Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Illustrated (Book Only) (Illustrated Series)

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 7
Brief Contents......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Coverage......Page 13
Assignments......Page 14
COURSENOTES......Page 15
Instructor Resources......Page 16
What do I do if my screen is different from the figures shown in this book?......Page 17
How do I create Web sites that have not been built through previous consecutive units? (Macintosh)......Page 18
What do I do if I see a Server Busy dialog box?......Page 19
Adobe® Photoshop® CS5—Illustrated Chris Botello (0538477814)......Page 20
Author Acknowledgements......Page 21
Unit A: Getting Started with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5......Page 22
Defining Web Design Software......Page 23
Starting Adobe Dreamweaver CS5......Page 25
Using Dreamweaver layouts......Page 26
Viewing the Dreamweaver Workspace......Page 27
Working with Views and Panels......Page 29
Using panel groups......Page 30
Opening or creating different document types with Dreamweaver......Page 31
Displaying and docking panel groups......Page 32
Viewing Web Page Elements......Page 33
Getting Help......Page 35
Viewing a Web Page in a Browser Window......Page 37
Choosing a window size......Page 38
Saving and closing Dreamweaver files......Page 39
Using Adobe Community Help......Page 40
Practice......Page 41
Unit B: Creating a Web Site......Page 46
Planning a Web Site......Page 47
IP addresses and domain names......Page 48
Creating a Folder for Web Site Management......Page 49
Managing files......Page 50
Using the Web as your classroom......Page 51
Why name the folder “assets”?......Page 53
Using the Files panel for file management......Page 54
Choosing filenames......Page 55
Making a good first impression......Page 57
Planning the page layout......Page 58
Managing a project with a team......Page 59
Practice......Page 61
Unit C: Developing a Web Page......Page 68
Planning the Page Layout......Page 69
Designing for accessibility......Page 70
Creating the Head Content......Page 71
Entering titles, keywords, and descriptions......Page 72
Setting Web Page Properties......Page 73
Using Web-safe colors......Page 74
Creating and Formatting Text......Page 75
Adding Links to Web Pages......Page 77
Using the History panel......Page 79
Checking your screen against book figures......Page 80
Viewing HTML Code......Page 81
Understanding XHTML vs. HTML......Page 82
Testing and Modifying Web Pages......Page 83
Using smart design principles......Page 84
Practice......Page 85
Unit D: Working with Text and Cascading Style Sheets......Page 94
Importing Text......Page 95
Importing and linking Microsoft Office documents......Page 97
Creating an Unordered List......Page 99
Coding for the semantic Web......Page 100
Understanding Cascading Style Sheets......Page 101
Using the CSS and HTML Property inspector......Page 102
Creating a Style in a New Cascading Style Sheet......Page 103
Understanding CSS code......Page 105
Using font combinations in styles......Page 107
Choosing fonts......Page 109
Using Find and Replace......Page 111
Practice......Page 113
Unit E: Using and Managing Images......Page 122
Inserting an Image......Page 123
Using dynamic images......Page 125
Resizing an image using the Property inspector......Page 127
Resizing graphics using an external editor......Page 128
Using Alternate Text and Setting Accessibility Preferences......Page 129
Providing for accessibility with alternate text......Page 130
Using the terms graphics and images......Page 131
Using Favorites in the Assets panel......Page 132
Inserting a Background Image......Page 133
Integrating Photoshop and Fireworks with Dreamweaver CS5......Page 134
Inserting files with Adobe Bridge......Page 135
Image file management......Page 136
Creating and Finding Images for a Web Site......Page 137
Examine Copyright Rules......Page 139
Using proper methods to cite content......Page 140
Practice......Page 141
Unit F: Creating Links and Menu Bars......Page 150
Understanding Links and Paths......Page 151
Creating an effective navigation structure......Page 152
Creating an External Link......Page 153
Ensuring error-free URLs......Page 154
Linking to the home page......Page 155
Inserting a Named Anchor......Page 157
Creating Internal Links to Named Anchors......Page 159
Using the Code Navigator......Page 160
Creating a Spry Menu Bar......Page 161
Inserting a Fireworks menu bar......Page 162
Adding Menu Bar Items......Page 163
Viewing your page in Live View......Page 164
Formatting a Menu Bar......Page 165
Copying a Menu Bar to Other Pages......Page 167
Creating an Image Map......Page 169
Creating and modifying hotspots......Page 170
Managing Web Site Links......Page 171
Designing for easy navigation......Page 172
Practice......Page 173
Unit G: Using CSS for Page Layout......Page 184
Understanding CSS Layouts......Page 185
Using Dreamweaver sample pages......Page 186
Creating a Page Using CSS Layouts......Page 187
Recognizing and addressing printing issues......Page 188
Understanding selector types......Page 189
Editing Content in Divs......Page 191
Using Visual Aids as design tools......Page 192
Editing CSS Layout Properties......Page 193
Using the Adobe CSS Advisor and Adobe BrowserLab for cross-browser rendering issues......Page 194
Inserting an AP Div......Page 195
Creating special effects with AP divs......Page 196
Positioning and Sizing an AP Div......Page 197
Placing the most important information first......Page 198
Adding Content to an AP Div......Page 199
Understanding the Overflow property......Page 200
Understanding AP div code......Page 201
Practice......Page 203
Unit H: Positioning Page Content with HTML Tables......Page 214
Using HTML table tags......Page 215
Using visual aids......Page 216
Selecting a table......Page 217
Setting table and cell widths for page layout......Page 218
Resizing Tables, Rows, and Columns......Page 219
Resetting table widths and heights......Page 220
Using nested tables......Page 221
Adding and deleting rows and columns......Page 222
Using Live View to check pages......Page 223
Vertically aligning cell contents......Page 224
Adding Text......Page 225
Importing and exporting tabular data......Page 226
Formatting and Modifying Cell Content......Page 227
Setting accessibility preferences for tables......Page 228
Formatting cells and cell content......Page 229
Using grids and guides for positioning page content......Page 230
Practice......Page 231
Unit I: Collecting Data with Forms......Page 242
Planning form layout......Page 243
Accessible forms......Page 244
Creating user-friendly forms......Page 245
Processing forms......Page 246
Adding a Text Form Field......Page 247
Understanding text fields......Page 248
Creating good form field labels......Page 249
Using lists and menus......Page 250
Creating accessible HTML form objects......Page 251
Using the Adobe Exchange......Page 253
Setting the Form Properties......Page 254
Formatting and Testing a Form......Page 255
Updating Files......Page 257
Practice......Page 259
Unit J: Adding Media and Interactivity......Page 270
Understanding Media Objects......Page 271
Using Adobe Flash Player to view Flash content......Page 272
Add Flash Objects......Page 273
Using Flash movies......Page 274
Using the Behaviors panel to add Actions......Page 275
Using the Spry framework......Page 276
Using the Server Behaviors panel......Page 277
Add Rollover Images......Page 279
Add Flash Video......Page 281
Comparing video types......Page 282
Incorporate Web 2.0 Technology......Page 283
How to incorporate Web 2.0 components......Page 284
Practice......Page 285
Appendix 1: Using Templates......Page 294
Understanding Templates......Page 295
Using InContext Editing......Page 296
Creating Templates......Page 297
Creating Templates Based on an Existing Page......Page 299
Finding downloadable templates......Page 300
Understanding optional regions......Page 301
Attaching a template to an existing page......Page 303
Practice......Page 305
Appendix 2: Presenting and Publishing a Web Site......Page 306
Collecting Feedback......Page 307
Conducting Technical Tests......Page 309
Using the Browser Compatibility check to manage styles......Page 310
Using wireframes for planning, development, and presentation......Page 311
Setting up Remote Access......Page 313
Choosing remote access options......Page 314
Publishing Your Site......Page 315
Managing a Web site with a team......Page 316
Practice......Page 317
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