Short description
Dreamweaver is a Web design and publishing tool, considered the software of choice for building clean, compatible Web sites on the Mac and Windows computer. This is a guide to the techniques of Dreamweaver MX.
Long description
This work includes techniques for building rollovers, embedding Flash movies, creating dynamic tables, adding cool animations, and much more. It features 50 fast and easy, but powerful, effects that creative professionals and amateurs alike can achieve almost instantly. Each technique is fully-illustrated with "before" and "after" shots, and carefully described in step-by-step detail. The CD-ROM includes work files and finished effects from the book.
Review
...a host of quick projects (okay, 50) enabling you to do everything from create image maps to bust out of frames... (Computer Arts, August 2003) ...a riveting read and if you put the time in you'll have great results too... (Web Pages Made Easy, August 2003)
Table of contents
- 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
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