Chapter 1. Dreamweaver CS4 Guided Tour
Dreamweaver CS4 is a powerful program for designing and building Web sites. If you’re brand-new to Dreamweaver, then turn to What Dreamweaver Is All About to get an overview of what this program can do and what’s new in this latest version. This chapter provides a basic overview of the different windows, toolbars, and menus that you’ll use every time you build a Web page. You’ll also learn to set up the program so you can begin building Web pages. And, because doing is often a better way to learn than just reading, you’ll get a step-by-step tour of Web page design—the Dreamweaver way—in the tutorial at the end of this chapter.
The Dreamweaver CS4 Interface
Dreamweaver CS4’s interface is a big departure from previous versions of the program. Adobe has scrapped the original Dreamweaver look and feel, and replaced it with one that’s shared by other programs in the “Creative Suite” like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. Even long-time Dreamweaver owners will have a little learning to do to get up to speed with the program’s new layout. And not only is the program’s look different, but the interface is very customizable: You can display the various windows in a variety of different ways to match your monitor size and how you want to work with the program.
Out-of-the-box, Dreamweaver organizes its various windows as a unified whole (see Figure 1-1). That is, the edges of all the different windows touch; resizing one window affects the others around ...