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Dreamweaver 4 Magic Al Sparber

Dreamweaver 4 Magic By Al Sparber

Dreamweaver 4 Magic by Al Sparber


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Summary

This title provides project-based answers to the most frequently asked questions about designing Websites using Dreamweaver 4. It provides both inspiration and timesaving solutions.

Dreamweaver 4 Magic Summary

Dreamweaver 4 Magic by Al Sparber

This book answers many of the top advanced-level questions posted on the Dreamweaver Newsgroup through a series of projects. Projects are grouped into design issues for easy reference. Each project is designed in a 2-column format with step-by-step instructions on the left and corresponding graphics (or code) on the right. In addition, sidebars are used to provide additional tips and tricks. Any effect, technique, or tip can easily be customized to fit a reader's own design needs.

About Al Sparber

Al Sparber is a founding partner of Project VII, a leading Web development resource site that attracts thousands of visitors daily. Al and the PVII team are reputed for being one step ahead of the leading edge and have authored some of the most exciting Dreamweaver Extensions to be found. PVII's latest claim to fame, the Dreamweaver Design Pack, is the brainchild of Al and partner Gerry Jacobsen. Design Packs are powerful site development tools that have acquired a cult-like following. Al grew up in the New York City area, lived for baseball, and frequented every disco within a 50-mile radius of the "Apple". He served oxymoronically (his own word) in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps, and even achieved a Sociology degree, which has served as a dust magnet for nearly a score. Before he found the Web, he was the CEO of a food distribution company in Ohio. Al lives with his lovely wife Carol, whom he loves madly (his word), and together they have issued several outstanding offspring. Al and Carol love to play tennis and enjoy gourmet foods, art, music, and other highly cultural things. You can contact Al via e-mail: [email protected] or on the pviiwebdev newsgroup: news://forums.projectseven.com/pviiwebdev Craig Foster is currently employed as a Web applications designer, desktop publisher, graphics artist, and contractor for the U.S. Navy on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A Macromedia tech support Evangelist for over two years, Craig has been helping Web design colleagues learn to use Macromedia Dreamweaver by creating a FAQ of questions posted on the Macromedia Dreamweaver newsgroup at http://cauzway.net/dreamweaver/. Craig also created the Dreamweaver News and Information site, which you can reach at http://dwnews.owlnet.net. Craig says that thousands of Web designers are looking for employment, and only a fraction of them will find Web design employment opportunities. Because of that, he has developed a Cauzway (http://cauzway.net/), which brings together Web designers and employers. Craig also uses his knowledge of the Web on a personal level. His middle child, a thirteen-year-old, is deaf, and Craig, along with other local parents of deaf children, formed the DELMARVA Society for Deaf Children non-profit organization of which he is the secretary and Webmaster. The Web site for that organization is http://cauzway.net/dsdc/. Gerry Jacobsen started his career with a BS in finance from Mercy College, NY, and gradually migrated to specializing in developing operational and management software for the Food Industry. In the mid '80s, Gerry developed Unix-based warehouse management systems employing fully integrated online bar code scanning technology. After spending 15 years as a Vice President and MIS Director for a major meat-processing company, Gerry, together with Al Sparber, formed Project VII Development. Gerry is the programming genius behind Project VII and is a perfect complement to Al's design-side talents. Their Design Packs reveal their talents, enhanced even more by many years of experience in providing first-class support and user documentation. Together, they make a formidable Web-dev team with an uncanny sense for what the market needs...and wants! When he's not developing new code or surfing the Web, Gerry enjoys spending time at home with his wife Diane, and their two children, Chris and Mat. For recreation, Gerry spends a lot of his time playing guitar and tennis and tinkering with his stereo. You can contact Gerry at http://www.projectseven.com. Linda S. Rathgeber is a former editor and layout and graphic artist for the Holistic Resource Magazine, and a contributor to such diverse publications as Woman's World and Dream Quarterly International. Since turning freelance, he

Table of Contents

1. Using Cascading Style Sheets to Make Selectable Themes. The Incredible CSS Cookie Monster. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Special Notes. Creating the Home Page. Populating the Tables on the Home Page. Assigning CSS Classes to the Home Page Elements. Setting Up a Swap Image with CSS. Setting the Background Image URL in Style Sheets. Applying the Cookie Script Command and Behaviors. Applying the NN4 Return False Fix and the Scrubber Commands. Using a Second Test Page to See if the Browser Is Reading the Cookie. Using the Supplied Test Site. An In-Depth Look at Project One's CSS Deployment. Modifications. 2. Building a DHTML Drop-Down Men. A DHTML Drop-Down Menu. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Using CSS to Style a Page. Inserting the Trigger and Menu Layers. Inserting Flyout Menu Layers. Using the Assets Panel to Insert Images into Menu Layers. Adding Hotspots to Menu Trigger Down Arrows. Adding the Layer that Controls the Closing of All Open Menus. Applying PVII Auto Layer Behavior. Correcting Browser-Specific Problems. Adding Placeholder Content to the Page. Modifications. 3. Building a DHTML Flyout Menu A DHTML Flyout Menu. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. The Main Menu. Creating the First Flyout Layer and its Submenu Items. Setting Up the Remaining Flyout Menu Layer. Creating the menucloser Layer and Applying the PVII Auto Layers Behavior. Applying the PVII Auto Layers Behavior. Correcting Browser-Specific Problems. Add Some Placeholder Content to the Page. Using CSS to Style the Placeholder Text. Modifications. 4. Using CSS to Make Navigation Image. Image-Less Rollover Buttons. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Investigating the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Working the Page. Modifications. 5. Creating an HTML Frames-Based Interface. Modal Windows. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Creating the Frameset. Designing the Component Pages of the Frameset. Creating a Custom Style. Adding the Finishing Touches. Looking at the Cascading Style Sheet. Modifications. 6. Creating a Clickable DHTML Tabbed Interface. A User-Friendly Tabbed Interface. It Works Like This. Setting the Page Properties. Inserting the Tab Layer. Creating Image Map Hotspots and Setting Swap Image Behaviors. Insert the Content Layers. Showing and Hiding Layers. Wrapping Things Up. Modifications. 7. Constructing a DHTML Collapsible Layer Menu. DHTML Collapsible Layer Menu. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Building the Closed-State Menu Layer. Creating the Submenu Layers. Applying the PVII Auto Layers Behavior. Adding Some Content to the Page. Applying the Netscape Fixes. Modifications. 8. Simulating Tree-View Navigation. The Tree-View Menu. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Creating the Top Menu Layer. Creating the First Menu Section Layer. Using an Existing Layer as a Template for a New One. Adding Extra Page Links to a Menu. Creating Another Menu Section. Setting Up the Last Section in a Menu. Adding a Menu Cover. Applying the Show/Hide Layers Behaviors. Applying Menu Movements. Applying the Expand All and Close All Movements. Changing the Menu Layers Background Color. Fixing Browser-Specific Problems. Modifications. 9. Scrolling a Layer with Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Some DHTML AniMagic. A DHTML Side-Scroller Widget. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Creating the Interface in Fireworks 4. Creating and Styling the Interactive Parts of a Fireworks Image. Using Fireworks Commands to Copy Effects from Object to Object. Adding Control Labels in Fireworks. Adding a Gradient Fill, Adding a Graphical Splash, and Trimming the Canvas. Optimizing and Exporting the Image. Setting Up a Layer to Hold an Interface Image. Nesting Layers. Using CSS to Style the Link List. Making Nested Layers Compatible with Netscape 4. Making an Image Map. Applying the AniMagic Behavior to Scroll a Link List. Correcting Browser-Specific Problems. Repositioning the Scrolling Widget and Editing the Link List. Modifications. 10. Putting a Presentation into Motion. The Letterbox Slide Show. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Assembling the Letterbox and Its Component Pages. Setting the Page and Background Properties of the Component Pages. Building and Choreographing the Main Page. Using a Table to Shape Content. Setting Up the Layers That Control Movement, Scrolling, and Background. Choreographing the Moves. Applying the Behaviors. Afterthoughts. Fixes and Workarounds for Netscape 4. Modifications. 11. Creating Simple and Disjoint Rollovers. The Elsewhere Rollover. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Creating the Infrastructure of a Page. Placing Images That Serve as Triggers. Using the Dreamweaver Swap Image Behavior to Create Disjoint Rollovers. Using a Hotspot as the Trigger for an Event. Creating Simple Rollovers. Entering the Links for a Page. Modifications. 12. Taking Control with Templates and Library Items. Templates and Library Items. It Works Like This. Preparing to Work. Defining Editable Regions and Creating Template-Based Documents. Inserting and Editing Library Items. Modifications. Appendix A. The True Power of Dreamweaver: Extensibility. Dreamweaver Platform. The Macromedia Exchange for Dreamweaver. Power to the Masses. The Importance of Using the Latest Version of the Extension Manager. Our Favorite Extensions. Appendix B. Top Ten Dreamweaver Web Sites. Appendix C. What's on the CD-ROM. System Requirements. Using the CD Files. Exercise Files. Custom Extensions. Read This Before Opening the Software. Index.

Additional information

GOR003789268
9780735710467
0735710465
Dreamweaver 4 Magic by Al Sparber
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
2001-05-15
320
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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