Webmastering BASICS: Using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX,9780619059941

Webmastering BASICS: Using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780619059941
ISBN10: 061905994X
Format: Spiral Bound
Pub. Date: 2003-01-22
Publisher(s): Course Technology
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Summary

An easy, friendly to use, introductory level text on webmastering. This book features Macromedia Dreamweaver MX and covers web site creation, design, programming, planning, and maintenance.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book iv
Preface vi
Start-Up Checklist viii
UNIT 1 Webmastering Concepts
Internet Fundamentals
3(12)
What Is the Internet?
3(1)
How the Internet Works
4(4)
Who Runs the Internet?
8(2)
Summary
10(5)
Web Serving and Browsing
15(20)
Web Browsing
15(1)
Web Serving
15(3)
Types of Files Served by Web Servers
18(5)
Client-Side and Server-Side Operations
23(1)
The Impact of the Internet on Society
24(1)
Webmastering
24(1)
Summary
25(4)
Unit Review
29(6)
UNIT 2 Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver Basics
35(26)
Dreamweaver
35(1)
Starting Dreamweaver MX
36(1)
Interface Overview
37(6)
Working with Text
43(8)
Previewing and Saving
51(1)
Working with Images
51(2)
Background Colors
53(1)
Summary
54(7)
Building and Managing a Web Site
61(26)
Planning a Web Site
61(3)
Setting Up a Local Site
64(5)
Creating Templates and Working with Tables
69(12)
Summary
81(6)
Interactivity and Multimedia
87(20)
Interactivity and Multimedia
87(1)
Image Rollovers
88(2)
Navigation Bars
90(2)
Creating a Library Item
92(2)
Sound Files
94(4)
Shockwave/Flash
98(4)
Summary
102(5)
Forms in Dreamweaver
107(24)
Building Forms in Dreamweaver
107(2)
Text Boxes
109(2)
Check Boxes
111(1)
Radio Buttons
112(2)
Lists
114(1)
Menu
115(1)
Submit and Reset Buttons
116(1)
Image Fields
117(1)
Validating a Form
118(2)
Summary
120(5)
Unit Review
125(6)
UNIT 3 HTML
Basic Tags
131(22)
What Is HTML?
131(2)
Building the Framework for a Web Page
133(5)
Content Formatting Tags
138(5)
Special Characters and Formatting
143(3)
Summary
146(7)
Links and Images
153(16)
Creating Links
153(6)
Using Images on a Web Page
159(5)
Summary
164(5)
Tables and Frames
169(18)
Tables
169(6)
Frames
175(6)
Summary
181(6)
Forms
187(24)
Forms
187(1)
Beginning a Form
188(2)
Form Elements
190(8)
Summary
198(5)
Unit Review
203(8)
UNIT 4 Design
Basic Design Principles
211(20)
Designing a Unified Web Site
211(5)
Designing with a Grid
216(11)
Summary
227(4)
Designing for the User
231(22)
Designing for the User
231(3)
Guiding the User's Eye
234(5)
Positioning Content
239(3)
Interacting with Content
242(2)
Designing Site Navigation
244(2)
Evaluating Design and Functionality
246(2)
Summary
248(5)
Color and Typography
253(22)
Color Theory
253(2)
The Color Wheel
255(10)
Colors on a Computer Screen
265(3)
Typography
268(2)
Summary
270(5)
Web Graphics
275(24)
Graphical Applications
275(1)
File Formats
276(6)
Scanning
282(1)
Different Uses of Graphics
283(8)
Summary
291(4)
Unit Review
295(4)
UNIT 5 Scripting
Introduction to Scripting
299(16)
What Is Scripting?
299(3)
Using JavaScript
302(2)
Objects in JavaScript
304(3)
JavaScript Statements
307(3)
Summary
310(5)
Functions and Events
315(16)
Working with Functions
315(3)
Using Functions with Parameters
318(3)
Using Events to Trigger Functions
321(5)
Summary
326(5)
Form Validation
331(18)
What Is Form Validation?
331(2)
Calling the Validation Function
333(3)
Determining Values for a Form Element
336(2)
Validation Examples
338(5)
Summary
343(6)
Server-Side Scripting
349(22)
Server-Side Scripting
349(2)
Your First Scripts
351(2)
Requesting Form Data
353(4)
Requesting Server Variables
357(3)
Summary
360(5)
Unit Review
365(6)
UNIT 6 Hosting and Maintenance
Web Hosting
371(18)
Choosing and Registering a Domain Name
371(4)
Types of Web Hosting Services
375(1)
Internet Connections
376(2)
Choosing a Web Hosting Service Provider
378(2)
Web Access Statistics
380(2)
Security and Virus Protection
382(1)
Summary
383(6)
Webmastering with Professionalism
389(20)
Intranets and Extranets
389(2)
Web Server Hardware Requirements
391(1)
More About Internet Protocols
392(5)
Legal and Ethical Treatment of Material
397(1)
Acceptable Use Policies
398(1)
Project Management
399(1)
Summary
400(5)
Unit Review
405(4)
Appendix A HTML 4.01 Reference 409(4)
Appendix B Fireworks Steps for Lesson 14 413(8)
Glossary 421(6)
Index 427

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