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How to Use Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and Fireworks 8

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  • Copyright 2006
  • Dimensions: 8" x 10"
  • Pages: 304
  • Edition: 1st
  • Book
  • ISBN-10: 0-672-32750-3
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32750-6

New to Dreamweaver and Fireworks 8? How to Use Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and Fireworks 8 will quickly teach you the basics of the software so that you can get your websites up and running. More than 150 two-page, full- spreads will visually take you through the process of how to use each program to create everything from a simple personal website or a more involved e-business website. Illustrations and figures will lead you through each task with easy-to-follow directions and visual cues. You will learn how to:

  • Work with text.
  • Reuse information.
  • Optimize images.
  • Use behaviors and scripts.
  • Create forms.
  • Use external media.
  • Create dynamic webpages.
  • Work with CSS.
Don't be intimidated by Dreamweaver 8 and Fireworks 8. Let How to Use Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 and Fireworks 8 help you begin to reach your website building potential.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

1. Planning and Setting Up Your Site.

    The Dreamweaver MX 2004 Interface

    How to Set Up Your Site

    How to Create the Home Page

    How to Get and Manage Files

    How to Use Panels

    How to Use Rulers, Grids, and Guides to Align Objects

    How to Create a New Web Page

2. Managing Assets.

    How to Use the Assets Panel

    How to Insert or Apply Assets

    How to Manage Favorite Assets

    How to Use the Library

    How to Use Snippets

    How to Create a Template

    How to Apply a Template to an Existing Page

3. Laying Out Your Pages.

    HTML Code

    How to Create and Attach a Style Sheet

    How to Add, Modify, and Apply Styles

    How to Define a Page's Background and Font with CSS

    How to Create Layers

    How to Manage Layers

    How to Convert Layers to Tables

    How to Create a New Frameset

    How to Edit Frames

    How to Set Frameset Properties

    How to Set Frame Properties

    How to Target Links in a Frameset

4. Adding Textual Content and Tables.

    How to Enter, Format, and Align Normal Text

    How to Add More Fonts

    How to Format Text with the Same Tag with CSS

    How to Format Similar Text with Different Tags with CSS

    How to Import Word or Excel Files

    How to Insert a List

    How to Format Bullets and Lists with CSS

    How to Insert a Table

    How to Modify a Table

    How to Format a Table

5. Inserting Images, Movies, Sound, and _Other Media.

    How to Insert an Image

    How to Change an Image's Properties

    How to Use Image Placeholders

    How to Create a Web Photo Album

    How to Insert a Flash Animation

    How to Insert a Flash Video

    How to Insert Flash Text or a Flash Button

    How to Insert a Flash-Based Script

    How to Embed a Sound File

    How to Embed a Video File

6. Inserting Hyperlinks and Navigation.

    How to Create Hyperlinks

    How to Create an Email Hyperlink

    How to Create Anchors and Thumbnails

    How to Create Null or Script Links

    How to Edit or Delete a Hyperlink

    How to Format Link Styles with CSS

    How to Create an Imagemap in Dreamweaver

    How to Create a Pop-up Menu in Dreamweaver

    How to Build a Navigation Bar in Dreamweaver

7. Attaching Behaviors.

    How to Attach a Behavior to a Page Element

    How to Add a Behavior to a Page

    How to Change or Remove Behaviors

    How to Download More Behaviors

8. Adding Forms.

    How to Create an Input Form

    How to Insert Form Controls

    How to Insert a Text Field

    How to Insert a Drop-Down Menu or List

    How to Insert Radio Buttons

    How to Insert Checkboxes

    How to Validate Form Data

9. Managing a Website.

    How to Validate a Page's Source Code

    How to Ascertain the Accessibility of Pages

    How to Test Browser Compatibility

    How to Test Links

    How to Upload (Put) Files on a Remote Server

    How to Synchronize Pages on Local and Remote Sites

    How to Use Check In/Out and Enter Design Notes

    How to Help People Find Your Web Pages

10. Basic Image Editing in Fireworks.

    The Fireworks 8 Interface

    How to Create and Save a New Image

    How to Change Size, Resolution, or Background Color

    How to Crop an Image

    How to Flip, Rotate, Skew, and Distort an Image

    How to Select a Portion of an Image

11. Adding Text and Shapes in Fireworks.

    How to Add Text to an Image

    How to Edit Text

    How to Attach Text to a Path

    How to Create Vector Shapes

    How to Draw and Edit Vector Paths

12. Creating Buttons, Navigation Bars, Pop-Up Menus, and Image Maps in Fireworks.

    How to Create a Simple Button

    How to Create a 3D Button

    How to Create a Navigation Bar

    How to Create a Pop-Up Menu

    How to Create an Image Map

    How to Insert a Navigation Bar, Button, Pop-Up Menu, _or Image Map into Dreamweaver

13. Working with Layers, Filters, and Slices in Fireworks.

    How to Add and Work with Layers

    How to Blend Layers

    How to Apply Filters

    How to Combine Filters to Create Effects

    How to Create and Save Custom Effects

    How to Split (Slice) an Image

    How to Create a Text Slice

    How to Insert Fireworks HTML into Dreamweaver

14. Building Animated Elements in Fireworks.

    How to Create and Edit Animation Symbols

    How to Work with Frames

    How to Use Tweening

    How to Export an Animation to Dreamweaver

15. Optimizing Images in Fireworks.

    How to Use the Optimize Panel

    How to Use the Export Wizard

    How to Optimize JPEG Files

    How to Optimize Limited Color Images

    How to Export Images

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