Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Table of Contents

Preparing And Planning A Web Site

Introduction

Asking The Right Questions

Mapping Out The Project

Gathering The Materials

Getting Started With Dreamweaver

Introduction

Viewing The Dreamweaver Window

Creating A Web Site

Creating A Web Document

Setting Properties Tracing Images

Viewing Web Pages Browser Lab

Saving Web Pages

Working With Help

Working With Text

Introduction

Defining The Test Site

Adding Text To A Page

Using Paste Special

Text Selection Techniques

Character And Paragraph Styles Defined

Applying Paragraph And Character Styles

Ordered Unordered Definition Lists

Finding Replacing Text

Working With Images

Introduction

Images In Dreamweaver

Setting Up The Work Site

Adding Images To A New Web Page

Optimizing Images Within Dreamweaver

Using External Editors

Creating A Rollover

Controlling Images With The Properties Panel

Opening PSD Images Directly In Dreamweaver

Creating Links

Introduction

Creating A Link With A Graphic

Generating An Image Map

Creating An Email Link

Linking Web Sites

Linking Within A Single Web Document

Working With Cascading Style Sheets

Introduction

Cascading Style Sheets Overview

Setting Up The Site

Redefining HTML Tags

Exploring CSS Categories

Creating Customized Rules

Modifying CSS Styles

Creating A Compound Style

The CSS Styles Panel

Working With External Cascading Style Sheets

Introduction

Understanding External Style Sheets

Setting Up The Site

Creating An External Style Sheet

Modifying And External Style Sheet

Attaching Removing External Style Sheets

Performing Global Changes

Adding External Style Sheets To A New Page

Putting The Cascade Into CSS

Page Layout With CSS

Introduction

Working With Div Statements

Setting Up The Site

Experimenting With Div Statements

Creating A Web Page With Divs

Centering A Page In The Browser

Working With Backgrounds And Controlling Pages

Controlling Navigation With CSS

Working With Text And Images

Working With Frames

Introduction

Understanding Frames

Setting Up The Site

Creating A Frameset

Creating Navigation With Javascript

Linking Frames To The Navigation

Creating A Scroll With A Frame A Div

Working With The Noframe Option

Controlling Frames Within The Frameset

Dreamweaver And HTML

Introduction

A Look At HTML

Setting Up The Site

Working In Code View

Using The Quick Tag Editor

The Tag Inspector Panel

Working With The Code Navigator

Working With Forms

Introduction

Forms Fields 101

Setting Up The Site

Creating A Form

Adding Formatting Text Fields

Working With Menus Lists

Adding A Text Area

Using Radio Buttons And Checkmarks

Accessing Files With The File Field Option

Adding A Submit Button

Organizing Form Data For The Viewer

Tying It All Together

Working With Dreamweaver Behaviors

Introduction

Setting Up The Site

Adding Behaviors To An Image

Using The Fade And Grow - Shrink Behaviors

Swapping Images With Behaviors

Creating A Unique Rollover

Generating Rollover Buttons

Making A Double-Duty Rollover

Displaying Information With Show Hide

Working With Multimedia

Introduction

Setting Up The Site

Creating A Favicon

Inserting A Flash Document

Working With Flash Properties

Working With FLV Files

Using Movie Files

Moving Your Site To The Server

Introduction

Setting Up The FTP

Working With The Assets Panel

Using Design Notes

Using The Cloak Command

Working With Snippets And Libraries

Introduction

Setting Up The Site

Creating A Snippet

Applying A Snippet

Editing A Snippet

Creating A Library Item

Editing A Library Item

Detaching And Recreating Library Items

Working With Dreamweaver Templates

Introduction

Setting Up The Site

Creating A Template Page

Generating Editable Regions

Removing Editable Regions

Generating A Page From A Template

Editing A Template

Templates And The Assets Panel

Getting Ready For Primetime

Introduction

Using The Search Panel

Working With Regular Expressions

Validating A Site

Checking For Browser Compatibility

Looking For Broken Links

Generating A Site Report

Cleaning Up The Code

Efficiency Through History, Workspaces, And Shortcuts

Introduction

Setting Up The Site

Working With The History Panel

Saving History States As Commands

Creating Customized Workspaces

Saving Time

Search Engine Optimization

Introduction

Search Engine Optimization 101

SEO Do’s And Don’ts

Adding SEO To A Web Page

Conclusion