Dreamweaver CS6

The Missing Credits

Preface

Part 1. Building a Web Page

Chapter 1. Dreamweaver CS6 Guided Tour

The Dreamweaver CS6 Interface

Setting Up a Site

Creating a Web Page

Managing Files and Folders with the Files Panel

The Dreamweaver Test Drive

Chapter 2. Adding and Formatting Text

Adding Text in Dreamweaver

Adding Special Characters

Selecting Text

HTML Formatting

Paragraph Formatting

Creating and Formatting Lists

Text Styles

Spell Checking

Chapter 3. Introducing Cascading Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheet Basics

Creating Styles

Using Styles

Manipulating Styles

Text Formatting with CSS

Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial

Chapter 4. Links

Understanding Links

Adding a Link

Adding an Email Link

Linking Within a Web Page

Modifying a Link

Styling Links

Creating a Navigation Menu

Link Tutorial

Chapter 5. Images

Adding Images

Inserting an Image from Photoshop

Modifying an Image

Controlling Images with CSS

Editing Graphics

Image Maps

Rollover images

Tutorial: Inserting and Formatting Graphics

Chapter 6. Tables

Table Basics

Inserting a Table

Selecting Parts of a Table

Expanded Table Mode

Formatting Tables

Modifying Cell and Row Properties

Adding and Removing Cells

Merging and Splitting Cells

Tabular Data

Tables Tutorial

Chapter 7. HTML: Under the Hood

Controlling How Dreamweaver Handles HTML

Code View

Live Code

Quick Tag Editor

The Tag Inspector

Comparing Versions of a Web Page

Reference Panel

Inserting JavaScript

Part 2. Building a Better Web Page

Chapter 8. Advanced CSS

Compound Selectors

Fast Style Editing with the Properties Pane

Moving and Managing Styles

More About CSS

Using the Code Navigator

Styling for Print

CSS Transitions

Using CSS3

Advanced CSS Tutorial

Chapter 9. Page Layout

Types of Web Page Layouts

Float Layout Basics

Understanding the Box Model

Dreamweaver's CSS Layouts

Modifying Dreamweaver's CSS Layouts

Absolute Positioning

Adding an AP Element to Your Page

Modifying AP Element Properties

CSS Layout Tutorial

Chapter 10. Troubleshooting CSS

Analyzing CSS with Dreamweaver

Overcoming Common CSS Problems

Chapter 11. Designing Websites for Mobile Devices

Previewing Pages at Different Resolutions

Media Queries

Strategies for Using Media Queries

Fluid Grid Layouts

jQuery Mobile

Part 3. Bringing Your Pages to Life

Chapter 12. From Basics

Form Basics

Creating a Form

Adding Form Elements

Validating Forms

Forms Tutorial

Chapter 13. Adding Interactivity with JavaScript

Introducing Adobe's Spry Framework

Tabbed Panels

Accordions

Collapsible Panels

Spry Tooltips

Spry Data Sets

Dreamweaver Behaviors

Applying Dreamweaver Behaviors

Events

(Some of) the Actions, One by One

The Widget Browser

Chapter 14. Add Flash and Other Multimedia

Flash: An Introduction

Automate the Flash Download

Add Flash Videos

Other Video Options

Part 4. Managing a Website

Chapter 15. Introducing Site Management

The Structure of a Website

Setting Up a Site (in Depth)

Managing Dreamweaver Sites

Site Assets

Chapter 16. Testing Your Site

Site Launch Checklist

Previewing Web Pages in BrowserLab

Find and Fix Broken Links

Validating Web Pages

Cleaning Up HTML (and XHTML)

Site Reporting

Download Statistics

Chapter 17. Moving Your Site to the Internet

Adding a Remote Server

Transferring Files

Check in and Check Out

Synchronizing Site Files

Communicating with Design Notes

Part 5. Dreamweaver CS6 Power

Chapter 18. Snippets and Libraries

Snippets Basics

Using Snippets

Creating Snippets

Built-in Snippets

Library Basics

Creating and Using Library Items

Editing Library Items

Snippets and Library Tutorial

Chapter 19. Templates

Template Basics

Creating a Template

Defining Editable Regions

Building Pages Based on a Template

Updating a Template

Using Repeating Regions

Using Editable Tag Attributes

Using Optional Regions

Exporting a Template-Based Site

Template Tutorial

Chapter 20. Find and Replace

Find and Replace Basics

Basic Text and HTML Searches

Advanced Text Searches

Advanced Tag Searches

A Powerful Example: Adding Alt Text Fast

Chapter 21. Customizing Dreamweaver

Keyboard Shortcuts

Dreamweaver Extensions

Chapter 22. Working with Server-Side Programming

Pieces of the Puzzle

Dynamic Websites: The Setup

Creating a Dynamic Page

Using Server-Side Includes

Working with Related PHP Files

PHP Code Hints

Appendix A. Getting Help

Getting Help from Dreamweaver

Getting Help from Adobe

Appendix B. Dreamweaver CS6, Menu by Menu

File Menu

Edit Menu

View Menu

Insert Menu

Modify Menu

Format Menu

Commands Menu

Site Menu

Window Menu

Help Menu

Index