VI. Enhancing Productivity and Web Site Management
by Joseph W. Lowery
Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 Bible
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Technical Editor
- About the Instructional Designer
- Credits
- Introduction
- Who Should Read This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Part I: Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver CS5
- Part II: Designing and Crafting Basic Pages
- Part III: Adding Advanced Design Features
- Part IV: Incorporating Dynamic Data
- Part V: Including Multimedia Elements
- Part VI: Enhancing Productivity and Web Site Management
- Part VII: Extending Dreamweaver
- Appendices
- Conventions and Features
- Minimum Requirements
- Further Information
- I. Laying the Groundwork in Dreamweaver
- 1. Introducing Dreamweaver CS5
- 1.1. The Dynamic World of Dreamweaver
- 1.2. The Dreamweaver Interface
- 1.2.1. Easy text entry
- 1.2.2. Drag-and-drop data fields
- 1.2.3. One-stop object modification
- 1.2.4. Accessing and managing resources
- 1.2.5. Complete custom environment
- 1.2.6. Managing keyboard shortcuts
- 1.2.7. Simple selection process
- 1.2.8. Enhanced layout options
- 1.2.9. Plugin media preview
- 1.2.10. Extended find and replace
- 1.3. Up-to-Date Code Standards
- 1.4. Next-Generation Features
- 1.5. Program Extensibility
- 1.6. Automation Enhancements
- 1.7. Site Management Tools
- 1.8. Summary
- 2. Touring Dreamweaver
- 2.1. Choosing a Workspace Layout
- 2.2. Viewing the Document Window
- 2.3. Accessing the Toolbars
- 2.4. Selecting from the Insert Panel
- 2.5. Getting the Most Out of the Property Inspector
- 2.6. Customizing Your Workspace with Dockable Panels
- 2.7. Accessing the Menus
- 2.8. Connecting to Adobe Services
- 2.9. Summary
- 3. Setting Your Preferences
- 3.1. Customizing Your Environment
- 3.1.1. General preferences
- 3.1.1.1. Document options
- 3.1.1.2. Editing options
- 3.1.1.2.1. Show Dialog When Inserting Objects option
- 3.1.1.2.2. Enable Double-Byte Inline Input option
- 3.1.1.2.3. Switch To Plain Paragraph After Heading option
- 3.1.1.2.4. Allow Multiple Consecutive Spaces option
- 3.1.1.2.5. Use <strong> And <em> In Place Of <b> And <i> option
- 3.1.1.2.6. Warn When Placing Editable Regions Within <p> Or <h1>-<h6> Tags option
- 3.1.1.2.7. Maximum Number Of History Steps option
- 3.1.1.2.8. Spelling Dictionary option
- 3.1.2. Preferences for invisible elements
- 3.1.3. Highlighting preferences
- 3.1.4. Status Bar preferences
- 3.1.5. File Types / Editors preferences
- 3.1.6. Copy/Paste preferences
- 3.1.7. New Document preferences
- 3.1.1. General preferences
- 3.2. Adjusting Advanced Features
- 3.3. Making Online Connections
- 3.3.1. Site preferences
- 3.3.1.1. Always Show Local/Remote Files On The Right/Left option
- 3.3.1.2. Dependent Files options
- 3.3.1.3. FTP Connection: Disconnect After __ Minutes Idle option
- 3.3.1.4. FTP Time Out option
- 3.3.1.5. FTP Transfer option: Select Default Action In Dialogs After __ Seconds
- 3.3.1.6. Firewall Host and Firewall Port options
- 3.3.1.7. Put options
- 3.3.1.8. Move options
- 3.3.1.9. Manage Sites button
- 3.3.2. Preview In Browser preferences
- 3.3.1. Site preferences
- 3.4. Customizing Your Code
- 3.4.1. Fonts preferences
- 3.4.2. Code Hints preferences
- 3.4.3. Code Rewriting preferences
- 3.4.3.1. Fix Invalidly Nested And Unclosed Tags option
- 3.4.3.2. Rename Form Items When Pasting option
- 3.4.3.3. Remove Extra Closing Tags option
- 3.4.3.4. Warn When Fixing Or Removing Tags option
- 3.4.3.5. Never Rewrite Code preferences
- 3.4.3.6. Special Characters Encoding preferences
- 3.4.3.7. URL Encoding preferences
- 3.4.4. Code Coloring preferences
- 3.4.5. Code Format preferences
- 3.4.6. Validator preferences
- 3.5. Summary
- 3.1. Customizing Your Environment
- 4. Setting Up Sites and Servers
- 1. Introducing Dreamweaver CS5
- II. Designing and Crafting Basic Pages
- 5. Accessing the Code Directly
- 5.1. The Structure of a Web Page
- 5.2. Expanding into XHTML
- 5.3. doctype and doctype Switching
- 5.4. Defining <head> Elements
- 5.5. Adding to the <body>
- 5.6. Working with Code View and the Code Inspector
- 5.7. Integrating Live View, Related Files, and Code Navigator Features
- 5.8. Using the Coding Toolbar
- 5.9. Enhancing Code Authoring Productivity
- 5.10. Adding Code Through the Snippets Panel
- 5.11. Using the Reference Panel
- 5.12. Modifying Code with the Tag Inspector
- 5.13. Rapid Tag Modification with the Quick Tag Editor
- 5.14. Adding Java Applets
- 5.15. Managing JavaScript and VBScript
- 5.16. Validating Your XML Pages
- 5.17. Inserting Symbols and Special Characters
- 5.18. Summary
- 6. Building Style Sheet Web Pages
- 6.1. Understanding Cascading Style Sheets
- 6.2. Working with the CSS Styles Panel
- 6.3. Creating and Applying Styles
- 6.4. Styles and Their Attributes
- 6.5. Design-Time Style Sheets
- 6.6. Summary
- 7. Woking with Text
- 7.1. Starting with Headings
- 7.2. Working with Paragraphs
- 7.3. Checking Your Spelling
- 7.4. Using Find and Replace
- 7.5. Controlling Whitespace
- 7.6. Working with Microsoft Office Documents
- 7.7. Styling Your Text
- 7.8. Modifying Text Format
- 7.9. Incorporating Dates
- 7.10. Commenting Your Code
- 7.11. Summary
- 8. Inserting Images
- 8.1. Using Images Inline
- 8.2. Adding Background Images
- 8.3. Dividing the Web Page with Horizontal Rules
- 8.4. Including Banner Ads
- 8.5. Inserting Rollover Images
- 8.6. Summary
- 9. Establishing Web Links
- 5. Accessing the Code Directly
- III. Adding Advanced Design Features
- 10. Working with Divs and AP Elements
- 10.1. Divs and AP Elements 101
- 10.2. Placing <div> Tags
- 10.3. Creating AP Elements with Dreamweaver
- 10.4. Modifying an AP Element
- 10.4.1. Selecting an AP element
- 10.4.2. Resizing an AP element
- 10.4.3. Moving an AP element
- 10.4.4. Using the CSS-P Property inspector
- 10.4.5. The AP Elements panel
- 10.4.6. Aligning AP elements
- 10.4.7. Adding elements to an AP element
- 10.4.8. Forms and AP elements
- 10.5. Creating Your Page Design with AP Elements
- 10.6. Activating AP Elements with Behaviors
- 10.7. Summary
- 11. Using Behaviors
- 11.1. Understanding Behaviors, Events, and Actions
- 11.2. Attaching a Behavior
- 11.2.1. Using the Behaviors panel
- 11.2.2. Adding a behavior
- 11.2.3. Managing events
- 11.2.4. Standard actions
- 11.2.4.1. Call JavaScript
- 11.2.4.2. Change Property
- 11.2.4.3. Check Plugin
- 11.2.4.4. Drag AP Element
- 11.2.4.5. Go to URL
- 11.2.4.6. Jump Menu and Jump Menu Go
- 11.2.4.7. Open Browser Window
- 11.2.4.8. Popup Message
- 11.2.4.9. Preload Images
- 11.2.4.10. Set Nav Bar Image
- 11.2.4.11. Set Text of Container
- 11.2.4.12. Set Text of Frame
- 11.2.4.13. Set Text of Status Bar
- 11.2.4.14. Set Text of Text Field
- 11.2.4.15. Show-Hide Elements
- 11.2.4.16. Swap Image and Swap Image Restore
- 11.2.4.17. Validate Form
- 11.2.5. Spry effects in Dreamweaver
- 11.3. Installing, Managing, and Modifying Behaviors
- 11.4. Summary
- 12. Setting Up Tables
- 12.1. HTML Table Fundamentals
- 12.2. Inserting Tables in Dreamweaver
- 12.3. Modifying Tables
- 12.4. Sorting Tables
- 12.5. Importing Tabular Data
- 12.6. Summary
- 13. Interactive Forms
- 13.1. How HTML Forms Work
- 13.2. Inserting a Form in Dreamweaver
- 13.3. Using Text Fields
- 13.4. Providing Checkboxes and Radio Buttons
- 13.5. Creating Form Lists and Menus
- 13.6. Navigating with a Jump Menu
- 13.7. Activating Your Form with Buttons
- 13.8. Using Hidden and File Fields
- 13.9. Improving Accessibility
- 13.10. Styling Forms with CSS
- 13.11. Summary
- 14. Creating Lists
- 15. Using Frames and Framesets
- 15.1. Frames and Framesets: The Basics
- 15.2. Creating a Frameset and Frames
- 15.3. Adding More Frames
- 15.4. Selecting, Saving, and Closing Framesets
- 15.5. Working with the Frameset Property Inspector
- 15.6. Modifying a Frame
- 15.7. Targeting Frame Content
- 15.8. Handling Frameless Browsers
- 15.9. Investigating Iframes
- 15.10. Summary
- 16. Powering Ajax Pages with Spry
- 17. Working with JavaScript Frameworks
- 10. Working with Divs and AP Elements
- IV. Incorporating Dynamic Data
- 18. Establishing Connections and Recordsets
- 19. Making Data Dynamic
- 20. Managing Data
- 21. Working with Dynamic Live View
- 22. Crafting Multi-Page Applications
- 23. Using Web Content Management Systems
- V. Including Multimedia Elements
- 24. Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and Bridge Integration
- 25. Inserting Flash Elements
- 26. Adding Video to Your Web Page
- 27. Using Audio on Your Web Page
- VI. Enhancing Productivity and Web Site Management
- 28. Using Dreamweaver Templates
- 28.1. Understanding Templates
- 28.2. Creating Your Own Templates
- 28.3. Using Editable Regions
- 28.4. Adding Content to Template Documents
- 28.5. Making Attributes Editable
- 28.6. Setting Editable Attributes
- 28.7. Enabling Repeating Regions
- 28.8. Establishing Optional Regions
- 28.9. Nesting Templates
- 28.10. Working with Templates in the Assets Panel
- 28.11. Updating Templates
- 28.12. Removing Template Markup
- 28.13. Changing the Default Document
- 28.14. Editing Content in the Browser
- 28.15. Summary
- 29. Using Library Items and Server-side Includes
- 30. Maximizing Cross-Browser Compatibility
- 31. Building Web Sites with a Team
- 31.1. Following Check In/Check Out Procedures
- 31.2. Keeping Track with Design Notes
- 31.3. Browsing File View Columns
- 31.4. Generating Reports
- 31.5. Administering Adobe Contribute Sites
- 31.6. Communicating with WebDAV
- 31.7. Version Control with Subversion
- 31.8. Summary
- 32. Integrating with XML and XSLT
- 28. Using Dreamweaver Templates
- VII. Extending Dreamweaver
- 33. Customizing Dreamweaver
- 33.1. Adding New Commands
- 33.2. Managing Menus and Keyboard Shortcuts
- 33.3. Working with Custom Tags
- 33.4. Customizing Property Inspectors
- 33.5. Making Custom Floating Panels
- 33.6. Developing Translators
- 33.7. Extending C-Level Libraries
- 33.8. Customizing Your Tag Libraries
- 33.9. Summary
- 34. Handling Server Behaviors
- 34.1. Understanding Server Behaviors
- 34.2. Applying and Managing Server Behaviors
- 34.3. Standard Server Behaviors
- 34.3.1. Recordset (Query)
- 34.3.2. Repeat Region
- 34.3.3. Recordset Paging
- 34.3.4. Move To Specific Record
- 34.3.5. Show Region
- 34.3.6. Go To Detail Page
- 34.3.7. Go To Related Page
- 34.3.8. Insert Record
- 34.3.9. Update Record
- 34.3.10. Delete Record
- 34.3.11. User authentication
- 34.3.12. Dynamic elements
- 34.3.13. Stored procedure/command/callable
- 34.4. Installing Additional Server Behaviors
- 34.5. Creating Custom Server Behaviors
- 34.6. Summary
- 35. Creating Adobe AIR Applications
- A. What's New in Dreamweaver CS5
- B. What's on the Web Site?
- 33. Customizing Dreamweaver
IN THIS PART
Using Dreamweaver Templates
Using Library Items and Server-Side Includes
Maximizing Cross-Browser Compatibility
Building Web Sites with a Team
Integrating with XML and XSLT
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