Book description
Adobe's website-development program lets you revamp an existing site, or design, build, and manage a new one without writing a single line of code. But learning Dreamweaver is tricky. This step-by-step guide helps you master this versatile program with jargon-free language, hands-on tutorials, and savvy advice from a Dreamweaver pro.
- Get complete guidance. Go from building your first web page to creating interactive, database-driven sites
- Build skills as you learn. Apply your knowledge using 12 tutorials and downloadable practice files
- Create a thoroughly modern website. Build fast-loading pages based on powerful, easy-to-use CSS tools
- Add instant interactivity. Use pre-packaged JavaScript programs to add forms, drop-down menus, and more
- Tap into databases. Connect your site to a database and build pages that display the information
- Discover hidden tips and tricks. Learn undocumented workarounds and shortcuts
- Have it your way. Customize the way Dreamweaver looks and works to suit your needs
Table of contents
- Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual
- A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
- The Missing Credits
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Introduction
- What Dreamweaver Is All About
- Why Dreamweaver?
- What’s New in Dreamweaver CS5
- HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript 101
- Document Types
- Of Tags and Properties
- XHTML, Too
- Adding Style with Cascading Style Sheets
- Add Interactivity with JavaScript
- The Very Basics
- About This Book
- About→These→Arrows
- Macintosh and Windows
- About the Outline
- Living Examples
- About MissingManuals.com
- Safari® Books Online
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One. Building a Web Page
- 1. Dreamweaver CS5 Guided Tour
- 2. Adding Text to Your Web Pages
- 3. Text Formatting
- 4. Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
- 5. Links
- 6. Images
- 7. Tables
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Two. Building a Better Web Page
- 8. Advanced CSS
- 9. Page Layout
- 10. Troubleshooting CSS
- 11. Under the Hood: HTML
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Three. Bringing Your Pages to Life
- 12. Forms
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13. Spry: Creating Interactive Web Pages
- What is Spry?
- Tabbed Panels
- Accordions
- Collapsible Panels
- Spry Tooltips
- Spry Data Sets
- Live View
- 14. Dreamweaver Behaviors
- 15. Add Flash and Other Multimedia
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Four. Building a Website
- 16. Introducing Site Management
- 17. Testing Your Site
- 18. Moving Your Site to the Internet
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Five. Dreamweaver CS5 Power
- 19. Snippets and Libraries
- 20. Templates
- 21. Automating Dreamweaver
- 22. Customizing Dreamweaver
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Six. Dynamic Dreamweaver
- 23. Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites
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24. Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages
- Retrieving Information
- Adding Dynamic Information
- Displaying Multiple Records
- Recordset Navigation
- Master Detail Page Set
- Passing Information Between Pages
- Viewing Live Data
- Tutorial: Displaying Database Info
- 25. Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records
- 26. Advanced Dynamic Site Features
- 27. Server-Side XML and XSLT
- Seven. Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2010
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449381813
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