Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Unleashed: (Unleashed)

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Unleashed     This book is the most comprehensive and independent resource for experienced web developers who want to plan, architect, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art websites, applications, and services.   Expert web developer and trainer Zak Ruvalcaba brings together real-world insights and advanced techniques for every facet of contemporary web development, from site management to data-driven applications and multimedia content to security. Ruvalcaba systematically illuminates the major features Adobe has brought to Dreamweaver CS4, including its powerful Spry framework for Ajax development, its innovative CSS browser compatibility checking, and more.   You’ll learn how to smoothly integrate Dreamweaver CS4 with other key web design and development tools, ranging from Photoshop to Flash to databases. You’ll also discover how to use Dreamweaver CS4 to improve team collaboration, automate workflow, streamline content management, and reuse assets more efficiently.   Detailed information on how to… Get productive with Dreamweaver CS4 development fast, whether you’re new to Dreamweaver or upgrading from previous versions Create more effective, compatible CSS sites—and leverage Dreamweaver CS4’s powerful CSS templates Streamline and automate workflow across your development and content teams Incorporate animation, video, and audio, including Adobe Flash content Make the most of databases and SQL queries in your sites and applications Build dynamic pages and sites that integrate everything from search functionality to user authentication Implement high-performance web services with Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Use Adobe’s Spry framework, widgets, and effects to quickly build rich XML-based applications   Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the web since 1995. He’s built websites and applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Intuit, Peachtree, Dell, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and many others. He is currently an instructor with the San Diego Community College District, Palomar Community College, and Mt. San Jacinto Community College, teaching the use of various technologies and tools including ASP.NET, Dreamweaver, and Flash. He is the author of the 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver (Que), Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# and VB (SitePoint), and Beginning Expression Web (Wrox).   Register your book at informit.com/register for convenient access to updates and example source code from this book.   Category: Web Development/Dreamweaver Covers: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 User Level: Intermediate–Advanced 

Table of Contents:
Introduction    1 Part I    Getting Up to Speed with Dreamweaver CS4    5 1    The Dreamweaver CS4 Interface    7 New Dreamweaver CS4 Features    8 The Welcome Screen    10 The Document Window    11 The Tabbed File Chooser and Related Files Bar    12 The Document Toolbar    14 The Standard Toolbar    25 The Style Rendering Toolbar    26 The Status Bar    27 Context Menus    30 The Insert Panel    32 Common Objects    33 Layout Objects    35 Form Objects    36 Data Objects    37 Spry Objects    37 Text Objects    38 Favorites    39 The Property Inspector    40 Panels    42 Interacting with Panels    42 The CSS Styles Panel    45 The AP Elements Panel    45 The Application Tab Group    45 The Files Panel    45 The Assets Panel    46 The Snippets Panel    46 The Tag Inspector Panel    46 The Behaviors Panel    47 The History Panel    47 The Frames Panel    47 The Code Inspector    47 The Results Tab Group    47 Workspace Layouts    48 The Menu Bar    49 2    Building a Web Page    51 Creating a New Document    52 Working with a New Document in Design View    56 Modifying the Page Properties    56 Working with Text    61 Inserting the Time and Date    79 Inserting a Horizontal Rule    80 Working with Images    82 Inserting Images into a Dreamweaver Document    83 Formatting Images Within a Document    85 Image Placeholders    88 Rollover Images    90 Working with Hyperlinks    91 Linking Text    93 Email Links    95 Linking Images    96 Image Maps    97 Named Anchors    99 Creating a Navigation Bar    102 3    Dreamweaver Site Management    105 The Importance of Defining Sites in Dreamweaver    106 Defining a New Site in Dreamweaver    108 The Local Info Category    117 The Remote Info Category    118 The Testing Server Category    120 The Version Control Category    121 The Cloaking Category    122 The Design Notes Category    123 The File View Columns Category    124 The Contribute Category    125 The Templates Category    126 The Spry Category    127 Managing a Website in Dreamweaver    127 Uploading Your Files to a Remote Server    131 Checking Links Sitewide    138 Changing Links Sitewide    140 Creating Site Reports    141 Using Advanced Site Management Options    144 Part II    Static Web Page Development    145 4    Web Page Structuring Using Tables    147 Inserting and Working with Tables    148 Selecting Table Elements    151 Modifying Table Properties Using the Property Inspector    154 The Table ID    156 Adding and Removing Rows and Columns    156 Changing Table Sizes    157 Modifying Cell Padding and Cell Spacing    159 Table Alignment    161 Working with Table Borders    162 Converting Table Widths to a Percentage or Pixels    162 Modifying Cell Properties Using the Property Inspector    163 Changing Cell Widths and Heights    165 Splitting and Merging Cells    167 Setting Horizontal and Vertical Alignments    169 Setting the Background Color and Cell Wrapping    171 Converting a Cell to a Header    174 Nesting Tables    175 Working with Tables in Expanded Tables Mode    176 Importing Tabular Data    177 Sorting Tables    179 Tracing Images    182 5    Page Formatting Using Cascading Style Sheets    185 An Introduction to CSS    186 CSS Versus HTML    190 Browser Support for CSS    194 Designing CSS Using Dreamweaver and the CSS Styles Panel    195 Creating a Type Selector Within an External Style Sheet    201 Creating a Class Selector    213 Working with Descendant Selectors    217 Working with Pseudo-Classes    221 Attaching a Style Sheet    223 Using the Code Navigator    225 Validating Your CSS    227 Using Design-Time Style Sheets    228 Using CSS Advisor    230 6    Page Structuring Using Cascading Style Sheets    233 Introduction to AP Elements    234 Working with AP Elements    236 Inserting an AP Element    237 Drawing an AP Element    238 Inserting Content into AP Elements    238 Modifying AP Element Properties with the Property Inspector    240 Modifying AP Element Properties with the AP Elements Panel    242 Deleting an AP Element    246 Designing Tableless Web Pages Using Tags    247 Designing the Page Structure Using ID Selectors    247 Inserting Tags    251 Converting Div Tags to Tables for Backward-Compatibility    255 Built-In CSS Page Layouts    257 7    HTML Forms    261 An Introduction to HTML Forms    261 Working with Forms and Form Objects    264 Text Fields, Password Fields, and Textarea    267 Check Boxes and Checkbox Groups    269 Radio Buttons and Radio Groups    272 Lists and Menus    274 Buttons    277 Test the Form    279 Image Field    280 File Field    282 Hidden Field    282 Jump Menu    283 Fieldsets    285 Labels    286 8    Using Behaviors    289 An Introduction to Behaviors    290 Using the Behaviors Panel    292 Dreamweaver Behaviors    295 Call JavaScript    297 Change Property    298 Check Plugin    300 Drag AP Element    301 Effects Behaviors    302 Go to URL    311 Jump Menu and Jump Menu Go    313 Open Browser Window    315 Preload Images    317 Set Nav Bar Image    317 Set Text    320 Show-Hide Elements    320 Swap Image and Swap Image Restore    321 Validate Form    322 Deprecated Behaviors    325 Part III    Team Collaboration and Task Automation    329 9    Building Dreamweaver Websites Within Teams    331 Using File Check In and Check Out    332 Enabling Check In and Check Out    334 Checking Files In and Out    337 Maintaining Design Notes    339 Enabling Design Notes    339 Setting the Status of Files with Design Notes    340 Creating Customized Design Notes    342 Viewing Design Notes    343 File View Column Sharing    345 Generating Workflow Site Reports    347 Checked Out By Reports    347 Design Notes Reports    348 Recently Modified Reports    350 Implementing Source Control with Visual SourceSafe    351 Using WebDAV    356 Using Subversion Control    359 10    Managing Website Content Using Contribute    365 Content Management Using Contribute    366 Installing Contribute    366 Administrating Contribute-Enabled Sites in Dreamweaver    368 Defining Users and Roles    372 Administration    378 Publishing Server    379 Web Server    380 Rollbacks    381 New Pages    382 Compatibility    383 Enable PDF Embedding    384 Sending Connection Keys to Contribute Users    384 Using Contribute to Make Basic Edits    387 Rolling Back Pages in Dreamweaver    390 11    Enhancing Workflow    393 Working with the Assets Panel    393 How the Assets Panel Works    396 Refreshing the Assets Panel    397 Inserting Assets into Your Web Pages    399 Customizing the Assets Panel    399 Managing Your Assets    400 Editing Assets    402 Adding Assets to Your Favorites    403 Using Find and Replace    407 Using the History Panel    411 Working with Commands    412 Recording New Commands    413 Apply Source Formatting    415 Clean Up (X)HTML and Clean Up Word HTML    415 12    Working with Templates and Library Items    419 Understanding Dreamweaver Templates    420 Creating a New Template    422 Defining Editable Regions    425 Deriving a New Page from a Template    427 Creating an Editable Tag Attribute    430 Working with Repeating Regions    433 Adding Content to Repeating Regions    435 Defining Optional Regions    436 Combining Editable and Optional Regions    438 Setting Optional Region Properties    439 Nested Templates    440 Templates and the Assets Panel    441 Managing Templates Using the Assets Panel    442 Applying Templates to Existing Pages    444 Removing Template Markup    446 Changing the Default Document    447 Working with Library Items    447 Understanding Library Items    448 Using the Assets Panel to Manage Library Items    450 Creating Library Items    451 Inserting Library Items into Web Pages    454 Editing Library Items and Updating the Site    455 Renaming Library Items    456 Moving Library Items to a New Site    457 Deleting Library Items    457 Working with Server-Side Includes    458 Part IV    Incorporating Multimedia and Animation    463 13    Incorporating Video and Audio    465 Video on the Web    466 Download, Progressive Download, and Streaming    466 Media Players    468 RealMedia    468 QuickTime    469 Windows Media    470 Flash Video    470 Working with Video Clips    471 Linking Video    472 Embedding Video    472 Passing Parameters into Video Files    475 Encoding Flash Video    479 Embedding Flash Video    482 Audio on the Web    484 Audio File Formats    484 Linking to Audio Files    486 Embedding Audio Files    486 Playing Background Music    488 14    Integrating with Fireworks, Photoshop, and Flash    491 Specifying External Editors    492 Editing Images in Dreamweaver with Fireworks or Photoshop    494 Browsing Images in Adobe Bridge    498 Replacing Image Placeholders    500 Optimizing Images    501 The Options Tab    502 The File Tab    504 Additional Options in the Image Preview Dialog Box    505 Creating Rollover Buttons in Fireworks    508 Inserting Fireworks HTML    509 Creating a Web Photo Album    511 Integrating with Flash    513 Inserting Flash Movies into Dreamweaver Documents    514 Additional Flash Parameters    517 Controlling Flash Movies with Dreamweaver Behaviors    518 Round-Trip Flash Editing    520 Part V    Dynamic Web Page Development    523 15    Introduction to Web Applications    525 Client-Side Versus Server-Side Web Development    526 Web Applications    528 Client-Side Technologies    530 Server-Side Technologies    531 ASP    532 ColdFusion    533 PHP    533 Database Options    534 Access    535 SQL Server    535 MySQL    536 Structured Query Language    537 Working with Data Source Names    538 The Dynamic Vecta Corp Intranet Application    538 16    Working with Server-Side Technologies    543 Picking a Web Server    544 Working with Internet Information Services (IIS)    546 Installing IIS    547 Configuring IIS    548 Working with XAMPP    550 Installing XAMPP    550 Configuring XAMPP    550 Working with MAMP    552 Installing MAMP    553 Configuring MAMP    554 Working with ASP    556 Creating a Simple ASP Page    557 Configuring Vecta Corp to Run Under ASP    558 Using ASP in Dreamweaver    560 Working with ColdFusion    562 Installing ColdFusion    563 The ColdFusion Administrator    565 Creating a Simple ColdFusion Page    566 Configuring Vecta Corp to Run Under ColdFusion    568 Using ColdFusion in Dreamweaver    569 Working with PHP    570 Installing PHP    571 Creating a Simple PHP Page    572 Configuring Vecta Corp to Run Under PHP    573 Using PHP in Dreamweaver    575 17    A Database Primer    577 Anatomy of a Database    578 The Database Management System (DBMS)    579 The Database    580 Beyond the Basics    584 Installing a Database    592 Installing Access    593 Installing SQL Server 2008 Express    594 Deploying the SQL Server 2008 Express Database    596 SQL Server Management Studio Basic    596 Installing MySQL    598 Deploying the MySQL Database    600 MySQL Administrator    600 Configuring PHP to Work with Dreamweaver    603 An Overview of the Vecta Corp Database    605 The Employees Table    606 The Departments Table    609 The CreditCards Table    610 The EmployeeStore Table    611 The Orders Table    613 Other Tables    614 18    A SQL Primer    617 The Structured Query Language    617 Basic SQL    618 The SELECT Statement    619 Clauses    622 The INSERT Statement    625 The UPDATE Statement    626 The DELETE Statement    627 Expressions    627 Operators    629 Functions    631 Date and Time Functions    631 The COUNT() Function    633 The SUM() Function    633 The AVG() Function    634 The MIN() and MAX() Functions    634 Arithmetic Functions    635 String Functions    636 Joins    636 Inner Joins    637 Outer Joins    638 Subqueries    639 The IN Operator    640 The Embedded SELECT Statement    640 Generating Queries Visually    640 Generating Queries Using Access Query Designer    641 Generating Queries with Relationships    644 19    Working with Dynamic Data    647 Connecting to a Data Source    648 Connecting to a Data Source Using a DSN    648 Connecting an ASP Web Application to a DSN    654 Connecting a ColdFusion Web Application to a DSN Using RDS    658 Connecting a PHP Web Application to a MySQL Database    661 Building the Vecta Corp Employee Store    663 Creating the EmployeeStore Page    663 Working with Dynamic Elements    673 20    Adding and Modifying Data    683 Building the Web Store New User Registration Page    683 Creating the New User Registration Form    686 Creating the Recordset    689 Creating the My Account Page    694 Creating the My Account Form    694 Using Data Objects to Create an Admin Page    701 Dynamic Tables    703 The Recordset Navigation Bar    705 Deleting Records    707 Master Detail Page Set    709 21    Integrating Search Functionality    713 Integrating a SQL Search    714 Creating a Search Page    715 Creating the Search Results Page    717 Working with Parameters in ASP and PHP    720 Working with Parameters in ColdFusion    723 Repeating Regions    724 Displaying Alternative Text    725 Globalizing the Search Functionality    726 22    Security and User Authentication    729 Creating a Login Page    730 Logging In the User    732 Restricting Access Based on Username, Password, and Access Level    734 Custom Error Messages    737 Checking to See Whether the User Is Logged In    739 Logging Out Users    741 Revamping the New User Registration Page    742 Avoiding Duplicate Usernames    743 Setting Access Levels    745 23    Working with Web Services and ColdFusion Components    747 An Introduction to Web Services    747 Dreamweaver and Web Services Integration    749 Building a Simple Calculator Web Service    750 Consuming the Calculator Web Service in ColdFusion    754 Web Services and Database Interaction    757 Building the Company Events Web Service Using ColdFusion and Components.     757 Consuming the Company Events Web Service in ColdFusion    760 24    Working with the Spry Framework for Ajax    763 Introduction to XML, Ajax, and Spry    764 What Is XML?    764 What Is Ajax?    767 What Is Spry?    768 Integrating XML Data with Spry    769 Connecting to XML Data    771 Defining Spry Regions    775 Binding Data to the Page    777 Repeating Spry Regions    778 Working with Spry Tables    780 Working with Spry Widgets    782 Validating Form Fields    783 Extending Layout Options    791 Working with RSS Feeds    793 Part VI    Appendixes (Online)    799 A    Accessibility    Web: 801 Accessibility Standards    .Web: 801 Standards Resources    .Web: 802 Conform with Standards    .Web: 805 Apply Standards to Sites    .Web: 811 Accessibility Reference    .Web: 816 Image Tests    .Web: 817 Imagemap Tests    .Web: 818 Color and Style Tests    .Web: 819 Form and Scripting Tests    .Web: 819 Table and Frame Tests    .Web: 820 Multimedia and Applet Tests    .Web: 821 Other Accessibility Tests    .Web: 822 Summary    .Web: 823 B    Extending Dreamweaver    Web: 825 Working with Objects    .Web: 825 Understanding Objects    .Web: 826 The Simple Tag Object    .Web: 827 The Advanced Tag Object    .Web: 829 Working with Behaviors    .Web: 830 Understanding Behaviors    .Web: 831 The Simple Resizer Behavior    .Web: 832 The Advanced Resizer Behavior    .Web: 835 Advanced Behavior Functions    .Web: 837 Working with js Files    .Web: 838 Sharing Extensions Through the Adobe Exchange    .Web: 838 Documentation    .Web: 839 Distribution    .Web: 840 Submission    .Web: 842 The Server Behavior Builder    .Web: 844 Server Behaviors    .Web: 844 Writing a Simple Cookie Behavior    .Web: 845 Summary    .Web: 852 C    Defining Preferences    Web: 853 Using the Preferences Dialog Box    .Web: 853 The General Category    .Web: 855 The Accessibility Category    .Web: 857 The AP Elements Category    .Web: 858 The Code Coloring Category    .Web: 860 The Code Format Category    .Web: 861 The Code Hints Category    .Web: 864 The Code Rewriting Category    .Web: 865 The Copy/Paste Category    .Web: 866 The CSS Styles Category    .Web: 867 The File Compare Category    .Web: 868 The File Types/Editors Category    .Web: 870 The Fonts Category    .Web: 872 The Highlighting Category    .Web: 874 The Invisible Elements Category    .Web: 875 The New Document Category    .Web: 876 The Preview in Browser Category    .Web: 877 The Site Category    .Web: 879 The Status Bar Category    .Web: 880 The Validator Category    .Web: 882 Setting Keyboard Shortcuts    .Web: 883 Working with Tag Libraries    .Web: 886 Summary    .Web: 892 D    Working with Frames and Framesets    Web: 893 Understanding Framed Websites    .Web: 893 The Advantages of Frames    .Web: 895 The Disadvantages of Frames    .Web: 896 Working with Frames and Framesets    .Web: 897 Creating a New Website Using Prebuilt Framesets    .Web: 898 Alternate Methods of Creating Framesets    .Web: 899 Adjusting Frame Attributes    .Web: 901 Changing Page Properties    .Web: 902 Setting Frame Names    .Web: 903 Setting Scroll Properties    .Web: 904 Frame Resize    .Web: 904 Adjusting Borders and Border Color    .Web: 905 Margin Width and Height    .Web: 905 Adjusting Frameset Attributes    .Web: 906 Borders, Border Width, and Border Color    .Web: 907 Row Height and Column Width    .Web: 907 Adding Content to Frames    .Web: 909 Saving Frames and Framesets    .Web: 911 Targeting Frames    .Web: 913 IFrames    .Web: 915 Targeting Browsers That Don’t Support Frames    .Web: 916 Summary    .Web: 917 Index    801  

About the Author :
Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. He holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and a master of science degree in instructional technology from National University in San Diego. He served as creative director with EPIC Solutions until 1998. His expertise in developing web applications led him to a position as manager of web development at SkyDesk Inc., where he developed web applications for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Intuit, Peachtree, Dell, and Microsoft. He has worked for such companies as ADCS, Inc., and Wireless Knowledge, and as a wireless software engineer developing .NET solutions for companies such as Mellon Financial, Goldman Saks, TV Guide, Healthbanks, The Gartner Group, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Commerce One.   His skill set includes technologies and languages from HTML/XHTML, XML/XSLT, JavaScript, CSS, ASP, ASP.NET, Visual Basic .NET, C#, ADO.NET, Web Services, SQL, T-SQL, Flash/ActionScript, and ColdFusion.   Aside from teaching and holding design lectures on various technologies and tools including Dreamweaver, Flash, and ASP.NET for the San Diego Community College District, Mt. San Jacinto Community College, and Palomar Community College, Zak Ruvalcaba is also the author of 10 Minute Guide to Dreamweaver 4 by Que Publishing, Build Your Own ASP.NET 3.5 Website Using C# and VB by SitePoint Press, and Beginning Expression Web by Wrox Press.   Zak Ruvalcaba is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET (MCAD) and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for .NET (MCSD).