Index
A
absolute links, 218
absolute position, 165
Accessibility category (Preferences dialog), 233
accessibility checks, 508
accordion widget, 384–385
Administer Website dialog, 445
administering Web sites in Contribute, 445
Administrator Password dialog, 445
Adobe Bridge, 434–436
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP (Bardzell and Flynn), 519
Adobe Dreamweaver Documentation site, 514
Adobe Exchange site, 2, 4, 514, 526–527
Adobe Extension Manager, 526, 527–528
Adobe software. See Contribute; Dreamweaver; Fireworks; Photoshop
Advanced mode (Site Definition dialog), 32, 33, 42, 221
Advanced Selector (New CSS Rule dialog), 145–146
Advanced tab (Set Nav Bar Image dialog), 359
advanced text searches, 121–123
Ajax, 375
aligning
cells, 288–289
images, 239
tables, 287
text, 106
All mode (CSS Styles panel), 147–149
All Rules pane (CSS Styles panel), 137
anchors
creating link’s, 225–226
linking to, 227
animated buttons, 260–261
animation placeholders, 254
AP Elements, 191–198
about, 191–192
cautions about using, 191
converting AP divs to tables, 193–195
illustrated, 191
AP Elements tab (CSS panel), 193
Appear/Fade effect, 391
Appearance category (Page Properties dialog), 77, 78–79
Assets panel
accessing templates and Library items from, 395
inserting images from, 236
Library category of, 408
Attach External Style Sheet dialog, 210, 211
attaching style sheets, 210–211
B
backgrounds
background images, 247–248, 274
color for table, 274
CSS properties for, 530
options for background color, 78
setting cell, 289
Bardzell, Jeffrey, 519
Basic mode (Site Definition dialog), 32
Basic tab (Set Nav Bar Image dialog), 358
behaviors
changing order of, 348
Check Plugin, 363–364
defined, 345
deleting, 349
editing, 348
inserting Fireworks pop-up menu, 370–371
jump menus, 365–367
locating Spry effects with, 377
navigation bars, 354–359
opening new browser window, 360–362
primary Dreamweaver, 346
rollovers, 352–353
validating forms, 368–369
Behaviors panel
adding behaviors, 347–348
changing order of behaviors, 348
deleting behaviors, 349
editing behaviors, 348
illustrated, 348
selecting behaviors to edit from, 358
using Check Plugin behavior, 363–364
Blind effect, 391
block quotes, 104–105
blur, 390
book’s Web site, 513
borders
box model, 164
color of, 274
frame and frameset, 334
indicating selected frame, 329
setting color of cell, 289
thickness of table, 274
box model
CSS box properties, 533
elements of, 164
floating boxes, 166
positioning boxes, 165
Bridge, 434–436
brightness adjustments for images, 245
broken links, 504
Browse for File icon, 217
Browse pop-up menu, 44
browsers
checking compatibility of, 28, 506–508
copying URLs to Link field from, 68
designating primary and secondary, 76
displaying checked radio buttons, 313
effect on display table elements, 284
event choices for opening determined by target, 362
font combinations and, 96
form styling solutions for, 317
noframes content not displayed by, 344
opening new window, 360–362
plug-in detection by, 363, 364
preventing frame resizing, 334
selecting events for types of, 350
setting table width as percentage of page width, 272
testing frame content in, 334
viewing keyboard command cheat sheet in, 525
Web page previews in, 74–77
building Web pages, 57–84
adding images, 69–70
creating page from Welcome screen, 58–59
customizing from sample pages, 62–64
defining heading options, 80
defining meta tags, 83–84
doctype declarations, 62
including link on page, 67–68
inserting text, 66
naming and saving pages, 71–72
opening pages, 73
option settings for links, 79–80
options in Title/Encoding category, 81
page preview in browser, 74–77
setting page properties, 77–82
titling pages, 65
tracing image, 82
using New Document dialog, 60–61
bulleted lists. See also lists
illustrated, 107
nesting inside numbered lists, 110
buttons
adding to forms, 318–319
animated, 260–261
deleting radio, 312
displaying checked radio, 313
Expanded, 277
Flash, 260–261
form, 318–319
form order for Submit and Reset, 320
Hide Panel, 6
Image, 232
image field, 319
Indent, 103
Jump Menu, 301
Jump Menu Go, 367
Named Anchor, 225
Outdent and Indent, 104
panel options, 18
Preformatted Text, 102
Restore Down, 7
Spry validation text field, 301
Validate Markup, 476
View Options, 453
workspace mode, 10
C
cascade, 153
cascading style sheets. See CSS
category view of panel tab, 17, 18
cells
defined, 271
merging and splitting, 282
moving layout, 299
resizing and modifying layout, 299
selecting table, 276
setting background or border color, 289
spacing for, 274
changing
grid settings, 183
keyboard shortcut sets, 523
between keyboard shortcuts, 523
characters
avoiding special characters in snippet names, 417
code hints for lists of special, 470
formatting text, 95
inserting special, 111
operators for regular expressions, 127–128, 130
unacceptable for region names, 400
used for file and folder names, 487
in Web page names, 72
charts imported from Excel, 441–442
check boxes
in forms, 309
validating, 389
Check In/Check Out feature, 494–496
Check Page pop-up menu, 506
Check Plugin behavior, 363–364
checking spelling, 131
Clarke, Andy, 520
classes
applying style to, 152–153
creating with Property Inspector, 158
custom, 143
ids vs., 144
pseudo-classes, 147
removing styles from, 154
renaming style for, 200–201
cleaning up Word HTML documents, 437–438
cloaking site folders, 56
“Close Window” script for HTML pages, 362
Code Format Settings options (Preferences dialog), 459
code hints, 469–470
Code Reference tab, 474–475
Code Rewriting category (Preferences dialog), 484
Code view
about, 449
avoiding when formatting lists, 108
using Coding toolbar in, 450–453
Coder layout, 454–455
Coding toolbar, 450–453
collapsible panel widgets, 386–387
collapsing source code
Coding toolbar options for, 451
steps for, 465–467
working with, 468
color
border and background, 274
CSS properties for, 530
frame border, 334
setting cell border, 289
using syntax coloring, 453, 458
color well (Property Inspector), 99
columns
adjusting frameset, 331–332
clearing and converting values for, 285
deleting, 286
inserting in tables, 280–281
resizing, 284
selecting table, 276
Commands pop-up menu, 524
comments in source code, 452
Community MX Web site, 516
compatibility check for browsers, 28
containers
div vs. span, 139
container tags, 86
content. See also positioning page content; styling page content
presentation vs., 134–135, 268
testing in browsers, 334
contextual selectors, 147
contrast adjustments for images, 245
Contribute, 443–446
about, 443
administering sites in, 445
Design Notes in, 500
rollbacks and Contribute Publishing Server, 446
setting site to use, 444
using with Dreamweaver templates, 396, 443
Contribute Publishing Server (CPS), 446
Convert AP Divs to Table dialog, 193
Convert Inline CSS dialog, 203, 204
Convert Tables to AP Divs dialog, 196
Copy Dependent Files dialog, 379
Copy File As dialog, 435
copying
images from Bridge to Dreamweaver, 434–436
keyboard shortcuts for, 87
and pasting navigation bars to other pages, 356
URLs from browser to Link field, 68
cropping images, 244
.css files, 153
CSS Advisor, 214
CSS (cascading style sheets), 133–161. See also CSS Styles panel; design-time style sheets; external styles; managing styles
about, 134
adding styles in Property Inspector, 156–157
Advanced Selector for, 145–146
All mode in CSS Styles panel, 147–149
applying styles to ids, 155
attaching, 210–211
automatically attached to documents, 208
basing on sample file, 205–206
changing body styles, 169
creating based on sample file, 205–206
creating classes with Property Inspector, 158
customizing classes, 143
design-time, 178–181
developing style sheet from scratch, 207–208
Dreamweaver categories for, 140–142
editing font groups, 160–161
effect of rules on Library items, 409
elements of box model, 164
external, internal, and inline styles, 153
frame compatibility with, 342
importing, 211
layout in frames vs., 324
linking, 211
managing, 28
preferences for, 136
reference for properties, 529–536
sample style sheets, 62
selecting from New Document dialog, 206
setting style rules for tag, 138–139
styling classes, 152–153
styling imported Excel worksheet data, 440
table styles, 292
using CSS Styles panel, 137, 150–151
using CSS-based layouts, 167
ways to modify styles, 159
working with tags, 135
CSS Layout Backgrounds, 176–177
CSS Layout Box Model, 177
CSS Layout Outlines, 177
CSS Rule definition dialog
categories for, 140–142
illustrated, 138
modifying styles with, 159
CSS Styles panel
All mode, 147–149
creating rules from inline styles, 203–204
Current mode, 150–151
features of, 137
identifying classes and ids on, 144
modifying styles with, 159
renaming class styles, 201
unavailable when editing Library items, 412
Current mode button (CSS Styles panel), 137
Current mode (CSS Styles panel), 150–151
customizing
about, 521
classes, 143
framesets, 326–327
keyboard shortcuts, 522–525
cutting, copying, and pasting text, 87–88
D
dates in text, 113
Default layout (Mac), 20
definition lists, 107. See also lists
deleting
behaviors, 349
frames from framesets, 327
images, 235
Library items, 409
radio buttons from group, 312
sites from Dreamweaver, 509
snippets, 417
styles, 202
tables, rows, and columns, 286
widgets, 381
delimited text files, 293, 295
dependent files, 50
Dependent Files dialog, 497
descendant selectors, 147
Description dialog, 478
Design Notes, 499–501
Design Time Style Sheets dialog, 179
Design view
illustrated, 450
new page in, 59
using Quick Tag Editor in, 460–461
Web page display in, 11
Designer layout (Windows), 5, 20
designing Web pages. See also CSS; templates
books on, 520
building page from template, 402
creating templates from existing pages, 397–398
designing new templates, 398
frames for, 324
layout tables for, 268–270, 296–299
for mobile devices, 448
sample pages for, 3
using CSS-based layouts, 167
Designing with Web Standards (Zeldman), 520
design-time style sheets, 178–181
defined, 179
hiding, 181
removing, 181
showing, 179–180
detaching Library items, 413
Device Central
previewing page in, 448
divs
converting AP divs to tables, 193–195
spans vs., 139
table conversion to AP, 196–197
doctype declarations, 61
document relative links, 218–219
Document toolbar
selecting Split view from, 456
showing/hiding, 14
Validate Markup button, 476
Windows and Mac, 10
Document window
about, 6–7
choosing dimensions of, 15
illustrated, 6
documents
attaching style sheets, 210–211
changing page defaults for new, 61
cleaning up Word HTML, 437–438
Design view for, 11
frameset, 323
importing Word or Excel, 438
inserting Fireworks pop-up menus in, 370–371
managing in windows, 23–26
modifying template attached to, 406
moving styles between, 213
moving styles inside, 212
saving manually when Library item updates, 412
style sheets automatically attached to, 208
switching between, 7
updating Library item in current, 411
Don’t show again option (Welcome screen), 2, 4
double-headed arrow cursor, 327
Down image state, 353
dragging and dropping text, 89
Dreamweaver
AP Elements in, 191–197
behaviors in, 346
books about, 519–520
copying images from Bridge to, 434–436
deleting sites from, 509
event handlers in, 351
exporting Fireworks HTML files to, 425
future Spry versions, 393
installing extensions, 526–528
layers in previous versions, 191
list of site reports, 502
new features in CS3, 27–28
newsgroup for, 517
online resources for, 517–518
resource Web sites for, 513–516
Templates folders, 403
using Contribute with templates for, 396
weblogs, 515
Welcome screen, 2–4
working with Photoshop, 429–433
Dreamweaver CS3 Bible (Lowery), 519
Dreamweaver Developer Center, 2, 4, 515
Dreamweaver Exchange Web site, 2, 4, 514, 526–527
Duplicate Set dialog, 523
duplicating text, 89
.dwt files, 398
dynamic Web sites, 31
E
Edit Font List dialog, 98, 160
editable optional regions, 401
editable regions
about, 397
adding, 399–400
inconsistent names for, 403
naming, 400
removing, 401
editing. See also external editors; source code
behaviors, 348
changing keyboard shortcuts, 524–525
checking out files for, 497
Design Notes, 501
files and folders, 49
Flash buttons, 261
Flash text, 259
Flash video files, 262–263
font list, 98
guides, 185–186
jump menus, 366
Library items, 410–411
menu bar widgets, 380–381
named anchors, 226
navigation bars, 357–359
plug-in file’s properties, 265
preset window sizes, 189–190
snippets, 417
editing images
in Dreamweaver, 243–246
with Fireworks, 423–424
modifying Fireworks images in Dreamweaver, 423–424
with Photoshop, 433
effects
adding Spry, 391–393
Appear/Fade, 391
Blind, 391
defined, 374
Grow/Shrink, 391
Highlight, 392
locating Spry, 377
Shake, 392
Slide, 392
Squish, 393
Email Link dialog, 229
email links, 229
enclosure type for field, 303
encoding, page, 77
errors in browser compatibility, 28, 507
event handlers in Dreamweaver, 351
events. See also behaviors
choices determined by target browsers, 362
selecting for types of browsers, 350
selecting in Behaviors panel, 348
Excel
charts imported from, 441–442
importing worksheet data, 439–440
exiting Expanded Tables mode, 278
Expanded button, 277
Expanded Tables mode, 277–278
expanding
collapsed source code, 451, 468
Files panel, 51
Export dialog, 425
Export Table dialog, 295
exporting
Fireworks HTML files to Dreamweaver, 425
keyboard command cheat sheet, 525
site definitions, 510, 511, 512
Exporting Site dialog, 511
extending Dreamweaver. See also extensions
adding more behaviors, 349
“Close Window” script for HTML pages, 362
getting new versions of Spry, 393
extensions
defined, 521
Dreamweaver Exchange, 2, 4, 514, 526–527
finding and installing, 526–528
Project Seven site for, 515
external editors
assigning, 420–422
for source code, 480–483
external links, 505
external styles
about, 153
changing internal to, 209
creating style sheet based on sample file, 205–206
defined, 139
developing style sheet from scratch, 207–208
F
F12 key, 75
favicons, 251–252
fields. See also forms
about, 301
adding text, 304–305
file, 303
labeling, 306–307
Spry validation for text, 388
textarea validation for, 390
validating behavior in form, 369
Fieldset dialog, 310
fieldsets, 310
file fields, 303
File Transfer Protocol. See FTP
File Types/Editors category (Preferences dialog), 420
files
checking in/out, 497–498
cloaking, 56
creating, 48
.css, 153
.dwt, 398
editing, 49
editing properties of plug-in, 265
exporting Fireworks HTML, 425
finding orphaned, 505
.fla, 253
graphic formats for, 234
.lbi, 408
linking new file to existing page, 493
modifying template, 404–406
moving, 48
naming, 487
previewing media, 265
putting or getting, 50
selecting location for local site, 34
setting up Check In/ Check Out process, 494–496
.ste, 510
switching between pages titles and file names on Site Map, 490
.swl, 253
synchronizing local and remote, 52–55
types of links for, 218–219
Files panel
expanding, 51
illustrated, 43
showing/hiding Site Map on, 489
Find and Replace dialog, 116–117, 120, 121–123
Find Source dialog, 424
finding
lost panels, 18
and replacing text, 116–117
text with simple search, 118–120
Fireworks, 423–427
displaying objects in Property Inspector, 426
editing images with, 423–424
exporting HTML files to Dreamweaver, 425
inserting pop-up menus for, 370–371
integrating Dreamweaver with, 27
optimizing image in, 428
replacing image placeholders with graphic from, 238
using copy-and-paste image integration in, 432
fixed position, 165
.fla files, 253
Flash
adding buttons, 260–261
editing text in, 259
inserting text from, 256–259
using video files from, 262–263
Flash Accessibility Attributes dialog, 258
FlashPaper documents, 253, 255
floating boxes, 166
Flynn, Bob, 519
folders
cloaking site, 56
creating, 48
editing, 49
Library, 408
moving, 48
naming, 487
_notes, 499
putting or getting, 50
renaming, 39
special characters used for names, 487
Templates, 403
font combinations, 96
fonts
applying text styles, 100–101
changing color of, 99
changing text size and, 96–97
CSS properties for, 531
editing list of, 98
Flash compatibility with, 256
modifying font groups, 160–161
setting options for page, 78
footers, 174–175
formatting
applying text styles, 100–101
block quotes, 104–105
changing text color, 99
changing text size and fonts, 96–97
links, 222–223
lists, 108
Paste Special options to maintain, 90–91, 438
removing heading, 94
tables, 292
text characters, 95
text with Text tab, 66
using preformatted text, 102
forms
about fields and, 301
adding text area, 308
buttons on, 318–319
check boxes in, 309
debate over browser styling solutions for, 317
including fieldsets on, 310
labeling fields, 306–307
order of Submit and Reset buttons on, 320
pop-up menus within, 314–315
radio button groups for, 311–313
scrolling option lists on, 315, 316
Spry validation for, 376, 388–390
text fields on, 304–305
using on Web page, 302–303
validating, 368–369
Forms tab (Insert Bar), 301
Frame Tag Accessibility Attributes dialog, 325
frames. See also framesets
about, 321–323
adding noframes content, 343–344
compatibility with CSS, 342
creating pages in, 337
deleting from frameset, 327
iframes, 343
illustrated, 322
inserting prepared pages into, 335–336
naming home page for framed Web sites, 336
placing insertion point in, 332
property adjustments in Property Inspector, 333–334
reasons for using, 324
resizing, 334
saving, 340
selecting from Frames panel, 329–330
testing content in browsers, 334
Frames panel, 329–334
adjusting frameset rows or columns, 331–332
property adjustments for frames, 333–334
selecting frames and framesets from, 329–330
framesets
adjusting rows or columns of, 331–332
custom, 326–327
deleting frames from, 327
frameset tags and documents, 323
sample frameset pages, 62
selecting from Frames panel, 329–330
target links for, 341–342
using predefined, 325–326
frameworks. See also Spry
about, 374
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
defined, 39
defining remote sites with, 37–39
remote connections with, 36
further learning
about, 513
books on Dreamweaver for, 519–520
online resources for, 517–518
Web site resources for, 514–516
G
getting files and folders, 50
Getting Started quick tour, 2, 4
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) files, 234, 427, 431
Go button for jump menus, 367
Go To URL dialog, 347
graphic formats, 234
graphic links, 228
grayed items on drop-down menus, 347
grid
changing settings, 183
snapping elements to, 183
turning on/off, 182–183
Grid Settings dialog, 183
group selectors, 147
Grow/Shrink effect, 391
guides
adding to page, 184
editing, 185–186
snapping elements to, 186
turning on/off, 184
using, 185–186
Guides dialog, 185
H
Hand tool, 15
hard disk navigation, 44
headers for table, 274
headings
applying, 92–93
options for Web pages, 80
removing formatting for, 94
height
frameset row, 332
hidden fields, 305
hiding. See showing/hiding
Highlight effect, 392
Holzschlag, Molly E., 520
horizontal rules in text, 114–115
hotspots for image maps, 249–250
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
cleaning up Word HTML documents, 437–438
copying into Dreamweaver, 88
Dreamweaver bold and italic tags in, 101
heading sizes in, 92
inserting non-breaking spaces with, 112
using font tag, 95
hybrid layout, 168
Hyperlink dialog, 217
Hypertext Markup Language. See HTML
I
icons. See also Property Inspector
adding favicons, 251–252
Browse for File, 217
ids
applying styles to, 155
classes vs., 144
iframes, 343
Image button, 232
Image Description (Alt Text) dialog, 431
image field buttons, 319
image maps
creating, 249–250
tools for, 240
Image Placeholder dialog, 237
Image Preview dialog (Dreamweaver), 430, 441
Image Preview dialog (Fireworks), 428
image state
about, 353
designating radio button’s initial, 313
saving image variations with names relating to, 354
Image Tag Accessibility Attributes dialog, 70, 233, 435
images, 231–252. See also editing images; image state
adding to Web page, 69–70, 232–233
adjusting brightness and contrast, 245
aligning, 239
alternate text for, 235
animation, 253–255
copying from Bridge to Dreamweaver, 434–436
creating image maps, 249–250
cropping, 244
deleting, 235
editing, 243–246, 423–424, 426–427, 433
favicons for Web pages, 251–252
graphic formats for, 234
inserting from Assets panel, 236
modifying on navigation bars, 358–359
moving into Dreamweaver from Photoshop, 429–432
optimizing in Fireworks, 428
options for background, 78
options for tracing onto page, 82
placeholders for, 237–238
resizing and resampling, 244–245
setting properties of, 240–242
sharpening, 246
tracing, 82
using as graphic links, 228
using background, 247–248, 274
Import Tabular Data dialog, 294
importing
charts from Excel, 441–442
Excel worksheet data, 439–440
site definitions, 512
style sheets, 211
Word or Excel documents into Dreamweaver, 438
Inconsistent Region Names dialog, 403
Indent button, 103
indenting
source code, 458
text, 104–105
inherit position, 165
inheritance of style rules, 151
inline images, 239
inline styles
about, 153
creating rules from, 203–204
Input Tag Accessibility Attributes dialog, 306, 307
Insert Bar
finding predefined framesets from, 326
formatting text with Text tab, 66, 93
Forms tab of, 301
illustrated, 6
Image button on, 232
layout tools on, 297
Spry tab of, 376
tabs on, 9
versions of Mac and Windows, 8
Insert Date dialog, 113
Insert Div Tag dialog
adding div tag in, 146
opening New CSS Rule dialog from, 173, 207
Insert Fireworks HTML dialog, 370
Insert Flash Buttons dialog, 260
Insert Flash Text dialog, 257
Insert Flash Video dialog, 262
Insert FlashPaper dialog, 254, 255
Insert Jump Menu dialog, 365
Insert Menu, 377
Insert Navigation Bar dialog, 354
Insert Other Character dialog, 111
Insert Rollover Image dialog, 352
Insert Rows or Columns dialog, 281
inserting
jump menus, 365–366
Library items, 409
insertion point, 332
installing extensions, 526–528
internal styles
about, 153
changing to external styles, 209
defined, 139
J
JavaScript & Ajax for the Web (Negrino and Smith), 520
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) files, 234, 427, 431
Jump menu button, 301
Jump Menu dialog, 366
Jump Menu Go dialog, 367
jump menus, 365–367
about, 365
Go button for, 367
inserting, 365–366
K
keyboard shortcuts
adding or changing, 524–525
changing between sets, 523
customizing, 522–525
cutting, copying, and pasting, 87, 88
exporting keyboard command cheat sheet, 525
personalizing, 523
selecting text, 87
text alignment shortcut keys, 106
Undo and Redo, 88
Keyboard Shortcuts dialog, 522
Keywords dialog, 84
L
labeling fields, 306–307
layer tag, 191
layers. See also AP Elements
defined, 191
saving Photoshop image, 432
laying out pages, 168–175
adding new rules for navigation, 172
changing body styles, 169
footers, 174–175
navigation sidebars, 171–172
page headers, 170–171
working with main content area, 173–174
Layout tab (Insert Bar), 271, 277, 279
layout tables
problems using, 268–270
layout tools on Insert Bar, 297
.lbi files, 408
libraries. See Library items; Spry
Library folder, 408
Library items, 407–414
color highlighting, 408
creating, 407–408
CSS panel unavailable when editing, 412
detaching, 413
editing, 410–411
effect of CSS rules on, 409
inserting and deleting, 409
re-creating missing or deleted, 414
renaming, 412
reusable navigation bars, 356
templates vs., 407
updating, 411
line breaks in text, 103
Link dialog, 251
Link Relative To options (Site Definition dialog), 220–221
Link to New File dialog, 493
linking style sheets, 211
links, 215–229
adding page, 67–68
anchors for, 225–227
changing Link Relative To for, 220–221
checking for broken, 504
creating or changing in Site Map, 492
email, 229
finding external, 505
formatting, 222–223
frameset target, 341–342
graphics, 228
linking new file to existing page, 493
options for, 79–80
styling, 223
targeting, 224
text, 216–217
types of, 218–219
List Apart, A, 516
List Properties dialog, 109
List type pop-up menu (List Properties dialog), 109
list view of panel tab, 17, 18
list/menu element, 314–316
lists
creating, 108
CSS properties for, 534
formatting with Text tab, 108
nesting, 110
setting properties for, 109
turning off, 108
types of, 107
LiveDocs, 514
local sites
about, 30–31
creating, 32–34
displaying files for remote and, 51
synchronizing files with remote sites, 52–55
Local view
refreshing, 46
switching to Remote view, 45
locked regions, 397
logos, 171
Lowery, Joseph, 519
Lynda.com online training library, 518
M
Mac platform
copying Excel charts on, 442
Document toolbar, 10
external editors for, 422, 480–483
finding and selecting extension files in, 528
font groups for, 161
Insert Bar as displayed on, 8
managing windows, 25–26
previewing Web pages on laptops, 75
Property Inspector for, 16
magnification for zoom, 187
main content area, 173–174
main frame, 322
Manage Sites dialog, 37, 444, 496, 509, 511
Manage Workspace Layouts dialog, 22
managing styles, 199–214. See also external styles; internal styles
attaching style sheets, 210–211
changing internal to external styles, 209
creating external style sheet, 205–208
creating rules from inline styles, 203–204
deleting styles, 202
moving styles inside document, 212
renaming styles for class, 200–201
managing Web sites, 485–512
about, 485
adding and modifying Design Notes, 499–501
broken links, 504
browser compatibility checking, 506–508
checking files in/out, 497–498
creating or changing links in Site Map, 492
deleting sites from Dreamweaver, 509
exporting and importing site definitions, 510–512
finding external links and orphaned files, 505
generating site reports, 502–503
linking new files to existing page in Site Map, 493
planning for site expansion, 486–487
renaming files in Site Map, 492
setting up file Check In/ Check Out, 494–496
viewing Site Map, 488–492
margins
box model, 164
setting page, 79
adding Flash buttons, 260–261
editing plug-in file’s properties, 265
Flash video files on Web pages, 262–263
inserting Flash text, 256–259
previewing files for, 265
using plug-in media files, 264
working with animations, 253–255
menu bar widgets
adding, 378–379
editing, 380–381
menus. See also pop-up menus
grayed items unavailable on drop-down, 347
Insert, 377
Jump, 301
merging cells, 282
messages
browser compatibility, 28, 507
validation report, 477–478, 479
meta tags
adding, 84
categories of, 83
method for retrieving forms, 303
Microsoft Excel. See Excel
Microsoft Word documents, 437–438
missing Library items, 414
mobile devices
previewing pages for, 448
Modify Navigation Bar dialog, 357
modifying
font groups, 160–161
template files, 404–406
workspace layouts, 21
Move Guide dialog, 186
Move To External Style Sheet dialog, 209
moving
files and folders, 48
guides, 185
internal to external styles, 209
layout cells, 299
Photoshop images into Dreamweaver, 429–432
styles between documents, 213
styles inside document, 212
MP3 audio files, 264
N
Named Anchor dialog, 225
names
changing class styles, 200–201
class, 143
file and folder, 487
home page for framed sites, 336
region, 400
setting form, 302
snippet, 417
Web page, 71–72
navigating
adding rules for, 172
disks and sites, 44
planning for site expansion, 486–487
site structure and, 35
styling links, 223
navigation bars, 354–359
adding, 354–356
copying and pasting to other pages, 356
Fireworks, 427
rules for, 172
Negrino, Tom, 520
nesting lists, 110
nesting tables, 273
Netscape browsers, 364
New CSS Rule dialog
adding style rules from, 173
opening, 207
setting tag style rules, 138
using Advanced Selector, 145–146
using Class Selector type, 143
New Document dialog
building Web page from, 60–61
creating new file, 205
illustrated, 3
predefined framesets in, 325
selecting CSS design from, 206
starting Web page from template, 402
using CSS-based layouts, 167
New Editable Region dialog, 399
New Features option (Welcome screen), 2, 4
newsgroup for Dreamweaver, 517
noframes content
adding, 343–344
using with frames, 324
noframes section, 323
non-breaking spaces, 112
_notes folders, 499
numbered lists. See also lists
bulleted lists nested inside, 110
illustrated, 107
numbering
options for list, 109
O
Object Tag Accessibility Attributes dialog, 254
online resources for Dreamweaver, 517–518
Open Browser Window dialog, 361
Open dialog, 73
opening
new browser window, 360–362
New CSS Rule dialog, 207
Web pages, 73
operating systems. See also Mac platform; Windows platform
Contribute Publishing Server compatibility with, 446
font groups for different, 161
operators for regular expressions, 127–128, 130
optimizing images in Fireworks, 428
optional regions, 401
organizing snippets, 417
orphaned files, 505
Outdent button, 104
Over image state, 353
Overlapping AP Elements Detected dialog, 194
OverWhileDown image state, 353
P
padding
box model, 164
page content. See content; positioning page content; styling page content
page headers, 170–171
Page Properties dialog, 77–82
Appearance category of, 78–79
creating styles from, 156–157
Headings category, 80
Links category for, 79–80
options in Title/Encoding category, 81
setting, 77
Title/Encoding category of, 81
tracing images, 82
unavailable when editing Library items, 412
using background images, 247–248
panel grip, 17
panel group bar, 17
panel groups, 6
panel options button, 18
panel tab, 17
panels. See also specific panel by name
about, 17–18
CSS Styles, 137
illustrated, 6
working with Files, 43
paragraphs
changing text into, 94
Property Inspector alignment feature for, 239
tags added automatically for, 86
password fields, 305
Paste Special dialog, 438, 439
Paste Special options, 90–91
pasting text, 88
percentages for positioning guides, 185
performance of layout tables, 269
personal dictionaries, 131
personalizing keyboard shortcuts, 523
Photoshop, 429–433
editing images with, 433
integrating Dreamweaver with, 27
moving images into Dreamweaver from, 429–432
saving image layers, 432
using as external image editor, 442
pixels for table width settings, 272, 273
placeholders
inserting image, 237
playing animation, 254
plug-in media, 264
replacing with image, 238
planning site expansion, 486–487
plug-in detection by browsers, 363, 364
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files, 234, 424, 427, 431
Point to File icon, 67, 216, 492
pop-up menus
Browse, 44
Check Page, 506
Commands, 524
converting to scrolling option lists, 315
inserting Fireworks, 370–371
jump menus, 365–367
Relative to, 220
within forms, 314–315
positioning page content, 163–197
box model elements, 164
design-time style sheets, 178–181
floating boxes, 166
guides, 184–186
laying out pages, 168–175
positioning boxes, 165
setting page dimensions, 189–190
turning grid on/off, 182–183
using included layouts, 167
visual aids, 176–177
zooming in/out on page, 187–188
positioning properties, 534
predefined framesets, 325–326
Preferences dialog
Accessibility category for, 233
changing new document page defaults in, 61
Code Format Settings options in, 459
Code Rewriting category for, 484
File Types/Editors category of, 420
selecting primary and secondary browsers, 76
setting CSS preferences, 136
preformatted text, 102
preset window sizes, 189
previewing
imported Excel charts, 441
media files, 265
pages in browsers, 74–77
Web pages in Device Central, 448
primary and secondary browsers, 76
printing
framed pages, 334
keyboard command cheat sheet, 525
Project Seven Web site, 515
properties. See also Page Properties dialog; Property Inspector
background, 530
box, 533
color, 530
CSS, 530–536
editing plug-in file’s, 265
fonts, 531
images, 240–242
positioning, 534
pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes, 530
text, 532
unit, 536
Properties pane (CSS Styles panel), 137, 148, 149
Property Inspector
about, 16
adding alternate text to image in, 235
adjusting media plug-in settings in, 265
alignment feature for images and paragraphs, 239
applying id styles with, 155
assigning radio button properties, 313
changing table elements numerically, 283–284
classes created with, 158
clearing and converting table values in, 285
color well, 99
configuring cell properties, 288–289
configuring menu bar properties, 378
designating initial state for radio buttons, 313
designating link’s target in, 224
detaching Library items in, 413
displaying Fireworks objects in, 426
editing horizontal rules in, 115
form name, action, and method settings with, 302–303
frame property adjustments in, 333–334
frameset rows or columns adjustments in, 331–332
illustrated, 6
image map tools, 240
image property settings in, 240–242
Link and Target fields on, 228
making target link for individual page, 342
modifying named anchors in, 226
modifying text areas for forms, 308
optimizing Fireworks images from, 428
properties for pop-up menus and scrolling option lists, 315
re-creating missing or deleted Library items, 414
renaming class styles, 200
selecting font combinations from, 96
setting up check box properties in, 309
settings for Flash video file, 263
Style pop-up menu on, 152
styles created with, 156–157
text links created from, 216–217
pseudo-classes, 147
pseudo-element properties, 530
putting files and folders, 50
Q
Quick Tag Editor, 460–461
QuickTime plug-ins, 264
R
radio buttons
adding groups of, 311–313
check boxes vs., 309
designating initial state of, 313
Radio Group dialog, 311
RDS connections, 36
RealAudio/RealVideo plug-ins, 264
rearranging order of radio buttons, 312
Recently Modified dialog, 503
re-creating missing or deleted Library items, 414
Redo command, 88
regular expressions, 127–130
Relative to pop-up menu, 220
remote sites, 36–41
about, 30–31
defined, 36
defining with FTP or SFTP, 37–39
displaying files for local and, 51
synchronizing files with local sites, 52–55
WebDAV definitions for, 40
Remote view
refreshing, 46
switching to Local view, 45
removing
design-time style sheets, 181
editable regions, 401
guides, 185
heading formatting, 94
styles from class, 154
Rename Class dialog, 201
Rename Style dialog, 200
renaming
class styles, 200–201
files and folders, 49
files in Site Map, 492
Library items, 412
reordering behaviors, 348
repeating regions and tables, 401
replacing
image placeholders with Fireworks graphic, 238
source code, 124
specific tags, 125–126
text within tags, 121–123
Reports dialog, 503
resampling images, 244–245
Reset button, 320
resizing
Document window dimensions, 15
Flash text, 259
frames, 334
handles in newly opened browser window, 362
images, 244–245
layout cells, 299
table elements, 283–284
resolving style conflicts, 153
Restore Down button, 7
Results panel
Validation tab, 477
viewing site reports in, 503
rollbacks, 446
rollovers, 352–353
Roundtrip HTML, 484
rows
adjusting frameset, 331–332
clearing and converting values for, 285
deleting, 286
inserting in tables, 279–280, 281
resizing, 284
selecting table, 275
Rule with Same Name Exists defined, 209
rules. See also CSS
adding navigation, 172
creating from inline styles, 203–204
effect on Library items, 409
inheritance of style, 151
setting tag style, 138–139
Rules pane (CSS Styles panel), 137
S
sample pages, 62–64
Save As dialog, 71
Save As Template dialog, 398
Save Style Sheet File As dialog, 207
Save Web Image dialog, 431
Save Workspace Layout dialog, 22
saving
custom layouts, 22
documents manually when Library item updates, 412
files before checking in to remote server, 498
framesets and frames, 338–340
Photoshop image layers, 432
snippets, 416
Web pages first time, 71–72
scrollbars
adding in newly opened browser window, 361
illustrated in frame, 322
options for frames, 334
scrolling option lists, 315, 316
searches
advanced text, 121–123
simple text, 118–120
source code, 124
specific tag, 125–126
text, 116–123
using regular expressions, 127–130
Secure File Transfer Protocol. See SFTP
Select File dialog
illustrated, 68
Relative to pop-up menu, 220
selecting design-time style sheets in, 180
selecting link files from, 217
Select Image Source dialog, 69, 232
Select Style Sheet File dialog, 210
Select tool, 15
selecting
browser events, 350
elements in Expanded Tables mode, 277–278
events in Behaviors panel, 348
font combinations from Property Inspector, 96
frames and framesets, 329–330
primary and secondary browsers, 76
Split view from Document toolbar, 456
table elements, 275–276
text, 87
Set Nav Bar Image dialog, 358
SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)
about, 36
defined, 39
defining remote sites with, 37–39
Shake effect, 392
sharpening images, 246
showing/hiding
design-time style sheets, 179–181
Insert Bar and Document toolbar, 14
Site Map, 489
side frame, 322
sidebars, 171–172. See also navigation bars
Site Definition dialog
Advanced mode, 32, 33, 42, 221
Basic mode, 32
defining remote site with WebDAV, 40
editing site definitions, 42, 221
enabling Check In/Check Out from, 496
remote site definition with FTP or SFTP, 37
setting up sites to use Contribute, 444
Site Map Layout pane, 491
site definitions
Site Map
creating or changing links in, 492
linking new files to existing page in, 493
renaming files in, 492
setting preferences for, 491
switching between file names and titles on, 490
viewing, 488–492
Site Map Layout pane (Site Definition dialog), 491
site reports
listing of, 502
viewing, 503
site root relative links, 219
Slide effect, 392
Smith, Dori, 520
Snippet dialog, 416
snippet preview pane, 417
snippets
about, 415
deleting, 417
editing, 417
naming, 417
organizing, 417
saving, 416
using, 417
Sort Table dialog, 291
sorting tables, 290–291
source code
advantages of code hints, 469–470
Coder layout for Windows platform,, 454–455
collapsing, 465–468
cutting and pasting, 88
editing code from Tag Inspector, 471–473
external editors for, 480–483
features of Tag Editor, 462
finding and replacing, 124
finding resources on Code Reference tab, 474–475
indenting, 458
listing special characters for, 470
Quick Tag Editor, 460–461
Roundtrip HTML, 484
searching using regular expressions, 127–130
Split views of, 456–457
Tag Chooser, 463–464
text editing tips for, 458–459
using Coding toolbar for, 450–453
validating, 476–479
viewing in Code view, 12
working with Split view for, 456–457
SourceSafe connections, 36
spaces disallowed in URLs, 72
spam protection for email links, 229
spans, 139
special characters
avoiding in snippet names, 417
code hints for lists of, 470
inserting, 111
operators for regular expressions, 127–128, 130
unacceptable for region names, 400
used for file and folder names, 487
in Web page names, 72
spelling checks, 131
Split Cell dialog, 282
Split view
illustrated, 13
viewing source code in, 456–457
splitting cells, 282
Spry, 373–393
about, 373–374
accordion widget, 384–385
adding effects, 391–393
adding elements, 376–377
collapsible panel widget, 386–387
components of, 374
finding effects location, 377
future versions of, 393
menu bar widgets, 378–382
new features for, 27
tabbed panels widget, 382–383
validating forms with, 388–390
Spry Menu Bar dialog, 378
Spry tab (Insert Bar), 376
Spry validation text field button, 301
Squish effect, 393
staging server, 31
standard toolbar, 14
Starter Page (Basic) option, 64
Starter Page (Theme) option, 63
starting Web sites, 29–56
about local and remote sites, 30–31
building pages within local root folder, 31
considering structure and design of site, 35
creating local sites, 32–34
defining remote sites, 36–41
editing site definitions, 42, 221
navigating disks and sites, 44
refreshing views, 46
switching between local and remote views, 45
working with files and folders, 47–49
static position, 165
static Web sites, 31
Status bar
about, 15
.ste files, 510
structure and presentation of text, 85
Style pop-up menu, 152, 158, 200
style rendering toolbar, 14
style rules. See rules
style sheets. See CSS; external styles
Stylin’ with CSS (Wyke-Smith), 520
styling links, 223
styling page content, 133–161. See also CSS; managing styles
about CSS, 134
Advanced Selector for, 145–146
All mode in CSS Styles panel, 147–149
applying class styles, 152–153
content vs. presentation, 134–135
creating styles, 156–157
CSS Styles panel for, 137, 150–151
Dreamweaver CSS categories for, 140–142
external, internal, and inline styles, 153
font group modifications, 160–161
modifying styles, 159
setting CSS Styles preferences, 136
style rules for tags, 138–139
using id styles, 155
working with tags, 135
Summary pane (CSS Styles panel), 137
Swap Image behavior, 353
Swap Image Restore behavior, 353
switching between
documents, 7
Local and Remote views, 45
pages titles and file names on Site Map, 490
.swl files, 253
Synchronize dialog, 54
Synchronize Files dialog, 52
synchronizing files local and remote sites, 52–55
T
tabbed layout
getting rid of tabs, 7
managing windows in, 23–26
tabbed panels widget, 382–383
Table dialog, 272
table headers, 274
Table Layout mode, 270, 296–299
tables, 267–299
adding rows and columns, 279–281
aligning cells, 288–289
attributes affecting look of, 274
clearing and converting values for, 285
converting to AP divs, 196–197
creating, 271–273
CSS styles with, 270
deleting, 286
editing Fireworks, 426–427
formatting, 292
importing and exporting data for, 293–295
making selections in Expanded Tables mode, 277–278
merging and splitting cells, 282
nesting, 273
problems using layout tables, 268–270
repeating, 401
resizing elements of, 283–284
selecting elements of, 275–276
setting cell background or border color, 289
sorting, 290–291
specifying alignment of, 287
turning AP divs into, 193–195
Tag Chooser, 463–464
Tag Editor, 462
Tag Inspector, 471–473
Tag panel, 471
tags
advanced searches within, 121–123
bold and italic HTML, 101
container, 86
editing features of Tag Editor, 462
finding and replacing specific, 125–126
frameset, 323
HTML font, 95
layer, 191
meta, 83–84
Quick Tag Editor with, 460–461
setting style rules for, 138–139
using Tag Chooser, 463–464
working with style, 135
Target Browsers dialog, 506
templates, 397–406
adding editable regions, 399–400
applying to existing page, 403
building new page based on, 402
Community MX, 516
creating from existing page, 397–398
defined, 396
designing new, 398
Library items vs., 407
modifying files for, 404–406
Project Seven site for, 515
removing editable regions, 401
updating pages attached to, 397
using Contribute with Dreamweaver, 396
Templates folder, 403
testing frame content in browsers, 334
testing server, 31
text, 85–31. See also fonts; lists; searches; special characters
adding and formatting page, 66
advanced searches for, 121–123
alternate image, 235
applying styles to, 100–101
changing fonts and sizes, 96–97
character formatting for, 95
checking spelling of, 131
creating links to, 216–217
CSS properties for, 532
current date in, 113
cutting, copying, and pasting, 87–88
dragging and dropping, 89
editing font list, 98
headings, 92–94
horizontal rules in, 114–115
indenting, 104–105
inserting, 86
inserting Flash, 256–259
line breaks in, 103
lists, 107–110
non-breaking spaces in, 112
Paste Special options for, 90–91
preformatted, 102
searching and replacing, 116–123
selecting, 87
setting font and color options for, 78
special characters, 111
Spry validation for text fields, 388
structure and presentation of, 85
styling links, 223
turning off wrapping within cells, 284
adding, 308
validating, 390
text fields, 304–305
text styles, 100–101
Text tab (Insert Bar)
formatting text with, 66
illustrated, 93
list formatting with, 108
titles
frame vs. page, 340
Web page, 65
toolbars
Coding, 450–453
illustrated, 6
standard and style rendering, 14
top frame, 322
tracing images, 82
Transcending CSS (Clarke and Holzschlag), 520
transparency and GIF format, 234
Transparency slider (Page Properties dialog), 82
turning on/off
grids, 182–183
guides, 184
list function, 108
text wrapping within cells, 284
U
underline style definition, 80
Undo command, 88
Uniform Resource Locators. See URLs
unit properties in CSS, 536
Up image state, 353
Update Library Items dialog, 411
Update Template Files dialog, 404
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
characters disallowed in, 72
copying from browser to Link field, 68
setting for frame, 333
user interface, 2–18. See also Insert Bar
CSS properties for, 535
Document toolbar, 10
Document window, 6–7
managing windows, 23–26
Welcome screen, 2–4
workspace layouts for, 20
user roles for Web contributors, 396
V
Validate Form dialog, 368
Validate Markup button, 476
validating
check boxes, 389
selected fields, 389
source code, 476–479
text area fields, 390
text fields using Spry, 388
user data with server-side scripts, 369
Validation tab (Results panel), 477
View Options button (Document toolbar), 453
viewing
all open panels, 18
keyboard command cheat sheet in browsers, 525
Site Map, 488–492
site reports in Results panel, 503
source code in Code view, 12
source code in Split view, 456–457
views
CSS Styles panel, 137
switching between Local and Remote, 45
visual aids, 176–177
W
warnings about browser compatibility, 28, 507
Web pages. See also building Web pages; designing Web pages; Web sites
about frames, 321–323
adding forms to, 302–303
background images for, 247–248, 274
building from template, 402
creating in frame, 337
CSS properties for, 535
customizing from sample page, 62–64
developing templates from existing, 397–398
Device Central previews of, 448
images added to, 69–70, 232–233
inserting Flash video files on, 262–263
inserting prepared pages into frame, 335–336
links added to, 67–68
modifying individual template-based, 406
naming and saving, 71–72
opening, 73
previewing, 74–77
size of layout tables, 269
tables on, 271–273
titling, 65
updating pages attached to templates, 397
using image placeholders, 237–238
Web sites. See also managing Web sites; starting Web sites; Web pages
administering in Contribute, 445
book’s companion, 513
building within local root folder, 31
CSS Advisor, 214
defining remote, 36–41
designing for customers, 35
designing from sample pages, 3
Dreamweaver resource, 513–516
naming home page for framed, 336
navigating, 44
planning for expansion, 486–487
setting to use Contribute, 444
static vs. dynamic, 31
weblogs, 515
Welcome screen
about, 2–4
building Web page from, 58–59
widgets
accordion, 384–385
adding, 376–377
adding menu bar, 378–379
collapsible panel, 386–387
defined, 374
deleting, 381
on Spry tab, 376
tabbed panels, 382–383
width
frameset column, 332
text field, 304
windows
Document, 6–7
managing workspace, 23–26
opening new browser, 360–362
resizing and editing preset sizes, 189–190
Windows Media plug-ins, 264
Windows platform
Coder layout for, 454–455
Designer layout for, 20
Document toolbar, 10
finding and selecting extension files in, 528
font groups for, 161
Insert Bar as displayed on, 8
managing windows, 23–25
Property Inspector for, 16
using external editors for source code, 480–483
wireless users and noframes content, 343
Wise-women mailing list, 517
Word documents, 437–438
word wrap. See wrapping text
working with other applications. See also Fireworks
about, 419
assigning external editing programs, 420–422
cleaning up Word HTML documents, 437–438
copying images from Bridge to Dreamweaver, 434–436
Device Central, 447–448
editing images with Fireworks, 423–427
HomeSite, 455
importing Excel data, 439–442
sites built using database applications, 31
using Contribute, 396, 443–446
workspace, 19–26
layouts for, 20
managing windows in, 23–26
mode buttons for views, 10
modifying layouts for, 21
saving custom layouts, 22
wrapping text
in forms, 308
options for source code, 453, 458
within cells, 284
Wyke-Smith, Charles, 520
X
XML data sets in Spry, 374, 375
Z
Zeldman, Jeffrey, 520
Z-index, 192
Zoom tool, 15
zooming in/out on page, 187–188