Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 in 24 Hours

• building dynamic Web sites
• creating image maps and interactive forms
• designing animations
• setting up frames
• and adding interactivity.

This edition of the book has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover all the new features of the latest version of Dreamweaver.

Contents

Introduction.....1

Part I: Getting Started with Dreamweaver 4.....3

Hour 1: Understanding the Dreamweaver Interface.....5

2: Creating a Basic Web Page with Text.....31

3: Planning and Creating Your Project Using the Site Window.....45

4: Setting Lots o' Links: Hyperlinks, URLs, Anchors, and Mailto Links.....59

Part II: Adding Images and Multimedia.....71

Hour 5: Displaying Images on a Page and Creating an Image Map.....73

6: Using Fireworks to Create Images.....93

7: Adding Multimedia Files.....111

Part III: Layout, Design, and Dynamic HTML.....131

Hour 8: Displaying Data with Tables.....133

9: Designing Your Page Layout Using Tables.....149

10: Using Dynamic HTML and Layers.....165

11: Formatting Your Web Pages with Cascading Style Sheets and HTML Styles.....183

12: Understanding and Building Frames and Framesets.....201

Part IV: Getting Interactive with Dreamweaver's Behaviors and Timelines.....219

Hour 13: Inserting Scripted Functionality with Behaviors.....221

14: Adding Advanced Behaviors: Drag Layer.....237

15: Animating with Timelines.....247

Part V: Collecting User Data with Forms.....265

Hour 16: Creating and Using a Form to Collect Data.....267

17: Sending and Reacting to Form Data.....289

Part VI: Making Your Development More Efficient and Collaborating with Others.....307

Hour 18: Managing and Uploading Your Projects.....309

19: Managing Your Assets with the Asset Panel.....331

20: Re-Using Items in Your Web Site with the Library.....345

21: Creating and Applying a Template.....357

22: Using Server-Side Includes and Adding Dates.....371

Part VII: Using External Editors and Changing Dreamweaver to Suit You.....383

Hour 23: HTML Is Fun! Viewing and Modifying HTML.....385

24: Customizing Dreamweaver.....403

Appendix A: CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver.....417

B: Internet Resources.....425

Index.....431