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Index

Numbers

1and1.com, 247

A

<a> tag, 51 accessory windows, 14

Active Server Pages (ASP), 278, 280, 289

Administrative Tools folder, 281

Adobe Photoshop, 6, 87, 91 align attribute, 51 alignment of cell content, 137 of images, 51, 84–85 of paragraphs, 62–63 of tables, 136

Alt image feature, 97

Amazon.com, 277 anchor links, 114 animations, 98–99

Application Server, 278 applying style sheets, 212–213

ASP. See Active Server Pages

Assets panel adding content from, 262–263 adding items to, 265 function of, 37 links saved in, 263 managing assets with, 260–261 removing items from, 265 specifying favorite assets in, 264–265

Atomz Search, 297 attributes, finding/replacing, 273 audience, defining, 9 audio, inserting, 100–101 autostretch columns, 148

B

<b> tag, 50 background changing color of, 74–75, 96 choices for, 95 image as, 94–95, 133 of table cells, 133 for tables, 132–133 background image adding, 94–95 for tables, 133 behaviors, 227, 233 bgcolor attribute, 48 block-formatting tags, 49

<body> tag, 48 bold tag, 50

Bookmark list, 23 border frame, 158, 159, 168–169 image, 81, 92 table, 129

<br> tag, 49 browser. See Web browser browser list, 27 button image for navigation bar, 113 radio, 177–179

Reset, 183

Submit, 182

C captions, image, 131

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) applying, 212–213

Class, 209–211 custom styles with, 210–211 customizing fonts with, 70 customizing HTML tags for, 208–209 customizing page links with, 216–217 editing, 214–215, 222–223 embedded, 207 external, 207, 218–223 formatting text with, 206 global Web page styles with, 206

HTML and, 207 internal, 219 number of, 213 problems in using, 223

Web browser display of, 207 cells. See table cells check box (in form), 176–177

Check In/Check Out system, 266–267 code wrap, 47

CoffeeCup Direct FTP, 255 color

Assets panel for, 37 background, 74–75, 96, 132 font, 73 frame border, 166

HTML codes for, 75 link, 74, 124–125 text, 74, 75 color attribute, 50 columns, table autostretch, 148 deleting, 139 fixed-width, 148 inserting, 138 commands for creating HTML tags, 57 custom, 38–39 in History panel, 35 compressed file formats, 81 configuring dynamic Web sites, 286–287 cropping image, 86–87

CSS. See Cascading Style Sheets custom commands, 38–39 custom styles, 210–211

CuteFTP, 255

D data source name (DSN), 282–285 database connection, 282–285 database-driven Web site adding records, 292 adding recordset paging, 294–295 configuring, 286–287 database connection for, 282–285 described, 276 function of, 277 child layer, 236

<CLASS> attribute, 215 information sources for, 299 opening pages of, 287

Class style sheet, 209–211

COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL

Code view protection from hackers, 295 recordset for, 288–291, 294–295 site search, 296–299

Testing Server for, 278–281 updating records, 293 block-formatting tags in, 49 default settings editing in, 45 image and hyperlink tags in, 51 text-formatting tags in, 50 turning on line numbers, 47 working in, 46–47 changing, 40–41 link color, 125 description information (head content), 55

Design Notes, 268–269

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Design view block-formatting tags in, 49 image and hyperlink tags in, 51 text-formatting tags in, 50 working in, 46–47 detaching library items, 194–195

Deva Tools, 297 digital camera image. See image

<DIV> tag, 215

Document window appearance of page in, 45 customizing, 30–31 on Macintosh, 13 on PC, 12 documents

HTML, 45 importing text from, 76–77 domain names registering, 247 in Web browsers, 25 download time, 83 downloading files, 252–253

Dreamweaver changing default settings, 40–41 described, 4 exiting, 15

Help function, 15–16

HTML written by, 5 showing/hiding windows, 14 starting, 10–11 touring interface, 12–13 turning off automatic correction functions, 41

DSN (data source name), 282–285 dynamic Web site. See database-driven

Web site

E e-mail adding links, 34 with Check In/Out feature, 267 creating links, 122 embedded style sheets, 207 errors correcting, 35 logging, 253

Excel documents, importing, 76, 77 exiting Dreamweaver, 15 external style sheet adding style to, 221 attaching, 220–221 creating, 218–219 editing, 222–223 function of, 207

F

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) pages, 115 favorite assets, 264–265 file DSN, 283 file formats (for images), 81

File Transfer Protocol (FTP), 248, 250, 255 files from Assets panel, 262

Check In/Check Out system for,

266–267 deleting, from server, 251

Design Notes for, 268–269 downloading, 252–253 links to other types of, 116–117 location of, 21 moving, 244–245 organizing, 109, 244–245 saving, 24 in Site window, 241 stopping transfer of, 251 storing, 253 transferring, 241 uploading, 250–251 users’ access to, 117

Files panel, 244 file-transfer log, 253

Find and Replace, 272–273

Fireworks. See Macromedia Fireworks fixed-width columns, 148

Flash file, inserting, 98–99 folders organizing, 244–245 uploading, 251

Font menu, 71

<font> tag, 50 fonts adding, 71 classification of, 71 color, 73 customizing, 70 groups of, 33 size, 72 style, 70–71 on users’ computers, 33 foreign languages, 69 form container, 173 form handlers, 172 forms area of, 173 check boxes for, 176–177 creating, 172 function of, 7 lists for, 180–181 menus for, 180–181 purpose of, 172 radio buttons for, 177–179

Reset button for, 183

Submit button for, 182 frames text fields for, 174–175 adding content to, 160–161 attributes of, 158–159 borders of, 158, 159, 168–169 deleting, 162 described, 7 dimensions of, 158–159 dividing page into, 156 links in, 152, 161 links to, 164–165 naming, 163 nested, 157 predefined framesets for, 153 purpose of, 152 resizing, 169 saving framesets, 154–155 scroll bars in, 159, 168 setting up, 152 framesets predefined, 153 saving, 154–155

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) pages, 115

FTP. See File Transfer Protocol

FTP Log, 253

G geographical maps, 119

GIF files, 81 glossary pages, 115 godaddy.com, 247

H

<h> tag, 49

<h1> tag, 49

<h6> tag, 49 hackers, protection against, 295 head content, viewing/editing, 54–55

<head> tag, 48 heading tags, 49, 60

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Index headings appearance of, on different computers, 61 creating, 60–61 levels for, 61

Help tools options for opening, 17 using, 15–16 hexadecimal codes, 75 hiding windows, 14

History panel, 35 home page described, 4 naming, 25 hosting Web site, 9 hotspots, 118 href attribute, 51

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) color codes in, 75 creating Web pages without, 45 in custom style creation, 207 described, 5, 44 direct access to code, 45 documents, 45 finding/replacing code, 273 invalid, 53 optimizing code, 52–53 protecting against automatic changes to, 41 tags (See HTML tags) viewing code, 50 writing code, 44

<html> tag, 48

HTML tags

<a>, 51 accessing reference information about,

56–57

<b>, 50 block-formatting, 49

<body>, 48

<br>, 49 customizing, 208–209, 211 described, 44

<DIV>, 215

Dreamweaver commands for, 57 empty, 53

<font>, 50 function of, 45

<h>, 48

<h1>, 49

<h6>, 49

<head>, 48 head and body, 48

<html>, 48 hyperlink, 51

<i>, 50

<img>, 51 invalid, 53

<li>, 49

<meta>, 48

Meta tags, 54–55

<ol>, 49

<p>, 49 for paragraphs, 63

<pre>, 49 redefining, 208–209

<SPAN>, 215 text-formatting, 50

<title>, 48

<ul>, 49

<html> tags, 48 hyperlink tags, 51 hyperlinks. See links

Hypertext Markup Language. See HTML

I

<i> tag, 50 icons, 85

IIS (Internet Information Services), 278–281 image adding caption to, 131 adding space around, 92–93 alignment of, 84–85 alternate text for, 97 from Assets panel, 262 background, 94–95, 133 border for, 81 borders for, 81, 92 button, 113 cropping, 86–87 editing, 87 file for, 109 file formats for, 81 formatting, 32 in frames, 160–161 inserting, 80–81, 130–131 as library items, 188–189 as links, 112–113 opening, in Fireworks, 90–91 removing link from, 113 resizing, 88–89 right-aligned, 51 rollover, 102–103 spacer, 149 on Web pages, 6 wrapping text around, 82–83 image maps creating, 118–120 e-mail, 122 to open new browser window, 121 image tags, 51 image-editing programs, 87. See also

Macromedia Fireworks

<img> tag, 51 importing text, 76–77 indent, paragraph, 65 index, site, 297 index.html page, 25

Insert bar on Macintosh, 13 on PC, 12

Insert menu, creating links with, 120

Insert panel, adding e-mail link from, 34 inspectors, showing/hiding, 14 interactive geographical maps, 119 internal style sheets, 219

Internet Explorer. See Microsoft Internet

Explorer

Internet Information Services (IIS), 278–281

Internet service provider (ISP), 9, 247 invalid HTML, 53 italic tag, 50

J

JavaScript, 103, 227, 289

JPEG files, 81 jump links, 114–115

K keyword information, 55

L

Latin text, 57 layers adding content to, 229 behaviors, 227, 233 child, 236 complex page design with, 234–235 creating, 228 defined, 228 function of, 226 invisible, 231 within layers, 235

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LCK file, 267

LeechFTP, 255

<li> tag, 49 library items creating, 188–189, 191 defining, 186 detaching, 194–195 editing, 191–195 function of, 186 inserting, 190–191, 195 number of, 189 on template pages, 199 undoing changes to, 193 updating, 192–193, 195 viewing, 187 line break, creating, 64 line break tag, 49 line numbers, turning on, 47 links (hyperlinks) among Web pages, 108–109 anchor, 114 in Assets panel, 37, 263 color of, 74–75, 124–125 custom styles for, 216–217 e-mail, 34, 122 in frames, 152 to frames, 164–165 function of, 7 with image maps, 118–119 images as, 112–113 jump, 114–115 as library items, 188–189 to moved files, 245 to other content on same page,

114–115 to other file types, 116–117 to other Web sites, 110–111, 165 outside of frameset, 165 same-page, 115 in site maps, 59 sitewide changing of, 271 testing, 111 verifying, 123 list creating, 66–67 in form, 179–181 ordered, 67 unordered, 66, 67 width of, 181 list item tags, 49 local site, synchronizing remote site and,

254–255

Lorem ipsum dolor, 57

Lynx, 27

M

Macintosh

Dreamweaver interface on, 13

FTP tools on, 255 starting Dreamweaver on, 11

Macromedia Fireworks creating images with, 6 editing images with, 6, 87 opening images in, 90–91 main page, naming, 25 maintaining Web site adding content with Asset panel,

262–263 changing links sitewide, 271

Check In/Check Out system, 266–267

Design Notes for, 268–269 finding and replacing text, 272–273 managing site assets, 260–261

Site Map view, 258–259

Site reports, 270 menus specifying favorite assets, 264–265 in forms, 179–181 on Macintosh, 13 on PC, 12 selecting items from, 181

Site, 241 width of, 181

Window, 31 merging table cells, 141

<meta> tag, 43, 48

Meta tags, 54–55

Microsoft Internet Explorer, 5, 26, 227,

229, 243 movies, 98–99, 117 multimedia files

Flash files, 98–99 inserting, 100–101 user ability to view, 101 multi-select lists, 179

N navigation bar creating, 113 inserting, 104–105 location for, 105 navigation links, 152 nested frames, 157 nested layers, 226, 235–237

Netscape Navigator, 5, 227, 229 new Web pages, creating, 22

O

<ol> tag, 49

1and1.com, 247 opening database-driven site pages, 287

Help tools, 17 images, 90–91 new browser window, 121 panels, 31, 36–37 optimizing HTML code, 52–53

Options button, 47 ordered list creating, 67 modifying appearance of, 67 ordered list tag, 49

P

<p> tag, 49, 63

Page Properties dialog box, 74–75 page-indexing features, 297 pages. See Web pages panels. See also specific panels, e.g.: Assets panel closing, 31 customizing, 30 on Macintosh, 13 opening, 31, 36–37 on PC, 12 showing/hiding, 14 paragraph creating/aligning, 62–63

HTML code for, 63 indenting, 65 width of, 63 paragraph tags, 49 parent layer, 236

PC

Dreamweaver interface on, 12

FTP tools on, 255 starting Dreamweaver on, 10

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Index

Personal Web Server, 278 photo galleries, 189 photos. See image pixels, 88 planning Web site, 8–9

Polygon tool, 119

<pre> tag, 49 predefined framesets, 153

Preferences dialog box, 40–41 preformatted text tag, 49 previewing Web pages, 26–27

Properties inspector creating links with, 120 formatting content with, 32–33 on Macintosh, 13 on PC, 12 publishing Web site connecting to remote site, 248–249 downloading files from server, 252–253 organizing files/folders, 244–245 remote site set-up, 246–247

Site window in, 241 steps in, 240 synchronizing local and remote sites,

254–255 testing pages in browsers, 242–243 transferring files, 5 uploading files to server, 250–251

Q

Quick Tag Editor, 45

QuickTime movies, 117

R radio button in form, 177–179 name for, 179 recordset adding records to, 292 adding Recordset Paging to, 294–295 creating, 288–291 defined, 288 with dynamic value set, 298 function of, 290 updating records, 293

Reference panel, 56, 57 registering domain names, 247 remote site changing setting for, 247 connecting to, 248–249 defined, 246 setting up, 246–247 in Site window, 241 synchronizing local site and, 254–255

Reset button, 183 resizing frames, 169 images, 88–89 layers, 230 rollover images, 102–103 rows, table deleting, 139 inserting, 138

S same-page links, 115 sans-serif fonts, 71 saving Web pages, 24–25 scanned image. See image scripts, 172, 227 scroll bars, 159, 168 search engines, page rankings by, 55 selectors, style sheet, 216 serif fonts, 71 server. See Web server server-side programming language, 283 showing windows, 14 site map broken links in, 59 changing layout of, 259

Site Map view, 258–259 site report, 270 site search, 296–299

Site window, 241 size attribute, 50

Snippets panel, 56, 57 space, around image, 92–93 spacer images, 149

<SPAN> tag, 215 special characters, inserting, 68–69 splitting table cells, 140 src attribute, 51

SSL certificate, 295

Start Page, 22 starting Dreamweaver, 10–11 style sheet selectors, 216 style sheets. See Cascading Style Sheets subfolders, 244, 245

Submit button, 182 subtitles, heading levels for, 61 synchronizing local and remote sites, 254–255 system DSN, 283

T table cells adding, 141 aligning content in, 137 changing background of, 133 creating, 145 deleted, content of, 139 deleting, 147 dimensions of, 142 layout, 145 merging, 141 moving content of, 139 padding for, 134 size of, 147 spacing of, 135 splitting, 140 tables alignment of, 136 appearance of content in, 129 background of, 132–133 borders of, 129 deleting, 147 deleting rows/columns, 139 dimensions of table, 143 function of, 7, 128, 138 for image captions, 131 inserting, 128–129 inserting content into, 130–131 inserting rows/columns, 138 layers versus, 229 layout features for, 144–145 moving content in, 139 rearranging, 146–147 size of, 147 within tables, 131 width of, 148–149 tags. See HTML tags templates automatic updating with, 202–203 creating, 196–197 creating Web pages from, 200–201 defining, 186 detaching pages from, 201 editable attributes with, 203 editable regions in, 197–199 editing, 202–203 editing page created from, 197 function of, 186, 196 library items in, 199 storage of, 203 viewing, 187

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Templates folder, 203

Testing Server, 278–281 text changing color of, 74–75 creating and aligning paragraphs,

62–63 creating lists, 66–67 finding/replacing, 272–273 font color, 73 font size, 72 font style, 70–71 formatting, 33, 60–61 in forms, 174–175 in frames, 160–161 for images, adding, 97 importing, 76–77 indents, 65 inserting, to tables, 130 as library items, 188–189 line breaks, 64

Lorem ipsum dolor placeholder for, 57 non-English-language, 69 over images, 97 special characters, 68–69 style sheet formatting of, 206, 213 in tables, 129 on Web pages, 6 wrapping, around images, 82–83 text area, 175 text editors, 45 text-formatting tags, 50 title adding, 23 heading levels for, 61

<title> tag, 48 toolbar on Macintosh, 13 on PC, 12

U

<ul> tag, 49 unordered list creating, 66 modifying appearance of, 67 unordered list tags, 49 uploading files, 250–251 user DSN, 283

V

VBScript, 289 verifying links, 123 video

Flash files, 98–99 inserting, 100–101

W

Web browser adding, 27 and behaviors, 227 described, 5 domain names in, 25 downloading older versions of, 243 and dynamic Web pages, 287 heading sizes on, 61 image display with, 97 layers supported by, 229 location of, 5 most-used, 243 opening new windows in, 121 previewing frames in, 167 previewing Web pages in, 26–27 selecting version of, 227 special character appearance in, 69 styles supported by, 207, 217 testing layers on, 226 testing pages in, 242–243

Web pages adding title to, 23 changing colors of, 74–75, 96 creating, 22, 45 database content on, 291 detaching from templates, 201 determining download time for, 83 dimensions of images on, 89

FAQ, 115 framed, saving, 154–155 global styles for, 206 glossary, 115 ideal size for, 83 inserting images into, 80–81 linking frames to, 161 links among, 108–109 links to content on, 114–115

Lorem ipsum dolor text in, 57 naming main page, 25 navigation bars for, 113 organization of, 4 parts of, 6–7 planning, 8–9 previewing, 26–27 ranking of, 55 replaced library items in, 193 saving, 24–25, 154–155 style sheets for layout of, 217 from templates, 200–201

<title> tag for, 48

Web server. See also remote site connection to, 249 defined, 240 deleting files from, 251 described, 5 downloading files from, 252–253 hosting site on, 9 organizing files on, 21 premature disconnection from, 249 uploading files to, 250–251

Web site. See also database-driven Web site defining, 20–21 described, 4 file folder for, 21, 109 links to other sites, 110–111 links to pages in, 108–109 links to site, 110–111, 165 map for, 8 naming home page, 25 navigation bar for, 104–105 organizing files for, 109 planning, 8–9 setting up, 20–21

Web (World Wide Web), 4 windows, showing/hiding, 14

Windows (operating system), 278–281

Word documents, importing, 77

World Wide Web (Web), 4 wrapping code, 47

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