Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual

Reference Panel

When it comes to building Web sites, there’s a lot to know. After all, Cascading Style Sheets, HTML, and JavaScript are filled with cryptic terms and subtle nuances. Fortunately, Dreamweaver MX’s Reference panel makes your search for knowledge a little bit easier. It gives you quick access to reference excerpts on eight Web topics from a variety of authoritative sources, including:

• O’Reilly CSS Reference. In-depth information on Cascading Style Sheets.

• O’Reilly HTML Reference. Complete guide to HTML tags and properties.

• O’Reilly JavaScript Reference. Just what it sounds like.

• UsableNet Accessibility Reference. Guidelines for making Web pages more accessible to the disabled.

• Macromedia CFML Reference. Complete reference to tags used in the Cold Fusion Markup Language (used with Macromedia’s Cold Fusion application server).

• Wrox ASP Reference. More a dictionary of Active Server Page concepts than a working reference for writing ASP code.

• Wrox JSP Reference. Reference for Java Server Pages.

• Sitespring Project Site Tag Reference. Since Macromedia has stopped selling Sitespring, you’ll probably find little use for this reference.

To open the Reference panel, choose Window→Reference, or press Shift-F1. The first menu at the top of the panel lets you choose the “book” you want. Once you’ve selected a reference, choose a particular HTML tag, CSS Style, JavaScript object, or appropriate reference topic from the menu directly below the Book menu. A description of that item ...