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Learn Dreamweaver 4 using IconLogic's critically acclaimed "skills & drills" approach.

This book has been designed to quickly teach you all of the essential skills necessary to work with this fantastic web page development tool. 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. All this, and most people will be able to finish within 2 short days (or less).

The 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 4, this book and a few days.

Note: Dreamweaver 4 does not come with this book. You can download a free demo version from Macromedia's web site.

Here's exactly what you'll learn:

Module One Lessons: The Basics

What is HTML? | Dreamweaver's Role | Site Management Essentials | Browsers, Versions & HTML Overview | HTML Basic Structure | Explore Dreamweaver's Palettes | Define a New Site | Create an Index Page | Add Content to a Page | Preview a Web Page in a Browser | Hexadecimal Color | Modify Page Properties | Heading Tags | Format Text on a Web Page | HyperLinks | Link Web Pages Together | Link Web Pages to Web Sites | Add an Email Link | Use the History Palette

Module Two Lessons: Tables & Layers

Define a New Site | Set Page Properties | Import Table Data | Sort a Table | Add Rows and Merge Cells | Format a Table | Use the New Design View to Create Tables | Add a Tracing Image | Create Layers | Add Images to Layers | Convert Layers to a Table

Module Three Lessons: Templates

Templates Overview | Define a New Site | 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 | Update Library Items

Module Four Lessons: HTML Source & CSS

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

Module Five Lessons: Forms

Forms Overview | Define a New Site | Create a Basic Form with Text Boxes | Add Radio Buttons | Add a Check Box | Add a Drop Down List | Add a Text Field with Scroll Bars and a Value | Add Submit and Reset Buttons | Set Form Properties

Module Six Lessons: Frames

Frames Overview | Define a New Site | Create a Frameset | Add Content to a Frameset | Region | Name Frameset Regions | Link Files into Named Frameset Regions | Link a Frameset Region into Itself | Control Frame Properties

Module Seven Lessons: Behaviors & Timelines

The Drag Layer Behavior | Add the Drag Layer Behavior | Add the Swap Image Behavior (Rollover Effects) | Timelines Overview | Create a Timeline | Extend a Timeline | Add Keyframes

Module Eight Lessons: Site Management & FTP

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

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Average Rating: 4.5
Number of Reviews: 18

The chapters on Forms, Tables and Layers, Frames, and Code View, Styles and Behaviors are amazingly good and clearly explain the powerful dynamics of Dreamweaver 4 through well designed and easy to do exercises. Mr.Kevin Siegel has taken extra efforts to clearly explain some of the lesser known but very powerful features like Image Maps and Library which other books seem to ignore.

Whether you are new to Dreamweaver or a veteran, this book surely belongs on your bookshelf both as a learning tool and a reference guide.

That said, I do find the approach of the Skills & Drills books in general to be very effective for the beginner. I'd recommend this book, but would caution the user to beware of the kinds of mistakes mentioned above.

The chapters on Forms, Tables and Layers, Frames, and Code View, Styles and Behaviors are amazingly good and clearly explain the powerful dynamics of Dreamweaver 4 through well designed and easy to do exercises. Mr.Kevin Siegel has taken extra efforts to clearly explain some of the lesser known but very powerful features like Image Maps and Library which other books seem to ignore.

Whether you are new to Dreamweaver or a veteran, this book surely belongs on your bookshelf both as a learning tool and a reference guide.

That said, I do find the approach of the Skills & Drills books in general to be very effective for the beginner. I'd recommend this book, but would caution the user to beware of the kinds of mistakes mentioned above.

The chapters on Forms, Tables and Layers, Frames, and Code View, Styles and Behaviors are amazingly good and clearly explain the powerful dynamics of Dreamweaver 4 through well designed and easy to do exercises. Mr.Kevin Siegel has taken extra efforts to clearly explain some of the lesser known but very powerful features like Image Maps and Library which other books seem to ignore.

Whether you are new to Dreamweaver or a veteran, this book surely belongs on your bookshelf both as a learning tool and a reference guide.

That said, I do find the approach of the Skills & Drills books in general to be very effective for the beginner. I'd recommend this book, but would caution the user to beware of the kinds of mistakes mentioned above.

The chapters on Forms, Tables and Layers, Frames, and Code View, Styles and Behaviors are amazingly good and clearly explain the powerful dynamics of Dreamweaver 4 through well designed and easy to do exercises. Mr.Kevin Siegel has taken extra efforts to clearly explain some of the lesser known but very powerful features like Image Maps and Library which other books seem to ignore.

Whether you are new to Dreamweaver or a veteran, this book surely belongs on your bookshelf both as a learning tool and a reference guide.

That said, I do find the approach of the Skills & Drills books in general to be very effective for the beginner. I'd recommend this book, but would caution the user to beware of the kinds of mistakes mentioned above.