Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 offers a rich environment for building professional web sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. It comes with everything except perhaps the most important feature of all: a printed manual.Enter Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, the book that enables both first-time and experienced web designers to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. What sets this new edition apart is the crystal-clear writing, welcome humor, and exclusive features like these:

  • Live examples. With a step-by-step annotated tutorial, readers follow the construction of a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with Flash buttons, Cascading Style Sheets, and dynamic databases.
  • Tricks of the trade. The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and shortcuts.
  • Design guidance. Readers can create any modern web feature, including forms, animations, pop-up windows, and more. This book lets you know which browsers, situations, and audiences are appropriate for each.
With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this edition is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver MX 2004.
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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 offers a rich environment for building professional web sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. It comes with everything except perhaps the most important feature of all: a printed manual.Enter Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, the book that enables both first-time and experienced web designers to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. What sets this new edition apart is the crystal-clear writing, welcome humor, and exclusive features like these:

  • Live examples. With a step-by-step annotated tutorial, readers follow the construction of a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with Flash buttons, Cascading Style Sheets, and dynamic databases.
  • Tricks of the trade. The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and shortcuts.
  • Design guidance. Readers can create any modern web feature, including forms, animations, pop-up windows, and more. This book lets you know which browsers, situations, and audiences are appropriate for each.
With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this edition is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver MX 2004.
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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

by David Sawyer McFarland
Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

by David Sawyer McFarland

Overview

Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 offers a rich environment for building professional web sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. It comes with everything except perhaps the most important feature of all: a printed manual.Enter Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, the book that enables both first-time and experienced web designers to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. What sets this new edition apart is the crystal-clear writing, welcome humor, and exclusive features like these:

  • Live examples. With a step-by-step annotated tutorial, readers follow the construction of a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with Flash buttons, Cascading Style Sheets, and dynamic databases.
  • Tricks of the trade. The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and shortcuts.
  • Design guidance. Readers can create any modern web feature, including forms, animations, pop-up windows, and more. This book lets you know which browsers, situations, and audiences are appropriate for each.
With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this edition is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780596552503
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 02/13/2004
Series: Missing Manual Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 850
File size: 27 MB
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About the Author

David Sawyer McFarland is president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., a Web development and training company in Portland, Oregon. He's been building websites since 1995, when he designed an online magazine for communication professionals. He's served as webmaster at the University of California at Berkeley and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center, and oversaw a complete CSS-driven redesign of Macworld.com. David is also a writer, trainer, and teaches in the Portland State Universitymultimedia program. He wrote the bestselling Missing Manual titles on Adobe Dreamweaver, CSS, and JavaScript.

Table of Contents

Introduction1
What's New in Dreamweaver MX 20041
HTML, XHTML, and CSS 1012
The Very Basics7
About This Book7
Part 1Building a Web Page
Chapter 1Dreamweaver MX 2004 Guided Tour13
Welcome to Dreamweaver MX 200413
The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Interface16
The Dreamweaver Test Drive24
Chapter 2Adding Text to Your Web Pages49
Adding Text in Dreamweaver49
Copying and Pasting Text54
Selecting Text59
Spell Checking60
Undo, Redo, and the History Panel62
Chapter 3Text Formatting65
Paragraph Formatting65
Lists72
Character Formatting79
Chapter 4Links93
Understanding Links93
Adding a Link98
Adding an Email Link104
Linking Within a Web Page107
Modifying a Link109
Chapter 5Images111
Adding Images112
Modifying an Image115
Editing Graphics123
Image Maps129
Rollover Images132
Flash Buttons134
Flash Text137
Tutorial: Adding Rollovers141
Part 2Building a Better Web Page
Chapter 6Cascading Style Sheets147
Cascading Style Sheet Basics147
Creating Styles151
Using Styles154
Manipulating Styles158
More About Styles164
Advanced Styles168
Style Properties173
Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial187
Chapter 7Page Layout 101201
Table Basics202
Layout Mode205
Inserting a Table in Standard View218
Selecting Parts of a Table in Standard View221
Expanded Table Mode222
Formatting Tables222
Modifying Cell and Row Properties in Standard View226
Adding and Removing Rows and Columns234
Merging and Splitting Cells236
Nesting Tables in Standard View238
Tabular Data240
Tables Tutorial244
Chapter 8Page Layout 2004265
Introducing CSS Layout265
The Basics267
Creating CSS Styles for Layers267
Applying the Layer Style274
Drawing with the Layer Tool276
The Layers Panel278
Modifying Layer Properties279
Nesting Layers283
CSS Layout Tutorial285
Chapter 9Frames299
The Frame Page299
Creating Frames303
Selecting Frames and Framesets306
Saving Framesets and Frames308
Frame and Frameset Properties309
Targeting Links315
Inserting a Navigation Bar316
Chapter 10Under the Hood: HTML321
Roundtrip HTML321
Code View324
Quick Tag Editor332
Tag Inspector334
Reference Panel335
Inserting JavaScript336
Part 3Bringing Your Pages to Life
Chapter 11Forms341
Form Basics342
Creating a Form343
Adding Form Elements346
Validating Forms360
Forms Tutorial363
Chapter 12Dreamweaver Behaviors377
Understanding Behaviors377
Applying Behaviors380
Events for 4.0 Browsers385
The Actions, One by One389
Creating an External JavaScript Library424
Adding More Behaviors427
Chapter 13Flash, Shockwave, and Other Multimedia429
Flash430
Flash Elements437
Shockwave442
Java Applets444
ActiveX Controls446
Plug-Ins448
Part 4Building a Web Site
Chapter 14Introducing Site Management453
Structuring a Web Site454
Viewing a Site Map471
Site Assets477
Chapter 15Testing Your Site483
Site Launch Checklist483
Check Browser Support485
Validating Web Pages489
Find and Fix Broken Links494
Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML)501
Site Reporting504
Accessibility508
Download Statistics511
Chapter 16Moving Your Site to the Internet513
Defining a Remote Site513
Transferring Files522
Check In and Check Out530
Synchronizing Site Files536
Communicating with Design Notes539
Part 5Dreamweaver 2004 Power
Chapter 17Snippets and Libraries549
Snippets Basics549
Using Snippets550
Creating Snippets551
Built-in Snippets554
Library Basics555
Create and Use Library Items556
Edit Library Items559
Library Tutorial561
Chapter 18Templates565
Template Basics565
Create a Template568
Define Editable Regions570
Adding Optional Regions580
Nested Templates587
Building Pages Based on a Template591
Update a Template596
Template Tutorial601
Chapter 19Automating Dreamweaver611
The History Panel Revisited611
Create Web Photo Album616
Find and Replace619
Chapter 20Customizing Dreamweaver635
Keyboard Shortcuts635
Dreamweaver Extensions640
Part 6Dynamic Dreamweaver 2004
Chapter 21Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites649
The Dynamic Edge649
Pieces of the Puzzle651
Setting Up Dreamweaver for Dynamic Web Sites656
Databases Explained (in Five Minutes or Less)661
Creating a Dynamic Page664
Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database665
Chapter 22Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages673
Retrieving Information673
Adding Dynamic Information690
Displaying Multiple Records693
Recordset Navigation696
Viewing Live Data Within Dreamweaver699
Master Detail Page Set702
Passing Information Between Pages705
Tutorial: Displaying Database Information709
Chapter 23Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records729
Adding Data729
Updating Database Records736
Dynamic Form Fields742
Deleting Records749
Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data753
Chapter 24Advanced Dynamic Site Features775
Password-Protecting Web Pages775
Additional Data Sources785
Advanced Server Behaviors793
Tutorial: Authentication797
AppendixGetting Help809
Getting Help from Dreamweaver809
Getting Help from Macromedia810
Help from the Real World812
Help Creating Your Own Extensions812
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