The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP

# Publisher: friends of ED (July 22, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1590598598
# ISBN-13: 978-1590598597

Book Description
With over 3 million users worldwide, Adobe's Dreamweaver is the most popular web development software in the world, and it just took another step forward with CS3, the new version released in 2007. Having come a long way from it's humble beginnings as a as a simple web design tool, CS3 allows you to rapidly put together standards compliant web sites and dynamic web sites with server-side languages and Ajax, and much more. To complement this great new application, David Powers has written the ultimate guide to itThe Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 teaches you everything you need to know about the application, from setting up your development environment environment to publishing your sites and applications on the web, and everything in between.

* Takes you through your development environment set up
* Covers everything you need to create both standards compliant web sutes, and dynamic web applications
* Teaches several real world techniques using a series of step by step tutorials

What youll learn

* How to set up your ideal development environment, using Mac OSX/Windows, Apache (and IIS on Windows,) Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin
* Creating standards compliant web sites using CS3's XHTML and CSS features
* Creating dynamic web applications using CS3's PHP and Spry Ajax server behaviors
* Building several real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more.
* Creating an interface design in Fireworks CS3 and importing it into Dreamweaver CS3.
* How use Dreamweaver CS3's XML functionality, to consume RSS feeds, and create Spry data sets
* Using includes, templates and master detail pages.
* How to publish your site after you've created it

Summary of Contents

* Chapter 1: Dreamweaver CS3Your Creative Partner
* Chapter 2: Building Dynamic Sites with Ajax and PHP
* Chapter 3: Getting the Work Environment Ready
* Chapter 4: Setting Up a PHP Site
* Chapter 5: Adding a Touch of Style
* Chapter 6: Creating a CSS Site Straight Out of the Box
* Chapter 7: Building Site Navigation with the Spry Menu Bar
* Chapter 8: Sprucing Up Content with Spry Widgets
* Chapter 9: Building Online Forms and Validating Input
* Chapter 10: Introducing the Basics of PHP
* Chapter 11: Using PHP to Process a Form
* Chapter 12: Working with PHP Includes and Templates
* Chapter 13: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin
* Chapter 14: Storing Records in a Database
* Chapter 15: Controlling Access to Your Site
* Chapter 16: Working with Multiple Tables
* Chapter 17: Searching Records and Handling Dates
* Chapter 18: Using XSLT to Display Live News Feeds and XML
* Chapter 19: Using Spry to Display XML
* Chapter 20: Getting the Best of Both Worlds with PHP and Spry



About the Author
David Powers is an Adobe Community Expert for Dreamweaver and author of a series of highly successful books on PHP, including PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy (friends of ED, ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-731-6) and Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8 (friends of ED, ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-569-5). As a professional writer, he has been involved in electronic media for more than 30 years, first with BBC radio and television and more recently with the Internet. His clear writing style is valued not only in the English-speaking world; several of his books have been translated into Spanish and Polish.

What started as a mild interest in computing was transformed almost overnight into a passion, when David was posted to Japan in 1987 as BBC correspondent in Tokyo. With no corporate IT department just down the hallway, he was forced to learn how to fix everything himself. When not tinkering with the innards of his computer, he was reporting for BBC TV and radio on the rise and collapse of the Japanese bubble economy. Since leaving the BBC to work independently, he has built up an online bilingual database of economic and political analysis for Japanese clients of an international consultancy.

When not pounding the keyboard writing books or dreaming of new ways of using PHP and other programming languages, David enjoys nothing better than visiting his favorite sushi restaurant. He has also translated several plays from Japanese.

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Total Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3(Training Vids 2DVD)

Discover the power of Dreamweaver, an award-winning Web design program with this in-depth tutorial. From the basics of how to create Web pages, set links, and insert images, to more advanced techniques for creating page layouts with tables and CSS, you’ll learn everything you need to create and publish a web site. You’ll also learn how to use Dreamweaver’s more advanced features to insert Flash, video, and audio files, and use Dreamweaver’s JavaScript behaviors to create interactive effects, like rollovers and image swaps. With these easy to follow lessons, you’ll get up to speed quickly with Dreamweaver CS3

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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Essentials


DVD 1

Lesson 1: DESIGNING WEBSITES WITH DREAMWEAVER CS3 20 min
Comparing Web Design Options
Appreciating CSS Advantages
Reviewing Old School Designs
Creating Dynamic Sites
Reviewing Site Differences

Lesson 2: CREATING A NEW WEBSITE 44 min
Creating a New Site
Creating a New Page
Adding Images with Alternate Text
Inserting & Formatting Text
Aligning Images with the Property Inspector
Using the Page Properties Dialog Box
Linking to Pages in a Site
Creating an Email Link
Linking to Other Websites
Testing & Targeting Links
Organizing Files & Folders

Lesson 3: CUSTOMIZING THE INTERFACE 24 min
Introducing the Workspace
Opening an Existing Site
Working in Code, Design & Split Views
Customizing the Insert Bar
Use the Properties Inspector & the Tag Selector
Reviewing Menu Options & Preferences
Comparing the Macintosh® & PC Interfaces
Previewing in Browsers & Device Central

Lesson 4: CREATING & INSERTING IMAGES 22 min
Optimizing Images for the Web
Saving GIFs & PNGs in Photoshop®
Inserting GIFs in Dreamweaver
Adjusting Transparency Settings
Saving JPGs for the Web
Edit Images in Dreamweaver & Photoshop
Changing Editor Preferences

Lesson 5: CREATING CSS LAYOUTS 80 min
Getting Started with Styles
Creating Tag & Class Styles
Creating Styles to Format Images
Reviewing CSS Code
Previewing Page Styles
Understanding Page Properties
Creating Divs with ID Styles
Adding Images & Lists to Divs
Creating a Series of Divs
Aligning Divs Side by Side
Using the Clear Option in CSS
Adding Borders with CSS
Creating an Image Border
Using Margins for Positioning
Creating Navigation Links
Styling a List for Navigation
Creating a Rollover Effect in CSS
Duplicating Existing Styles
Changing Page Properties Styles
Reviewing Style Selectors

Lesson 6: DESIGNING WITH CSS 57 min
Understanding the Box Model
Comparing Margins & Padding
Viewing CSS in Various Browsers
Creating a Page from a Template
Using Paste Special
Using Styles to Align Images
Creating a Two Column Layout
Calculating CSS Spacing
Styling Headlines
Understanding Font Sizes
Using External Style Sheets
Viewing Styles
Reviewing CSS Options

Lesson 7: CREATING LAYOUTS WITH ABSOLUTE POSITIONING 54 min
Explaining Absolute Positioning
Comparing Absolute & Centered Positioning
Warnings about Using AP Divs
Using a Tracing Image
Creating a Layout with AP Divs
Naming AP Divs
Nesting AP Divs
Aligning AP Divs
Inserting Images into Divs
Calculating Page Layouts
Refining an AP Layout
Setting the Z-Index

Lesson 8: DESIGNING ACCESSIBLE TABLES 32 min
Understanding Tables & Accessibility
Using Tables for Tabular Data
Styling a Table
Editing Table Layouts
Adding Style to a Table Using CSS

Lesson 9: CREATING WEBSITES WITH FRAMES 20 min
Introducing Frames
Creating a Frameset
Opening Pages into Frames
Controlling Scrollbars & Borders
Targeting Links in Frames
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Total Training for Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Essentials DVD2


Lesson 1: USING BEHAVIORS TO ADD INTERACTIVITY 43 min
Viewing Behaviors in a Browser
Introducing the Behaviors Panel
Inserting Rollover Images
Using the Swap Image Behavior
Altering Swap Image Options
Using the Show-Hide Elements Behavior
Using the Open Browser Behavior
Downloading More Behaviors

Lesson 2: SURVIVAL HTML & CSS 24 min
Writing HTML: The Fundamentals
Understanding Doctypes
Recognizing HTML Tags
Understanding Links
Working in Split View

Lesson 3: USING & CREATING TEMPLATES 31 min
Using CSS Layouts
Editing CSS Layouts
Altering CSS Styles
Creating a Dynamic Web Template
Editing Dynamic Web Templates

Lesson 4: CREATING WEB FORMS 25 min
Creating & Inserting a Form
Inserting Text Fields
Adding Drop-Down Lists
Inserting Radio Buttons
Inserting Check Boxes & a Submit Button
Connecting a Form to a Script

Lesson 5: ADDING FLASH® TO YOUR PAGES 25 min
Working with Flash
Inserting Flash Video
Creating Flash Buttons & Text
Troubleshooting the Flash Options

Lesson 6: TESTING & PUBLISHING A WEBSITE 18 min
Using the Check Page Feature
Testing & Fixing Links
Running Site Reports
Conguring FTP Settings
Publishing a Site to a Server

Lesson 7: DREAMWEAVER TIPS & TRICKS 07 min
Registering a Domain Name
Finding Fonts & Photos
Learning More Online
Final Comments & Credits


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