Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 Bible

1225 Pages·2012·36.457 MB·English

by  Joseph W. Lowery

Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
® ®
Bible

Adobe Dreamweaver CS6
® ®
BIBLE
Joseph Lowery
Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS6 Bible
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About the Author
Joseph Lowery has been writing about computers and new technology since 1981. He is the
author of the previous editions of Dreamweaver Bible, as well as the recent HTML5 24-Hour Trainer,
Adobe CS4 Web Workflows, Adobe CS3 Web Workflows, and CSS Hacks and Filters (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 and Dreamweaver
8 Recipes (with Eric Ott), all published by New Riders. He has also written books on HTML and on
using the Internet for business. His books are international best sellers, having sold more than
400,000 copies worldwide in 11 different languages. Joe is also a consultant and trainer, as well
as a multi-course author with Lynda.com. He has presented at Seybold in both Boston and San
Francisco, Adobe conferences in the United States and Europe, and ThunderLizard’s Web Design
World. He is currently building websites for a number of designers and is also the Vice President
of Yggdrasil Ink, LLC.
About the Technical Editor
Colin Macdonald’s interest in computers began when he irst witnessed the power of VisiCalc
running on an Apple II computer, and his interest intensiied when he designed the print col-
lateral for the irst commercial spell-checking program for personal computers. He began using
and teaching most of the Adobe and Macromedia programs from their introduction—including
Dreamweaver, when it came with a 146-page manual. He has been a record company art director,
university creative director, professor, consultant, and trainer in both North America and Asia.
Colin enjoys sharing his experiences and knowledge with and learning from others. He insti-
tuted the irst multimedia courses at the University of Hawaiis Department of Communication,
where he taught multimedia design and development for over a decade. He is a core faculty
member of Paciic New Media, the premier digital and media education center in Hawaii.
When Colin isn’t creating websites, consulting, or training, he enjoys photography, live music,
hiking, and traveling to other countries. He calls Honolulu, Hawaii, home and can be found on
the Internet at http://www.macbinary.com.
Credits
Executive Editor Vice President and
Carol Long Executive Group Publisher
Richard Swadley
Senior Project Editor
Adaobi Obi Tulton Vice President and Executive Publisher
Neil Edde
Technical Editor
Colin Macdonald Associate Publisher
Jim Minatel
Production Editor
Daniel Scribner Project Coordinator, Cover
Katie Crocker
Copy Editor
Nancy Rapoport Compositor
James D. Kramer, Happenstance Type-O-Rama
Editorial Manager
Mary Beth Wakefield Proofreader
Nicole Hirschman
Associate Director of Marketing
David Mayhew Indexer
Ron Strauss
Marketing Manager
Ashley Zurcher Cover Designer
Ryan Sneed
Business Manager
Amy Knies Cover Image
© Aleksandar Velasevic / iStockPhoto
Production Manager
Tim Tate

Contents at a Glance
Introduction .................................................................................................................xxxiii
Part I: Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1: Introducing Dreamweaver CS6 ................................................................................3
Chapter 2: Touring Dreamweaver ...........................................................................................35
Chapter 3: Setting Your Preferences ......................................................................................89
Chapter 4: Setting Up Sites and Servers ...............................................................................127
Part II: Designing and Crafting Basic Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 5: Accessing the Code Directly ................................................................................169
Chapter 6: Building Style Sheet Web Pages ...........................................................................237
Chapter 7: Working with Text .............................................................................................291
Chapter 8: Inserting Images ...............................................................................................347
Chapter 9: Establishing Web Links ......................................................................................379
Part III: Adding Advanced Design Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Chapter 10: Working with Layouts .......................................................................................401
Chapter 11: Using Behaviors ...............................................................................................449
Chapter 12: Setting Up Tables .............................................................................................485
Chapter 13: Enabling User Interaction with Forms ................................................................521
Chapter 14: Creating Lists...................................................................................................559
Chapter 15: Using Frames and Framesets .............................................................................587
Chapter 16: Powering Ajax Pages with Spry ..........................................................................619
Chapter 17: Working with JavaScript Frameworks .................................................................669
Part IV: Incorporating Dynamic Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Chapter 18: Establishing Connections and Recordsets ...........................................................697
Chapter 19: Making Data Dynamic .......................................................................................729
Chapter 20: Managing Data .................................................................................................751
Chapter 21: Work ing with Dynamic Live View.......................................................................765
Chapter 22: Crafting Multi-Page Applications .......................................................................781
Chapter 23: Using Web Content Management Systems ...........................................................819
Part V: Including Multimedia Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Chapter 24: Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and Bridge Integration ..........................................839
Chapter 25: Inserting Flash Elements ..................................................................................867
Chapter 26: Adding Video to Your Web Page .........................................................................877
Chapter 27: Using Audio on Your Web Page ..........................................................................897
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