Useful Books and Software

The Dreamweaver Developer's Instant Troubleshooter focuses on the problems common to complex areas of Dreamweaver web development. This book also functions as a grounding and installation reference for additional technologies like PHP, ASP, MySQL, and CSS.

Inside the covers of this book, await top-notch solutions to your web development problems. Youll want to keep this tool by your side as you explore and create with Dreamweaver MX, because this complex tool sets possible traps for the unwary. Complexities include new features for building web sites with server-side scripting, standards-compliant code, advanced template features, and Cascading Style Sheets.

But this book will steer you away from possible Dreamweaver traps. Each chapter focuses on a particular area of Dreamweaver MX development, and examines likely questionsproviding complete solutions. Whether you're having problems with setting up IIS to test your ASP pages, or you have a CSS quandary that you just can't wrap your brain around, then this is the book for you!

Publisher: Apress
Authors: Rachel Andrew, Gareth Downes-Powell, Nancy Gill, Kevin Marshall, Drew McLellan
Release Date: 2003-07-25
ISBN/EAN: 1590592336 / 9781590592335

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Learn Dreamweaver MX using IconLogic's critically acclaimed "skills & drills" approach.

You will learn how to define sites, format text using cascading style sheets, use the new Design View to create tables, use the History palette, import text into a table and format tables, create templates, use libraries, create and work with online forms, create and use frames, add animation and even FTP your completed files to your Internet Service Provider (ISP).

This book is a "beginner-intermediate" tutorial that will give you a head start on using Dreamweaver to create and manage Web sites. This is not a bible--nor is it intended for people who consider themselves advanced Dreamweaver users (or for people who already knew older versions of Dreamweaver). That said, there are many people who consider some of the lessons presented (such as style sheets, layers templates, behaviors and timelines) to be advanced topics. We do not agree. The activities covered in this book are what we truely believe are essential to working effectively with Dreamweaver.

There are "Confidence Checks," quizzes and labs in each module that will reinforce what you have learned.

For you more advanced souls, we are hard at work on "Advanced Dreamweaver MX." Lessons presented in the advanced book will include, but are not limited to, Prototype/ Storyboard a site, Import and Clean up Word HTML, Search and Replace, Advanced Style Sheet Concepts, Work with Java Applets, Change Java Parameters, Complex Rollovers, Work with Layers, Multiple Timelines and Behaviors, Work with Built-in Frames Objects, Integrating Fireworks Navigation Bars and Pop-up Menus, Duplicating and re-using CSS styles, Advanced Templates (including Optional regions), Advanced Table Design Using Layout Mode, Insert Automatic Navigation Bars, Link to External Scripts, Disjointed Rollovers, Integrate Flash, Extend Dreamweaver, Advanced Form Validation, Integrate Databases.

Here's is a peek at what you will learn:

Define a New Site | Create an Index Page | Add Content to a Page | Preview a Web Page in a Browser | Modify Page Properties | Format Text on a Web Page | Link Web Pages Together | Add an Email Link | Use the History Palette | Import Table Data | Create tables in Standard and Design View | Add a Tracing Image | Create Layers | Add Images to Layers | Convert Layers to a Table | Create a Template | Add Layers to a Template | Insert Images Inside Layers | Add an Editable Region to a Template | Assign a Template to Web Pages | Link Images to Web Pages Using a Template | Create an Image Map | Create and Use Library Items | Use Code View | CSS Overview | Redefine an HTML Tag | Style Sheet Classes | Create a Custom Class | Use Custom Styles | Edit a Custom Style | Create an External Style Sheet | Apply an External Style Sheet | Edit an External Style Sheet | Make Styles Compatible with 3.0 Browsers | Behaviors & JavaScript Overview | Add a Check Browser Behavior | Create Forms | Create Frames | Add the Drag Layer Behavior | Work with Timelines | Retrieve and Delete Sites | Check and Repair Site-wide Links | Designate a Page as the Home Page | Explore the Site Map | Use the Site Map to Link Files Together | Set Up FTP Access | Add Design Notes to a File | FTP Files to a Host | Cloak Files | Check Files in and Out

Note: This book comes with a CD that contains all of the student data files necessary to complete the book. All you need is a Macintosh or PC, Dreamweaver MX, this book and a few days. Dreamweaver MX does not come with this book. You can download a free demo version from Macromedia's web site.

Publisher: IconLogic
Author: Kevin A. Siegel
Release Date: 2002-07
ISBN/EAN: 1891762796 / 9781891762796

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This book is primarily intended to assist growing professionals in gaining a fantastic working knowledge of Dreamweaver and the issues in design and markup that are affecting the changing way in which they work. This book addresses issues in Web design and development from an extremely contemporary standpoint. While the information contained within is suitable for beginners, the real emphasis is to assist the intermediate designer interested in learning how to work with Dreamweaver to achieve best practices within the design and development industry. The book provides plenty of tips and real-world advice from people working in the trenches, and lays a solid groundwork so that readers have a firm grasp of the basics before moving to more advanced functionality.

Publisher: Que
Author: Molly E. Holzschlag
Release Date: 2002-12-31
ISBN/EAN: 0789727072 / 9780789727077

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The Application Chapters will challenge you to combine the knowledge and techniques acquired from several previous chapters and apply your newly developed skills to create a "real-world" Dreamweaver web site. The book also includes a CD-ROM containing all the supporting files necessary for exercises within the book.

Publisher: OnWord Press
Authors: Julia Pryor Belinski, Charles F. Belinski, Scott J. Wilson
Release Date: 2001-06-28
ISBN/EAN: 0766820041 / 9780766820043

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Step 1: Learn the Logic. Start here with a discussion about how the Web works, why Web sites make sense, and what makes a Dreamweaver site effective.

Step 2: Develop a Content Strategy. Identify the purpose of the Web site and the required content.

Step 3: Lay a Foundation. Prepare the foundation of your Web site by getting a domain name and locating a company to host your Web site.

Step 4: Collect and Organize Your Content. Collect existing content or develop new content—then create a central warehouse to store and organize this material.

Step 5: Set Up Your Web Site. Define your new Dreamweaver Web site and set up its initial structure.

Step 6: Create Your Pages. Create the Web pages for your Web site by combing text, images and hyperlinks.

Step 7: Polish Your Pages. Refine your Web pages to make them more effective and professional.

Step 8: Deploy Your Web Site. Test and publish your Web site and then draw attention to it by submitting your site to search engines, sharing links, using newsgroups and list servers, and generating offline publicity.

More than just a book about Dreamweaver, Effective Executive’s Guide to Dreamweaver Web Sites explains how to create business and nonprofit organization Web sites that really work.

Publisher: Redmond Technology Press
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson, Jason Gerend
Release Date: 2000-01-15
ISBN/EAN: 0967298199 / 9780967298191

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