Book description
&>Adobe Dreamweaver CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach beginning and intermediate users how to create, design, and publish powerful, innovative Web sites with Dreamweaver. Leading technology authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith take you step-by-step through the new features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, with completely revised sections on critical tools like styling pages with CSS and adding user interactivity with JavaScript dynamic elements. You'll also learn to take advantage of Dreamweaver's new ability to simultaneously design sites for a variety of screen sizes, including desktops, tablets, and mobile phones. If you're new to Dreamweaver and web design, you'll learn to create your first Web site, add text, style and lay out page content, manage styles, work with links, incorporate images, media, tables, forms, design site navigation, and so much more. If you're an experienced user, you'll find this a convenient reference to the new features of Dreamweaver CS6.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Special Thanks to
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Introducing Dreamweaver
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2. Starting Your First Site
- Understanding Local and Remote Sites
- Creating the Local Site
- Defining the Remote Server
- Editing Site Definitions
- Working with the Files Panel
- Navigating Disks and Sites
- Switching Between Local View and the Remote Server
- Refreshing Views
- Working with Files and Folders
- Putting and Getting Files
- Expanding the Files Panel
- Synchronizing the Local and Remote Sites
- Cloaking Files and Folders
- 3. Building Your First Page
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4. Adding Text to Your Pages
- Adding Text
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
- Dragging and Dropping Text
- Using Paste Special
- Applying Headings
- Applying Character Formats
- Applying HTML Text Styles
- Using Preformatted Text
- Adding Line Breaks
- Indenting and Aligning Text with HTML
- Working with Lists
- Inserting Special Characters
- Adding Automatic Dates
- Finding and Replacing
- Finding Text with a Simple Search
- Performing Advanced Text Searches
- Finding and Replacing in Source Code
- Finding and Replacing with a Specific Tag
- Using Regular Expressions for Searching
- Checking Spelling
- 5. Including Images and Media
- 6. Working with Links
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7. Styling Page Content
- Understanding CSS
- Creating a Style Rule for a Tag
- Dreamweaver CSS Categories
- Creating a Custom Class
- Creating Compound Selectors
- Working with the CSS Styles Panel
- Adding CSS3 Properties with the CSS Styles Panel
- Applying Attributes
- Working with Browser-Specific CSS Properties
- Creating Styles with the Property Inspector
- Modifying a Style
- Working with Related Files
- Working with Font Groups
- Using Web Fonts
- Using the Code Navigator
- 8. Using Styles for Layout
- 9. Managing Styles
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10. Inserting Tables
- Moving Away from Tables for Layout
- Creating a Table
- Selecting Table Elements
- Making Table Selections Easier
- Adding Rows and Columns
- Merging and Splitting Cells
- Resizing Table Elements
- Deleting Table Elements
- Specifying Table Alignment
- Setting Cell Properties
- Sorting Table Content
- Formatting Tables
- Importing and Exporting Tabular Data
- 11. Using Forms and Fields
- 12. Using Dreamweaver’s Layout Tools
- 13. Using Behaviors and Navigation Objects
- 14. Building Pages with Dynamic Elements
- 15. Working with Content Management Systems
- 16. Making Life Easier: Using Templates, Libraries, and Snippets
- 17. Editing Code
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18. Managing Your Site
- Planning for Site Expansion
- Expanding the Files Panel
- Setting Up Check In and Check Out
- Checking Files In and Out
- Using Design Notes
- Setting Up Subversion
- Generating Site Reports
- Checking for Broken Links
- Finding External Links and Orphaned Files
- Checking Browser Compatibility
- Deleting Sites
- Exporting and Importing Site Definitions
- A. Where to Learn More
- B. Customizing and Extending Dreamweaver
- Index
- Bonus Chapters
Product information
- Title: Visual QuickStart Guide: Dreamweaver CS6
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2012
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780133006018
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