Essentials of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Learn Macromedia's Dreamweaver version 8 using IconLogic's critically
acclaimed "skills & drills" approach.
 Our Essentials of Dreamweaver 8 workbook has been designed
to quickly teach you all of the essential skills necessary to work
with this fantastic Web page development tool. You will learn how
to define sites, format text using cascading style sheets, create
and format tables, create templates, nest templates, use libraries,
create and work with online forms, create and use frames, create
Navigation Bars, disjointed rollovers, create animations using the
Timeline, and even FTP your completed files to your Web host.
There are also "Confidence Checks" in each module and
online labs and quizzes that will reinforce what you have learned.
All this, and most people will be able to finish within 3 short
days (or less).
Note: The book comes with a CD that contains all of the
student data files necessary to complete the book. All you need
is a Macintosh or PC, Dreamweaver version 8, this book and a few
days. Dreamweaver 8 does not come with this book. You can download
a free demo version from Macromedia's
web site.
Here's what you'll learn:
The Basics
Preview the Completed Sites | Create a New Folder for a Site |
Define a New Site | Create New Files | Add Content to a File | Preview
a Web Page in a Browser | Modify Page Properties | Format Text on
a Web Page | Link Web Pages Together | Link Web Pages to Web Sites
| Add an Email Link | Use the History panel
Tables and Layers
Define a New Site | Set Page Properties | Import Table Data | Sort
the Table | Insert Table Rows and Merge Cells | Use the Format Table
Command | Add a Tracing Image to a Page | Create a Layout Table
| Add Images to Table Cells | Add a Tracing Image | Create Layers
| Add Images to Layers | Convert Layers to a Table
Templates, Image Maps and Libraries
Define a New Site | Create a Template | Add a Table to a Template
| Insert Images Inside Table Cells | Add an Editable Region to a
Template | Attach a Template to a Basic Page | Update a Template
| Create an Image Map | Create Library Items | Use Library Items
on Pages | Update Library Items
Code View, CSS and Behaviors
Use Code View | Create a CSS File and Redefine the H1 Tag | Redefine
the H2 Tag | Edit a Style | Redefine Paragraph Tags | Add a Rule
Using the Tag Inspector | Add Custom Styles | Create a Pseudo-class
Selector | Add a Background Image to the Body Tag | Attach a Style
| Duplicate a Style | Add a Check Browser Behavior
Navigation Bars and Pop-Up Menus
Draw a Table | Insert a Navigation Bar | Insert Links and Rollover
Images | Modify a Navigation Bar | Create a Pop-Up Menu | Create
a Submenu
Advanced Templates
Create a Template | Create Editable Regions | Create an Optional
Region in a Template | Make an Attribute Editable | Link a Style
Sheet to a Template | Apply Templates to Pages | Activate an Optional
Region and Change an Editable Attribute Value | Create a Nested
Template | Create Another Nested Template
Forms
Define a New Site | Insert a Form | Add Single Line Text Fields
| Add a List | Add a Radio Group | Add a Check Box | Add a Multi-Line
Text Field with Scroll Bars and a Value | Add Submit and Reset Buttons
| Add a CGI Script to a Form
Working with MS Office Documents
Define a New Site | Open and Clean Up Word HTML | Remove Unwanted
Head Content | Find and Replace Line Break Tags | Find and Replace
Named Anchors | Use the Tag Selector and Quick Tag Editor | Superscript
Text | Crop an Image | Move Images | Import an Excel File
Frames
Define a New Site | Create a Frameset | Add Content to a Frameset
Region | Name Frameset Regions | Link Files into Named Frameset
Regions | Link a Frameset Region into Itself | Control Frame Properties
Drag Layers, Rollovers and Timelines
Add Layers and Graphics to the Page | Add the Drag Layer Behavior
| Create a Rollover Effect | Add a Layer to the Timeline | Set Keyframes
| Add the AutoPlay Behavior to a Timeline | Extend the Timeline
Site Enhancements
Add a Flash Text Object | Add a Meta Tag | Edit a Meta Tag | Add
a Pop-Up Window Behavior | Edit the Position of the Pop-Up Window
| Add Code Snippets | Add a Java Applet to a Page | Change the Size
of a Java Applet | Edit Java Applet Parameters
Dynamic HTML
Create a Simple Rollover | Create a Jump Menu | Edit a Jump Menu
| Format a Page Using Layers and CSS | Create a Disjointed Rollover
| Create Layers | Automatically Resize and Align Layers | Hide Layers
| Add the Show-Hide Layers Behavior | Add a Behavior That Will Display
Original Text | Add the Image Viewer Flash Element | Add Images
to the Flash Element | Change Image Links Used in a Flash Element
| Add AutoPlay and Delay Properties to a Flash Element | Add Captions
to a Flash Element
Site Management and FTP
Define a New Site | Retrieve and Delete Sites | Check and Repair
Sitewide Links | Explore and Use the Site Map | Add Design Notes
to a File | Set Up FTP Access | FTP Files to a Host | Report Missing
Alt Text | Check Out a File
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