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• Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

• By: David Sawyer McFarland

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

• Pub. Date: February 13, 2004   Most Recent Edition

• Print ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00631-0

• Pages in Print Edition: 848

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Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 offers a rich environment for building professional web sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. It comes with everything except perhaps the most important feature of all: a printed manual. Enter Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, the book that enables both first-time and experienced web designers to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. What sets this new edition apart is the crystal-clear writing, welcome humor, and exclusive features like these:

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With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this edition is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver MX 2004.

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Table of Contents

 

Copyright

The Missing Credits

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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 14. Introducing Site Management

Section 14.1. Structuring a Web Site

Section 14.2. Viewing a Site Map

Section 14.3. Site Assets

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 19. Automating Dreamweaver

Section 19.1. The History Panel Revisited

Section 19.2. Create Web Photo Album

Section 19.3. Find and Replace

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1 TokenChapter 20. Customizing Dreamweaver

Section 20.1. Keyboard Shortcuts

Section 20.2. Dreamweaver Extensions

Part VI: Dynamic Dreamweaver 2004

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenChapter 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

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1 TokenAppendix 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

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