Appendix A

What’s on the Website?

In This Appendix

• Visiting the book’s website
• Files and programs on the website
• Troubleshooting

The Dreamweaver CS6 Bible companion website, http://www.wiley.com/go/dreamweavercs6bible, contains the following:

• Code examples used in the book, including those from the Dreamweaver Techniques.
• A list of Dreamweaver extensions from the leaders in the Dreamweaver community, designed to make your work more productive. The types of extensions include behaviors, server behaviors, objects, commands, and inspectors.

Visiting the Book’s Website

The website contains files that run on more than one computer platform—in this case, both Windows and Macintosh computers.

In the Configuration folder, the file structure replicates the structure that Dreamweaver sets up when it is installed. For example, objects found in the driveProgram FilesAdobeAdobe Dreamweaver CS6ConfigurationObjects (/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS6/Configuration/Objects) folder should be in that location for both the website and the installed program. One slight variation: In the Additional Extensions folder, you’ll find the various behaviors, objects, and so on, filed under the author’s name.

Files and Programs on the Website

The Dreamweaver CS6 Bible website contains a host of extensions and auxiliary files to assist your exploration of Dreamweaver, as well as your web page design work in general. The following sections provide a description of those files and programs.

Dreamweaver extensions

Dreamweaver is extremely extensible, and the Dreamweaver community has built some amazing extensions. In the Additional Extensions section of the website, you’ll find links to tons of behaviors, server behaviors, objects, commands, inspectors, and more. The extensions are grouped according to author, and within each author’s folder, they are organized by function. I’ve provided links so you can get the latest versions directly from the author.

Where available, extensions are packaged in an .mxp file, which can easily be installed using the Extension Manager. To run the Extension Manager from Dreamweaver, choose Commands ⇒ Manage Extensions. Then choose File ⇒ Install Extension and browse to the location of the extension’s .mxp file.

You’ll find a ReadMe.htm file in each author’s folder, with links to the author’s website and more information about his or her creations.

Dreamweaver Techniques files

One special feature of Dreamweaver CS6 Bible is that Dreamweaver Techniques appear in most of the chapters in the book. Each technique contains all the requisite sample HTML files and graphics files, each within its own folder. For most techniques, there is a starting file and a completed file. Open the start file to work through the technique and the final file to see how the finished file should look. To start, copy all the files in the Techniques folder of the website to your system and establish a Dreamweaver site with that folder as the local site root; the Dreamweaver Technique “Setting Up Your Site” in Chapter 4 describes the steps to accomplish this task.

Dreamweaver CS6 Bible code examples

The Examples folder on the website provides sample code used in the book. You can easily view the files through Dreamweaver or your browser without transferring the files to your system. If you do wish to transfer the files, copy the entire folder over to your system.

To incorporate the external style sheets in your websites, copy files with .css extensions into your local site’s root folder. Then follow the instructions in the “Attaching an External Style Sheet” section found in Chapter 6.

Web resource directory

The World Wide Web is a vital resource for any web designer, whether a seasoned professional or a beginner. The companion website contains an HTML page with a series of links to resources on the web. These are links to general resources and to Dreamweaver-specific references.

Troubleshooting

If you have difficulty installing or using any of the materials on the companion website, try the following solutions:

• Turn off any antivirus software that you may have running. Installers sometimes mimic virus activity and can make your computer mistakenly believe that it is being infected by a virus. (Be sure to turn the antivirus software back on later.)
• Close all running programs. The more programs you’re running, the less memory is available to other programs. Installers also typically update files and programs; if you keep other programs running, installation may not work properly.
• Reference the ReadMe.txt. Please refer to the ReadMe file located at the root of the website for the latest product information at the time of publication.

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