Dreamweaver

In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, you will be able to create a fully functional website using Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson offers background knowledge along with practical steps to follow, allowing even complete beginners to learn the essentials from the ground up.

Full-color figures and clear step-by-step instructions visually show you how to use Dreamweaver.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn.

Learn how to...

• Start using HTML5 in your web pages with Dreamweaver’s new HTML5 support
• Create forms to collect information from users at your site
• Manage your site with templates and libraries
• Design web page layout with CSS
• Work with WordPress and content management systems
• Display data efficiently with tables
• Dress up your site with Flash files and other multimedia
• Insert scripted functionality by using Behaviors
• Use Ajax frameworks and libraries
• Create custom CSS for mobile devices and printing
• Make web graphics in Fireworks CS5

The fast, easy, visual way to learn Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver holds 90 percent of the market share for professional Web site development software. It allows users to build and maintain robust Web sites without writing code; this full-color, step-by-step visual guide shows beginning Web designers how to build dynamic, database-driven Web sites quickly and easily.

• Dreamweaver is the leading tool for Web site development ; this visual reference covers what beginners need to know to make the most of newest release and create professional-quality sites
• Covers more than 150 Dreamweaver tasks with clear, step-by-step instructions illustrated with full-color screen shots
• Shows how to apply style sheets, use dynamic HTML, add multimedia and images, publish and maintain your site, use hyperlinks to navigate through a site as well as to link to other sites, create dynamic sites using databases, and much more

With two-page lessons, larger screen shots, and concise, jargon-free explanations, Teach Yourself VISUALLY Dreamweaver is the ideal guide for beginning Web designers who are also visual learners.

Need answers quickly? Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 on Demand provides those answers in a visual step-by-step format. We will show you exactly what to do through lots of full color illustrations and easy-to-follow instructions.

Includes

Workshops

ACE Exam Objectives

More than 600 Essential Dreamweaver CS5 Tasks

Inside the Book

• Understand and use the latest web technologies to create sites

• Choose the right site structure and layout for sites

• Create and use web page templates to quickly create pages

• Use the simplified site setup to create and work with sites

• Use Live view to design your web pages under real-world conditions

• Create and maintain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• Use coding tools to develop consistent and reusable code

• Insert Adobe Photoshop files to create image Smart Objects

• Manage collaboration with multiple developers

• Use Subversion to manage different site versions

• Manage local, remote, and testing sites

• Transfer, synchronize, and validate sites

Bonus Online Content

Register your book at queondemand.com to gain access to:

• Workshops and related files

• Keyboard shortcuts

Updated version of the bestselling Dreamweaver Bible series

Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, the Dreamweaver CS5 Bible has everything you need to harness the incredible power of this amazing Web development tool. Starting with Dreamweaver basics, expert author and Adobe guru Joe Lowery (Adobe CS4 Web Workflows and Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Bible) guides you through the ins-and-outs of Dreamweaver showing you how to build dynamic, data-driven sites in no time.

• Details how to use Dreamweaver with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion and more to access and work with live backend data
• Describes designing for and working with popular Content Management Systems (CMS) including WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal
• Includes how-to's on using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in Dreamweaver to build attractive dynamic websites, as well as comprehensive information on creating and working with both design and code templates to provide consistency across a web site with minimal effort

Dreamweaver has established itself as one of the leading Web development tools and Dreamweaver CS5 Bible is the must-have learning tool and reference guide for any Web developer using Dreamweaver.

With the release of Adobe Creative Suite CS5, Dreamweaver solidifies its role as the de facto tool of choice for anyone designing for the Web. Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide uses a combination of task-based instruction and strong visuals to teach beginning and intermediate users how to create, design, and publish powerful, innovative Web sites with Dreamweaver. Leading technology authors Tom Negrino and Dori Smith take you step-by-step through the new features in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, with completely revised chapters on critical tools like styling pages with CSS and adding user interactivity with JavaScript dynamic elements. You'll also learn to take advantage of Dreamweaver's new ability to build and modify sites that use popular content management systems, such as WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal. If you're new to Dreamweaer and web design, you'll learn to create your first Web site, add text, style and lay out page content, manage styles, work with links, incorporate images, media, tables, forms, and frames, design site navigation, and so much more. If you're an experienced user, you'll find this a convenient reference to the new features of Dreamweaver CS5.

Dreamweaver CS4 is a massive step forward in terms of integration with the rest of the CS4 suite (Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, etc.), and also includes a whole host of exciting new features of its own. The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP concentrates on getting the best out of Dreamweaver CS4, rather than going into every menu item and toolbar icon. The emphasis is on developing websites compliant with the latest web standards, using CSS, JavaScript libraries (with particular emphasis on Spry, Adobe's implementation of Ajax), and PHP.

The book covers all aspects of the new user interface, including workspace layouts, iconic panels, the related documents feature, Live View, Code Navigator, and Live Code. It also shows how to use the improved CSS editing features, and JavaScript code introspection. There is also coverage of other new features, such as version control through Subversion integration, and the improved support for Photoshop integration through the use of Smart Objects.

What you'll learn

• Streamline your workflow with the Related Files toolbar, Live view, and the Code Navigator
• Bring your pages alive with Ajax widgets from Spry, jQuery, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library
• Use server-side includes, templates, and Adobe's InContext Editing online service
• Create dynamic web applications using Dreamweaver's PHP server behaviors
• Build real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more
• Consume RSS feeds and create Spry data sets
• How to publish your site after you've created it