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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Name: Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
Author: David Sawyer McFarland
ISBN: 9780596006310

by David Sawyer McFarland

February 2004

Beginner to intermediate

848 pages

30h 4m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
The Missing Credits
About the AuthorAbout the Creative TeamAcknowledgmentsThe Missing Manual Series
Introduction
What’s New in Dreamweaver MX 2004HTML, XHTML, and CSS 101Of Tags and PropertiesXHTML, TooAdding Style with Cascading Style SheetsThe Very BasicsAbout This BookAboutTheseArrowsMacintosh and WindowsAbout the OutlineLiving ExamplesAbout MissingManuals.com
I. Building a Web Page
1. Dreamweaver MX 2004 Guided Tour
1.1. Welcome to Dreamweaver MX 20041.1.1. What MX 2004 Is All About1.1.2. Why Dreamweaver?1.2. The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Interface1.2.1. The Document Window1.2.2. The Insert Bar1.2.3. The Property Inspector1.2.4. Panel Groups1.3. The Dreamweaver Test Drive1.3.1. Phase 1: Creating a Web Site1.3.2. Phase 2: Setting Preferences1.3.3. Phase 3: Creating and Saving a Web Page1.3.4. Phase 4: Adding Images and Text1.3.5. Phase 5: Preview Your Work1.3.6. Phase 6: Finishing the Page
2. Adding Text to Your Web Pages
2.1. Adding Text in Dreamweaver2.1.1. Adding Special Characters2.1.1.1. Line breaks2.1.1.2. Non-breaking spaces2.1.2. Adding a Date to Your Page2.2. Copying and Pasting Text2.2.1. Simple Copy and Paste2.2.2. Pasting Text from Word: The Basic Method2.2.3. Pasting Text with Word Formatting2.2.4. Pasting Excel Spreadsheet Information2.2.5. Importing Word and Excel Documents (Windows)2.3. Selecting Text2.4. Spell Checking2.4.1. About Dictionaries2.4.2. Performing the Check2.5. Undo, Redo, and the History Panel2.5.1. Undo2.5.2. History Panel
3. Text Formatting
3.1. Paragraph Formatting3.1.1. Paragraphs3.1.2. Headlines3.1.3. Preformatted Text3.1.4. Paragraph Alignment3.1.5. Indented Paragraphs3.2. Lists3.2.1. Bulleted and Numbered Lists3.2.1.1. Creating a new bulleted or numbered list3.2.1.2. Formatting existing text as a list3.2.2. Reformatting Bulleted and Numbered Lists3.2.2.1. Adding new items to a list3.2.2.2. Changing bullets and numbers3.2.2.3. Nested lists3.2.3. Definition Lists3.2.4. Removing and Deleting List Items3.2.4.1. Removing list items3.2.4.2. Deleting list items3.3. Character Formatting3.3.1. Text Styles3.3.2. Fonts3.3.2.1. Applying font formatting3.3.2.2. Creating custom font lists3.3.3. Font Size3.3.4. Font Color3.3.5. Character Formatting Behind the Scenes3.3.6. Character Formatting Styles3.3.6.1. Applying styles3.3.6.2. Removing styles3.3.6.3. Editing styles
4. Links
4.1. Understanding Links4.1.1. Absolute Links4.1.2. Document-Relative Links4.1.3. Root-Relative Links4.1.4. Link Types in Action4.1.4.1. Links from the Home page (index.html) to the Subscribe page4.1.4.2. Links from the Classifieds page to the Strawberry page4.1.4.3. Links from the Match page to the Advertise page4.1.4.4. The Executive summary4.2. Adding a Link4.2.1. Browsing for a File4.2.2. Using the Point-to-File Icon4.2.3. Typing (or Pasting) the URL or Path4.2.4. Using the Hyperlink Object4.3. Adding an Email Link4.4. Linking Within a Web Page4.4.1. Phase 1: Creating an anchor4.4.2. Phase 2: Linking to an anchor4.4.3. Viewing and hiding anchors4.5. Modifying a Link4.5.1. Changing a link’s destination4.5.2. Removing a link
5. Images
5.1. Adding Images5.1.1. Adding an Image Placeholder5.2. Modifying an Image5.2.1. Naming an Image5.2.2. Adding a Text Description to an Image5.2.3. Changing the Size of an Image5.2.4. Aligning an Image5.2.5. Adding a Margin Around an Image5.2.6. Adding a Border5.3. Editing Graphics5.3.1. The Built-In Editing Tools5.3.1.1. Cropping an image5.3.1.2. Resampling an image5.3.1.3. Brightness and contrast5.3.1.4. Sharpening images5.3.2. Setting Up an External Editor5.3.3. Editing Images with Fireworks5.3.3.1. Optimizing an image with Fireworks5.4. Image Maps5.4.1. Editing a hotspot’s properties5.5. Rollover Images5.6. Flash Buttons5.6.1. A Warning about Flash5.6.1.1. Adding a Flash button to a Web page5.6.1.2. Editing Flash buttons5.6.1.3. Previewing Flash buttons5.7. Flash Text5.7.1. Adding Flash text to a Web page5.7.1.1. Editing Flash text5.7.1.2. Resizing Flash text5.8. Tutorial: Adding Rollovers

II. Building a Better Web Page
6. Cascading Style Sheets
6.1. Cascading Style Sheet Basics6.1.1. Why Use CSS?6.1.2. Internal vs. External Style Sheets6.1.3. Types of Styles6.2. Creating Styles6.2.1. Phase 1: Set Up the CSS Type6.2.2. Phase 2: Defining the Style6.3. Using Styles6.3.1. Linking to an External Style Sheet6.3.2. Applying a Class Style6.3.3. Un-Applying a Class Style6.4. Manipulating Styles6.4.1. Editing Styles6.4.2. Editing Styles with the Rule Inspector6.4.3. Deleting a Style6.4.4. Renaming a Class Style6.4.5. Duplicating a Style6.5. More About Styles6.5.1. Inheritance6.5.2. Cascading6.5.3. Using the Relevant CSS Panel6.6. Advanced Styles6.6.1. Pseudo-classes6.6.2. IDs6.6.3. Contextual Selectors (Descendent Selectors)6.6.3.1. Creating the “Context”6.6.3.2. Creating Contextual Selectors6.7. Style Properties6.7.1. Type Properties6.7.2. Background Properties6.7.2.1. Background Color6.7.2.2. Background Image6.7.2.3. Repeat6.7.2.4. Attachment6.7.2.5. Horizontal and Vertical Position6.7.3. Block Properties6.7.4. Box Properties6.7.5. Border Properties6.7.6. List Properties6.7.7. Positioning Properties6.7.8. Extensions6.8. Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial6.8.1. Creating an External Style Sheet6.8.2. Editing a Style6.8.3. Creating a Class Style6.8.4. Formatting Images6.8.5. Creating Contextual Selectors6.8.6. Attaching an External Style Sheet
7. Page Layout 101
7.1. Table Basics7.2. Layout Mode7.2.1. How to Draw a Table in Layout Mode7.2.2. Layout Table Properties7.2.2.1. Table dimensions7.2.2.2. Background color7.2.2.3. Cell padding and cell spacing7.2.3. How to Draw a Layout Cell7.2.4. Layout Cell Properties7.2.4.1. Alignment7.2.5. Moving and Resizing Layout Cells and Layout Tables7.2.6. Building Flexible Page Layouts in Layout Mode7.2.6.1. Creating a flexible-width table7.2.6.2. Adding spacer images7.2.6.3. Removing spacer images7.2.7. Using a Tracing Image7.2.7.1. Hiding a tracing image7.2.7.2. Moving a tracing image7.3. Inserting a Table in Standard View7.4. Selecting Parts of a Table in Standard View7.4.1. Selecting a Table7.4.2. Selecting Rows or Columns7.4.3. Selecting Cells7.5. Expanded Table Mode7.6. Formatting Tables7.6.1. Aligning Tables7.6.2. Clearing Height and Width Values7.6.3. Decorating a Table7.6.4. Resizing a Table7.7. Modifying Cell and Row Properties in Standard View7.7.1. Alignment Properties7.7.2. Table Header7.7.3. A Property to Forget7.7.4. Cell Decoration7.7.4.1. Adding cell background colors7.7.4.2. Adding cell background images7.7.5. Setting Cell Dimensions7.7.6. Tips for Surviving Table Making7.7.6.1. The contents take priority7.7.6.2. Set each column manually7.7.6.3. There is no such thing as column width, only cell width7.7.6.4. Do the math7.7.6.5. The Spacer Image Revisited7.8. Adding and Removing Rows and Columns7.8.1. Adding One Row or Column7.8.2. Adding Multiple Rows or Columns7.8.3. Deleting Rows and Columns7.9. Merging and Splitting Cells7-10. Nesting Tables in Standard View7.11. Tabular Data7.11.1. Importing Data into a Table7.11.2. Sorting Data in a Table7.11.3. Exporting Table Data7.12. Tables Tutorial7.12.1. Getting Started7.12.2. Creating a New Page and Setting Its Properties7.12.3. Using a Tracing Image7.12.4. Building the Banner in Layout Mode7.12.5. Improving the Banner7.12.6. Building the Content Table7.12.7. Using CSS to Control Table Cells7.12.8. Using the Table Object
8. Page Layout 2004
8.1. Introducing CSS Layout8.2. The Basics8.3. Creating CSS Styles for Layers8.3.1. The CSS Positioning Properties8.3.1.1. Positioning Type8.3.1.2. Width and Height8.3.1.3. Visibility8.3.1.4. Z-Index8.3.1.5. Overflow8.3.1.6. Placement8.3.1.7. Clip8.4. Applying the Layer Style8.5. Drawing with the Layer Tool8.6. The Layers Panel8.7. Modifying Layer Properties8.7.1. Resizing Layers8.7.2. Moving Layers8.7.3. Aligning Layers8.7.4. Background Image and Color8.8. Nesting Layers8.8.1. Undoing nested layers8.9. CSS Layout Tutorial8.9.1. Getting Started8.9.2. Adding a Banner Layer8.9.3. Creating the Sidebar8.9.4. Positioning the Main Content8.9.5. Fine-tuning the Design
9. Frames
9.1. The Frame Page9.2. Creating Frames9.2.1. Nested Framesets9.3. Selecting Frames and Framesets9.4. Saving Framesets and Frames9.4.1. Saving multiple frames9.5. Frame and Frameset Properties9.5.1. Frameset Borders9.5.2. Frame Size9.5.3. Frame Properties9.5.3.1. Name9.5.3.2. Src9.5.3.3. Scroll9.5.3.4. No Resize9.5.3.5. Margin Width and Margin Height9.5.3.6. Border and Border Color9.6. Targeting Links9.7. Inserting a Navigation Bar
10. Under the Hood: HTML
10.1. Roundtrip HTML10.1.1. Auto-Fixing Your Code10.1.2. Web Application Server Pages10.1.3. Special Characters and Encoding10.2. Code View10.2.1. Code Hints10.2.2. Setting Code Formatting10.2.2.1. Indents10.2.2.2. Text Wrapping10.2.2.3. Line Breaks10.2.2.4. Case for Tags and Attributes10.2.2.5. No Break After TD10.2.2.6. Centering10.3. Quick Tag Editor10.3.1. Using the Quick Tag Editor10.4. Tag Inspector10.5. Reference Panel10.6. Inserting JavaScript
III. Bringing Your Pages to Life
11. Forms
11.1. Form Basics11.1.1. The Code Backstage11.2. Creating a Form11.3. Adding Form Elements11.3.1. What All Form Elements Have in Common11.3.2. Text Fields11.3.3. Checkboxes11.3.4. Radio Buttons and Radio Groups11.3.4.1. Radio Group.11.3.5. Pull-down Menus and Lists11.3.6. File Field11.3.7. Hidden Field11.3.8. Buttons11.3.9. Labels and Fieldsets11.3.9.1. The Label tag11.3.9.2. The Fieldset tag11.4. Validating Forms11.5. Forms Tutorial11.5.1. Getting Started11.5.2. Inserting a Form and Creating a Structure11.5.3. Adding Labels and Form Elements11.5.4. Adding a Menu and Submit Button11.5.5. Styling the Form11.5.6. Validating the Form
12. Dreamweaver Behaviors
12.1. Understanding Behaviors12.1.1. Behavior Elements12.1.2. More About Events12.2. Applying Behaviors12.2.1. The Behaviors Panel12.2.2. Behaviors, Step by Step12.2.2.1. Adding multiple behaviors12.2.3. Editing Behaviors12.2.4. A Quick Example12.3. Events for 4.0 Browsers12.3.1. Mouse Events12.3.2. Keyboard Events12.3.3. Body and Frameset Events12.3.4. Selection and Highlighting Events12.3.5. Form Events12.4. The Actions, One by One12.4.1. Navigation Actions12.4.1.1. Show Pop-Up Menu12.4.1.2. Open Browser Window12.4.1.3. Go to URL12.4.1.4. Jump Menu and Jump Menu Go12.4.1.5. Check Browser12.4.2. Image Actions12.4.2.1. Preload Images12.4.2.2. Swap Image12.4.2.3. Swap Image Restore12.4.2.4. Set Navigation Bar Image12.4.3. Message Behaviors12.4.3.1. Popup Message12.4.3.2. Set Text of Status Bar12.4.3.3. Set Text of Text Field12.4.3.4. Set Text of Layer12.4.3.5. Set Text of Frame12.4.4. Multimedia Actions12.4.4.1. Control Shockwave or Flash12.4.4.2. Play Sound12.4.4.3. Check Plug-in12.4.5. Layer Actions12.4.5.1. Show and Hide Layers12.4.5.2. Drag Layers12.4.6. Advanced Actions12.4.6.1. Call JavaScript12.4.6.2. Change Property12.5. Creating an External JavaScript Library12.6. Adding More Behaviors
13. Flash, Shockwave, and Other Multimedia
13.1. Flash13.1.1. Inserting a Flash Movie13.1.2. Flash Movie Properties13.1.2.1. Naming a Flash movie13.1.2.2. The Movie file13.1.2.3. Src property13.1.2.4. Movie size13.1.2.5. Play options13.1.2.6. Margins13.1.2.7. Quality settings13.1.2.8. Scaling13.1.2.9. Alignment13.1.2.10. Background color13.2. Flash Elements13.2.1. Image Viewer Properties13.2.1.1. General Image Viewer properties13.2.1.2. Image options13.2.1.3. Playback options13.3. Shockwave13.3.1. Shockwave Movie Properties13.4. Java Applets13.4.1. Applet Properties13.5. ActiveX Controls13.5.1. ActiveX Properties13.5.1.1. ClassID13.5.1.2. Embed and Src13.6. Plug-Ins13.6.1. Plug-In Properties
IV. Building a Web Site
14. Introducing Site Management
14.1. Structuring a Web Site14.1.1. Defining a Site14.1.1.1. Site name14.1.1.2. Local root folder14.1.1.3. Default images folder14.1.1.4. HTTP address14.1.1.5. Cache14.1.2. Editing or Removing Defined Sites14.1.3. Exporting and Importing Sites14.1.4. Organizing Site Files14.1.5. Adding New Folders and Files14.1.5.1. Adding files14.1.5.2. Adding folders14.1.5.3. Moving files and folders14.1.5.4. Renaming files and folders14.1.5.5. Deleting files and folders14.2. Viewing a Site Map14.2.1. Setting Up Site Map View14.2.2. Viewing and Customizing Site Map View14.2.2.1. Identifying pages in the Site Map14.2.2.2. Viewing just part of a Web site14.2.2.3. Hiding extraneous links14.2.3. Renaming Pages in the Site Map14.3. Site Assets14.3.1. Viewing the Assets Panel14.3.2. Inserting Assets14.3.2.1. Adding color and link assets14.3.3. Favorite Assets14.3.3.1. Identifying your Favorites14.3.3.2. Using your Favorites14.3.3.3. Removing Favorites14.3.3.4. Organizing Favorite assets
15. Testing Your Site
15.1. Site Launch Checklist15.2. Check Browser Support15.2.1. Editing the List of Browsers to Check Against15.3. Validating Web Pages15.3.1. Setting Validation Preferences15.3.2. Validating Web Pages15.3.3. Common Validation Errors15.4. Find and Fix Broken Links15.4.1. Finding Broken Links15.4.1.1. Checking just one page15.4.1.2. Checking specific pages15.4.1.3. Checking the entire Web site15.4.2. Fixing Broken Links15.4.3. Listing External Links15.4.4. Orphaned Files15.4.5. Changing a Link Throughout a Site15.5. Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML)15.6. Site Reporting15.7. Accessibility15.7.1. Accessibility Priorities15.7.2. Accessibility Options15.8. Download Statistics
16. Moving Your Site to the Internet
16.1. Defining a Remote Site16.1.1. Setting Up a Remote Site with FTP16.1.2. Setting Up a Remote Site over a Local Network16.1.3. Setting Up a Remote Site with RDS16.1.4. Setting Up a Remote Site with WebDAV16.1.5. Setting Up a Remote Site with SourceSafe16.2. Transferring Files16.2.1. Moving Files to the Web Server16.2.1.1. Other ways to move files to the Web server16.2.2. Getting Files from the Web Server16.2.3. Cloaking Files16.3. Check In and Check Out16.3.1. Checking Files Out16.3.2. Checking Files In16.3.3. Generating a Report on Checked-Out Files16.4. Synchronizing Site Files16.5. Communicating with Design Notes16.5.1. Setting Up Design Notes16.5.2. Adding Design Notes to a File16.5.3. Viewing Design Notes16.5.4. Organizing the Columns in the Files panel16.5.5. “All Info” Design Notes in Column Views16.5.5.1. Phase 1: Defining the new information types16.5.5.2. Phase 2: Adding the column
V. Dreamweaver 2004 Power
17. Snippets and Libraries
17.1. Snippets Basics17.2. Using Snippets17.3. Creating Snippets17.3.1. Organizing Snippets17.4. Built-in Snippets17.5. Library Basics17.6. Create and Use Library Items17.6.1. Add Library Items to a Page17.7. Edit Library Items17.7.1. Renaming Library Elements17.7.2. Deleting Library Elements17.8. Library Tutorial17.8.1. Creating a Library Item
18. Templates
18.1. Template Basics18.2. Create a Template18.2.1. Turning a Web Page into a Template18.2.2. Building a Template from Scratch18.3. Define Editable Regions18.3.1. Adding a Basic Editable Region18.3.2. Adding a Repeating Region18.3.2.1. Repeating tables18.3.3. Making a Tag Attribute Editable18.4. Adding Optional Regions18.4.1. Locking optional regions18.4.2. Repeating optional regions18.4.3. Optional editable regions18.4.4. Advanced Optional Regions18.4.4.1. Even fancier tricks18.4.4.2. Controlling regions with expressions18.4.5. Editing and Removing Optional Regions18.5. Nested Templates18.5.1. Customizing Nested Templates18.5.2. Using Nested Templates18.6. Building Pages Based on a Template18.6.1. Working with Repeating Regions18.6.2. Changing Properties of Editable Tag Attributes18.6.3. Hiding and Showing Optional Regions18.6.4. Applying a Template to a Page You Already Made18.7. Update a Template18.7.1. Updating Nested Templates18.7.2. Unlinking a Page from a Template18.7.3. Exporting a Template-Based Site18.8. Template Tutorial18.8.1. Creating a Template18.8.2. Creating a Page Based on a Template18.8.3. Updating a Template
19. Automating Dreamweaver
19.1. The History Panel Revisited19.1.1. Replay Your Steps19.1.2. Exceptions and Errors19.1.3. Copying and Pasting Actions19.1.4. Save Steps as Commands19.1.5. Recording Commands19.2. Create Web Photo Album19.3. Find and Replace19.3.1. Find and Replace Basics19.3.2. Basic Text and HTML Searches19.3.2.1. Phase 1: Determine the scope of your search19.3.2.2. Phase 2: Specify what to search for19.3.2.3. Phase 3: Provide the replacement text19.3.2.4. Phase 4: Choose the search settings19.3.2.5. Phase 5: Take action19.3.3. Advanced Text Searches19.3.3.1. Limiting the search by tag19.3.3.2. Limiting the search by attribute19.3.4. Advanced Tag Searches19.3.5. A Powerful Example: Adding Alt Text Fast
20. Customizing Dreamweaver
20.1. Keyboard Shortcuts20.1.1. Make Your Own Shortcut Set20.1.2. Changing Keyboard Shortcuts20.1.3. Create a Shortcut Cheat Sheet20.2. Dreamweaver Extensions20.2.1. Browse the Exchange20.2.2. Find a Good Extension20.2.3. Other Extension Sources20.2.4. Download and Install Extensions20.2.4.1. The Extension Manager20.2.5. Make Your Own Extensions
VI. Dynamic Dreamweaver 2004
21. Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites
21.1. The Dynamic Edge21.2. Pieces of the Puzzle21.2.1. Understanding Server Models21.2.1.1. ASP21.2.1.2. .NET21.2.1.3. ColdFusion21.2.1.4. JSP21.2.1.5. PHP21.2.2. Picking a Server Model21.3. Setting Up Dreamweaver for Dynamic Web Sites21.3.1. Setting Up a Testing Server21.3.2. Setting Up Dreamweaver21.4. Databases Explained (in Five Minutes or Less)21.4.1. Tables and Records21.4.2. Relational Databases21.5. Creating a Dynamic Page21.6. Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database21.6.1. Exploring the Databases Panel
22. Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages
22.1. Retrieving Information22.1.1. Understanding Recordsets22.1.2. Creating Recordsets22.1.3. Filtering Information22.1.4. Comparison Operators for Filters22.1.4.1. Comparing text values22.1.4.2. Comparing numbers22.1.5. Getting Comparison Values22.1.5.1. Form variables22.1.5.2. URL parameters22.1.5.3. Creating a link with a URL parameter22.1.5.4. Creating the recordset for the Results page22.1.6. Advanced Recordsets and SQL22.1.6.1. SQL: The very basics22.1.6.2. Using the Data Tree view22.1.6.3. Creating variables for filtering data22.1.7. Reusing Recordsets22.1.8. Editing Recordsets22.1.9. Deleting Recordsets22.2. Adding Dynamic Information22.2.1. The Bindings Panel22.2.2. Formatting Dynamic Information22.2.3. Deleting Dynamic Information22.3. Displaying Multiple Records22.3.1. Creating a Repeating Table22.3.2. Creating a Repeat Region22.3.3. Editing and Removing a Repeat Region22.4. Recordset Navigation22.4.1. Recordset Navigation Bar22.4.2. Recordset Navigation Status22.5. Viewing Live Data Within Dreamweaver22.5.1. Live Data View Settings22.6. Master Detail Page Set22.7. Passing Information Between Pages22.7.1. Go To Detail Page22.7.2. Go To Related Page22.8. Tutorial: Displaying Database Information22.8.1. Creating a Recordset22.8.2. Formatting Dynamic Information22.8.3. Live Data View and Creating Repeating Regions22.8.4. Editing a Recordset and Linking to a Detail Page22.8.5. Building the Detailed Product Page22.8.6. Filling in the Details22.8.7. Operators Standing By
23. Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records
23.1. Adding Data23.1.1. Dreamweaver’s Record Insertion Form Wizard23.1.2. Using the Insert Record Behavior23.2. Updating Database Records23.2.1. The Insert Update Record Form Wizard23.2.2. The Update Record Server Behavior23.3. Dynamic Form Fields23.3.1. Dynamic Text Form Fields23.3.2. Dynamic Checkboxes and Radio Buttons23.3.2.1. Dynamic radio buttons23.3.2.2. Dynamic checkboxes23.3.3. Dynamic Menus and Lists23.4. Deleting Records23.4.1. Deleting Records for ASP and JSP23.4.2. Deleting Records for PHP, ASP.NET, and ColdFusion23.5. Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data23.5.1. Adding an Insert Product Page23.5.2. Finishing the Insert Form23.5.3. Building a Page for Editing Database Records23.5.3.1. Linking to the Update Page23.5.3.2. Creating the Update Page23.5.4. Creating and Linking to the Delete Page23.5.4.1. Creating the Delete Page
24. Advanced Dynamic Site Features
24.1. Password-Protecting Web Pages24.1.1. The Users Table24.1.2. Creating a Registration Form24.1.3. Creating the Login Page24.1.4. The Log Out User Behavior24.1.5. Protecting Individual Pages24.2. Additional Data Sources24.2.1. For ASP24.2.2. For PHP and ColdFusion:24.2.3. For JSP:24.2.4. URL Variables24.2.5. Form Variables24.2.6. Cookies24.2.7. Session Variables24.2.8. Server Variables24.3. Advanced Server Behaviors24.3.1. Recordset Paging24.3.2. Show Region Server Behaviors24.4. Tutorial: Authentication24.4.1. Building a Login Page24.4.2. Password-Protecting the Administration Pages24.4.3. Displaying a Portion of a Page to Logged-In Users
A. Getting Help
A.1. Getting Help from DreamweaverA.1.1. Getting StartedA.1.2. Detailed AssistanceA.2. Getting Help from MacromediaA.2.1. Free Help by EmailA.2.2. Paid SupportA.2.3. Macromedia Web SiteA.2.4. Quick Reference GuideA.2.5. NewsgroupsA.3. Help from the Real WorldA.3.1. DMX ZoneA.3.2. Community MXA.3.3. Dreamweaver FAQ and Resource SiteA.4. Help Creating Your Own Extensions
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