Using Dreamweaver - University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Using Dreamweaver
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Acknowledgments
Project Management: Sheila McGinn
Writing: Kim Diezel, Valerie Hanscom, Jed Hartman, Emily Ricketts
Editing: Anne Szabla and Lisa Stanziano
Production Management: John “Zippy” Lehnus
Multimedia Design and Production: Aaron Begley and Noah Zilberberg
Print Production: Chris Basmajian, Paul Benkman, Caroline Branch, and Rebecca Godbois
Web Editing and Production: Jane Flint DeKoven and Jeff Harmon
Special thanks to Jaime Austin, Chris Bank, Saam Barrager, Heidi Bauer, Jennifer Chapman, Winsha Chen, Kristin Conradi,
Margaret Dumas, Peter Fenczik, Jean Fitzgerald, S Fred Golden, Stephanie Goss, Victor Grigorieff, Narciso (nj) Jaramillo, John Koch,
David Lenoe, Eric Lerner, Charles Nadeau, Eric Ott, Jeff Schang, Mike Sundermeyer, and the Dreamweaver engineering and QA teams.
First Edition: November 2000
Macromedia, Inc.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Learning Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Web development workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Where to start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Typographical conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
What’s new in Dreamweaver 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
HTML and Web technologies resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Accessibility and Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CHAPTER 1
Dreamweaver Tutorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Take a guided tour of Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Dreamweaver work area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Set up the site structure for the tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Define a local site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Create the site home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Design a page in Layout view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Add content to the page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Work in Standard view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Use the Assets panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Insert Flash objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Create a template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Check your site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
The next steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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CHAPTER 2
Dreamweaver Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
About the Dreamweaver work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
About the different views in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Working with colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
About Web-safe colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Setting preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Using Dreamweaver with other applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Basic Customizing in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
CHAPTER 3
Planning and Setting Up Your Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
About site planning and design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Using Dreamweaver to set up a new site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Editing an existing Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Editing a remote site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Removing a site from your list of sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
CHAPTER 4
Site Management and Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . 107
About the Site window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Viewing and opening files in the Site window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
About the site map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Using the site map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Setting up a remote site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
About WebDAV and SourceSafe integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Troubleshooting remote site setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Using Check In/Check Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
About Design Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Using reports to improve workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Getting and putting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Synchronizing the files on your local and remote sites. . . . . . . . . . . . .146
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CHAPTER 5
Setting Up a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Creating, opening, and saving HTML documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Setting document properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Selecting elements in the Document window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Using visual guides in the design process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Viewing and editing head content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
About automating tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
CHAPTER 6
Designing Page Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
About layout cells and tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Drawing layout cells and tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Moving and resizing layout cells and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
Formatting layout cells and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Setting layout width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Setting Layout View preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
CHAPTER 7
Using Tables to Present Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Inserting a table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Selecting table elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Formatting tables and cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Resizing tables and cells. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Adding and removing rows and columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Copying and pasting cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Sorting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Exporting table data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
CHAPTER 8
Using Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Deciding whether to use frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
About creating frame-based Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Creating frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Selecting a frame or frameset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Saving frame and frameset files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
About frame and frameset properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Controlling frame content with links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Handling browsers that can’t display frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Using behaviors with frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
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CHAPTER 9
Managing and Inserting Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Using the Assets panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Using favorite assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
CHAPTER 10
Inserting and Formatting Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Inserting text and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Creating lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Setting fonts, styles, color, and alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Using HTML styles to format text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Using CSS style sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Converting CSS styles to HTML tags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Checking spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Searching and replacing text, tags, and attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
CHAPTER 11
Inserting Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Inserting an image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Setting image properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Creating image maps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Using an external image editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Applying behaviors to images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
CHAPTER 12
Using Dreamweaver and Fireworks Together . . .281
Getting Fireworks files into Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Launching Fireworks from within Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
Editing Fireworks files placed in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Optimizing Fireworks images and animations placed in Dreamweaver290
Updating Fireworks HTML placed in Dreamweaver. . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Creating Web photo albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
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CHAPTER 13
Inserting Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Inserting media objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Launching an external editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
Using Design Notes with media objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
About Flash content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Using Flash button objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Using Flash text objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Setting Flash object properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Inserting Flash movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Inserting Generator objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
About Shockwave movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Adding sound to a page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Inserting Netscape Navigator plugin content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Inserting an ActiveX control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Inserting a Java applet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
Using parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Using behaviors to control media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
CHAPTER 14
Editing HTML in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Understanding basic HTML tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Inserting comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Using the Dreamweaver Reference panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
About Roundtrip HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Using the Code view (or Code inspector) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Inserting scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Opening and editing non-HTML files in Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . .338
Editing an HTML tag in the Design view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Setting code formatting preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Cleaning up HTML source code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Cleaning up Microsoft Word HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Using external HTML editors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
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CHAPTER 15
Linking and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
About document locations and paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
Creating links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Managing links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Creating jump menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
Creating navigation bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .371
Attaching behaviors to links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374
CHAPTER 16
Reusing Content with Templates
and Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Creating templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Defining a template’s editable regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Creating documents based on templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Updating pages based on a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Exporting and importing XML content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
Creating, managing, and editing library items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
Using server-side includes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
CHAPTER 17
Using Dynamic Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
About layers and HTML code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Creating layers on your page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
Manipulating layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
Setting layer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
Changing the stacking order of layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
Changing layer visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
Using tables and layers for layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
Animating your layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
Behavior actions for controlling layers timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
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CHAPTER 18
Using Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Using the Behaviors panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
About events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Attaching a behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
About behaviors and text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Attaching a behavior to a timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Changing a behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Updating a behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
Creating new actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
Downloading and installing third-party behaviors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
Using the behavior actions that come with Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . .444
CHAPTER 19
Debugging JavaScript Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Running the debugger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474
Finding and fixing logical errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .476
CHAPTER 20
Creating Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
About CGI scripts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482
About form objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482
Creating a form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483
About form fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
Inserting checkboxes and radio buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
About lists and menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493
About form buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496
About form design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498
Processing forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Using behaviors with forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
CHAPTER 21
Testing and Publishing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501
Checking for browser compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502
Using Behaviors to detect browsers and plugins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503
Previewing in browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Checking links in a page or site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
Checking download time and size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
Using Reports to test a site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509
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CHAPTER 22
Customizing Dreamweaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
Changing the default file type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514
Modifying the Objects panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515
Creating a simple object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516
About customizing Dreamweaver menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517
Customizing the appearance of dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529
Changing default HTML formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530
Working with browser profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532
Extending Dreamweaver: Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536
Customizing the interpretation of third-party tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537
APPENDIX
Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545
Edit menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
Page views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
Viewing page elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Code editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Editing text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
Formatting text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550
Finding and replacing text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550
Working in tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Working with frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Working with layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Working with timelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Working with images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Managing hyperlinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Targeting and previewing in browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553
Debugging in browsers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554
Site management and FTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554
Site map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555
Playing plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555
Working with templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555
Inserting objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556
History panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556
Opening and closing panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557
Keyboard Shortcut Matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
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