Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic......Page 1
Title page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 6
Let Us Hear Your Voice......Page 8
About the Authors......Page 9
About the Technical Reviewers......Page 16
Table of Contents......Page 3
About the Magic Series......Page 17
How to Make the Most of This Book......Page 18
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 19
Project 1. Using CSS to Position and Style Your Pages......Page 20
It Works Like This......Page 21
Preparing to Work......Page 23
Creating the Structure for the Page......Page 25
Creating Buttons and Background Shapes......Page 35
Taking Font and Link Styling to the Next Level......Page 38
Selectors, Siblings, Descendants, and the Cascade......Page 45
Now Try This......Page 48
Project 2. Creating Toggle-O-Matic Menus......Page 49
It Works Like This......Page 50
Preparing to Work......Page 52
Forging Friendly Hyperlinks to Submenus......Page 53
Time to Identify: ID Attributes for Menu Buttons......Page 55
Getting Classified......Page 57
Containing the Menu with <div> Tags......Page 59
Inserting Submenu <div> Tags......Page 61
Design Time CSS to the Rescue......Page 62
CSS Requirements......Page 64
Toggling with Extensions......Page 67
Now Try This......Page 70
Project 3. Managing Navigation Button States in Template-Controlled Sites......Page 71
It Works Like This......Page 72
Preparing to Work......Page 74
Using Editable Regions......Page 75
Using JavaScript and Editable Regions......Page 79
Using Optional Regions......Page 83
Now Try This......Page 90
Project 4. Controlling Navigation Elements with Templates......Page 91
It Works Like This......Page 92
Preparing to Work......Page 94
Controlling Document Meta Data......Page 96
Modifying the Submenu System......Page 100
Validating the Template......Page 105
Creating the Site Pages in Contribute......Page 108
Now Try This......Page 111
Project 5. Integrating Dreamweaver and Fireworks in Your Projects......Page 112
It Works Like This......Page 113
Preparing to Work......Page 115
Setting Up Dreamweaver's Launch and Edit in Fireworks Feature......Page 116
Creating Fireworks Color Palettes for One-Click Access in Dreamweaver......Page 117
Using Dreamweaver Image Placeholders to Design a Web Page Layout......Page 123
Converting Dreamweaver Image Placeholders to Images in Fireworks......Page 125
Creating Dreamweaver Library Items Within Fireworks......Page 128
Editing Image Library Items in Dreamweaver......Page 131
Now Try This......Page 134
Project 6. Translating a Fireworks Layout into a CSS + HTML Design......Page 135
It Works Like This......Page 136
Preparing to Work......Page 138
Getting the  into Shape......Page 139
Styling the Tables with CSS......Page 142
Styling Individual Cell Properties with the Tag Inspector......Page 145
Styling Page Content with CSS Selectors......Page 149
Styling Individual Objects with Custom Classes......Page 153
Styling Navigation Links......Page 155
Inserting One Lone 
......Page 157
Now Try This......Page 158
Project 7. Using Flash in Dreamweaver......Page 159
It Works Like This......Page 160
Preparing to Work......Page 162
Editing Library Items......Page 164
Using Dreamweaver Flash Text......Page 167
Inserting Library Item Instances into Documents......Page 170
Using FlashVars......Page 172
Using the Flash Date Picker Extension......Page 175
Now Try This......Page 177
Project 8. Sending a Form to Email......Page 178
It Works Like This......Page 179
Preparing to Work......Page 181
Adding Styling to Your Pages with CSS......Page 182
Add a Contact Form......Page 184
Add a Table for Form Layout......Page 185
Adding Text Fields......Page 187
Inserting a Radio Button Group......Page 188
Inserting a Select List and Assigning the Default Display Item......Page 189
Adding Check Boxes for Multiple Selectable Options......Page 190
Placing a Textarea to Accept Freeform Text Entry......Page 191
Placing Buttons to Submit and Reset the Form......Page 192
Build a Form-to-Email Processing Page with Server Behaviors......Page 194
Editing an Existing Server Behavior......Page 196
Now Try This......Page 197
Project 9. Setting Styles Dynamically......Page 198
It Works Like This......Page 199
Preparing to Work......Page 201
Setting Up Your Base Styles......Page 202
Build Color Scheme Style Sheets......Page 206
Creating Color-Friendly Images......Page 210
Using the CSS Switcher Extensions......Page 213
Now Try This......Page 215
Project 10. Creating a Rotating Ad System in ASP.NET......Page 216
It Works Like This......Page 217
Preparing to Work......Page 219
Serving Rotating Banner Ads......Page 221
Uploading Files by Applying a Server Behavior......Page 226
Creating an Upload Page for Ad Administration......Page 229
Prepare a Database Connection to Track Click-Through Traffic......Page 232
Writing the ADO.NET Code to Track Click-Throughs......Page 233
Now Try This......Page 236
Project 11. Creating Dynamic Navigation with Server.Execute......Page 237
It Works Like This......Page 238
Preparing to Work......Page 240
Designing with <div> Tags and Includes......Page 242
Creating the Includes......Page 246
Powering the Content Switcher with Server.Execute......Page 248
Now Try This......Page 253
Project 12. Producing a Sophisticated Interface for CMS with ColdFusion......Page 254
It Works Like This......Page 256
Preparing to Work......Page 258
Setting Up Your Base Pages......Page 259
The Administrator Home Page......Page 261
Inserting New Records......Page 266
Editing and Deleting Records......Page 270
Now Try This......Page 277
Appendix A. Installing Extensions......Page 278
Appendix B. Creating Database Connections......Page 281
Creating ColdFusion Data Sources......Page 282
Creating ASP.NET Database Connections......Page 285
Creating PHP MySQL Database Connections......Page 288