As the Web's popularity continues to soar, so does that of Macromedia Dreamweaver, one of the most elegant and powerful web-page creation programs you can buy. Dreamweaver deploys a rich, well-designed, WYSIWYG environment for building cross-platform, cross-browser web sites; but unlike most visual editors, it doesn't clutter up the underlying HTML code by inserting unnecessary tags that make large web sites difficult to manage. Dreamweaver is a favorite of multimedia designers, thanks to its smooth integration with other Macromedia applications like Flash and Shockwave.Dreamweaver 4 extends Macromedia's lead in the web-design market. The new, more sophisticated Version 4 incorporates the latest developments in browser technologies--and the best way to get the full advantage of these improved features is with Dreamweaver 4: The Missing Manual, the ideal companion to this complex software. Under the guidance of Missing Manual series editor David Pogue, author Dave McFarland brings Dreamweaver 4 to life with clarity, authority, and good humor.After orienting you with an anatomical tour of a web page, the book walks you through the entire process of creating and designing a complete web site. Along the way, a unique "live examples" approach lets you see and test, on the actual Internet, real web pages that follow the development progress of the book's chapters. Armed with this book, both first-time and experienced web designers can easily use Dreamweaver to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life.

Dreamweaver 4: The Missing Manual

Computers & Technology

McFarland, David Sawyer

Web Development & Design

Pogue Press

As the Web's popularity continues to skyrocket, so does that of Macromedia Dreamweaver, one of the most elegant and powerful Web-page creation programs available. Dreamweaver offers a rich, well-designed, WISYWYG environment for building cross-platform, cross-browser Web sites; but unlike most visual editors, it doesn't clutter up the underlying HTML programming by inserting unnecessary HTML tags that make large Web sites difficult to manage. Dreamweaver is a favorite of multimedia designers, thanks to its smooth integration with other Macromedia applications, like Flash and Shockwave.Dreamweaver MX (for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Windows) marks the historic union of Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver UltraDev, a package of Web-database language modules once sold separately. The new, unified program offers even more power--and Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual offers even more easily understood, witty lessons for harnessing it.As in his highly regarded Dreamweaver 4: The Missing Manual, author McFarland livens the book with unique,live examples,that let the reader see and test--on the Internet, itself--real Web pages that follow the development progress of the book's chapters. There's even a step-by-step tutorial for creating an interactive Web database using Microsoft's ASP programming language, new to Dreamweaver MX.In collaboration with Missing Manual series editor David Pogue, McFarland brings Dreamweaver MX to life with clarity, authority, and good humor. Armed with this book, the first-time or experienced Web designer will have little difficulty using DreamWeaver to create stunning, interactive Web sites.

Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual

Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3. This new version of the popular web design software offers a rich environment for building professional sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. Moreover, it's now integrated more tightly with Adobe's other products: Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, and their siblings. But with such sophisticated features, the software isn't simple. So say hello to Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual, the fifth edition of this bestselling book by experienced web site trainer and author David McFarland. This book helps both first-time and experienced web designers bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. With jargon-free language and clear descriptions, this new edition addresses both beginners who need step-by-step guidance as well as long-time Dreamweaver users who need a handy reference to address the inner-workings of the program. Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual teaches designers how to construct and manage web sites by examining web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities through "live examples". With a complete A-Z guide to designing, organizing, building and deploying a web site for those with no web design experience, this book:
<ul>
<li>Takes you through the basics to advanced techniques to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS</li>
<li>Shows you how to design dynamic database-driven web sites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms</li>
<li>Teaches you how to master your web site, and manage thousands of pages effortlessly</li>
</ul>Witty and objective, Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual is a must for anyone who uses this highly popular program, from beginners to professionals. Altogether, it's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS3.

Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual

O'Reilly Media

JavaScript is an essential language for creating modern, interactive websites, but its complex rules challenge even the most experienced web designers. With JavaScript: The Missing Manual, you'll quickly learn how to use JavaScript in sophisticated ways -- without pain or frustration -- even if you have little or no programming experience.
JavaScript expert David McFarland first teaches you the basics by having you build a simple program. Then you'll learn how to work with jQuery, a popular library of pre-built JavaScript components that's free and easy to use. With jQuery, you can quickly build modern, interactive web pages -- without having to script everything from scratch!
<ul>
<li>Learn how to add scripts to a web page, store and manipulate information, communicate with the browser window, respond to events like mouse clicks and form submissions, and identify and modify HTML</li>
<li>Get real-world examples of JavaScript in action</li>
<li>Learn to build pop-up navigation bars, enhance HTML tables, create an interactive photo gallery, and make web forms more usable</li>
<li>Create interesting user interfaces with tabbed panels, accordion panels, and pop-up dialog boxes</li>
<li>Learn to avoid the ten most common errors new programmers make, and how to find and fix bugs</li>
<li>Use JavaScript with Ajax to communicate with a server so that your web pages can receive information without having to reload</li>
</ul>

JavaScript: The Missing Manual

When it comes to building professional websites, Dreamweaver CS4 is capable of doing more than any other web design program -- including previous versions of Dreamweaver. But the software's sophisticated features aren't simple. Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual will help you master this program quickly, so you can bring stunning, interactive websites to life. Under the expert guidance of bestselling author and teacher David McFarland, you'll learn how to build professional-looking websites quickly and painlessly. McFarland has loaded the book with over 150 pages of hands-on tutorials to help you create database-enabled PHP pages, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for cutting-edge design, add XML-based news feeds, include dynamic effects with JavaScript and AJAX, and more. This witty and objective book offers jargon-free language and clear descriptions that will help you:
<ul>
<li>Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from the basics to advanced techniques</li>
<li>Design dynamic database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms</li>
<li>Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework</li>
<li>Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages</li>
<li>Examine web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples"</li>
</ul>
Perfect for beginners who need step-by-step guidance, and for longtime Dreamweaver designers who need a handy reference to the new version, this thoroughly updated edition of our bestselling Missing Manual is your complete guide to designing, organizing, building, and deploying websites. It's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS4.

Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual

Web site design has grown up. Unlike the old days, when designers cobbled together chunky HTML, bandwidth-hogging graphics, and a prayer to make their sites look good, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) now lets your inner designer come out and play. But CSS isn't just a tool to pretty up your site; it's a reliable method for handling all kinds of presentation--from fonts and colors to page layout. "CSS: The Missing Manual" clearly explains this powerful design language and how you can use it to build sparklingly new Web sites or refurbish old sites that are ready for an upgrade. 
Like their counterparts in print page-layout programs, style sheets allow designers to apply typographic styles, graphic enhancements, and precise layout instructions to elements on a Web page. Unfortunately, due to CSS's complexity and the many challenges of building pages that work in all Web browsers, most Web authors treat CSS as a kind of window-dressing to spruce up the appearance of their sites. Integrating CSS with a site's underlying HTML is hard work, and often frustratingly complicated. As a result many of the most powerful features of CSS are left untapped. With this book, beginners and Web-building veterans alike can learn how to navigate the ins-and-outs of CSS and take complete control over their Web pages' appearance. Author David McFarland (the bestselling author of O'Reilly's Dreamweaver: The Missing Manual) combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, a dash of humor, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you ways to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. You'll learn how to: <ul>
<li>Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS 
</li> <li>Style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders 
</li> <li>Turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars-complete with CSS-only rollover effects that add interactivity to your Web pages 
</li> <li>Style images to create effective photo galleries and special effects like CSS-based drop shadows 
</li> <li>Make HTML forms look great without a lot of messy HTML</li> <li>Overcome the most hair-pulling browser bugs so your Web pages work consistently from browser to browser 
</li> <li>Create complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs that don't require using old techniques like HTML tables Style Web pages for printing </li> </ul>
Unlike competing books, this Missing Manual doesn't assume that everyone in the world only surfs the Web with Microsoft's Internet Explorer; our book provides support for all major Web browsers and is one of the first books to thoroughly document the newly expanded CSS support in IE7, currently in beta release. Want to learn how to turn humdrum Web sites into destinations that will capture viewers and keep them longer? Pick up CSS: The Missing Manual and learn the real magic of this tool.

CSS: The Missing Manual

Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Witty and entertaining, this second edition gives you up-to-the-minute pro techniques. You'll learn how to:
<ul>
<li>Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS</li> <li>Style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders</li> <li>Turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars -- complete with rollover effects</li> <li>Create effective photo galleries and special effects, including drop shadows</li> <li>Get up to speed on CSS 3 properties that work in the latest browser versions</li> <li>Build complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs</li> <li>Style web pages for printing</li> </ul>
 With CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition, you'll find all-new online tutorial pages, expanded CSS 3 coverage, and broad support for Firebox, Safari, and other major web browsers, including Internet Explorer 8. Learn how to use CSS effectively to build new websites, or refurbish old sites that are due for an upgrade.

CSS: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

O'Reilly & Associates

Dreamweaver CS6 is the most capable website design and management program yet, but there’s no printed guide to its amazing features. That’s where Dreamweaver CS6: The Missing Manual comes in. You’ll learn to use every facet of this versatile program, through jargon-free explanations and 13 hands-on tutorials.
The important stuff you need to know:
<ul>
<li>
Get A to Z guidance. Go from building simple web pages to creating rich, interactive websites.</li>
<li>
Learn state-of-the-art design. Create dynamic, visually appealing sites using JavaScript and CSS, and see how HTML5 and CSS3 fit in.</li>
<li>
Add instant interactivity. Use Dreamweaver’s unique Spry technology to easily add complex layout options, like drop-down menus.</li>
<li>
Use timesaving features. Take advantage of Dreamweaver’s libraries, templates, and hundreds of extensions.</li>
<li>
Go mobile. Design sites for smartphones, tablets, and desktop PCs, using the same HTML.</li>
<li>
Simplify site management. Check for broken links, streamline site-wide changes, and reorganize your site in a snap.</li>
</ul>

Dreamweaver CS6: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

Dreamweaver CC is a powerful tool for designing all kinds of websites, from those with simple, static pages to interactive, media-driven sites for desktop, laptop, and mobile devices. But the program still doesn’t include a printed guide to all its amazing capabilities. That’s where this Missing Manual comes in. With hands-on tutorials and thorough coverage of every feature, you’ll learn how to build, deploy, and manage sites whether you’re an experienced designer or just getting started.
The important stuff you need to know:
<ul>
<li>
Dive into page design. Quickly learn the basics of working with text, images, links, and tables.</li>
<li>
Edit pages in Live view. Dynamically add elements to live pages and immediately see the results.</li>
<li>
Design once, and for all. Build fluid-grid sites that reformat themselves for desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers.</li>
<li>
Examine page structure. Troubleshoot problems using the new Element Quick View to see the hierarchy of HTML elements.</li>
<li>
Style with ease. Use the enhanced CSS Designer to copy and paste styles, set margins and padding, and add or delete selectors.</li>
<li>
Enhance Dreamweaver. Add new program features with Add-Ons that integrate directly with Dreamweaver.</li>
<li>
Bring your pages to life. Use jQuery UI to add interactive page elements like tabbed panels, collapsible content sections, and dialog boxes.</li>
<li>
Create universal pages. Avoid browser incompatibility issues by using surefire workarounds.</li>
</ul>

Dreamweaver CC: The Missing Manual

Grover, Chris

Web designers, web producers, and webmasters rely on one program above all others to design, build, and manage professional websites: Adobe Dreamweaver. It provides the tools you need to create everything from simple HTML pages to database-driven PHP pages. But what makes Dreamweaver so versatile is also what makes it difficult to learn. This bestselling guide offers you with clear, jargon-free explanations to help you master this sophisticated program -- and bring stunning, contemporary websites to life. 
 Written by veteran Dreamweaver teacher and author David McFarland, Dreamweaver CS5: The Missing Manual takes you through site creation step-by-step, from building your very first page to launching a template-driven, fully interactive site. You'll hone your skills with the help of hands-on, guided tutorials throughout the book. 
<ul>
<li>Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from basic to advanced techniques </li>
<li>Design dynamic, database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms </li>
<li>Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework </li>
<li>Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages </li>
<li>Examine web page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples" </li>
</ul>
 Add Spry Tabbed Panels to Web Pages Some website visitors are loath to scroll; if they don’t see what they want when a page first loads, they move on. Because of this, some web designers divide long passages of information into multiple pages so that each page presents small, easy-to-digest chunks. Of course, that means building several pages instead of just one, and forces visitors to click through (and wait for) a series of pages. Spry Tabbed Panels provides an alternative (see Figure 13-1). Instead of creating one long page, or several smaller pages, you can organize information into separate tabbed panels. That way, your content is always front and center, and your visitors can easily access different sections by clicking a tab above each panel. Adding a Tabbed Panel You can place Spry tabbed panels anywhere on a web page. But since the tabs form a single row at the top of the group of panels, you need enough horizontal space to accommodate all the tabs. Unless you have only a couple of tabs with one-word text labels, you should place the tabbed panels in a fairly wide space, such as the main column of a web page, or across the entire width of the page. Just follow these steps: Figure 13-1. Organize your page’s content into easily accessible panels with the Spry Tabbed Panels widget. Clicking a tab opens a new panel’s worth of information without the browser having to load a new web page. 1. In the document window, click where you wish to insert the panels. For example, inside a div tag. 2. Choose Insert &gt; Spry &gt; Spry Tabbed Panels, or, on the Insert panel’s Spry category, click one of the Spry Tabbed Panel’s buttons (see Figure 13-2). You can find all the Spry goodies on the Insert panel’s Spry category (Figure 13-2, left); you’ll also find several Spry widgets (including tabbed panels) listed under the Layout category (Figure 13-2, right), and other Spry buttons grouped under other tabs (form validation Spry widgets appear under the Forms tab, for example). Figure 13-2. In the Insert panel, you can identify a Spry icon by the starburst in the button’s lower-right corner. It’s even easier to distinguish them from other buttons if, from the Insert Panel’s category menu, you choose Color Icons--this changes the drab gray starburst to a bright orange. After you insert a tabbed panel, you see two tabs and two panels on the page (Figure 13-3); in addition, a blue tab appears above the panels indicating the Spry widget. The blue tab appears only in Dreamweaver’s Design view, not in a guest’s web browser. It gives you an easy way to select the Spry widget and access its properties in the Property inspector. <ul>
Note: When you save a page after inserting a Spry Tabbed Panel, Dreamweaver notifies you that it has added two files to the site: a CSS file (SpryTabbedPanels.css) for formatting the panel group, and a JavaScript file (SpryTabbedPanels.js) to make the panels appear and disappear when visitors click the tabs. Dreamweaver saves both files in the SpryAssets folder in your site’s root folder. Make sure you upload this folder when you move your site onto your web server.</ul>

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