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Tables of Contents for 50 Fast Dreamweaver Mx Techniques
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PREFACE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
CHAPTER 1: QUICK WAYS TO BRONG YOUR SITE TO LIFE.
TECHNIQUE 1: USING TRACING IMAGES TO RE-CREATE DESIGNS.
Step 1: Insert a Tracing Image.
Step 2: Arrange GIFS, JPEGS, and Other Elements Over the Tracing Image.
Step 3: Preview in Your Browser.
Other Tracing Image Options.
TECHNIQUE 2: CREATING ROLLOVER FOR INTERACTIVITY.
Step 1: Insert an Image and Define Properties.
Step 2: Confirm and Test.
TECHNIQUE 3: SETTING LINKS IN AN IMAGE MAP.
Step 1: Insert an Image and Open Image Map Tools.
Step 2: Create Hot Spots On an Image Map.
Step 3: Set Links In an Image Map.
TECHNIQUE 4: EXPORTING A LAYOUT FROM FIREWORKS INTO DREAMWEAVER.
Step 1: Slice Your Layout for Optimum File Size.
Step 2: Optimize Each Slice.
Step 3: Export to HTML.
Step 4: Open the HTML Page in Dreamweaver.
TECHNIQUE 5: CREATING A LINKED IMAGE GALLERY.
Step 1: Create an Image Gallery.
Step 2: Set Links From the Image Gallery to Larger Image Pages.
CHAPTER 2: TIMESAVING TECHNIQUES YOU CAN USE TODAY.
TECHNIQUE 6: FINDING AND FIXING BROKEN LINKS AUTOMATICALLY.
Step 1: Find Broken Links.
Step 2: Fix Broken Links.
TECHNIQUE 7: CREATING A TEMPLATE-BASED WEB SITE.
Step 1: Prepare the Page to Serve as a Template.
Step 2: Define Editable Regions.
Step 3: Create a Page Using the Template.
Step 4: Edit the Template and Update All Pages.
TECHNIQUE 8: REMOVING EMPTY TAGS AND JUNK CODE.
Step 1:Make a Backup Version.
Step 2: Specify the Cleanup Type.
Step 3: Initiate the Clean Up.
TECHNIQUE 9: ACCESSING URLS, COLORS, AND IMAGE ASSETS.
Step 1: Using Images Assets.
Step 2: Add Color Assets.
Step 3: Apply URL Assets.
TECHNIQUE 10: ORGANIZING FILES AND FOLDERS WITHOUT BREAKING LINKS.
Step 1: Set Up a Web Site.
Step 2: Create New Folders.
Step 3:Move Files Into New or Different Folders.
CHAPTER 3: THE TRICKS BEHIND ANIMATION TECHNIQUES.
TECHNIQUE 11: CREATING A DISJOINTED (ONE-TO-MANY) ROLLOVER EFFECTS.
Step 1: Insert the Trigger Image.
Step 2: Insert the Image that will be Affected by the Rollover.
Step 3: Set the Swap Image Behavior.
Step 4: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 12: BUILDING ROLLOVERS IN FIREWORKS AND EXPORTING THGEM TO DREAMWEAVER.
Step 1: Create the Rollover Frame.
Step 2: Add the Rollover Behavior.
Step 3: Export the Layout to HTML and Open in Dreamweaver.
TECHNIQUE 13: EMBEDDING A FLASH MOVIE.
Step 1: Insert the Flash Movie.
Step 2:Modify the Parameters.
TECHNIQUE 14: EMBEDDING A MULTIMEDIA FILE.
Step 1: Create the Page that Contains the Multimedia File.
Step 2: Insert the Code that Embeds Your Multimedia File.
Step 3: Test Your Multimedia File.
TECHNIQUE 15: CREATING A FLASH MENU IN DREAMWEAVER.
Step 1: Prepare Your Site.
Step 2: Find a Style that Suits Your Design.
Step 3: Specify What the Button Does.
CHAPTER 4: CREATING POP-UP AND POP-UNDER WINDOWS.
TECHNIQUE 16: CREATING A PRESET WINDOW SIZE.
Step 1: Prepare Your Pop-Up Page.
Step 2: Prepare Your Pop-Up Launcher.
Step 3: Set the Link to Open the Pop-Up.
TECHNIQUE 17: CREATINF A “GALLERY WALL” USING MULTIPLE POP-UP WINDOWS.
Step 1: Insert the Open Browser Window Behavior.
Step 2: Specify the Position of Each Window.
Step 3: Test the Modified Behavior in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 18: CREATING TOOL TIPS WITH ONBLUR AND ONFOCUS EVENTS.
Step 1: Create a Text Field.
Step 2: Insert the Tool Tip.
Step 3: The OnFocus Event Shows the Tool Tip.
Step 4: OnBlur Hides the layer When Inactive.
TECHNIQUE 19: FLOATING POP-UPS WITHOUT WINDOWS.
Step 1: Populate the Floating Pop-Up.
Step 2: Designate the Launch Behavior.
Step 3: Schedule a Floating Pop-Up to Hide.
Step 4: Add a Close Button Behavior.
TECHNIQUE 20: DELIVERING A MESSAGE QUIETLY WITH POP-UNDER WINDOWS.
Step 1: Create the Pop-Under Window File.
Step 2: Add the Custom Script.
TECHNIQUE 21: INVITING THEM BACK TO YOUR SITE WITH AN EXIT POP-UP WINDOW.
Step 1: Create the Pop-Up Window File.
Step 2:Modify the Launcher Event.
CHAPTER 5: ADVANCED PAGE DESIGN TECHNIQUES.
TECHNIQUE 22: “DREWING” TABLES WITH LAYOUT FEATURES.
Step 1: Draw a Table.
Step 2: Edit Tables in Layout View.
TECHNIQUE 23: FROMATTING MULTIPLE TABLE CELLS.
Step 1: Align the Content in Mulitple Cells.
Step 2: Format the Text in Multiple Cells.
Step 3: Apply a Background Image to Multiple Cells.
TECHNIQUE 24: DESIGNING A COMPELLING HTML E-MAIL NEWSLETTER.
Step 1: Build Your Newsletter in Dreamweaver.
Step 2: Upload Images and Update Image Source Links.
Step 3:Make Image Source Paths Absolute.
Step 4a: Send Your HTML E-Mail From Outlook.
Step 4b: Send Your HTML E-Mail From Outlook Express.
TECHNIQUE 25: CREATING A FLOATING DHTML TOOLBAR.
Step 1: Insert Your Menu Graphics.
Step 2: Create a Second Level Menu Template.
Step 3: Create All Menu Layers.
Step 4: Turn Layers On and Off.
Step 5: Insert a Spacer GIF with Behaviors.
CHAPTER 6: DESIGNING FOR HIGH ACCESSIBILITY AND LOW BANDWIDTH.
TECHNIQUE 26: USING DREAMWEAVER’S ACCESSIBILITY TOOLS.
Step 1: Activate Dreamweaver’s Accessibility Tools.
Step 2: Using Accessibility Tools.
TECHNIQUE 27: PROVIDING MULTIPLE NAVIGATION OPTIONS.
Step 1: Create a Text Navigation Row.
Step 2:Make a Text Navigation Row a Library Item.
TECHNIQUE 28: USING ALT TAGS TO DESCRIBE IMAGES.
Step 1: Insert Alt Text.
Step 2: Look for Missing Alt Tags.
TECHNIQUE 29: INSERTING A QUICK-LOADING LOW-RES IMAGE.
Step 1: Create a Low-Res Image.
CHAPTER 7: IMAGE TRICKS THAT MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD.
TECHNIQUE 30: “ZOOMING IN” WITH ROLLOVERS.
Step 1: Prepare the Main Image and the Rollover Zoom-In Images in a Graphics Editing Program.
Step 2: Insert Starting Image Into Web Page.
Step 3: Create the Image Map 141
Step 4: Add Rollover Action 141
Step 5: Test the Zoom-In Action 142
TECHNIQUE 31: EDITING IMAGES FROM WITHIN DREAMWEAVER.
Step 1: Select the Image You Want to Edit.
Step 2: Edit the Image in Fireworks.
TECHNIQUE 32: BUILDING A POP-UP MENU USING FIREWORKS.
Step 1: Open Your Source File.
Step 2: Add the Pop-Up Menu.
Step 3: Export Your Layout.
Step 4: Complete Your Layout in Dreamweaver.
TECHNIQUE 33: CREATING A SLIDESHOW USING THE TIMELINE AND BEHAVIORS.
Step 1: Insert Layers for First Photo and Caption.
Step 2: Add Layer Motion Using the Timeline.
Step 3: Add Behaviors to Show and Hide Text Layers.
Step 4: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 34: ADDING STYLE TO YOUR PAGE WITH A FIXED TILING BACKGROUND.
Step 1: Create the Elements for the Tiling Background in Fireworks.
Step 2: Create the Tiling Background.
Step 3: Add Tiling Background to Your Web Page in Dreamweaver.
TECHNIQUE 35: PREVENTING BACKGROUNDS FROM TILING AND SCROLLING.
Step 1: Create a Style Sheet.
Step 2: Define Your Background.
TECHNIQUE 36: CREATING TILING GRAPHICS FOR USE IN AUTOSTRETCH LAYOUTS.
Step 1: Prepare and Slice Your Layout in a Graphics Program.
Step 2: Create Tiling Background Graphic for Header Area.
Step 3: Rebuild Exported HTML Tables to Include Tiling Background.
CHAPTER 8: TECHNIQUES TO SAVE YOU REPETITION.
TECHNIQUE 37: CREATING A LIBRARY OF COMMON ELEMENTS.
Step 1: Create a Library Item.
Step 2: Add a Library Item to a Page.
Step 3: Highlight Library Items.
Step 4: Edit a Library Item to Make Global Changes.
Step 5:Make Library Items Editable.
TECHNIQUE 38: CREATING EFFECTIVE FRAME NAVIGATION.
Step 1: Create a Frame by Using the Frames Insert Panel.
Step 2: Save Files in a Frameset.
Step 3: Naming Frames.
Step 4: Set Targets and Links in Frames.
TECHNIQUE 39: USING HTML STYLES TO AUTOMATE FORMATTING.
Step 1: Create an HTML Style.
Step 2: Apply an HTML Style.
TECHNIQUE 40: LET CASCADING STYLE SHEETS GUIDE YOUR WORK.
Step 1: Create an External CSS Style.
Step 2: Redefine an HTML Tag to Eliminate Underline from Links.
Step 3: Apply Styles.
TECHNIQUE 41: REUSING MULTIMEDIA ASSETS.
Step 1: Save Flash Assets.
Step 2: Using Flash Assets.
Step 3: Using Other Multimedia Assets.
CHAPTER 9: DYNAMICALLY DISPLAY CONTENT WITH DATABASE FEATURES.
TECHNIQUE 42: SCOURING YOUR DATABASE WITH AN EASY SITE SEARCH FEATURE.
Step 1: Create a Search Form.
Step 2: Create a Recordset.
Step 3: Create a Search Results Zone.
Step 4: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 43: INVITING INTERACTIVE GRAFFITTI INTO YOUR SITE WITH A PUBLIC GUEST BOOK.
Step 1: Create the View Guestbook Page.
Step 2: Create the Insert Entry Page.
Step 3: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 44: SHOWING OFF A PRODUCT CATALOG WITH A MASTER/DETAIL PAGE SET.
Step 1: Create Your Master/Detail Set.
Step 2: Apply the Master/Detail Object.
TECHNIQUE 45: ADMINISTERING YOUR DATABASE WITH YOUR WEB BROWSER.
Step 1: Create the Record Update Form.
Step 2: Create Record Navigation.
Step 3: Preview in Your Browser.
Online Resources.
CHAPTER 10: EXTEND THE FEATURES OF DREAMWEAVER WITH EXTENSIONS.
TECHNIQUE 46: KEEPING YOUR SITE LOOKING FRESH WITH A RANDOM IMAGE GROUP.
Step 1: Install the Extension.
Step 2: Run the Random Image Command.
Step 3: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 47: ACCEPTING CREDIT CARD PAYMENT WITH PAYPAL SHOPPING CART.
Step 1: Install the Extension.
Step 2: Configure the PayPal Cart Main Menu.
Step 3: Choose Your Buy Button.
Step 4: Enter the Details of an Item for Sale.
Step 5: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 48: DON’T GET FRAMED! USE FRAME BUSTER TO BREAK FREE.
Step 1: Install the Extension.
Step 2: Insert the Frame Buster Object.
Step 3: Test the Frame Buster.
TECHNIQUE 49: PREVENTING ORPHANED FRAME CONTENT WITH FRAMESTUFFER.
Step 1: Install the Extension.
Step 2: Prepare the Frameset.
Step 3: Preview in Your Browser.
TECHNIQUE 50: GENERATING IMAGES WITHIN DREAMWEAVER WITH INSTAGRAPHICS.
Step 1: Install the Extension.
Step 2: Generate Text Graphics.
Step 3: Convert HTML Bullets Into Graphics.
Step 4: Create Rollover Fireworks Buttons.
APPENDIX A: WHAT’S ON THE CD-ROM.
APPENDIX B: LEARNING MORE ON THE WEB.
APPENDIX C: EXTENDING THE FEATURES OF DREAMWEAVER MX.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
COLOPHON.
INDEX.
END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.