Essentials of Dreamweaver MX 2004

Learn Dreamweaver MX using IconLogic's critically acclaimed "skills & drills" approach.

This book 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, use the new Design View to create tables, use the History palette, import text into a table and format tables, create templates, nest templates, use libraries, create and work with online forms, create and use frames, create Navigation Bars, disjointed rollovers, code snippets and even FTP your completed files to your Internet Service Provider.

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 MX version 2004, this book and a few days. Dreamweaver MX 2004 does not come with this book. You can download a free demo version from Macromedia's web site.

Here's exactly 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 | Change the Connection Speed

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

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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