Dreamweaver 8 : all-in-one desk reference for dummies

Title:

Personal Author:

Jenkins, Sue, 1966-

Series:

--For dummies

Publication Information:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., 2006

ISBN:

9780471781424

Subject Term:

Web sites -- Authoring programs

Web sites -- Design

Added Author:

Davis, Michele E.

Phillips, Jon A. (John Andrew), 1973-

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Nine minibooks, filling nearly 800 pages, take you beyond Dreamweaver basics, giving you the know-how and hands-on techniques necessary to create state-of-the-art Web sites. You'll master Dreamweaver basics, such as laying out pages, adding content to pages, and working with code; develop Web applications and databases; make pages dynamic; and learn to use Dreamweaver with Contribute. Order your copy of this reference to the popular software application today.

Author Notes

Sue Jenkins is a Web/graphic designer, writer, and trainer
Michele E. Davis is a technical writer, editor, and Web designer
John A. Phillips is a programmer, author, and Web developer

Introduction	p. 1
About This Book	p. 1
Conventions Used in This Book	p. 2
What You Don't Have to Read	p. 2
Assumptions About You	p. 3
How This Book Is Organized	p. 3
Icons Used in This Book	p. 5
Where to Go from Here	p. 5
Book I Getting Started	p. 7
Chapter 1 Cruising Around the Dreamweaver 8 Workspace	p. 9
Choosing a Workspace Layout	p. 9
Getting to Know the Dreamweaver Workspace	p. 11
Exploring the Document Window	p. 14
Understanding the Panels and Properties Inspector	p. 18
Customizing the Workspace	p. 23
Setting Dreamweaver Preferences	p. 24
Finding Help	p. 25
Chapter 2 Planning and Designing Your Site	p. 31
Understanding the Web Design Workflow	p. 31
Knowing Your Audience	p. 32
Examining Issues That Impact the Site Design	p. 33
Planning the Site Layout	p. 38
Designing and Optimizing Graphics	p. 39
Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Sites	p. 41
Understanding General Web Site Structure	p. 41
Setting Up a Site with a Wizard	p. 44
Setting Up a Site Using the Advanced Method	p. 46
Managing Multiple Sites	p. 50
Book II Mastering the Basics	p. 53
Chapter 1 Creating Documents	p. 55
Creating a New Document	p. 55
Saving Documents	p. 58
Opening Existing Files	p. 60
Setting Page Properties	p. 61
Understanding Invisible Page Elements	p. 62
Importing Tabular Data Files	p. 64
Importing Word and Excel Files (Windows Only)	p. 65
Chapter 2 Working with Text	p. 67
Adding Text	p. 67
Editing Text	p. 68
Removing Text	p. 69
Pasting Text from Another File	p. 69
Setting Text Properties in the Properties Inspector	p. 70
Creating Inline Style Sheets	p. 74
Inserting Special Characters	p. 75
Creating Lists	p. 76
Editing with the Find and Replace Tool	p. 77
Chapter 3 Inserting Graphics	p. 83
Inserting Images in Your Web Page	p. 84
Editing, Deleting, and Moving Inserted Images	p. 87
Using an Image Placeholder When a Graphic Isn't Ready	p. 87
Setting Image Attributes with the Properties Inspector	p. 88
Creating Interactive Images	p. 94
Chapter 4 Making Links with Text and Images	p. 101
Understanding Hyperlinks	p. 101
Creating Text Links	p. 103
Making Image Links	p. 104
Inserting E-Mail Links	p. 105
Creating Named Anchor Links	p. 106
Creating Temporary Links	p. 109
Setting Link Targets	p. 110
Editing and Deleting Links	p. 110
Using the Tag Chooser	p. 111
Coding Links by Hand	p. 113
Chapter 5 Adding Flash, Movies, Sound, and More	p. 115
Flash Elements You Can Add to Your Web Site	p. 115
Inserting Flash Movies (SWFs)	p. 116
Creating Flash Buttons	p. 119
Inserting Flash Text	p. 121
Inserting FlashPaper	p. 124
Inserting Flash Video	p. 125
Adding Shockwave Movies, Java Applets, and ActiveX Controls	p. 130
Adding Netscape Navigator Plug-ins	p. 135
Acceptable Sound File Formats	p. 136
Adding Other Video and Sound to a Page	p. 138
Launching a Media External Editor	p. 139
Chapter 6 Creating Tables for Layout	p. 141
Creating Tables	p. 141
Turning On Table Visual Aids	p. 146
Formatting Tables with the Properties Inspector	p. 147
Using Preformatted Table Designs	p. 149
Merging and Splitting Rows and Columns	p. 150
Setting Table Width and Heights	p. 153
Adding Rows and Columns to a Table	p. 154
Inserting Text and Images in Table Cells	p. 155
Formatting Individual Table Cells	p. 155
Changing Table Measurements from Pixels to Percentages	p. 156
Importing Tabular Data	p. 157
Sorting Information in a Table	p. 158
Working with Tables Created by Other Programs	p. 159
Chapter 7 Building Fabulous Forms	p. 161
Organizing Data in Your Form	p. 162
Creating a Fabulous HTML Form	p. 163
Adding and Labeling Form Fields	p. 166
Validating a Form with JavaScript	p. 183
Book III Working Like the Pros	p. 185
Chapter 1 Looking Good with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)	p. 187
Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)	p. 188
Exploring Different Style Sheet Types	p. 189
Working with the CSS Styles Panel	p. 192
Looking at What Styles You Can Create	p. 195
Adding a Style to a New or Existing Style Sheet	p. 199
Attaching a Style Sheet to Your Document	p. 202
Applying a Custom Class Style	p. 204
Editing a CSS Style	p. 204
Deleting a CSS Style	p. 206
Exploring the CSS Rule Definition Dialog Box	p. 207
Renaming CSS Styles	p. 219
Exporting Internal Styles to an External Style Sheet	p. 220
Using Design Time Style Sheets	p. 221
Chapter 2 Building Sites with Templates	p. 223
Creating a Template	p. 224
Working with Editable Regions	p. 230
Creating Optional and Optional Editable Regions	p. 237
Creating Repeating Regions	p. 240
Creating Editable Tag Attributes	p. 244
Building Nested Templates	p. 246
Creating a New Document from a Template	p. 248
Editing Templates and Updating Pages	p. 249
Applying Templates to Pages	p. 252
Detaching Templates from Pages	p. 253
Managing Templates	p. 254
Chapter 3 Using Library Items and Server-Side Includes	p. 257
Introducing Library Items	p. 258
Creating Library Items	p. 258
Inserting a Library Item in Your Document	p. 261
Editing and Managing Library Items	p. 263
Understanding Server-Side Includes	p. 268
Creating and Inserting Server-Side Includes	p. 269
Editing Server-Side Includes	p. 273
Chapter 4 Creating Code Snippets and History Panel Commands	p. 275
Understanding What Snippets Do	p. 276
Using Dreamweaver's Snippets	p. 276
Creating Code Snippets	p. 277
Working with Snippets	p. 286
Creating History Panel Commands	p. 288
Chapter 5 Integrating Dreamweaver with Fireworks	p. 293
Preparing to Work with Dreamweaver and Fireworks	p. 294
Using Fireworks Images in Dreamweaver	p. 298
Editing Images in Fireworks Tables	p. 302
Optimizing Your Images in Fireworks	p. 303
Editing Fireworks Pop-Up Menus	p. 305
Using Fireworks HTML in Dreamweaver	p. 306
Updating Fireworks HTML in a Dreamweaver Document	p. 309
Book IV Energizing Your Site	p. 311
Chapter 1 Working with Layers	p. 313
Understanding Layers	p. 314
Creating Layers	p. 315
Managing Layers with the Layers Panel	p. 320
Selecting and Adjusting Layers	p. 323
Setting Layer Properties	p. 325
Controlling Layer Style and Positioning with CSS	p. 328
Controlling Layers with Behaviors	p. 331
Converting Layers to Tables and Tables to Layers	p. 331
Chapter 2 Jazzing Up Pages with JavaScript Behaviors	p. 335
Understanding JavaScript Behaviors	p. 336
Adding JavaScript to Your Page	p. 337
Using Dreamweaver's Default Behaviors	p. 339
Call javaScript	p. 345
Change Property	p. 346
Check Browser	p. 347
Check Plug-In	p. 350
Control Shockwave or Flash	p. 351
Drag Layer	p. 353
Go to URL	p. 356
Jump Menu/Jump Menu Go	p. 357
Open Browswer Window	p. 361
Play Sound	p. 364
Popup Message	p. 365
Preload Images	p. 367
Set Nav Bar Image	p. 368
Set Text of Frame	p. 369
Set Text of Layer	p. 371
Set Text of Status Bar	p. 372
Set Text of Text Field	p. 373
Show-Hide Layers	p. 375
Show Pop-Up Menu	p. 377
Swap Image	p. 381
Swap Image Restore	p. 383
Validate Form	p. 384
Using Third-Party Behaviors	p. 384
Chapter 3 Designing Pages with Frames	p. 387
Understanding Frames	p. 388
Creating Frames and Framesets	p. 390
Adding, Removing, and Resizing Frames	p. 395
Nested Framesets	p. 396
Opening Pages in a Frame	p. 397
Saving Frames and Framesets	p. 399
Titling a Frameset	p. 401
Setting the Background Color of a File in a Frame	p. 402
Setting Frame Properties with the Properties Inspector	p. 402
Frame Accessibility Settings	p. 406
Targeting Frames with Links	p. 407
Adding Noframes Content	p. 409
Creating Floating Frames	p. 411
Chapter 4 Introducing Timelines	p. 417
Using the Timelines Panel	p. 417
Animating Layers in a Timeline	p. 419
Adding Behaviors to a Timeline Animation	p. 424
Editing the Animated Layer's Properties or Image Source	p. 425
Adjusting a Timeline	p. 428
Copying and Pasting a Timeline Animation	p. 429
Working with Multiple Timelines	p. 430
Chapter 5 Making Your Pages XHTML Compliant	p. 433
Understanding the Benefits of Using XHTML with Dreamweaver	p. 433
Getting the Basics of XHTML Syntax	p. 434
Handling Dreamweaver's Automatic XHTML Code Compliance Tools	p. 436
Making Sure Your Documents Follow XHTML Syntax	p. 439
Validating Your XHTML	p. 442
Book V Publishing Your Site	p. 443
Chapter 1 Using Reports to Test Your Site before Publishing	p. 445
Testing Your Site	p. 445
Examining the Results Panel	p. 452
Searching Your Code for Tags and Attributes	p. 452
Validating Your Code	p. 453
Testing Your Pages with Target Browser Check	p. 456
Checking and Fixing Links	p. 460
Handling Workflow and HTML Reports	p. 463
Viewing File Transfer Activity with the FTP Log	p. 466
Debugging a ColdFusion Application (Windows)	p. 466
Chapter 2 Keeping Your Code Clean	p. 469
Eliminating Formatting Issues Before They Occur	p. 470
Checking Your Spelling, Grammar, and Readability	p. 475
Getting Your HTML and XHTML Code Consistent	p. 476
Reviewing Source Formatting and Making Changes	p. 478
Applying Source Formatting	p. 482
Changing Links Sitewide	p. 483
Chapter 3 Preparing to Publish Your Files	p. 485
Creating a Remote Connection	p. 485
Cloaking Your Files and Folders	p. 496
Chapter 4 Publishing Your Web Pages	p. 501
Understanding File Transfer Basics	p. 501
Putting Files on and Getting Files from the Remote Server	p. 503
Keeping Your Local and Remote Site Files activity logs	p. 508
Book VI Working Collaboratively	p. 513
Chapter 1 Working Efficiently with a Team	p. 515
Attaching Design Notes to Your Files	p. 515
Checking Files In and Out	p. 520
Defining File View Columns	p. 523
Using Site Map Layout	p. 525
Chapter 2 Setting Up and Connecting to a Contribute Site	p. 533
Understanding Contribute Best Practices	p. 534
Making a Dreamweaver Site Connection Compatible with Contribute	p. 535
Using Dreamweaver to Administer a Contribute Site	p. 537
Making the Most of Templates	p. 540
Leaving a Trail of Bread Crumbs for Contribute Users	p. 542
Connecting to a Contribute Site	p. 542
Understanding Contribute Special Files	p. 544
Troubleshooting a Contribute Site in Dreamweaver	p. 545
Chapter 3 Managing a Contribute Site	p. 547
Managing Contribute Files Using Dreamweaver	p. 548
Using Dreamweaver to Edit a Contribute Site	p. 553
Book VII Building Web Applications	p. 555
Chapter 1 Building Web Applications	p. 557
Introducing Databases	p. 557
Choosing a Database	p. 559
Choosing a Web Application Platform	p. 559
Adding an Application Server	p. 565
Considering Web/Application Server Combinations	p. 569
Setting Up the Testing Server in Dreamweaver	p. 570
Chapter 2 Configuring Database Connections for PHP	p. 573
Gathering What You Need to Connect to a MySQL Database	p. 573
Adding a PHP Database Connection	p. 577
Editing a PHP Database Connection	p. 580
Deleting a PHP Database Connection	p. 581
Chapter 3 Configuring ASP Database Connections	p. 583
Gathering Database Connection Information	p. 583
Adding an ASP Database Connection	p. 583
Connecting to a Remote Database without a DSN	p. 588
Editing an ASP Database Connection	p. 590
Deleting an ASP Database Connection	p. 591
Chapter 4 Configuring ASP.NET Database Connections	p. 593
Collecting Database Connection Information	p. 593
Adding an ASP.NET Database Connection	p. 593
Editing an ASP.NET Database Connection	p. 600
Deleting an ASP.NET Database Connection	p. 601
Chapter 5 Configuring JSP Database Connections	p. 603
Gathering Database Connection Information	p. 603
Adding a JSP Database Connection	p. 604
Editing a JSP Database Connection	p. 609
Deleting a JSP Database Connection	p. 610
Chapter 6 Configuring ColdFusion Database Connections	p. 611
Pulling Together Database Connection Information	p. 611
Understanding How ColdFusion Connects to Databases	p. 612
Adding a ColdFusion Database Connection	p. 612
Editing a ColdFusion Database Connection	p. 618
Deleting a ColdFusion Database Connection	p. 620
Chapter 7 Dealing with Database Issues	p. 621
Troubleshooting Basic Database Access	p. 622
Problematic Permissions: IIS and File-Based Databases	p. 625
Troubleshooting Microsoft Error Messages	p. 627
Troubleshooting JSP Database Connections	p. 629
Identifying Problems within the Database	p. 629
General Troubleshooting	p. 630
Book VIII Making Pages Dynamic	p. 631
Chapter 1 Preparing Dynamic Content Sources	p. 633
Exploring Your Database in the Databases Panel	p. 634
Defining Form Parameters	p. 635
Defining URL Parameters	p. 637
Defining Session Variables	p. 639
Using a Database as Your Data Source	p. 641
Chapter 2 Using Dynamic Content in Your Web Pages	p. 645
Displaying and Formatting Dynamic Content	p. 645
Working with Database Recordsets	p. 649
Adding Dynamic Form Elements to Your Page	p. 656
Chapter 3 Previewing and Testing Your Dynamic Pages	p. 657
Viewing Live Data in Your Dynamic Web Pages	p. 657
Previewing a Dynamic Web Page in Your Browser	p. 664
Chapter 4 Building Dynamic Forms	p. 667
Inserting Dynamic Form Elements	p. 667
Chapter 5 Advanced Dynamic Data Presentation	p. 675
Using ColdFusion Components	p. 675
Adding Web Services to Your Pages	p. 681
Creating Custom Server Behaviors	p. 684
Book IX Developing Applications Rapidly	p. 689
Chapter 1 Building Master and Detail Pages	p. 691
Building Master and Detail Pages in One Operation (PHP, ASP, JSP, ColdFusion)	p. 692
Developing Master and Detail Pages Block by Block	p. 695
Developing Master and Detail Pages for ASP.NET	p. 701
Testing Your Master and Detail Pages	p. 706
Chapter 2 Creating Search and Results Pages	p. 709
Developing Search and Results Pages for PHP, JSP, ASP, and ColdFusion	p. 709
Creating an ASP.NET Search and Results Page	p. 716
Testing Your Search and Results Pages	p. 721
Chapter 3 Building Record Insert Pages	p. 723
Creating the Record Insert Page in One Operation	p. 723
Building a Record Insert Page Block by Block	p. 727
Testing Your Record Insert Page	p. 732
Chapter 4 Developing Record Update and Delete Pages	p. 735
Building an Update Page	p. 735
Testing Your Update Page	p. 743
Building Pages to Delete a Record	p. 745
Testing Your Delete Page	p. 752
Chapter 5 Using Advanced Data Manipulation Tools	p. 755
ASP Command Objects	p. 755
JSP Prepared Statements	p. 758
Stored Procedures (JSP, ASP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion)	p. 759
Chapter 6 Restricting Site Access	p. 763
Building a Registration Page	p. 763
Building a Login Page	p. 771
Restricting Access to Authorized Users Only	p. 774
Index	p. 777

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