Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio A Beginner's Guide

Name: Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks 4 Studio A Beginner's Guide
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ISBN: 9780072192605

ISBN-10: 0072192607

ISBN-13: 9780072192605

Edition: 2001

Authors: Kim Cavanaugh

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The Dreamweaver 4 Fireworks Studio is a logical and cost effective choice for consumers that are looking for a complete Web design package. The author offers a comprehensive introduction to features and functionality.

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 9/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 550
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Dreamweaver 4 and the World Wide Web
Fundamentals of the World Wide Web	p. 3
Understanding the Web--Basic Internet Terminologies	p. 4
What Is HTML?	p. 5
Getting Connected	p. 6
Getting a Handle on HTML	p. 8
HTML Tags	p. 9
HTML Attributes	p. 11
The Present and Future of HTML	p. 16
What You See Is What You Get	p. 17
Viewing Source Code	p. 19
What to Take Away	p. 21
Mastery Check	p. 21
Planning and Organizing Your Web Site	p. 23
Planning Your Site from the Ground Up	p. 24
Identify the Target Audience	p. 25
Planning Site Content	p. 29
Creating a Site Map	p. 30
Understanding Paths and Site Structure	p. 32
Defining a Web Site from the Ground Up	p. 35
How Dreamweaver Handles Site Management	p. 38
Getting to the Root of Your Web Site	p. 38
Defining Sites in Dreamweaver	p. 40
Creating a Site Structure	p. 42
Creating a New Web Site Structure from Scratch	p. 46
What to Take Away	p. 47
Mastery Check	p. 48
Understanding the Dreamweaver Interface	p. 49
The document Window	p. 50
The Head Content Bar	p. 53
The Toolbar	p. 54
The Status Bar	p. 56
The Properties Inspector	p. 59
Text Properties	p. 60
Image Properties	p. 61
The Objects Panel	p. 63
Common Objects	p. 65
Character Objects	p. 66
Form Objects	p. 67
Frame Objects	p. 68
Head Objects	p. 69
Invisible Objects	p. 70
Special Objects	p. 71
Layout and View	p. 71
The Launcher and Mini-Launcher	p. 72
The Menu Bar	p. 73
The Context Menu	p. 75
Using the Objects Panel and the Properties Inspector	p. 75
What to Take Away	p. 78
Mastery Check	p. 78
Layouts and Alignments: Building Your First Web Page	p. 79
Creating Your First Web Page	p. 80
Creating and Saving a New HTML document	p. 80
File Naming and Page Titles	p. 82
Modifying Page Properties	p. 84
Using Images for Page Backgrounds	p. 84
Changing Page Background Colors	p. 88
Changing Text Colors	p. 91
Using Preset Color Schemes	p. 91
Color Considerations in Web Design	p. 92
Previewing Pages in a Browser	p. 94
Setting Page Margins	p. 96
Exploring Page Options and Colors	p. 97
What to Take Away	p. 101
Mastery Check	p. 102
The Printed Word: Working with Text	p. 103
Understanding Text and Typefaces	p. 104
Text Terminology	p. 105
Considerations when Working with Text	p. 106
Entering and Formatting Text	p. 107
Entering Text in Dreamweaver	p. 108
Text Formatting	p. 112
Controlling Text Appearance	p. 115
Changing Font Styles	p. 115
Changing Font Sizes	p. 118
Changing Font Colors	p. 121
Aligning Text	p. 122
Using Lists and Indents	p. 124
Creating Hyperlinks	p. 129
Absolute and Relative Links	p. 129
Creating a Relative Link	p. 130
Creating an E-Mail Link	p. 133
Inserting Page Anchors	p. 135
Putting It All Together	p. 138
Formatting a Web Page	p. 138
What to Take Away	p. 141
Mastery Check	p. 141
Adding Visual Interest: Working with Images	p. 143
Image File Formats for the Internet	p. 144
Bitmaps, Rasters, and Vectors--Understanding Image Types	p. 144
Graphics Interchange Format--GIFs	p. 147
Joint Photographic Experts Group Format--JPEGs	p. 148
Portable Network Graphic Format--PNGs	p. 148
Shockwave Flash Format--SWFs	p. 149
Considerations in the Use of Images	p. 150
Using Dreamweaver to Insert Images	p. 151
Updating the Site Structure	p. 151
Adding a Simple Image to a Web Page	p. 153
Resizing and Aligning an Image	p. 157
Discovering Image Properties	p. 159
Images as Navigation Elements	p. 162
Creating a Navigation Bar with Images	p. 163
Working with Rollover Images	p. 167
A Few More Words About Fireworks	p. 169
New for Dreamweaver 4: Flash Text and Buttons	p. 170
Generating and Inserting Flash Text	p. 171
Creating and Inserting Flash Buttons	p. 174
Inserting Images and Navigation Items	p. 179
What to Take Away	p. 181
Mastery Check	p. 181
Controlling Page Layout	p. 183
Page Layout Principles	p. 184
Alignment	p. 185
Repetition and Consistency	p. 187
Contrast	p. 188
Do's and Don'ts of Good Page Design	p. 189
Layout Tools in Dreamweaver 4	p. 190
Understanding Tables	p. 192
Working with Layout Tables	p. 193
Working with Layout Cells	p. 197
Adding Content to Layout Tables and Cells	p. 199
Modifying Layout Cells and Tables	p. 202
Using the Autostretch Feature	p. 203
Page Layout Using Tracing Images	p. 206
Using Tracing Images in Page Layout	p. 207
Working with Tables in the Standard Layout View	p. 209
Modifying Tables in Standard View	p. 210
Inserting and Formatting a Table	p. 212
Practicing with Page Layouts	p. 214
What to Take Away	p. 215
Mastery Check	p. 216
Advanced Page Design: Frames and Cascading Style Sheets	p. 217
Understanding the Use of Frames in Page Design	p. 218
The Case for Frames	p. 219
The Case Against Frames	p. 220
Designing Web Pages with Frames	p. 221
Creating Your First Frameset	p. 222
Modifying and Saving Frames	p. 224
Linking Files in Frames	p. 227
Modifying Pages with Cascading Style Sheets	p. 230
Defining Styles for HTML Tags	p. 231
Defining a Custom Class Style	p. 235
Formatting with Selectors--Removing Link Underlines	p. 237
Creating and Using External CSS Style Sheets	p. 240
Linking, Importing, and Additional CSS Features	p. 243
Choosing an Advanced Layout Scheme	p. 244
What to Take Away	p. 246
Mastery Check	p. 247
Automating Your Work: Tools for Consistent Content	p. 249
Exploring the Assets Panel	p. 250
Inserting Objects from the Assets Panel	p. 253
Automated Formatting with Libraries and Templates	p. 255
Creating and Modifying Library Items	p. 256
Working with Templates	p. 260
Creating a New Template	p. 260
Designing with Templates	p. 263
Controlling Content Presentation with Behaviors	p. 267
Using Behaviors to Check Browser Versions	p. 269
Using Behaviors to Check for Plug-Ins	p. 273
Practicing with Templates and Behaviors	p. 275
What to Take Away	p. 276
Mastery Check	p. 277
Forms and Functions: Interactivity in Web Design	p. 279
Exploring Interactive Technologies	p. 280
Creating an E-Mail Form with JavaScript	p. 282
Designing a Web Page with Forms	p. 290
Creating a Form	p. 291
Working with Dreamweaver Extensions	p. 301
Adding Search Capabilities to a Web Site	p. 302
Adding Multimedia Elements: Linking and Embedding	p. 306
Inserting Plug-In Files	p. 307
What to Take Away	p. 311
Mastery Check	p. 311
Graphics Creation and Optimization with Fireworks 4
An Introduction to Fireworks 4	p. 315
Vectors and Bitmaps: A Review	p. 316
Vectors and Paths	p. 317
Bitmaps	p. 317
Fireworks' Native File Format--PNG	p. 317
Exploring the Fireworks Interface	p. 320
The Tools Panel	p. 321
The document Window	p. 330
Additional Options	p. 331
The Menu Bar	p. 331
Main and Modification Toolbars (Windows Only)	p. 332
Context Menu	p. 332
What to Take Away	p. 333
Mastery Check	p. 334
Working with Bitmap Images	p. 335
Creating and Modifying Fireworks Documents	p. 336
Modifying Bitmap Images	p. 343
Controlling Edges in Bitmap Selections	p. 349
Painting with Bitmaps	p. 352
Combining Selection and Painting Tools	p. 357
What to Take Away	p. 359
Mastery Check	p. 359
Creating and Modifying Objects with Fireworks Panels	p. 361
Using Vector Drawing Tools	p. 363
Working with Multiple Objects: Arranging, Combining, and Aligning	p. 371
Transforming Objects	p. 377
Working with Live Effects	p. 381
Combining Objects and Effects in a Fireworks Document	p. 386
What to Take Away	p. 387
Mastery Check	p. 388
Working with Text and Text Effects	p. 389
Using the Text Editor to Enter and Modify Text	p. 390
Applying Special Effects to Text	p. 396
Working with Vectors, Paths, and Text	p. 401
Creating and Modifying Text Objects	p. 406
What to Take Away	p. 407
Mastery Check	p. 408
Creating and Organizing Complex Objects	p. 409
Understanding Groups and Layers	p. 410
Basic Grouping Operations	p. 411
Using Mask Groups to Special Effects	p. 414
Working with Layers	p. 418
Automating Complex Objects with Styles and Symbols	p. 423
What to Take Away	p. 429
Mastery Check	p. 429
Optimizing and Exporting Fireworks Files	p. 431
Optimizing Files with the Export Preview Feature	p. 433
Optimizing and Exporting Files from the Document Window	p. 441
Using Image Slicing with Large Graphics	p. 446
What to Take Away	p. 450
Mastery Check	p. 452
Creating Animated Files with Fireworks	p. 453
Creating Frame-by-Frame Animations	p. 455
Animation Techniques with Symbols, Tweening, and Layers	p. 463
Creating Animations with Symbols	p. 469
Exporting Animated GIFs	p. 475
What to Take Away	p. 478
Mastery Check	p. 479
Bringing It All Together
Creating Interactive Images	p. 483
Creating Image Maps with Hotspots	p. 485
Creating Buttons and Navigation Bars	p. 490
Creating Disjointed Rollovers	p. 498
Creating Pop-Up Menus	p. 503
What to Take Away	p. 508
Mastery Check	p. 509
Integrating Fireworks and Dreamweaver	p. 511
Understanding Dreamweaver/Fireworks Integration	p. 512
Understanding Fireworks/Dreamweaver Integration Features	p. 512
Creating Dreamweaver Library Items with Fireworks	p. 517
What to Take Away	p. 520
Mastery Check	p. 521
Getting It Out There	p. 523
Choosing a Web-Hosting Service	p. 524
Types of Web-Hosting Services	p. 524
Considerations in Choosing Hosting Services	p. 526
Gathering Essential Information	p. 527
Configuring Dreamweaver for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)	p. 529
Transferring Files with the Dreamweaver Site Window	p. 532
What to Take Away	p. 536
Mastery Check	p. 536
Answers to Mastery Checks	p. 537
Fundamentals of the World Wide Web	p. 538
Planning and Organizing Your Web Site	p. 538
Understanding the Dreamweaver Interface	p. 539
Layouts and Alignments: Building Your First Web Page	p. 539
The Printed Word: Working with Text	p. 540
Adding Visual Interest: Working with Images	p. 540
Controlling Page Layout	p. 541
Advanced Page Design: Frames and Cascading Style Sheets	p. 541
Automating Your Work: Tools for Consistent Content	p. 542
Forms and Functions: Interactivity in Web Design	p. 543
An Introduction to Fireworks 4	p. 543
Working with Bitmap Images	p. 544
Creating and Modifying Objects with Fireworks Panels	p. 544
Working with Text and Text Effects	p. 545
Creating and Organizing Complex Objects	p. 545
Optimizing and Exporting Fireworks Files	p. 546
Creating Animated Files with Fireworks	p. 546
Creating Interactive Images	p. 547
Integrating Fireworks and Dreamweaver	p. 547
Getting It Out There	p. 548
Glossary	p. 549
Index	p. 559
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