Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Tutorial

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Dreamweaver Basics
Workspace
Start Page
Document Window
Insert Bar
Document Tool Bar
Creating New Doc
XHTML vs. HTML
Document Structure
Preview in Browser
Browser Target Check
Panels and Panel Groups
Relevant CSS and CSS Properties Tabs
Colors
Behaviors
Extensibility

CSS Overview
Why CSS?
Understanding CSS
Classes and IDs
Attaching Style Sheets
The Cascade
Inheritance
Overriding CSS Rules
Pseudo Child Selectors

Document Setup
Page Properties - Appearance
Page Properties - Link State
Page Properties - Headings
Properties Inspector
Exporting CSS Styles
Panels and CSS Styles - Page Appearance
Panels and CSS Styles - Headings
Panels and CSS Styles - Link States

Text
Adding Text
Selecting Text
Aligning Text
Text Objects
Special Characters
Creating Font Sets
Text Size
Problems Sizing Text
Check Spelling
Word Documents

Images
Web Graphic Formats
Default Images Folder
Inserting Images
Alternative Text Label
Assets Panel
External Image Editor
Integrated Image Editing Tools
Image Placeholders
Image Rollovers

Links
Creating Text links
Image Links
Named Anchors
E-Mail Links
Image Maps
Modifying Image Maps
Link Object
Absolute and Relative Paths
Null and Script Links
Link Checker
Site Map and Links

CSS Positioning
CSS Positioning Basics
Absolute Positioning
Floating Content
Relative Positioning
CSS Positioning Techniques

Lists
Unordered Lists
Ordered Lists
Definition Lists
CSS Rollover Buttons

Template Design
Preparation
Top of Page
Main Content
Footer
SideBar
Navigation Bar
Tidying up the Index Page
Inner Page
Validate CSS and Create Templates

Data Tables
Inserting Tables
Tables and HTML
Import Tabular Data
Exporting Table Data
Selecting Table Elements
Resizing Table Elements
Aligning Table Elements
Merging and Splitting Table Cells
Cell Padding Space and Borders
Headings and Accessibility
Copy and Paste
Colorizing
Formatting Tables
Sorting Tables
Excel Copy and Paste

Layout Tables
Layout Tables Overview
Adding CSS
Styling the Sidebar
CSS and Print

Forms
Forms Overview
Inserting a Form
Positioning Form Elements
Text Fields
Password Fields
Multiple Line Fields
Checkboxes
Radio Buttons
Menus and Lists
Scrolling Lists
Hidden Fields
File Fields
Submit and Reset Buttons
Image Fields
Form Properties
Forms and Behaviors
Forms and CSS

Library Items
Library Items Overview
Inserting and Updating
Properties
Library Items and Behaviors
SSI vs Library Items

Templates
Templates Overview
Creating Templates
Creating Pages Based on Templates
Updating Pages Based on Templates
Exploring Template Code
Optional Regions
Template Preferences

Flash
Insert and Edit Flash Content
Flash Buttons
Flash Text
Flash Elements

Site Navigation
Navigation Bar
Show Popup Menus
Modify Show Popup Menus
Jump Menus
PVII Menu Magic II
PVII Tree Menu Magic
Flash Bang
Site Map

CSS Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting the RU Rocket Club CSS
Dealing with Netscape 4
The Box Model and Internet Explorer 5.0 / 5.5
Hiding CSS from Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer Conditional Comments
Internet Explorer - Mac Bugs
Hiding CSS from Opera

Site Management
Configuring a Remote Folder - Basic
Setting up a Remote folder - Advanced
Moving and Renaming Files
Adding and Deleting files
Link Checker
External Links and Orphaned files
Checking Links using the Site Map
Publishing your Site
Understanding Check In and Check Out
Configuring Check In and Check Out
Synchronize
Cloaking
Selecting Newer Files

Frames
What are Frames?
Creating a Frameset
Frames Panel
Saving Frames and Framesets
Frame and Frameset Properties
Opening in Frames
Frames and Links
Nested Frames
No Frames

Credits
About this Author