Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual

by David Sawyer McFarland

Overview

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:

• Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from the basics to advanced techniques
• Design dynamic database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms
• Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework
• Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages
• Examine web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples"

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596554262
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/22/2008
Series:	Missing Manual Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1090
File size:	31 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

David Sawyer McFarland is the president of Sawyer McFarland Media Inc., a web development and training company located in Portland, Oregon. In addition, he teaches JavaScript programming, Flash, and web design at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Electronic Art, the Academy of Art College, and Ex'Pressions Center for New Media. He was formerly the webmaster at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center. David is also the author of CSS: The Missing Manual and Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual.

Table of Contents

The Missing CreditsIntroductionPart I: Building a Web PageChapter 1: Dreamweaver CS4 Guided TourChapter 2: Adding Text to Your Web PagesChapter 3: Text FormattingChapter 4: Introducing Cascading Style SheetsChapter 5: LinksChapter 6: ImagesChapter 7: TablesPart II: Building a Better Web PageChapter 8: Advanced CSSChapter 9: Page LayoutChapter 10: Under the Hood: HTMLPart III: Bringing Your Pages to LifeChapter 11: FormsChapter 12: Spry: Creating Interactive Web PagesChapter 13: Dreamweaver BehaviorsChapter 14: Flash and Other MultimediaPart IV: Building a Web SiteChapter 15: Introducing Site ManagementChapter 16: Testing Your SiteChapter 17: Moving Your Site to the InternetPart V: Dreamweaver CS4 PowerChapter 18: Snippets and LibrariesChapter 19: TemplatesChapter 20: Automating DreamweaverChapter 21: Customizing DreamweaverPart VI: Dynamic DreamweaverChapter 22: Getting Started with Dynamic Web SitesChapter 23: Adding Dynamic Data to Your PagesChapter 24: Web Pages that Manipulate Database RecordsChapter 25: Advanced Dynamic Site FeaturesChapter 26: Server-Side XML and XSLTPart VII: AppendixesGetting HelpDreamweaver CS4, Menu by MenuColophon