columns Category    124

The Contribute Category    125

The Templates Category    126

The Spry Category    127

Managing a Website in Dreamweaver    127

Uploading Your Files to a Remote Server    131

Checking Links Sitewide    138

Changing Links Sitewide    140

Creating Site Reports    141

Using Advanced Site Management Options    144

Part II    Static Web Page Development    145

4    Web Page Structuring Using Tables    147

Inserting and Working with Tables    148

Selecting Table Elements    151

Modifying Table Properties Using the Property Inspector    154

The Table ID    156

Adding and Removing Rows and Columns    156

Changing Table Sizes    157

Modifying Cell Padding and Cell Spacing    159

Table Alignment    161

Working with Table Borders    162

Converting Table Widths to a Percentage or Pixels    162

Modifying Cell Properties Using the Property Inspector    163

Changing Cell Widths and Heights    165

Splitting and Merging Cells    167

Setting Horizontal and Vertical Alignments    169

Setting the Background Color and Cell Wrapping    171

Converting a Cell to a Header    174

Nesting Tables    175

Working with Tables in Expanded Tables Mode    176

Importing Tabular Data    177

Sorting Tables    179

Tracing Images    182

5    Page Formatting Using Cascading Style Sheets    185

An Introduction to CSS    186

CSS Versus HTML    190

Browser Support for CSS    194

Designing CSS Using Dreamweaver and the CSS Styles Panel    195

Creating a Type Selector Within an External Style Sheet    201

Creating a Class Selector    213

Working with Descendant Selectors    217

Working with Pseudo-Classes    221

Attaching a Style Sheet    223

Using the Code Navigator    225

Validating Your CSS    227

Using Design-Time Style Sheets    228

Using CSS Advisor    230

6    Page Structuring Using Cascading Style Sheets    233

Introduction to AP Elements    234

Working with AP Elements    236

Inserting an AP Element    237

Drawing an AP Element    238

Inserting Content into AP Elements    238

Modifying AP Element Properties with the Property Inspector    240

Modifying AP Element Properties with the AP Elements Panel    242

Deleting an AP Element    246

Designing Tableless Web Pages Using <div> Tags    247

Designing the Page Structure Using ID Selectors    247

Inserting <div> Tags    251

Converting Div Tags to Tables for Backward-Compatibility    255

Built-In CSS Page Layouts    257

7    HTML Forms    261

An Introduction to HTML Forms    261

Working with Forms and Form Objects    264

Text Fields, Password Fields, and Textarea    267

Check Boxes and Checkbox Groups    269

Radio Buttons and Radio Groups    272

Lists and Menus    274

Buttons    277

Test the Form    279

Image Field    280

File Field    282

Hidden Field    282

Jump Menu    283

Fieldsets    285

Labels    286

8    Using Behaviors    289

An Introduction to Behaviors    290

Using the Behaviors Panel    292

Dreamweaver Behaviors    295

Call JavaScript    297

Change Property    298

Check Plugin    300

Drag AP Element    301

Effects Behaviors    302

Go to URL    311

Jump Menu and Jump Menu Go    313

Open Browser Window    315

Preload Images    317

Set Nav Bar Image    317

Set Text    320

Show-Hide Elements    320

Swap Image and Swap Image Restore    321

Validate Form    322

Deprecated Behaviors    325

Part III    Team Collaboration and Task Automation    329

9    Building Dreamweaver Websites Within Teams    331

Using File Check In and Check Out    332

Enabling Check In and Check Out    334

Checking Files In and Out    337

Maintaining Design Notes    339

Enabling Design Notes    339

Setting the Status of Files with Design Notes    340

Creating Customized Design Notes    342

Viewing Design Notes    343

File View Column Sharing    345

Generating Workflow Site Reports    347

Checked Out By Reports    347

Design Notes Reports    348

Recently Modified Reports    350

Implementing Source Control with Visual SourceSafe    351

Using WebDAV    356

Using Subversion Control    359

10    Managing Website Content Using Contribute    365

Content Management Using Contribute    366

Installing Contribute    366

Administrating Contribute-Enabled Sites in Dreamweaver    368

Defining Users and Roles    372

Administration    378

Publishing Server    379

Web Server    380

Rollbacks    381

New Pages    382

Compatibility    383

Enable PDF Embedding    384

Sending Connection Keys to Contribute Users    384

Using Contribute to Make Basic Edits    387

Rolling Back Pages in Dreamweaver    390

11    Enhancing Workflow    393

Working with the Assets Panel    393

How the Assets Panel Works    396

Refreshing the Assets Panel    397

Inserting Assets into Your Web Pages    399

Customizing the Assets Panel    399

Managing Your Assets    400

Editing Assets    402

Adding Assets to Your Favorites    403

Using Find and Replace    407

Using the History Panel    411

Working with Commands    412

Recording New Commands    413

Apply Source Formatting    415

Clean Up (X)HTML and Clean Up Word HTML    415

12    Working with Templates and Library Items    419

Understanding Dreamweaver Templates    420

Creating a New Template    422

Defining Editable Regions    425

Deriving a New Page from a Template    427

Creating an Editable Tag Attribute    430

Working with Repeating Regions    433

Adding Content to Repeating Regions    435

Defining Optional Regions    436

Combining Editable and Optional Regions    438

Setting Optional Region Properties    439

Nested Templates    440

Templates and the Assets Panel    441

Managing Templates Using the Assets Panel    442

Applying Templates to Existing Pages    444

Removing Template Markup    446

Changing the Default Document    447

Working with Library Items    447

Understanding Library Items    448

Using the Assets Panel to Manage Library Items    450

Creating Library Items    451

Inserting Library Items into Web Pages    454

Editing Library Items and Updating the Site    455

Renaming Library Items    456

Moving Library Items to a New Site    457

Deleting Library Items    457

Working with Server-Side Includes    458

Part IV    Incorporating Multimedia and Animation    463

13    Incorporating Video and Audio    465

Video on the Web    466

Download, Progressive Download, and Streaming    466

Media Players    468

RealMedia    468

QuickTime    469

Windows Media    470

Flash Video    470

Working with Video Clips    471

Linking Video    472

Embedding Video    472

Passing Parameters into Video Files    475

Encoding Flash Video    479

Embedding Flash Video    482

Audio on the Web    484

Audio File Formats    484

Linking to Audio Files    486

Embedding Audio Files    486

Playing Background Music    488

14    Integrating with Fireworks, Photoshop, and Flash    491

Specifying External Editors    492

Editing Images in Dreamweaver with Fireworks or Photoshop    494

Browsing Images in Adobe Bridge    498

Replacing Image Placeholders    500

Optimizing Images    501

The Options Tab    502

The File Tab    504

Additional Options in the Image Preview Dialog Box    505

Creating Rollover Buttons in Fireworks    508

Inserting Fireworks HTML    509

Creating a Web Photo Album    511

Integrating with Flash    513

Inserting Flash Movies into Dreamweaver Documents    514

Additional Flash Parameters    517

Controlling Flash Movies with Dreamweaver Behaviors    518

Round-Trip Flash Editing    520

Part V    Dynamic Web Page Development    523

15    Introduction to Web Applications    525

Client-Side Versus Server-Side Web Development    526

Web Applications    528

Client-Side Technologies    530

Server-Side Technologies    531

ASP    532

ColdFusion    533

PHP    533

Database Options    534

Access    535

SQL Server    535

MySQL    536

Structured Query Language    537

Working with Data Source Names    538

The Dynamic Vecta Corp Intranet Application    538

16    Working with Server-Side Technologies    543

Picking a Web Server    544

Working with Internet Information Services (IIS)    546

Installing IIS    547

Configuring IIS    548

Working with XAMPP    550

Installing XAMPP    550

Configuring XAMPP    550

Working with MAMP    552

Installing MAMP    553

Configuring MAMP    554

Working with ASP    556

Creating a Simple ASP Page    557

Configuring Vecta Corp to Run Under ASP    558

Using ASP in Dreamweaver    560

Working with ColdFusion    562

Installing ColdFusion    563

The ColdFusion Administrator    565

Creating a Simple ColdFusion Page    566

Configuring Vecta Corp to Run Under ColdFusion    568

Using ColdFusion in Dreamweaver    569

Working with PHP    570

Installing PHP    571

Creating a Simple PHP Page    572

Configuring Vecta Corp to Run Under PHP    573

Using PHP in Dreamweaver    575

17    A Database Primer    577

Anatomy of a Database    578

The Database Management System (DBMS)    579

The Database    580

Beyond the Basics    584

Installing a Database    592

Installing Access    593

Installing SQL Server 2008 Express    594

Deploying the SQL Server 2008 Express Database    596

SQL Server Management Studio Basic    596

Installing MySQL    598

Deploying the MySQL Database    600

MySQL Administrator    600

Configuring PHP to Work with Dreamweaver    603

An Overview of the Vecta Corp Database    605

The Employees Table    606

The Departments Table    609

The CreditCards Table    610

The EmployeeStore Table    611

The Orders Table    613

Other Tables    614

18    A SQL Primer    617

The Structured Query Language    617

Basic SQL    618

The SELECT Statement    619

Clauses    622

The INSERT Statement    625

The UPDATE Statement    626

The DELETE Statement    627

Expressions    627

Operators    629

Functions    631

Date and Time Functions    631

The COUNT() Function    633

The SUM() Function    633

The AVG() Function    634

The MIN() and MAX() Functions    634

Arithmetic Functions    635

String Functions    636

Joins    636

Inner Joins    637

Outer Joins    638

Subqueries    639

The IN Operator    640

The Embedded SELECT Statement    640

Generating Queries Visually    640

Generating Queries Using Access Query Designer    641

Generating Queries with Relationships    644

19    Working with Dynamic Data    647

Connecting to a Data Source    648

Connecting to a Data Source Using a DSN    648

Connecting an ASP Web Application to a DSN    654

Connecting a ColdFusion Web Application

to a DSN Using RDS    658

Connecting a PHP Web Application to a MySQL Database    661

Building the Vecta Corp Employee Store    663

Creating the EmployeeStore Page    663

Working with Dynamic Elements    673

20    Adding and Modifying Data    683

Building the Web Store New User Registration Page    683

Creating the New User Registration Form    686

Creating the Recordset    689

Creating the My Account Page    694

Creating the My Account Form    694

Using Data Objects to Create an Admin Page    701

Dynamic Tables    703

The Recordset Navigation Bar    705

Deleting Records    707

Master Detail Page Set    709

21    Integrating Search Functionality    713

Integrating a SQL Search    714

Creating a Search Page    715

Creating the Search Results Page    717

Working with Parameters in ASP and PHP    720

Working with Parameters in ColdFusion    723

Repeating Regions    724

Displaying Alternative Text    725

Globalizing the Search Functionality    726

22    Security and User Authentication    729

Creating a Login Page    730

Logging In the User    732

Restricting Access Based on Username, Password, and Access Level    734

Custom Error Messages    737

Checking to See Whether the User Is Logged In    739

Logging Out Users    741

Revamping the New User Registration Page    742

Avoiding Duplicate Usernames    743

Setting Access Levels    745

23    Working with Web Services and ColdFusion Components    747

An Introduction to Web Services    747

Dreamweaver and Web Services Integration    749

Building a Simple Calculator Web Service    750

Consuming the Calculator Web Service in ColdFusion    754

Web Services and Database Interaction    757

Building the Company Events Web Service Using ColdFusion and Components.     757

Consuming the Company Events Web Service in ColdFusion    760

24    Working with the Spry Framework for Ajax    763

Introduction to XML, Ajax, and Spry    764

What Is XML?    764

What Is Ajax?    767

What Is Spry?    768

Integrating XML Data with Spry    769

Connecting to XML Data    771

Defining Spry Regions    775

Binding Data to the Page    777

Repeating Spry Regions    778

Working with Spry Tables    780

Working with Spry Widgets    782

Validating Form Fields    783

Extending Layout Options    791

Working with RSS Feeds    793

Part VI    Appendixes (Online)    799

A    Accessibility    Web: 801

Accessibility Standards    .Web: 801

Standards Resources    .Web: 802

Conform with Standards    .Web: 805

Apply Standards to Sites    .Web: 811

Accessibility Reference    .Web: 816

Image Tests    .Web: 817

Imagemap Tests    .Web: 818

Color and Style Tests    .Web: 819

Form and Scripting Tests    .Web: 819

Table and Frame Tests    .Web: 820

Multimedia and Applet Tests    .Web: 821

Other Accessibility Tests    .Web: 822

Summary    .Web: 823

B    Extending Dreamweaver    Web: 825

Working with Objects    .Web: 825

Understanding Objects    .Web: 826

The Simple <sup> Tag Object    .Web: 827

The Advanced <sup> Tag Object    .Web: 829

Working with Behaviors    .Web: 830

Understanding Behaviors    .Web: 831

The Simple Resizer Behavior    .Web: 832

The Advanced Resizer Behavior    .Web: 835

Advanced Behavior Functions    .Web: 837

Working with js Files    .Web: 838

Sharing Extensions Through the Adobe Exchange    .Web: 838

Documentation    .Web: 839

Distribution    .Web: 840

Submission    .Web: 842

The Server Behavior Builder    .Web: 844

Server Behaviors    .Web: 844

Writing a Simple Cookie Behavior    .Web: 845

Summary    .Web: 852

C    Defining Preferences    Web: 853

Using the Preferences Dialog Box    .Web: 853

The General Category    .Web: 855

The Accessibility Category    .Web: 857

The AP Elements Category    .Web: 858

The Code Coloring Category    .Web: 860

The Code Format Category    .Web: 861

The Code Hints Category    .Web: 864

The Code Rewriting Category    .Web: 865

The Copy/Paste Category    .Web: 866

The CSS Styles Category    .Web: 867

The File Compare Category    .Web: 868

The File Types/Editors Category    .Web: 870

The Fonts Category    .Web: 872

The Highlighting Category    .Web: 874

The Invisible Elements Category    .Web: 875

The New Document Category    .Web: 876

The Preview in Browser Category    .Web: 877

The Site Category    .Web: 879

The Status Bar Category    .Web: 880

The Validator Category    .Web: 882

Setting Keyboard Shortcuts    .Web: 883

Working with Tag Libraries    .Web: 886

Summary    .Web: 892

D    Working with Frames and Framesets    Web: 893

Understanding Framed Websites    .Web: 893

The Advantages of Frames    .Web: 895

The Disadvantages of Frames    .Web: 896

Working with Frames and Framesets    .Web: 897

Creating a New Website Using Prebuilt Framesets    .Web: 898

Alternate Methods of Creating Framesets    .Web: 899

Adjusting Frame Attributes    .Web: 901

Changing Page Properties    .Web: 902

Setting Frame Names    .Web: 903

Setting Scroll Properties    .Web: 904

Frame Resize    .Web: 904

Adjusting Borders and Border Color    .Web: 905

Margin Width and Height    .Web: 905

Adjusting Frameset Attributes    .Web: 906

Borders, Border Width, and Border Color    .Web: 907

Row Height and Column Width    .Web: 907

Adding Content to Frames    .Web: 909

Saving Frames and Framesets    .Web: 911

Targeting Frames    .Web: 913

IFrames    .Web: 915

Targeting Browsers That Don’t Support Frames    .Web: 916

Summary    .Web: 917

Index    801

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