Dreamweaver CS5.5: The Missing Manual

Description

Dreamweaver is the tool most widely used for designing and managing professional-looking websites, but it's a complex program. That's where Dreamweaver CS5.5: The Missing Manual comes in. With its jargon-free explanations, 13 hands-on tutorials, and savvy advice from Dreamweaver expert Dave McFarland, you'll master this versatile program with ease.

* Get A to Z guidance. Go from building your first web page to creating interactive, database-driven sites.
* Build skills as you learn. Apply your knowledge through tutorials and downloadable practice files.
* Create a state-of-the-art website. Use powerful, easy-to-use tools such as CSS3 and Spry effects to build visually rich, fast-loading pages.
* Add instant interactivity. Choose from pre-packaged JavaScript programs to add drop-down menus, tabbed panels, forms, and other features.
* Tap into databases. Connect your site to a database and build pages that dynamically sort and display stored information.
* Go mobile. Build and preview websites for smartphones and tablets.
* Discover hidden tips and tricks. Get undocumented workarounds and shortcuts.

CONTENTS:

The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; What Dreamweaver Is All About; Why Dreamweaver?; What’s New in Dreamweaver CS5.5; HTML, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript 101; Document Types; Of Tags and Properties; XHTML, Too; And HTML5, As Well; Add 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; Online Resources; Safari(R) Books Online; Part One: Building a Web Page; Chapter 1: Dreamweaver CS5.5 Guided Tour; 1.1 The Dreamweaver CS5.5 Interface; 1.2 Setting Up a Site; 1.3 Creating a Web Page; 1.4 The Dreamweaver Test Drive; Chapter 2: Adding Text to Your Web Pages; 2.1 Adding Text in Dreamweaver; 2.2 Copying and Pasting Text; 2.3 Selecting Text; 2.4 Spell-Checking; Chapter 3: Text Formatting; 3.1 Paragraph Formatting; 3.2 Creating and Formatting Lists; 3.3 Text Styles; Chapter 4: Introducing Cascading Style Sheets; 4.1 Cascading Style Sheet Basics; 4.2 Creating Styles; 4.3 Using Styles; 4.4 Manipulating Styles; 4.5 Text Formatting with CSS; 4.6 Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial; Chapter 5: Links; 5.1 Understanding Links; 5.2 Adding a Link; 5.3 Adding an Email Link; 5.4 Linking Within a Web Page; 5.5 Modifying a Link; 5.6 Styling Links; 5.7 Creating a Navigation Menu; 5.8 Link Tutorial; Chapter 6: Images; 6.1 Adding Images; 6.2 Inserting an Image from Photoshop; 6.3 Modifying an Image; 6.4 Controlling Images with CSS; 6.5 Editing Graphics; 6.6 Image Maps; 6.7 Rollover Images; 6.8 Tutorial: Inserting and Formatting Graphics; Chapter 7: Tables; 7.1 Table Basics; 7.2 Inserting a Table; 7.3 Selecting Parts of a Table; 7.4 Expanded Table Mode; 7.5 Formatting Tables; 7.6 Modifying Cell and Row Properties; 7.7 Adding and Removing Cells; 7.8 Merging and Splitting Cells; 7.9 Tabular Data; 7.10 Tables Tutorial; Part Two: Building a Better Web Page; Chapter 8: Advanced CSS; 8.1 Compound Selectors; 8.2 Fast Style Editing with the Properties Pane; 8.3 Moving and Managing Styles; 8.4 More About CSS; 8.5 Using the Code Navigator; 8.6 Styling for Print; 8.7 Using CSS3; Chapter 9: Page Layout; 9.1 Types of Web Page Layouts; 9.2 Float Layout Basics; 9.3 Understanding the Box Model; 9.4 Dreamweaver’s CSS Layouts; 9.5 Modifying Dreamweaver’s CSS Layouts; 9.6 Absolute Positioning; 9.7 Adding an AP Div to Your Page; 9.8 Drawing AP Divs; 9.9 The AP Elements Panel; 9.10 Modifying AP Element Properties; 9.11 Nesting AP Divs; 9.12 CSS Layout Tutorial; Chapter 10: Troubleshooting CSS; 10.1 Analyzing CSS with Dreamweaver; 10.2 Checking Browser Compatibility; 10.3 Overcoming Common CSS Problems; 10.4 Handling Internet Explorer 6 Bugs; Chapter 11: Under the Hood: HTML; 11.1 Controlling How Dreamweaver Handles HTML; 11.2 Code View; 11.3 Live Code; 11.4 Quick Tag Editor; 11.5 Tag Inspector; 11.6 Comparing Versions of a Web Page; 11.7 Reference Panel; 11.8 Inserting JavaScript; Chapter 12: Designing Websites for Mobile Devices; 12.1 Previewing at Different Resolutions; 12.2 Media Queries; 12.3 Strategies for Using Media Queries; 12.4 jQuery Mobile; Part Three: Bringing Your Pages to Life; Chapter 13: Forms; 13.1 Form Basics; 13.2 Creating a Form; 13.3 Adding Form Elements; 13.4 Validating Forms; 13.5 Forms Tutorial; Chapter 14: Spry: Creating Interactive Web Pages; 14.1 What is Spry?; 14.2 Tabbed Panels; 14.3 Accordions; 14.4 Collapsible Panels; 14.5 Spry Tooltips; 14.6 Spry Data Sets; 14.7 Live View; Chapter 15: Dreamweaver Behaviors; 15.1 Understanding Behaviors; 15.2 Applying Behaviors; 15.3 Events; 15.4 The Actions, One by One; 15.5 Advanced Behaviors; 15.6 Adding More Behaviors; 15.7 The Widget Browser; Chapter 16: Add Flash and Other Multimedia; 16.1 Flash: An Introduction; 16.2 Automate the Flash Download; 16.3 Add Flash videos; 16.4 Other Video Options; Part Four: Building a Website; Chapter 17: Introducing Site Management; 17.1 The Structure of a Website; 17.2 Site Assets; Chapter 18: Testing Your Site; 18.1 Site Launch Checklist; 18.2 Previewing Web Pages in BrowserLab; 18.3 Find and Fix Broken Links; 18.4 Validating Web Pages; 18.5 Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML); 18.6 Site Reporting; 18.7 Download Statistics; Chapter 19: Moving Your Site to the Internet; 19.1 Adding a Remote Server; 19.2 Transferring Files; 19.3 Check In and Check Out; 19.4 Synchronizing Site Files; 19.5 Communicating with Design Notes; PPPPPPart Five: Dreamweaver CS5.5 Power; Chapter 20: Snippets and Libraries; 20.1 Snippets Basics; 20.2 Using Snippets; 20.3 Creating Snippets; 20.4 Built-In Snippets; 20.5 Library Basics; 20.6 Creating and Using Library Items; 20.7 Editing Library Items; 20.8 Snippets and Library Tutorial; Chapter 21: Templates; 21.1 Template Basics; 21.2 Creating a Template; 21.3 Defining Editable Regions; 21.4 Adding Optional Regions; 21.5 Nested Templates; 21.6 Building Pages Based on a Template; 21.7 Updating a Template; 21.8 Template Tutorial; Chapter 22: Find and Replace; 22.1 Find and Replace Basics; 22.2 Basic Text and HTML Searches; 22.3 Advanced Text Searches; 22.4 Advanced Tag Searches; 22.5 A Powerful Example: Adding Alt Text Fast; Chapter 23: Customizing Dreamweaver; 23.1 Keyboard Shortcuts; 23.2 Dreamweaver Extensions; Part Six: Dynamic Dreamweaver; Chapter 24: Getting Started with Dynamic Websites; 24.1 Pieces of the Puzzle; 24.2 Dynamic Websites: The Setup; 24.3 Creating a Dynamic Page; 24.4 Databases: A Quick Introduction; 24.5 Loading a Database; 24.6 Connecting to a Database; Chapter 25: Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages; 25.1 Retrieving Information; 25.2 Adding Dynamic Information; 25.3 Displaying Multiple Records; 25.4 Recordset Navigation; 25.5 Master Detail Page Set; 25.6 Passing Information Between Pages; 25.7 Viewing Live Data; 25.8 Tutorial: Displaying Database Info; Chapter 26: Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records; 26.1 Adding Data; 26.2 Updating Database Records; 26.3 Dynamic Form Fields; 26.4 Deleting Records; 26.5 Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data; Chapter 27: Advanced Dynamic Site Features; 27.1 Password-Protecting Web Pages; 27.2 Additional Data Sources; 27.3 Advanced Server Behaviors; 27.4 Tutorial: Authentication; Chapter 28: Server-Side XML and XSLT; 28.1 Understanding Markup Technologies; 28.2 Creating Dynamic Pages with XSLT and XML; 28.3 Inserting and Formatting XML; 28.4 Advanced XSLT Tricks; Getting Help; Getting Help from Dreamweaver; Getting Help from Adobe; Dreamweaver CS5.5, Menu by Menu; File Menu; Edit Menu; View Menu; Insert Menu; Modify Menu; Format Menu; Commands Menu; Site Menu; Window Menu; Help Menu; Colophon;