Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual
Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual By David Sawyer McFarland
February 2004
Pages: 848

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Table of Contents

  1. Building a Web Page

    1. Chapter 1 Dreamweaver MX 2004 Guided Tour

      1. Welcome to Dreamweaver MX 2004
      2. The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Interface
      3. The Dreamweaver Test Drive

    2. Chapter 2 Adding Text to Your Web Pages

      1. Adding Text in Dreamweaver
      2. Copying and Pasting Text
      3. Selecting Text
      4. Spell Checking
      5. Undo, Redo, and the History Panel

    3. Chapter 3 Text Formatting

      1. Paragraph Formatting
      2. Lists
      3. Character Formatting

    4. Chapter 4 Links

      1. Understanding Links
      2. Adding a Link
      3. Adding an Email Link
      4. Linking Within a Web Page
      5. Modifying a Link

    5. Chapter 5 Images

      1. Adding Images
      2. Modifying an Image
      3. Editing Graphics
      4. Image Maps
      5. Rollover Images
      6. Flash Buttons
      7. Flash Text
      8. Tutorial: Adding Rollovers

  2. Building a Better Web Page

    1. Chapter 6 Cascading Style Sheets

      1. Cascading Style Sheet Basics
      2. Creating Styles
      3. Using Styles
      4. Manipulating Styles
      5. More About Styles
      6. Advanced Styles
      7. Style Properties
      8. Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial

    2. Chapter 7 Page Layout 101

      1. Table Basics
      2. Layout Mode
      3. Inserting a Table in Standard View
      4. Selecting Parts of a Table in Standard View
      5. Expanded Table Mode
      6. Formatting Tables
      7. Modifying Cell and Row Properties in Standard View
      8. Adding and Removing Rows and Columns
      9. Merging and Splitting Cells
      10. Nesting Tables in Standard View
      11. Tabular Data
      12. Tables Tutorial

    3. Chapter 8 Page Layout 2004

      1. Introducing CSS Layout
      2. The Basics
      3. Creating CSS Styles for Layers
      4. Applying the Layer Style
      5. Drawing with the Layer Tool
      6. The Layers Panel
      7. Modifying Layer Properties
      8. Nesting Layers
      9. CSS Layout Tutorial

    4. Chapter 9 Frames

      1. The Frame Page
      2. Creating Frames
      3. Selecting Frames and Framesets
      4. Saving Framesets and Frames
      5. Frame and Frameset Properties
      6. Targeting Links
      7. Inserting a Navigation Bar

    5. Chapter 10 Under the Hood: HTML

      1. Roundtrip HTML
      2. Code View
      3. Quick Tag Editor
      4. Tag Inspector
      5. Reference Panel
      6. Inserting JavaScript

  3. Bringing Your Pages to Life

    1. Chapter 11 Forms

      1. Form Basics
      2. Creating a Form
      3. Adding Form Elements
      4. Validating Forms
      5. Forms Tutorial

    2. Chapter 12 Dreamweaver Behaviors

      1. Understanding Behaviors
      2. Applying Behaviors
      3. Events for 4.0 Browsers
      4. The Actions, One by One
      5. Creating an External JavaScript Library
      6. Adding More Behaviors

    3. Chapter 13 Flash, Shockwave, and Other Multimedia

      1. Flash
      2. Flash Elements
      3. Shockwave
      4. Java Applets
      5. ActiveX Controls
      6. Plug-Ins

  4. Building a Web Site

    1. Chapter 14 Introducing Site Management

      1. Structuring a Web Site
      2. Viewing a Site Map
      3. Site Assets

    2. Chapter 15 Testing Your Site

      1. Site Launch Checklist
      2. Check Browser Support
      3. Validating Web Pages
      4. Find and Fix Broken Links
      5. Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML)
      6. Site Reporting
      7. Accessibility
      8. Download Statistics

    3. Chapter 16 Moving Your Site to the Internet

      1. Defining a Remote Site
      2. Transferring Files
      3. Check In and Check Out
      4. Synchronizing Site Files
      5. Communicating with Design Notes

  5. Dreamweaver 2004 Power

    1. Chapter 17 Snippets and Libraries

      1. Snippets Basics
      2. Using Snippets
      3. Creating Snippets
      4. Built-in Snippets
      5. Library Basics
      6. Create and Use Library Items
      7. Edit Library Items
      8. Library Tutorial

    2. Chapter 18 Templates

      1. Template Basics
      2. Create a Template
      3. Define Editable Regions
      4. Adding Optional Regions
      5. Nested Templates
      6. Building Pages Based on a Template
      7. Update a Template
      8. Template Tutorial

    3. Chapter 19 Automating Dreamweaver

      1. The History Panel Revisited
      2. Create Web Photo Album
      3. Find and Replace

    4. Chapter 20 Customizing Dreamweaver

      1. Keyboard Shortcuts
      2. Dreamweaver Extensions

  6. Dynamic Dreamweaver 2004

    1. Chapter 21 Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites

      1. The Dynamic Edge
      2. Pieces of the Puzzle
      3. Setting Up Dreamweaver for Dynamic Web Sites
      4. Databases Explained (in Five Minutes or Less)
      5. Creating a Dynamic Page
      6. Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database

    2. Chapter 22 Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages

      1. Retrieving Information
      2. Adding Dynamic Information
      3. Displaying Multiple Records
      4. Recordset Navigation
      5. Viewing Live Data Within Dreamweaver
      6. Master Detail Page Set
      7. Passing Information Between Pages
      8. Tutorial: Displaying Database Information

    3. Chapter 23 Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records

      1. Adding Data
      2. Updating Database Records
      3. Dynamic Form Fields
      4. Deleting Records
      5. Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data

    4. Chapter 24 Advanced Dynamic Site Features

      1. Password-Protecting Web Pages
      2. Additional Data Sources
      3. Advanced Server Behaviors
      4. Tutorial: Authentication

  1. Appendix A Getting Help

    1. Getting Help from Dreamweaver

    2. Getting Help from Macromedia

    3. Help from the Real World

    4. Help Creating Your Own Extensions

  2. Colophon

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