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Lowery www.it-ebooks.info 543504 FM.qxd 12/10/03 10:42 PM Page iv Dreamweaver®MX 2004 Bible Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright 2004 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada Library of Congress Control Number: 2003114747 ISBN: 0-7645-4350-4 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B/RT/QR/QU/IN No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. 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Macromedia, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash, FreeHand, ColdFusion, JRun, and Contribute are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. is a trademark of Wiley Publishing, Inc. www.it-ebooks.info 543504 FM.qxd 12/10/03 10:42 PM Page v About the Author Joseph Loweryhas been writing about computers and new technology since 1981. He is the author of the previous editions of Dreamweaver Bibleand Fireworks Bibleas well as of Buying Online For Dummies(all published by Wiley). He is also the author of Joseph Lowery’s Beyond Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver MX 2004 Killer Tips(with Angela Buraglia), and Dreamweaver MX 2004 Web Application Recipes(with Eric Ott), all published by New Riders. He recently co- wrote a book on Flash with designer Hillman Curtis and has also written books on HTML and using the Internet for business. His books are international bestsellers, having sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide in ten different languages. Joe is also a consultant and trainer and has presented at Seybold in both Boston and San Francisco, Macromedia conferences in the U.S. and Europe, and at ThunderLizard’s Web Design World. As a partner in Deva Associates, Ltd., Joseph developed the Deva Tools for Dreamweaver set of navigational exten- sions and, with Edoardo Zubler, created FlashBang!, a set of Flash navigation tools. Joseph and his wife, dancer/choreographer Debra Wanner, have a daughter, Margot. About the Contributor Daniel Shortnever planned to be a Web designer; it just happened. When he was serving in the Army, he began by tearing apart computers. Eventually he was putting together Web sites. Dan is a devoted Macromedian (and Team Macromedia volunteer) and uses almost the entire Macromedia Web Design Suite, including Fireworks and Macromedia Flash. He’s been doing the Web gig since the end of 1998 and has had great luck building his Web design busi- ness through Web Shorts Site Design. Dan helps maintain several HTML and Dreamweaver reference sites including DreamweaverFAQ.com, for which he created the style changer and all ASP functionality, including the Snippets Exchange. Dan has also written articles for sev- eral resource sites, including AListApart.com, run by Jeffrey Zeldman, and Spider Food.net, run by J.K. Bowman. Dan is a contributing author for Dreamweaver MX Magic(published by New Riders). www.it-ebooks.info 543504 FM.qxd 12/10/03 10:42 PM Page vi Credits Executive Editor Project Coordinator Chris Webb Ryan Steffen Senior Project Editor Graphics and Production Specialists Jodi Jensen Amanda Carter Lauren Goddard Technical Editors Joyce Haughey Derren Whiteman Jennifer Heleine Charles Brown Michael Kruzil Kristin McMullan Production Editor Lynsey Osborn Gabrielle Nabi Heather Ryan Jacque Schneider Copy Editor Mary Lagu Quality Control Technicians Carl William Pierce Editorial Manager Kathy Simpson Mary Beth Wakefield Brian H. Walls Vice President and Executive Group Senior Permissions Editor Publisher Carmen Krikorian Richard Swadley Media Development Specialist Vice President and Executive Angela Denny Publisher Robert Ipsen Proofreading and Indexing TECHBOOKS Production Services Vice President and Publisher Joseph B. Wikert Cover Image Murder By Design Executive Editorial Director Mary Bednarek www.it-ebooks.info 543504 FM.qxd 12/10/03 10:42 PM Page vii For my good friend and co-worker, Derren Whiteman, in appreciation of the over-the-top support and technical expertise he’s generously provided to me and the entire Dreamweaver community throughout the years. Beauty, eh? www.it-ebooks.info