Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 : classroom in a book : the official training workbook from Adobe Systems

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 choose Adobe Dreamweaver CS6: Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team. The 15 project-based lessons in this book show you step by step everything you need to know to work in Dreamweaver CS6. You'll learn to create a professional website without having to write code by hand.

This completely revised CS6 edition also covers HTML5, CSS3, and media queries for responsive web design. The book also shows how to create HTML-based headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables; insert graphics and Photoshop Smart Objects; add links to text and images; apply cascading styles sheets; and customize the Dreamweaver workspace. You'll also learn to add interactive elements to your sites, such as HTML5-compatible video and animation, get guidance for working with code, and finally publish a finished site to the Web.

The companion DVD includes all lesson files so you can work along with the book, as well as, two hours of free video tutorials from Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Learn by Video .

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• Getting Started p. ix
• About Classroom in a Book p. ix
• TinyURLs p. ix
• Prerequisites p. x
• Installing the program p. x
• Copying the Classroom in a Book files p. x
• Recommended lesson order p. xi
• Jumpstart p. xi
• Setting up the workspace p. xiii
• Windows vs. Macintosh instructions p. xiii
• Finding Dreamweaver information p. xiii
• Checking for updates p. xiv
• Additional resources p. xiv
• Adobe certification p. xv
• 1 Customizing Your Workspace p. 2
• Lesson overview p. 2
• Touring the workspace p. 4
• Switching and splitting views p. 5
• Working with panels p. 7
• Selecting a workspace layout p. 11
• Adjusting toolbars p. 13
• Personalizing preferences p. 13
• Creating custom keyboard shortcuts p. 14
• Using the Property inspector p. 15
• 2 Html Basics p. 18
• Lesson overview p. 18
• What is HTML? p. 20
• Where did HTML begin? p. 20
• Writing your own HTML code p. 22
• Frequently used HTML 4 codes p. 30
• Introducing HTML5 p. 32
• 3 CSS Basics p. 38
• Lesson overview p. 38
• What is CSS? p. 40
• HTML vs. CSS formatting p. 41
• HTML defaults p. 42
• CSS box model p. 45
• Formatting text p. 46
• Formatting objects p. 55
• Multiples, classes, and IDs, oh my! p. 64
• CSS3 overview and support p. 66
• 4 Creating A Page Layout p. 70
• Lesson overview p. 70
• Web design basics p. 72
• Working with thumbnails and wireframes p. 75
• Defining a Dreamweaver site p. 78
• Using the Welcome screen p. 79
• Previewing your completed file p. 80
• Modifying an existing CSS layout p. 81
• Adding a background image to the header p. 84
• Inserting new components p. 87
• Changing element alignment p. 92
• Modifying the page width and background color p. 93
• Modifying existing content and formatting p. 95
• Inserting an image placeholder p. 100
• Inserting placeholder text p. 101
• Modifying the footer p. 101
• Checking browser compatibility p. 102
• 5 Working With Cascading Style Sheets p. 104
• Lesson overview p. 104
• Previewing the completed file p. 106
• Working with the CSS Styles panel p. 106
• Working with type p. 110
• Using images for graphical effects p. 113
• Creating new CSS rules p. 115
• Creating an interactive menu p. 122
• Modifying hyperlink behavior p. 125
• Creating faux columns p. 128
• Moving rules to an external style sheet p. 130
• Creating style sheets for other media p. 132
• 6 Working With Templates p. 140
• Lesson overview p. 140
• Previewing completed files p. 142
• Creating a template from an existing layout p. 143
• Inserting editable regions p. 144
• Producing child pages p. 146
• Updating a template p. 149
• Using library items p. 152
• Using server-side includes p. 157
• 7 Working With Text, Lists, and Tables p. 166
• Lesson overview p. 166
• Previewing the completed file p. 168
• Creating and styling text p. 170
• Creating and styling tables p. 182
• Spell checking webpages p. 195
• Finding and replacing text p. 197
• 8 Working With Images p. 202
• Lesson overview p. 202
• Reviewing web image basics p. 204
• Previewing the completed file p. 209
• Inserting an image p. 210
• Adjusting image positions with CSS classes p. 212
• Working with the Insert panel p. 213
• Using Adobe Bridge to insert images p. 215
• Inserting non-web file types p. 218
• Working with Photoshop Smart Objects p. 221
• Copying and pasting images from Photoshop and Fireworks p. 223
• Inserting images by drag and drop p. 227
• Optimizing images with the Property inspector p. 227
• 9 Working With Navigation p. 232
• Lesson overview p. 232
• Hyperlink basics p. 234
• Previewing the completed file p. 235
• Creating internal hyperlinks p. 237
• Creating an image-based link p. 240
• Creating an external link p. 241
• Setting up email links p. 243
• Targeting page elements p. 244
• Inserting Spry menu bars p. 248
• Checking your page p. 265
• 10 Adding Interactivity p. 268
• Lesson overview p. 268
• Learning about Dreamweaver behaviors p. 270
• Previewing the completed file p. 272
• Working with Dreamweaver behaviors p. 273
• Working with Spry Accordion widgets p. 279
• 11 Working With Web Animation and Video p. 286
• Lesson overview p. 286
• Understanding web animation and video p. 288
• Previewing the completed file p. 289
• Adding web animation to a page p. 290
• Adding web video to a page p. 293
• 12 Working With Forms p. 300
• Lesson overview p. 300
• Previewing the completed file p. 302
• Learning about forms p. 303
• Adding a form to a page p. 305
• Inserting text form elements p. 306
• Inserting checkboxes p. 315
• Creating radio buttons p. 317
• Incorporating text areas p. 319
• Working with lists p. 320
• Adding a Submit button p. 322
• Specifying a form action p. 324
• Emailing form data p. 325
• Styling forms p. 329
• 13 Working With Online Data p. 334
• Lesson overview p. 334
• Working with dynamic content p. 336
• Previewing the completed file p. 336
• Using HTML and XML data p. 338
• Choosing a server model p. 348
• Configuring a local web server p. 349
• Setting up a testing server p. 350
• Building database applications p. 352
• 14 Building Dynamic Pages with Data p. 360
• Lesson overview p. 360
• Building pages with PHP p. 362
• Creating a master/detail page set p. 372
• Creating a detail page p. 384
• 15 Publishing To The Web p. 388
• Lesson overview p. 388
• Defining a remote site p. 390
• Cloaking folders and files p. 396
• Wrapping things up p. 398
• Putting your site online p. 402
• Synchronizing local and remote sites p. 404
• Appendix: TinyURLs p. 408
• Index p. 411