DDC Learning Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 & 4

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From the Back Cover Design， Develop， and customize Your Web Site Learning Dreamweaver 3 and 4 unlocks the potential of one of the most popular Web editing applications available. From basic design elements to adding animation， multimedia， and interactivity， you will learn through clear illustrations， non-technical language， and hands-on exercises. Create and manage a new Web site Organize information and streamline delivery Enhance a site with backgrounds， graphics， and multimedia Diagnose and troubleshoot HTML code Publish for multiple browsers Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. What This Book Is About Learning Macromedia Dreamweaver versions 3 and 4 is written for beginning and intermediate Web page designers. The book assumes the reader has a working knowledge of the Internet， basic design elements， and common Windows navigation. Who Should Read This Book? This book is for everyone who needs to know how to add solid design and interactivity to his or her Web site. You can use this book as a chapter-by-chapter tutorial on many Dreamweaver features or refer to it on an as-needed topical basis. You should read this book if you need to design， manage， and modify a Web site and want to learn how to add interactive and advanced elements to its pages. What You Need To gain the most from this book， you will need: Knowledge of fundamental Windows navigation and terminology. A PC with at least a 266Mhz processor and 64MB of RAM. (More RAM and a faster processor will make your work go faster so that you can spend more time learning and . using Dreamweaver's robust features.) Dreamweaver 3 or Dreamweaver 4. An Internet browser version 4 or higher， such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator， that supports multimedia， animation， and advanced interactive features. How This Book Is Organized You begin with Web site basics and then move to advanced features. Chapter 1: Dreamweaver Workspace and Menus. This chapter introduces the program and its workspace. You will take a quick tour of the Dreamweaver menus and the Dreamweaver 4 toolbar. You will also learn how to start and exit the program. Chapter 2: Setting Up a Site. This chapter takes you through the process of setting up a new site in either Dreamweaver 3 or Dreamweaver 4. You will learn how to create and save Web pages， work with some of Dreamweaver's most useful palettes， and view site files. Chapter 3: Enter and Format Text. This chapter discusses how to enter and import text to create Web site content. You will learn how to format text in many ways: change text fonts， sizes， styles， and colors; change text alignment; and create lists. Chapter 4: Links and the Site Window. This chapter introduces hyperlinks (or simply links)， the means by which visitors navigate a Web site. You will learn how to create relative links within a site， absolute links to other sites， links to named anchors on a page， and links to e-mail addresses. You will also learn more about the Site window and how to view and modify the site map. Chapter 5: HTML Tools and History Palette. In this chapter， you will learn some HTML basics and explore the Dreamweaver tools for viewing and modifying HTML code: the HTML Source inspector (Dreamweaver 3) and the Code view options (Dreamweaver 4). You will insert keywords for the site and a date. You will also learn how to use the History palette to repeat or undo tasks. Chapter 6: Images and Graphic Elements. This chapter explores some of Dreamweaver's graphic capabilities. You will add horizontal rules， apply background colors and images， and insert images on Web pages. You will also learn how to modify image size and position an image so text wraps around it. Finally， you will create image maps that contain hotspots used to link to other pages. Chapter 7: Templates， the Library， and Design Notes. This chapter covers three important Dreamweaver features. You will create and use a template to give pages a consistent look. After you store items in the Library， you will insert them throughout the Web site. You will also learn how to create Design Notes for pages in the site. Chapter 8: Tables and Navigation Bars. This chapter introduces you to HTML tables， used to organize information or an entire Web page. You will create and format a table to hold data on a page. You will also learn how to create a navigation bar to provide links to all pages in a site. Chapter 9: Advanced Table Features. In this chapter， you will structure a Web page using Dreamweaver 3's table features or Dreamweaver 4's Layout view features. You will also learn how to import tabular data into a table， sort table content， and apply an automatic table format. Chapter 10: Create Forms. This chapter walks you through the process of creating a form and inserting various types of form fields: text boxes， radio buttons， checkboxes， list-menu boxes， and buttons. You will learn how to link a form to a script and test a form. Chapter 11: Layering for Design Flexibility. This chapter introduces Dreamweaver layers， containers that can hold any type of HTML content and be placed exactly on the page. You will learn how to create， resize， position， and format layers to add visual impact to a page. Chapter 12: Frame Pages. This chapter shows you how to create frames on a Web page to open specific Web page content. You will learn how to set up and modify frames in a frameset and how to specify target frames for links. Chapter 13: Styles and Style Sheets. Style sheets are used to apply consistent formats throughout a Web site. You will learn how to create custom styles and an external style sheet that can be applied to all pages in a site. You will also learn how to modify HTML styles to customize page formats. Chapter 14: Behaviors. Behaviors are actions that occur when visitors interact with a Web page. In this chapter， you will learn how to apply some of Dreamweaver's commonly used behaviors to specific events. Chapter 15: Timelines. A timeline is a Dreamweaver feature that allows you to create animated effects on a Web page. This chapter introduces timelines and shows you how to create animations and control behaviors using a timeline. Chapter 16: Multimedia Objects. This chapter introduces the multimedia capabilities of Dreamweaver and shows you how to insert， modify， and view Flash and Shockwave movies. If you are using Dreamweaver 4， you will learn how to create Flash buttons and Flash text. Chapter 17: Managing and Publishing a Web Site. This chapter explores some regular site maintenance operations， such as testing a site for a target browser， managing assets (in Dreamweaver 4)， checking and modifying links， and running reports (in Dreamweaver 4). You will also learn how to put files on an FTP or local server and how to use the Check In/Out feature to control access to sites maintained by a team. Appendix A: Dreamweaver Preferences. Dreamweaver allows you to customize the environment in a number of ways using the Preferences dialog box. This appendix explores preferences for both Dreamweaver 3 and Dreamweaver 4 and provides guidance on changing preferences. Glossary. A comprehensive glossary lists and defines terms that appear in boldface throughout the book. Conventions Used in This Book Learning Macromedia Dreamweaver versions 3 and 4 is designed to make your learning experience easy and enjoyable. All new concepts are discussed thoroughly in the text with accompanying illustrations. Key terms are boldfaced to stand out from surrounding text. Step-by-step instructions for performing specific tasks appear in the Procedures section of each chapter. The text also include Cautions， Notes， and Tips to provide warnings or supplementary information for the topic under discussion. Cautions are designed to help you avoid frustrating problems and rework and， on occasion， to prevent loss of data or risking the functionality and appearance of your Web files. Notes provide additional helpful or interesting information. Tips often suggest helpful information designed to provide workarounds， insightful pointers， and other ways of creating an effect or outcome.

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