March 2009
Beginner to intermediate
1321 pages
46h 24m
English
Content preview from Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
104
Part I
Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver CS4
Summary
In this chapter, you were introduced to some of the power of Dreamweaver and had a look at its
well-designed layout. From the Insert panel to the various customizable panels, Dreamweaver offers
you an elegant, flexible workspace for creating next-generation Web sites. Here are some of the key
points covered in this chapter:
Users can choose from eight default workspace layouts or choose to structure their work-
■■
space in whatever manner best suits their workflow. The same basic tools are available in
each layout; the primary difference involves where the panels are located and whether you
have more than one display.
The Document window is your main canvas for visually designing your Dreamweaver Web
■■
pages. This window includes simple, powerful tools such as the Tag Selector, Zoom, and
the Window Size pop-up menu.
Frequently used tools are available on Dreamweaver’s various toolbars. The toolbars can be
■■
displayed or hidden depending on your personal preferences.
The Insert panel is Dreamweaver’s toolbox. Highly customizable, the Insert panel holds
■■
the elements you need most often, grouped into useful categories. You can customize one
category of the Insert panel, Favorites, and place your own most commonly used objects
together.
Dreamweaver’s mechanism for assigning details and attributes to an HTML object is
■■
the Pr ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.