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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Fundamentals

Mark Fletcher - Certified Macromedia Professional, guides users through developing a web site with the latest version of Macromedia's leading web editor, Dreamweaver MX 2004. He demonstrates the fundamental techniques required to harness the full potential of this professional HTML/XHTML editor, enabling users to design, develop, and maintain, web sites that adhere to the latest web standards. Some of the key new features covered in this course: CSS to increase control over a web site, making it more accessible and easier to maintain; Dreamweaver's cross-browser validation feature, which ensures that no pages are using markup, or CSS not supported in certain browsers. Save time cropping, resizing and making minor changes to images with Dreamweaver's built-in Fireworks technology; copy and paste from Word and Excel documents directly into Dreamweaver while maintaining the appearance of your Office documents; edit files and change code directly on remote FTP. To begin learning today, simply click one of the links below.

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Introduction to Dreamweaver MX 2004

What is Dreamweaver?

System Requirements

Dreamweaver Updater

The Lessons Folder

Planning and Design

Design and Visualization

Naming Conventions

CSS and HTML Prototyping

Tracing Image

Resources

Creating a Site

Creating a Site Definition - Win

Creating a Site Definition - Mac

Advanced Site Setup

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