Macromedia Dreamweaver is a powerful tool for professional website design and production. It is used for everything from designing home pages to full-scale commercial websites and is widely acclaimed as the most popular web-authoring tool for professional web developers and designers. Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 in 24 Hours is tailored specifically for the reader who wants to fully exploit the power of a tool like Dreamweaver. The book does not dwell on web publishing basics, but focuses more on how to use Dreamweaver to:
Quickly build a dynamic website
Employ client-side image maps and interactive forms on a site
Design site layout with frames and tables
Add interactivity with CGI scripts, PHP, JavaScript, applets, and controls
Add audio, video, and other active content

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 in 24 Hours is fully updated to the newest version of Dreamweaver, providing you a comprehensive and up-to-date learning and reference tool.Back Cover

Learn how to fully exploit the power of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 with Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 in 24 Hours. Divided into 24 one-hour lessons, you will learn how to create webpages and how to use the latest and greatest toolset in this updated version of Macromedia Dreamweaver. Author Besty Bruce, a web applications developer and Macromedia-authorized Dreamweaver and Authorware Trainer, will show you how to build your knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and authoring websites with her carefully guided instruction. You will focus on how to use Macromedia Dreamweaver 8  to:
Quickly build a dynamic website.
Employ client-side image maps and interactive forms.
Design a layout with frames and tables.
Add interactivity with scripts and controls.
Add audio, video, and other active content.


Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 in 24 Hours is fully updated to the newest version of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, providing you with a comprehensive, up-to-date learning and reference tool.Contents

Introduction.

What Is Dreamweaver 8?

Who Should Use Dreamweaver 8?

Who Should Use This Book?

How to Use This Book

I. Getting Started With Dreamweaver 8.

1. A World Wide Web of Dreamweaver Possibilities.

What Can You Do With Dreamweaver?

Website Examples

2. A Tour of Dreamweaver.

Acquainting Yourself with Dreamweaver

Installing the Software

Exploring the Dreamweaver Work Area

Getting Help

3. Getting Started: Adding Text, Lists, and Previewing in the Browser.

Creating a New Page and Adding Text

Setting Page Properties

Introducing Cascading Style Sheets

Changing Text Attributes in the Property Inspector

Aligning Text

Creating Lists and Indenting Text

Adding a Separator to a Page: The Horizontal Rule

Saving Your Work and Previewing in a Browser

4. Organizing: Defining and Configuring a Website.

Defining a New Website

Using the Site Definition Wizard

Using the Files Panel

Using the Expanded Files Panel

Creating New Files in the Files Panel

Editing a Site Definition

Considering Site Organization

5. Setting Lots o’ Links: Hyperlinks, Anchors, and Mailto Links.

Exploring Relative and Absolute Paths

Adding a Hyperlink Within a Website

Setting Link Color Preferences

Organizing a Long Page by Using Named Anchors

Using the Point-to-File Icon

Adding a Mailto Link

6. Getting Down and Dirty with HTML.

Exploring Code View

Viewing and Editing HTML Tags by Using the Quick Tag Editor

Setting Code Preferences

Cleaning Up HTML Created with Microsoft Word

Exploring References

II. ADDING IMAGES AND MULTIMEDIA.

7. Displaying Images.

Adding an Image to a Page

Exploring Image Flavors: GIF, JPEG, and PNG

Editing Images Within Dreamweaver

Creating a Rollover Image

8. Optimizing and Creating Images.

Acquainting Yourself with Fireworks

Optimizing Images for Use in a Web Page

Creating an Image

Creating a Rollover Effect

Slicing an Image into Pieces

Editing a Fireworks File into Dreamweaver

9. Creating Image Maps and Navigation Bars.

Adding Links to a Graphic by Using Image Maps

Creating an Image Map

Aligning Hotspots

Targeting a Link to Open in a New Browser Window

Creating a Navigation Bar with Rollover Images and Links

10. Adding Flash and Other Multimedia to a Web Page.

Exploring Multimedia and Bandwidth

Understanding Players

Adding Flash Files

Adding a Link to a PDF File

Adding a Sound File to a Web Page

Adding a Java Applet to a Web Page

11. Managing Assets Using the Assets Panel.

What Are Assets?

Managing Assets in the Assets Panel

Adding Assets to a Web Page

Creating Favorite Assets

Creating New Assets in the Assets Panel

Copying Assets to Another Site

III. WEB PAGE LAYOUT WITH TABLES AND FRAMES.

12. Displaying Data In Tables.

Creating a Table for Data

Modifying a Table and Adding Content

Exporting Data from a Table

Importing Table Data

13. Designing Page Layout Using Tables.

Using Layout Mode

Fine-Tuning Your Design in Table Layout Mode

Editing a Table in Standard Mode

Adding Color to a Table

Nesting a Table Within a Table

Using a Tracing Image to Transfer a Design to a Web Page

Turning a Table into a Group of Layers

14. Using Frames to Display Multiple Web Pages.

Creating a Frameset

Using the Frames Panel

Nesting Frames

Using Existing Web Pages with Frames

Setting Frame and Frameset Attributes

Using Frames Objects

Targeting Linked Pages to Open in a Specific Frame

Using the Go to URL Behavior to Load Frames

IV. DYNAMIC HTML: LAYERS, CASCADING STYLE SHEETS, BEHAVIORS, AND TIMELINES.

15. Using Dynamic HTML and Layers.

What Is DHTML?

Adding a Layer

Nesting Layers

Animating with Timelines

16. Formatting Web Pages Using Cascading Style Sheets.

Creating and Applying a Class

Exploring Style Settings

Redefining an HTML Tag

Editing Styles

Positioning a Div by Using CSS

Creating Advanced CSS Styles

Creating an External Style Sheet

17. Adding Interactivity with Behaviors.

What Is a Dreamweaver Behavior?

Showing and Hiding Layers

Opening a New Window

Popping Up a Message

Sending Text to a Layer

Adding a Draggable Layer to a Web Page

V. COLLECTING USER DATA BY USING FORMS.

18. Creating a Form and Collecting Data.

Creating a Form

Adding Radio Buttons and Check Boxes to Forms

Adding Lists and Menus to Forms

Adding Push Buttons and Image Buttons to Forms

Creating a Jump Menu to Navigate to Different URLs

19. Introduction to Scripts: Sending and Reacting to Form Data.

Validating a Form’s Data by Using the Validate Form Behavior

Receiving Information from a Form

Exploring Submission Security

Uploading a File from a Form

Preparing a Page to Interact with ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, or CFML

VI. ORGANIZING AND UPLOADING A PROJECT.

20. Uploading and Sharing a Project on the Web.

Enabling Server Connection

Moving a Site onto a Remote Server

Understanding Dreamweaver’s Website Management Capabilities

Transferring Files

Importing an Existing Website

21. Managing and Editing a Website.

Managing the Local and Remote Sites

Adding Design Notes to Pages

Generating Reports About a Website

22. Customizing Dreamweaver.

Creating a Custom Snippet

Editing the Keyboard Shortcuts

Making a Menu Command

Adding Favorites to the Insert Bar

Extending Dreamweaver by Using Third-Party Extensions

Using, Saving, and Sharing Searches

23. Using the Library: Reusing Elements of a Website.

Creating a Library Item

Adding a Library Item to a Page

Making Changes to a Library Item

Using Styles in Library Items

24. Creating Reusable Web Pages: Using Templates.

Creating a Template

Creating a Web Page from a Template

Making Changes to a Template and Updating Pages

Using Behaviors and Styles in Templates

VII. APPENDIXES.

Appendix A: Resources.

Dreamweaver Development

General Web Development

Dynamic HTML (DHTML)

Dreamweaver Extensions

Cascading Style Sheets

Scripting Resources: CGI, JavaScript, and Server-Side Scripting

Accessibility

Usability

Downloads

Browsers

Organizations