HOUR 20. Using the Dreamweaver HTML5 Features

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS HOUR:

• What is HTML5

• How to add HTML5 support to Dreamweaver CS5

• How to create HTML5 Pages

• How to use HTML-specific tags, such as video embedding

When Dreamweaver CS5 shipped, it included support for the latest accepted HTML standards, but was lacking support for the up and coming HTML5 language. HTML5, while still in development, has received quite a bit of attention due to heavy support from Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla. It modernizes web markup and eliminates much of the need for specialized plug-ins like Flash.

Recognizing the importance of this emerging standard, Adobe added HTML5 capabilities to Dreamweaver by way of a software update. In other words, ...

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