Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Introduction
  - What's New in Dreamweaver MX 2004
  - HTML, XHTML, and CSS 101
  - The Very Basics
  - About This Book

Part I: Building a Web Page

Chapter 1. Dreamweaver MX 2004 Guided Tour
  Section 1.1. Welcome to Dreamweaver MX 2004
  Section 1.2. The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Interface
  Section 1.3. The Dreamweaver Test Drive

Chapter 2. Adding Text to Your Web Pages
  Section 2.1. Adding Text in Dreamweaver
  Section 2.2. Copying and Pasting Text
  Section 2.3. Selecting Text
  Section 2.4. Spell Checking
  Section 2.5. Undo, Redo, and the History Panel

Chapter 3. Text Formatting
  Section 3.1. Paragraph Formatting
  Section 3.2. Lists
  Section 3.3. Character Formatting

Chapter 4. Links
  Section 4.1. Understanding Links
  Section 4.2. Adding a Link
  Section 4.3. Adding an Email Link
  Section 4.4. Linking Within a Web Page
  Section 4.5. Modifying a Link

Chapter 5. Images
  Section 5.1. Adding Images
  Section 5.2. Modifying an Image
  Section 5.3. Editing Graphics
  Section 5.4. Image Maps
  Section 5.5. Rollover Images
  Section 5.6. Flash Buttons
  Section 5.7. Flash Text
  Section 5.8. Tutorial: Adding Rollovers

Part II: Building a Better Web Page

Chapter 6. Cascading Style Sheets
  Section 6.1. Cascading Style Sheet Basics
  Section 6.2. Creating Styles
  Section 6.3. Using Styles
  Section 6.4. Manipulating Styles
  Section 6.5. More About Styles
  Section 6.6. Advanced Styles
  Section 6.7. Style Properties
  Section 6.8. Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial

Chapter 7. Page Layout 101
  Section 7.1. Table Basics
  Section 7.2. Layout Mode
  Section 7.3. Inserting a Table in Standard View
  Section 7.4. Selecting parts of a Table in Standard View
  Section 7.5. Expanded Table Mode
  Section 7.6. Formatting Tables
  Section 7.7. Modifying Cell and Row Properties in Standard View
  Section 7.8. Adding and Removing Rows and Columns
  Section 7.9. Merging and Splitting Cells
  Section 7-10. Nesting Tables in Standard View
  Section 7.11. Tabular Data
  Section 7.12. Tables Tutorial

Chapter 8. Page Layout 2004
  Section 8.1. Introducing CSS Layout
  Section 8.2. The Basics
  Section 8.3. Creating CSS Styles for Layers
  Section 8.4. Applying the Layer Style
  Section 8.5. Drawing with the Layer Tool
  Section 8.6. The Layers Panel
  Section 8.7. Modifying Layer Properties
  Section 8.8. Nesting Layers
  Section 8.9. CSS Layout Tutorial

Chapter 9. Frames
  Section 9.1. The Frame Page
  Section 9.2. Creating Frames
  Section 9.3. Selecting Frames and Framesets
  Section 9.4. Saving Framesets and Frames
  Section 9.5. Frame and Frameset Properties
  Section 9.6. Targeting Links
  Section 9.7. Inserting a Navigation Bar

Chapter 10. Under the Hood: HTML
  Section 10.1. Roundtrip HTML
  Section 10.2. Code View
  Section 10.3. Quick Tag Editor
  Section 10.4. Tag Inspector
  Section 10.5. Reference Panel
  Section 10.6. Inserting JavaScript

Part III: Bringing Your Pages to Life

Chapter 11. Forms
  Section 11.1. Form Basics
  Section 11.2. Creating a Form
  Section 11.3. Adding Form Elements
  Section 11.4. Validating Forms
  Section 11.5. Forms Tutorial

Chapter 12. Dreamweaver Behaviors
  Section 12.1. Understanding Behaviors
  Section 12.2. Applying Behaviors
  Section 12.3. Events for 4.0 Browsers
  Section 12.4. The Actions, One by One
  Section 12.5. Creating an External JavaScript Library
  Section 12.6. Adding More Behaviors

Chapter 13. Flash, Shockwave, and Other Multimedia
  Section 13.1. Flash
  Section 13.2. Flash Elements
  Section 13.3. Shockwave
  Section 13.4. Java Applets
  Section 13.5. ActiveX Controls
  Section 13.6. Plug-Ins

Part IV: Building a Web Site

Chapter 14. Introducing Site Management
  Section 14.1. Structuring a Web Site
  Section 14.2. Viewing a Site Map
  Section 14.3. Site Assets

Chapter 15. Testing Your Site
  Section 15.1. Site Launch Checklist
  Section 15.2. Check Browser Support
  Section 15.3. Validating Web Pages
  Section 15.4. Find and Fix Broken Links
  Section 15.5. Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML)
  Section 15.6. Site Reporting
  Section 15.7. Accessibility
  Section 15.8. Download Statistics

Chapter 16. Moving Your Site to the Internet
  Section 16.1. Defining a Remote Site
  Section 16.2. Transferring Files
  Section 16.3. Check In and Check Out
  Section 16.4. Synchronizing Site Files
  Section 16.5. Communicating with Design Notes

Part V: Dreamweaver 2004 Power

Chapter 17. Snippets and Libraries
  Section 17.1. Snippets Basics
  Section 17.2. Using Snippets
  Section 17.3. Creating Snippets
  Section 17.4. Built-in Snippets
  Section 17.5. Library Basics
  Section 17.6. Create and Use Library Items
  Section 17.7. Edit Library Items
  Section 17.8. Library Tutorial

Chapter 18. Templates
  Section 18.1. Template Basics
  Section 18.2. Create a Template
  Section 18.3. Define Editable Regions
  Section 18.4. Adding Optional Regions
  Section 18.5. Nested Templates
  Section 18.6. Building Pages Based on a Template
  Section 18.7. Update a Template
  Section 18.8. Template Tutorial

Chapter 19. Automating Dreamweaver
  Section 19.1. The History Panel Revisited
  Section 19.2. Create Web Photo Album
  Section 19.3. Find and Replace

Chapter 20. Customizing Dreamweaver
  Section 20.1. Keyboard Shortcuts
  Section 20.2. Dreamweaver Extensions

Part VI: Dynamic Dreamweaver 2004

Chapter 21. Getting Started with Dynamic Web Sites
  Section 21.1. The Dynamic Edge
  Section 21.2. Pieces of the Puzzle
  Section 21.3. Setting Up Dreamweaver for Dynamic Web Sites
  Section 21.4. Databases Explained (in Five Minutes or Less)
  Section 21.5. Creating a Dynamic Page
  Section 21.6. Connecting Dreamweaver to a Database

Chapter 22. Adding Dynamic Data to Your Pages
  Section 22.1. Retrieving Information
  Section 22.2. Adding Dynamic Information
  Section 22.3. Displaying Multiple Records
  Section 22.4. Recordset Navigation
  Section 22.5. Viewing Live Data Within Dreamweaver
  Section 22.6. Master Detail Page Set
  Section 22.7. Passing Information Between Pages
  Section 22.8. Tutorial: Displaying Database Information

Chapter 23. Web Pages that Manipulate Database Records
  Section 23.1. Adding Data
  Section 23.2. Updating Database Records
  Section 23.3. Dynamic Form Fields
  Section 23.4. Deleting Records
  Section 23.5. Tutorial: Inserting and Updating Data

Chapter 24. Advanced Dynamic Site Features
  Section 24.1. Password-Protecting Web Pages
  Section 24.2. Additional Data Sources
  Section 24.3. Advanced Server Behaviors
  Section 24.4. Tutorial: Authentication

Appendix A. Getting Help
  Section A.1. Getting Help from Dreamweaver
  Section A.2. Getting Help from Macromedia
  Section A.3. Help from the Real World
  Section A.4. Help Creating Your Own Extensions

The purpose of this book, then, is to serve as the manual that should have been in the box. In this book's pages, you'll find step-by-step instructions for using every Dreamweaver feature, including those you may not even have quite understood, let alone mastered, such as Libraries, Layout view, Behaviors, and Dreamweaver's Dynamic Web site tools. In addition, you'll find clear evaluations of each feature that help you determine which ones are useful to you, as well as how and when to use them.

Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual is designed to accommodate readers at every technical level. The primary discussions are written for advanced beginner or intermediate computer users. But if you're a first-timer, special sidebar articles called Up To Speed provide the introductory information you need to understand the topic at hand. If you're an advanced user, on the other hand, keep your eye out for similar shaded boxes called Power Users' Clinic. They offer more technical tips, tricks, and shortcuts for the experienced computer fan.