Globale linker
Book 1
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16/17
- Chapter 18/19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22/23
Book 2
Ch.18/19 Site Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0
Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that serves as both a HTML page creation tool and a Web site management tool, offering the capabilities to organize and structure entire Web applications.
Dreamweaver enables you to create advanced page and layout design by using features such as layers and behaviors for page elements. It also allows you to import existing HTML content without reformatting the code.
In addition to the WYSIWYG editing capabilities, you can also edit the HTML code manually with Dreamweaver using a specified external HTML editor, such as Notepad or Allair Homesite.
A useful feature that Dreamweaver supports is the ability to create a page using layer objects. This feature allows absolute positioning and the ability to convert the layout into tables.
Imagemaps are created by choosing one of three basics shapes from the Image properties palette, and then draw hotspots in the image.
Dreamweaver offers the capability of creating templates. Templates can help you in speeding up producing and maintaining pages. In a template, all template areas are locked and cannot be edited unless specified. When creating a template, therefor, you have to establish certain regions that can be modified (editable regions). otherwise, when a new page is created with the template, nothing can be added or changed on the page, rendering the template unusable.
Dreamweaver has the capability to import a document created with the «Save as HTML» function in Microsoft Word, and clean the document by deleting all the unnecessary tags and data.
When creating framed pages in Dreamweaver, you can choose from multiple predesigned framesets, which are created at the click of a button. The Objects palette allows you to change the menu views. Click the small arrow next to «Common» to see a menu of different views, and the choose «Frames».
When creating rollover images you simply instruct Dreamweaver as to which images you want to use, and where you want the links to point. Dreamweaver automates the rest of the process and write the code for you.
You can create forms in Dreamweaver, but you cannot process them. Therefor you have to use CGI to process the form data online.
Dreamweaver offers a feature called behaviors that allows you to add other interactive elements to a page. Behaviors are controlled by the Behaviors Inspector.
The Dreamweaver Library is a tool that you can use during development to store objects and files that will be used repeatedly. Can in some ways be compared to templates. Library objects are accessed through the Library palette.
A «Jump Menu» is a drop-down menu that automatically links to a specified URL when the user makes a selection.
You can download and install extensions. Extensions are special components that extends or enhances Dreamweaver.
http://www.macromedia.com/extensions/dreamweaver/
In order to use the extensions, you have to download and install the Extensions Manager.
Dreamweaver offers publishing capabilities in the site window. Dreamweaver uses FTP to publish the web after you have specified the FTP server to which you want to publish. You do not have to upload all the files in the site, as you have to in FrontPage, but can decide which files you want to upload.
