Document Outline

• Contents
• Chapter 1: Getting started
  • Installation
    • Requirements
    • Install the software
    • Activate the software
    • Register
  • Adobe Help
    • Adobe Help resources
    • Using Help in the product
    • Choosing the right Help documents
  • Resources
    • Adobe Video Workshop
    • Dreamweaver CS3 videos
    • Extras
    • Bridge Home
    • Adobe Design Center
    • Adobe Developer Center
    • Customer support
    • Downloads
    • Adobe Labs
    • User communities
  • What’s new
    • Top new features of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
• Chapter 2: Workspace
  • Dreamweaver workflow and workspace
    • Dreamweaver workflow overview
    • Workspace layout overview
    • Workspace elements overview
    • Document window overview
    • Document toolbar overview
    • Standard toolbar overview
    • Status bar overview
    • Insert bar overview
    • Coding toolbar overview
    • Style Rendering toolbar overview
    • Property inspector overview
    • Files panel overview
    • CSS Styles panel overview
    • Visual guides overview
    • GoLive users
  • Working in the Document window
    • Switch between views in the Document window
    • Cascade or tile Document windows
    • Resize the Document window
    • Set window size and connection speed
    • Reports in Dreamweaver
  • Using toolbars, inspectors, context menus, and panels
    • Display toolbars
    • Use the Insert bar
    • Use the Property inspector
    • Use context menus
    • About panel groups
    • View panels and panel groups
    • Dock and undock panels and panel groups
    • Resize and rename panel groups
    • Saving panel groups
  • Customizing the Dreamweaver CS3 workspace
    • Choose the workspace layout (Windows)
    • Choose the workspace layout (Macintosh)
    • Display tabbed documents (Macintosh)
    • Save custom workspace layouts
    • Hide and display the Welcome screen
    • About customizing Dreamweaver in multiuser systems
    • Set General preferences for Dreamweaver
    • Set Fonts preferences for documents in Dreamweaver
    • Customize Highlighting colors
• Chapter 3: Working with Dreamweaver sites
  • Setting up a Dreamweaver site
    • About Dreamweaver sites
    • Understanding local and remote folder structure
    • Using the Manage Sites dialog box
    • Set up and edit a local root folder
    • Set up a remote folder
    • Troubleshoot the remote folder setup
    • Set up a testing server
    • About the URL prefix for the testing server
    • Edit an existing remote website in Dreamweaver
    • Remove a Dreamweaver site from your list of sites
    • Import and export site settings
  • Working with a visual map of your site
    • Using site maps
    • Show or hide site map files
    • Save the site map as an image
    • Set site map layout preferences
  • Managing Contribute sites with Dreamweaver
    • Managing Contribute sites
    • Site structure and page design for a Contribute site
    • File transfer to and from a Contribute site
    • Contribute file and folder permissions on the server
    • Contribute special files
    • Prepare a site for use with Contribute
    • Administer a Contribute site using Dreamweaver
    • Delete, move, or rename a remote file in a Contribute site
    • Enable Contribute users to access templates without root folder access
    • Troubleshoot a Contribute site
  • Working on files without defining a site
    • Connect to an FTP server without defining a site
    • Connect to an RDS server without defining a site
  • Basic tab options
    • Set Basic tab Editing Files options
    • Set Basic tab Editing Files Part 2 options
    • Set Basic tab Editing Files Part 3 options
    • Set Basic tab Testing Files options (URL prefix)
    • Set Basic tab Testing Files options (remote access)
    • Set Basic tab remote folder setup options
    • Set Basic tab Sharing Files options (remote access)
    • Set Basic tab Sharing Files options (check in/check out)
    • Basic tab Summary options
• Chapter 4: Creating and managing files
  • Creating and opening documents
    • About creating Dreamweaver documents
    • Dreamweaver file types
    • Create a blank page
    • Create a blank template
    • Create a page based on an existing template
    • Create a page based on a Dreamweaver sample file
    • Create other kinds of pages
    • Set default document type and encoding
    • Set the default file extension of new HTML documents
    • Open and edit existing documents
    • Clean up Microsoft Word HTML files
  • Managing files and folders
    • About managing files and folders
    • Using the Files panel
    • View files and folders
    • Work with files in the Files panel
    • Find files in your Dreamweaver site
    • Identify and delete unused files
    • Access sites, a server, and local drives
    • Set site preferences for transferring files
    • Customize the file and folder details displayed in the expanded Files panel
  • Getting and putting files to and from your server
    • File transfer and dependent files
    • About background file transfers
    • Get files from a remote server
    • Put files on a remote server
    • Manage file transfers
  • Checking in and checking out files
    • About the Check In/Check Out system
    • Set up the Check In/Check Out system
    • Use WebDAV to check in and check out files
    • Check files into and out of a remote folder
  • Synchronizing files
    • Synchronize the files on your local and remote sites
  • Comparing files for differences
    • Compare local and remote files for differences
    • Compare before putting files
    • Compare files when synchronizing
  • Rolling back files (Contribute users)
    • Roll back files (Contribute users)
  • Cloaking folders and files in your site
    • About site cloaking
    • Enable and disable site cloaking
    • Cloak and uncloak site folders
    • Cloak and uncloak specific file types
    • Uncloak all folders and files
  • Storing file information in Design Notes
    • About Design Notes
    • Enable and disable Design Notes for a site
    • Associate Design Notes with files
    • Work with Design Notes
  • Testing your site
    • Site testing guidelines
    • Use reports to test your site
• Chapter 5: Managing assets and libraries
  • About assets and libraries
    • About assets
    • About library items
  • Working with assets
    • Assets panel overview
    • Add an asset to a document
    • Apply a color to text using the Assets panel
    • Apply a URL to an image or text using the Assets panel
    • Select and edit assets
    • Reuse assets in another site
  • Creating and managing a list of favorite assets
    • Managing favorite assets
    • Add or remove favorite assets
    • Create a nickname for a favorite asset
    • Group assets in a Favorites folder
  • Working with library items
    • Create a library item
    • Insert a library item into a document
    • Edit library items and update documents
    • Customize highlighting of library items
    • Edit the properties of a library item
    • Make library items editable in a document
    • Edit a behavior in a library item
• Chapter 6: Creating pages with CSS
  • Understanding Cascading Style Sheets
    • About Cascading Style Sheets
    • About CSS rules
    • About cascading styles
    • About text formatting and CSS
    • About Shorthand CSS properties
  • Creating and managing CSS
    • About the CSS Styles panel
    • The CSS Styles panel in Current mode
    • The CSS Styles panel in All mode
    • CSS Styles panel buttons and views
    • Open the CSS Styles panel
    • Set CSS Styles preferences
    • Create a new CSS rule
    • Set CSS properties
    • Edit a CSS rule
    • Add a property to a rule
    • Apply, remove, or rename class styles
    • Move CSS rules
    • Convert inline CSS to a CSS rule
    • Link to an external CSS style sheet
    • Edit a CSS style sheet
    • Format CSS code
    • Check for cross-browser CSS rendering issues
    • Use Design-Time style sheets
    • Use Dreamweaver sample style sheets
    • Update CSS style sheets in a Contribute site
  • Laying out pages with CSS
    • About CSS page layout
    • About CSS page layout structure
    • Create a page with a CSS layout
    • About AP elements in Dreamweaver
    • HTML code for AP Div elements
    • Insert an AP Div
    • Work with nested AP Divs
    • View or set AP element preferences
    • View or set properties for a single AP element
    • View or set properties for multiple AP elements
    • AP Elements panel overview
    • Select AP elements
    • Change the stacking order of AP elements
    • Show and hide AP elements
    • Resize AP elements
    • Move AP elements
    • Align AP elements
    • Converting AP elements to tables
    • Convert between AP elements and tables
    • Prevent AP element overlaps
  • Working with div tags
    • About working with div tags
    • Insert div tags
    • Edit div tags
    • Change the highlight color of div tags
    • Visualizing CSS layout blocks
    • View CSS layout blocks
    • Use visual aids with non-CSS layout block elements
  • Animating AP elements
    • About animating AP elements
    • Timelines panel overview
    • Playback options
    • Animate an AP element using the timeline
    • Create a timeline by dragging a path
    • Modify a timeline
    • Change image and AP element properties with timelines
    • Use multiple timelines
    • Copy and paste animations
    • Apply an animation sequence to a different object
    • Rename the timeline
    • Animation tips for timelines
• Chapter 7: Laying out pages with HTML
  • Using visual aids for layout
    • Set rulers
    • Set layout guides
    • Using guides with templates
    • Use the layout grid
    • Use a tracing image
  • Presenting content with tables
    • About tables
    • Table formatting precedence in HTML
    • About splitting and merging table cells
    • Insert a table and add content
    • Import and export tabular data
    • Select table elements
    • Set table properties
    • Set cell, row, or column properties
    • Use Expanded Tables mode for easier table editing
    • Format tables and cells
    • Resizing tables, columns, and rows
    • Resize tables, columns, and rows
    • Add and remove rows and columns
    • Split and merge cells
    • Copy, paste, and delete cells
    • Nest tables
    • Sort tables
  • Laying out pages in Layout mode
    • About Layout mode
    • Viewing table and cell widths in Layout mode
    • Layout table and cells grid lines
    • Fixed column width and autostretch columns
    • Spacer images
    • Switch from Standard to Layout mode
    • Draw in Layout mode
    • Add content to a layout cell
    • Clear cell heights
    • Resize and move layout cells and tables
    • Format layout cells and tables
    • Set column width
    • Set preferences for Layout mode
  • Using Frames
    • How frames and framesets work
    • Deciding whether to use frames
    • Nested framesets
    • Work with framesets in the Document window
    • Create frames and framesets
    • Select frames and framesets
    • Open a document in a frame
    • Save frame and frameset files
    • View and set frame properties and attributes
    • View and set frameset properties
    • Control frame content with links
    • Provide content for browsers without frame support
    • Using JavaScript behaviors with frames
• Chapter 8: Adding content to pages
  • Working with pages
    • About working with pages
    • About setting page properties
      • CSS versus HTML page properties
    • Converting active content
    • Understanding document encoding
    • Set page properties
    • Select and view elements in the Document window
    • Specify HTML instead of CSS
    • Set the HTML Appearance page properties
    • Web-safe colors
    • Use the color picker
    • Zoom in and out
    • Using JavaScript behaviors to detect browsers and plug-ins
    • Set download time and size preferences
    • Set browser preview preferences
    • Save and revert web pages
  • Adding and formatting text
    • About inserting text
    • Add text to a document
    • Insert special characters
    • Add space between characters
    • Create bulleted and numbered lists
    • Search for and replace text
    • Define abbreviations and acronyms
    • Set copy and paste preferences
    • Check and correct spelling
    • Import tabular data
    • Import Microsoft Office documents (Windows only)
    • Create a link to a Word or Excel document
    • About formatting text (CSS versus HTML)
    • Using the Property inspector to format text
    • Set text properties in the Property inspector
    • Format paragraphs
    • Change the color of text
    • Align text
    • Indent text
    • Add paragraph spacing
    • Use horizontal rules
    • Apply font styles
    • Rename a style
    • Modify font combinations
    • Insert dates
  • Adding and modifying images
    • About images
    • Insert an image
    • Edit images in Dreamweaver
    • Insert an image placeholder
    • Set image placeholder properties
    • Replace an image placeholder
    • Align an image
    • Visually resize an image
    • Crop an image
    • Optimize an image
    • Adjust the brightness and contrast of an image
    • Sharpen an image
    • Create a rollover image
    • Use an external image editor
    • Applying behaviors to images
  • Inserting Flash content
    • About Flash file types
    • Insert and preview Flash content
    • Create and insert a Flash button
    • Modify a Flash button object
    • Preview a Flash button object in the document
    • Insert a Flash text object
    • Downloading and installing Flash elements
    • Insert Flash elements
    • Edit Flash elements
    • Use the Image Viewer Flash element
    • Insert FlashPaper documents
  • Adding Flash Video content
    • Insert Flash Video
    • Detect the Flash Player version to view the Flash Video
    • Edit or delete a Flash Video component
  • Adding Sound
    • Audio file formats
    • Link to an audio file
    • Embed a sound file
  • Adding other media objects
    • Insert and edit media objects
    • Start an external editor for media files
    • Specify the editor to start from Dreamweaver
    • Use Design Notes with media objects
    • Insert Shockwave movies
    • Add video (non-Flash)
    • Insert Netscape Navigator plug-in content
    • Troubleshooting Netscape Navigator plug-ins
    • Insert an ActiveX control
    • Insert a Java applet
    • Using behaviors to control media
    • Use parameters to control media objects
• Chapter 9: Linking and navigation
  • About linking and navigation
    • About links
    • Document locations and paths
    • Absolute paths
    • Document-relative paths
    • Site root-relative paths
  • Linking
    • Linking files and documents
    • Attaching JavaScript behaviors to links
    • Link to documents using the Property inspector
    • Link to documents using the Point-To-File icon
    • Link documents using the site map
    • Add a link using the Hyperlink command
    • Set the relative path of new links
    • Link to a specific place in a document
    • Create an e-mail link
    • Create null and script links
    • Update links automatically
    • Manage links in the site map
    • Change a link sitewide
    • Test links in Dreamweaver
  • Jump menus
    • About jump menus
    • Insert a jump menu
    • Edit jump menu items
    • Troubleshooting jump menus
  • Navigation bars
    • About navigation bars
    • Insert a navigation bar
    • Modify a navigation bar
  • Image maps
    • About image maps
    • Insert client-side image maps
    • Modify image map hotspots
  • Troubleshooting links
    • Find broken, external, and orphaned links
    • Fix broken links
• Chapter 10: Previewing pages
  • Previewing pages in browsers
    • Preview in a browser
    • Preview active content in Internet Explorer (Windows)
    • Designate browsers for previewing
  • Previewing pages in mobile devices
    • Preview mobile content with Adobe Device Central and Dreamweaver
• Chapter 11: Working with page code
  • About coding in Dreamweaver
    • Supported languages
    • About fixing invalid markup
    • Automatic code modification in Dreamweaver
    • About the XHTML code generated by Dreamweaver
    • About regular expressions
    • About server behavior code
  • Setting up your coding environment
    • Changing your coding environment
    • Viewing code
    • Using the coder-oriented workspace (Windows only)
    • Customizing keyboard shortcuts
    • Open files in Code view by default
  • Customizing the coding environment
    • About coding preferences
    • Set the code appearance
    • Change the code format
    • Set the code hints
    • Set the code rewriting preferences
    • Set the code colors
    • Use an external editor
  • Writing and editing code
    • Use code hints
    • Edit a server-language tag with the Property inspector
    • Work with code snippets
    • Insert code with the Coding toolbar
    • Insert code with the Insert bar
    • Insert tags with the Tag Chooser
    • Edit tags with Tag editors
    • Indent code blocks
    • Copy and paste code
    • Insert HTML comments
    • Go to a JavaScript or VBScript function
    • Search for tags, attributes, or text in code
    • Save and recall search patterns
    • Change code selections
    • Use language-reference material
    • Print code
  • Collapsing code
    • About collapsing code
    • Collapse and expand code fragments
    • Paste and move collapsed code fragments
  • Optimizing and debugging code
    • Find coding errors with the Validator
    • Clean up code
    • Verify tags and braces are balanced
    • Check for browser compatibility
    • Validate tags
    • Make pages XHTML-compliant
    • Use the ColdFusion debugger (Windows only)
  • Editing code in Design view
    • About editing code in Design view
    • Selecting child tags in Design view
    • Edit code with the Property inspector
    • Edit CFML with the Property inspector
    • Change attributes with the Tag inspector
    • Quick Tag Editor overview
    • Edit code with the Quick Tag Editor
    • Use the hints menu in the Quick Tag Editor
    • Edit code with the tag selector
    • Write and edit scripts in Design view
    • Edit scripts on the page by using the Property inspector
    • Using JavaScript behaviors
  • Working with head content for pages
    • View and edit head content
    • Set the meta properties for the page
    • Set the page title
    • Specify keywords for the page
    • Specify descriptions for the page
    • Set the refresh properties of the page
    • Set the base URL properties of the page
    • Set the link properties of the page
  • Working with server-side includes
    • About server-side includes
    • Insert server-side includes
    • Edit the contents of server-side includes
  • Managing tag libraries
    • About Dreamweaver tag libraries
    • Open and close the Tag Library editor
    • Add libraries, tags, and attributes
    • Edit libraries, tags, and attributes
    • Delete libraries, tags, and attributes
  • Importing custom tags into Dreamweaver
    • About importing custom tags into Dreamweaver
    • Import tags from XML files
    • Import custom ASP.NET tags
    • Import JSP tags from a file or server (web.xml)
    • Import JRun tags
• Chapter 12: Adding JavaScript behaviors
  • Using JavaScript behaviors
    • About JavaScript behaviors
    • Behaviors panel overview
    • About events
    • Apply a behavior
    • Change or delete a behavior
    • Update a behavior
    • Download and install third-party behaviors
  • Applying built-in Dreamweaver behaviors
    • Using built-in behaviors
    • Apply the Call JavaScript behavior
    • Apply the Change Property behavior
    • Apply the Check Browser behavior
    • Apply the Check Plugin behavior
    • Apply the Control Shockwave Or Flash behavior
    • Apply the Drag AP Element behavior
    • Gathering information about the draggable AP element
    • Apply the Go To URL behavior
    • Apply the Jump Menu behavior
    • Apply the Jump Menu Go behavior
    • Apply the Open Browser Window behavior
    • Apply the Play Sound behavior
    • Apply the Popup Message behavior
    • Apply the Preload Images behavior
    • Apply the Set Nav Bar Image behavior
    • Apply the Set Text Of Frame behavior
    • Apply the Set Text Of Container behavior
    • Apply the Set Text Of Status Bar behavior
    • Apply the Set Text Of Text Field behavior
    • Apply the Show-Hide Elements behavior
    • Apply the Show Pop-Up Menu behavior
    • Add, remove, and rearrange pop-up menu items
    • Format a pop-up menu
    • Position a pop-up menu in a document
    • Modify a pop-up menu
    • Apply the Swap Image behavior
    • Apply the Validate Form behavior
• Chapter 13: Working with other applications
  • Cross-application integration
    • About Photoshop, Flash, and Fireworks integration
  • Working with Fireworks
    • Insert a Fireworks image
    • Edit a Fireworks image or table from Dreamweaver
    • Optimize a Fireworks image from Dreamweaver
    • Use Fireworks to modify Dreamweaver image placeholders
    • About Fireworks pop-up menus
    • Edit Fireworks pop-up menus in Dreamweaver
    • Edit a pop-up menu created in Fireworks MX 2004 or earlier
    • Specify launch-and-edit preferences for Fireworks source files
    • Insert Fireworks HTML code in a Dreamweaver document
    • Paste Fireworks HTML code into Dreamweaver
    • Update Fireworks HTML code placed in Dreamweaver
    • Create a web photo album
  • Working with Photoshop
    • About Photoshop integration
    • Working with Photoshop and Dreamweaver
    • Insert a Photoshop image into your page
    • Copy a Photoshop selection into your page
    • Use Photoshop to edit images in Dreamweaver pages
    • Reinsert a Photoshop image from Dreamweaver
    • Recopy a Photoshop image selection
    • Choose image optimization settings
    • Optimization settings
  • Working with Flash
    • Edit a SWF file from Dreamweaver in Flash
    • Update links in a SWF file
  • Working with Bridge
    • About Adobe Bridge
    • Start Bridge from Dreamweaver
    • Placing files into Dreamweaver from Bridge
    • Place a Bridge file in your page
    • Drag a file from Bridge into your page
    • Start Dreamweaver from Bridge
  • Working with Device Central
    • Using Adobe Device Central with Dreamweaver
    • Tips for creating Dreamweaver web content for mobile devices
• Chapter 14: Creating and managing templates
  • About Dreamweaver templates
    • Understanding Dreamweaver templates
    • Types of template regions
    • Links in templates
    • Server scripts in templates and template-based documents
    • Template parameters
    • Template expressions
    • Template expression language
    • Multiple If condition in template code
  • Recognizing templates and template-based documents
    • Recognizing templates in Design view
    • Recognizing templates in Code view
    • Recognizing template-based documents in Design view
    • Recognizing template-based documents in Code view
  • Creating a Dreamweaver template
    • About creating Dreamweaver templates
    • Create a template from an existing document
    • Use the Assets panel to create a new template
    • About creating templates for Contribute sites
    • Create a template for a Contribute site
  • Creating editable regions
    • Insert an editable region
    • Select editable regions
    • Remove an editable region
    • Change an editable region’s name
  • Creating repeating regions
    • About template repeating regions
    • Create a repeating region in a template
    • Insert a repeating table
    • Set alternating background colors in a repeating table
  • Using optional regions
    • About template optional regions
    • Insert an optional region
    • Set values for an optional region
  • Defining editable tag attributes
    • Specify editable tag attributes in a template
    • Make an editable tag attribute uneditable
  • Creating a nested template
    • About nested templates
    • Create a nested template
    • Prevent an editable region from passing through to a nested template
  • Editing, updating, and deleting templates
    • About editing and updating templates
    • Open a template for editing
    • Rename a template
    • Change a template description
    • Manually update documents based on templates
    • Update templates in a Contribute site
    • Delete a template file
  • Exporting and importing template content
    • About template XML content
    • Export a document’s editable regions as XML
    • Import XML content
    • Export a site without template markup
  • Applying or removing a template from an existing document
    • Apply a template to an existing document
    • Detach a document from a template
  • Editing content in a template-based document
    • About editing content in template-based documents
    • Modify template properties
    • Add, delete, and change the order of a repeating region entry
  • Template syntax
    • General syntax rules
    • Template tags
    • Instance tags
    • Check template syntax
  • Setting authoring preferences for templates
    • Customize code coloring preferences for a template
    • Set highlighting preferences for template regions
• Chapter 15: Displaying XML data
  • About XML and XSLT
    • Using XML and XSL with web pages
    • Server-side XSL transformations
    • Client-side XSL transformations
    • XML data and repeating elements
    • Previewing XML data
  • Performing XSL transformations on the server
    • Workflow for performing server-side XSL transformations
    • Create an XSLT page
    • Convert HTML pages to XSLT pages
    • Attach XML data sources
    • Display XML data in XSLT pages
    • Display repeating XML elements
    • Insert XSLT fragments in dynamic pages
    • Delete XSLT fragments from dynamic pages
    • Edit XSL Transformation server behaviors
    • Create a dynamic link
    • Applying styles to XSLT fragments
    • Use parameters with XSL transformations
    • Create and edit conditional XSLT regions
    • Insert XSL comments
    • Use the XPath Expression Builder to add expressions for XML data
    • Troubleshooting XSL transformations
  • Performing XSL transformations on the client
    • Workflow for performing client-side XSL transformations
    • Creating entire XSLT pages and displaying data
    • Link an XSLT page to an XML page
    • Troubleshooting XSL transformations
  • Missing character entities
    • Specify a missing character entity
• Chapter 16: Building Spry pages visually
  • About the Spry framework
    • About the Spry framework
  • Adding Spry widgets
    • About Spry widgets
    • Insert a Spry widget
    • Select a Spry widget
    • Edit a Spry widget
    • Style a Spry widget
    • Change the default Spry assets folder
  • Working with the Accordion widget
    • About the Accordion widget
    • Insert the Accordion widget
    • Add a panel to an Accordion widget
    • Delete a panel from an Accordion widget
    • Open a panel for editing
    • Change the order of panels
    • Customize the Accordion widget
  • Working with the Menu Bar widget
    • About the Menu Bar widget
    • Insert the Menu Bar widget
    • Add or delete menus and submenus
    • Change the order of menu items
    • Change the text of a menu item
    • Link a menu item
    • Create a tool tip for a menu item
    • Assign a target attribute for a menu item
    • Turn off styles
    • Change the orientation of a Menu Bar widget
    • Customize the Menu Bar widget
  • Working with the Collapsible Panel widget
    • About the Collapsible Panel widget
    • Insert the Collapsible Panel widget
    • Open or close the Collapsible Panel in Design view
    • Set the default state of a Collapsible Panel widget
    • Enable or disable animation for the Collapsible Panel widget
    • Customize the Collapsible Panel widget
  • Working with the Tabbed Panels widget
    • About the Tabbed Panels widget
    • Insert the Tabbed Panels widget
    • Add a panel to a Tabbed Panels widget
    • Delete a panel from a Tabbed Panels widget
    • Open a panel for editing
    • Change the order of panels
    • Set the default open panel
    • Customize the Tabbed Panels widget
  • Working with the Validation Text Field widget
    • About the Validation Text Field widget
    • Insert the Validation Text Field widget
    • Specify a validation type and format
    • Specify when validation occurs
    • Specify a minimum and maximum number characters
    • Specify minimum and maximum values
    • Display widget states in Design view
    • Change required status of a text field
    • Create a hint for a text field
    • Block invalid characters
    • Customize the Validation Text Field widget
  • Working with the Validation Text Area widget
    • About the Validation Text Area widget
    • Insert the Validation Text Area widget
    • Specify when validation occurs
    • Specify a minimum and maximum number of characters
    • Add a character counter
    • Display widget states in Design view
    • Change required status of a text area
    • Create a hint for a text area
    • Block extra characters
    • Customize the Validation Text Area widget
  • Working with the Validation Select widget
    • About the Validation Select widget
    • Insert the Validation Select widget
    • Specify when validation occurs
    • Display widget states in Design view
    • Prohibit or allow blank values
    • Specify an invalid value
    • Customize the Validation Select widget
  • Working with the Validation Checkbox widget
    • About the Validation Checkbox widget
    • Insert the Validation Checkbox widget
    • Specify when validation occurs
    • Specify a minimum and maximum selection range
    • Display widget states in Design view
    • Customize Validation Checkbox widget error messages
  • Displaying data with Spry
    • About Spry data sets
    • About dynamic Spry tables
    • Define a Spry XML data set
    • Use a design-time feed
    • Create a Spry region
    • Create a Spry table
    • Create a Spry repeat region
    • Create a Spry repeat list region
  • Adding Spry effects
    • Spry effects overview
    • Apply an Appear/Fade effect
    • Apply a Blind up/Blind down effect
    • Apply a Grow/Shrink effect
    • Apply a Highlight effect
    • Apply a Shake effect
    • Apply a Slide effect
    • Apply a Squish effect
    • Add an additional effect
    • Delete an effect
• Chapter 17: Preparing to build dynamic sites
  • Understanding web applications
    • About web applications
    • Common uses for web applications
    • Web application example
    • How a web application works
    • Processing static web pages
    • Processing dynamic pages
    • Accessing a database
    • Authoring dynamic pages
    • Web application terminology
  • Installing a local web server
    • Web server basics
    • Choosing your web server
    • Install Internet Information Server (Windows)
    • Test Internet Information Server (IIS)
    • Start the Macintosh web server
    • Test the Macintosh web server
  • Setting up a web application
    • What you need to build web applications
    • Choosing your application server
    • Installing a ColdFusion application server
    • Install a PHP application server
    • Installing an ASP application server
    • Install an ASP.NET application server
    • Installing a JSP application server
    • Creating a root folder for the application
    • About defining a Dreamweaver site
  • Database connections for ColdFusion developers
    • Connecting to a ColdFusion database
    • Create or modify a ColdFusion data source
    • Connecting to the database in Dreamweaver
  • Database connections for ASP developers
    • About ASP database connections
    • About OLE DB connections
    • About connection strings
    • Create a connection using a local DSN
    • Create a connection using a remote DSN
    • Create a connection using a connection string
    • Edit or delete a database connection
  • Database connections for PHP developers
    • About PHP database connections
    • Connect to a database
    • Edit or delete a database connection
  • Database connections for ASP.NET developers
    • Connecting to an ASP.NET database
    • Obtaining an OLE DB provider for your database
    • Create an ASP.NET database connection in Dreamweaver
    • Create a connection using data link properties
    • Sample OLE DB connection parameters for ASP.NET
    • Edit or delete a database connection
  • Database connections for JSP developers
    • About JSP database connections
    • JDBC connection parameters
    • Obtaining a JDBC driver for your database
    • Create a JSP database connection
    • Connecting through an ODBC driver
    • Checking for the ODBC driver
    • Installing the Sun JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver
    • Create an ODBC connection
    • Edit or delete a database connection
  • Troubleshooting database connections
    • Troubleshooting permissions problems
    • Troubleshooting Microsoft error messages
    • Troubleshooting MySQL error messages
  • Removing connection scripts
    • Using the Remove Connection Scripts command
• Chapter 18: Data sources for web applications
  • Using a database to store content
    • Storing content in databases
    • Accessing data stored in a database
  • Collecting data submitted by users
    • About collecting data
    • HTML form parameters
    • URL parameters
    • Creating URL parameters using HTML links
  • Accessing data stored in session variables
    • How session variables work
    • Collecting, storing, and retrieving information in session variables
    • Example of information stored in session variables
• Chapter 19: Making pages dynamic
  • Optimizing the workspace for visual development
    • Displaying web-application development panels
    • View your database within Dreamweaver
    • Previewing dynamic pages in a browser
    • Restrict database information displayed in Dreamweaver
    • Set the Property inspector for ColdFusion stored procedures, ASP commands, and JSP callables
    • Set the Property inspector for JSP prepared statements
    • Input Name options
  • Designing dynamic pages
    • Dreamweaver and dynamic page design
  • Dynamic content sources overview
    • About dynamic content sources
    • About recordsets
    • Writing SQL for ASP.NET
    • About URL and form parameters
    • About session variables
    • ASP and ColdFusion application variables
    • ASP server variables
    • ColdFusion server variables
  • Dynamic content panels
    • Bindings panel
    • Server Behaviors panel
    • Databases panel
    • Components panel
  • Defining sources of dynamic content
    • Define a recordset without writing SQL
    • Define an advanced recordset by writing SQL
    • Create SQL queries using the Database Items tree
    • Define URL parameters
    • Define form parameters
    • Define session variables
    • Define application variables for ASP and ColdFusion
    • Use a variable as a data source for a ColdFusion recordset
    • Define server variables
    • Cache content sources
    • Change or delete content sources
    • Copy a recordset from one page to another page
  • Adding dynamic content to pages
    • About adding dynamic content
    • About dynamic text
    • Make text dynamic
    • Make images dynamic
    • Make HTML attributes dynamic
    • Make ActiveX, Flash, and other object parameters dynamic
  • Changing dynamic content
    • About dynamic content
    • Edit dynamic content
    • Delete dynamic content
    • Test dynamic content
    • Let Adobe Contribute users edit dynamic content
    • Modify recordsets with the Property inspector
  • Displaying database records
    • About database records
    • Server behaviors and formatting elements
    • Applying typographic and page layout elements to dynamic data
    • Navigating database recordset results
    • Create a recordset navigation bar
    • Custom recordset navigation bars
    • Navigation bar design tasks
    • Display and hide regions based on recordset results
    • Display multiple recordset results
    • Create a dynamic table
    • Create record counters
    • Use predefined data formats
  • Viewing live data
    • View live data in Design view
    • Requirements for displaying live data
      • Provide a page with live data in Design view
    • Copy dependent files
    • Provide the page with expected parameters
    • Refresh the page
    • Troubleshooting Live Data view
    • Work in Design view without live data
  • Using web services
    • About web services
    • The Dreamweaver web service workflow
    • Finding web service publishers
    • Web service software components
    • Web service references
    • About proxy generators
    • Obtaining additional proxy generators
    • Configure a proxy generator to work with Dreamweaver
    • Add a web service proxy using the WSDL description
    • Add a web service to a page
    • Add a web service using a proxy class
  • Adding custom server behaviors
    • About custom server behaviors
    • Custom server behaviors workflow
    • Use the Server Behavior Builder
      • Advanced options
    • Creating code blocks
    • Positioning a code block
    • Repeating code blocks with the loop directive
    • Request a parameter for the server behavior
    • Edit and modify server behaviors
    • Coding guidelines
    • Testing server behaviors
  • Creating forms
    • About forms
    • Client-side role of forms
    • Form objects
    • Create an HTML form
    • About dynamic form objects
    • Insert or change a dynamic HTML form menu
    • Make existing HTML form menus dynamic
    • Display dynamic content in HTML text fields
    • Set the Dynamic Text Field dialog box options
    • Dynamically preselect an HTML check box
    • Dynamically preselect an HTML radio button
    • Validate HTML form data
    • Attach JavaScript behaviors to HTML form objects
    • Attach custom scripts to HTML form buttons
    • Create accessible HTML forms
• Chapter 20: Building applications visually
  • Building master and detail pages (all servers)
    • About master and detail pages
    • Build a master page
    • Create links to the detail page
    • Find and display the requested record on the detail page
    • Create a link to open a related page (ASP, JSP)
    • Find a specific record and display it on a page (ASP, JSP)
    • Build master and detail pages in one operation (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
  • Building search and results pages (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • About search and results pages
    • Build the search page (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Build a basic results page (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Build an advanced results page (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Display the search results (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Create a detail page for a results page (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
  • Building a database search page (ASP.NET)
    • About a database search page (ASP.NET)
    • Add the search controls (ASP.NET)
    • Search with only one search parameter (ASP.NET)
    • Search with multiple search parameters (ASP.NET)
    • Display the results in a DataGrid (ASP.NET)
    • Hide the DataGrid the first time the page loads (ASP.NET)
    • Creating a detail page (ASP.NET)
  • Building a record insert page (all servers)
    • About building record insert pages
    • Build an insert page block by block
    • Build the insert page in one operation
  • Building pages to update a record (all servers)
    • About record update pages
    • Search for the record to update
    • Create links to the update page
    • Retrieve the record to update
    • Complete the update page block by block
    • Complete the update page in one operation
    • Form Element Properties options
  • Building pages to delete a record (all servers)
    • About record delete pages
    • Search for the record to delete
    • Create links to a delete page (ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET)
    • Build the delete page
    • Add logic to delete the record (ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.NET)
    • Add logic to delete the record (ASP, JSP)
  • Building pages with advanced data manipulation objects (ColdFusion, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP)
    • About ASP command objects
    • Use ASP commands to modify a database
    • About JSP prepared statements
    • Use JSP prepared statements to modify a database
    • About stored procedures
    • Add a stored procedure (ColdFusion)
    • Add a stored procedure (ASP.NET)
    • Run a stored procedure (ASP)
    • Run a stored procedure (JSP)
  • Building a registration page (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • About registration pages
    • Storing login information about users (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Add an HTML form for selecting a user name and password (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Update the database table of users (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Add a server behavior to ensure a unique user name (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
  • Building a login page (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • About login pages
    • Create a database table of registered users (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Add an HTML form to let users log in (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Verify the user name and password (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
  • Building a page only authorized users can access (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • About protected pages
    • Redirect unauthorized users (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Store access privileges in the user database (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
    • Log out users (ColdFusion, ASP, JSP, PHP)
  • Securing a folder in your application (ColdFusion)
    • Secure a folder or site on the server (ColdFusion)
  • Using ColdFusion components (ColdFusion)
    • About ColdFusion components
    • Components panel overview (ColdFusion)
    • Create or delete a CFC in Dreamweaver
    • View CFCs in Dreamweaver
    • Edit CFCs in Dreamweaver
    • Build web pages that use CFCs
    • Define a recordset in a CFC
    • Use a CFC recordset as a source of dynamic content
    • Define dynamic content by using a CFC
  • Using JavaBeans (JSP)
    • Working with JavaBeans
    • Accessing JavaBean class files
    • Define a JavaBean for a JSP page
    • Define a JavaBean collection for a JSP page
• Chapter 21: Building ASP.NET and ColdFusion forms
  • Building ColdFusion MX 7 forms
    • About the ColdFusion enhancements
    • Enable the ColdFusion enhancements
    • Create ColdFusion forms
    • Insert ColdFusion form controls
    • Insert ColdFusion text fields
    • Insert ColdFusion hidden fields
    • Insert ColdFusion text areas
    • Insert ColdFusion buttons
    • Insert ColdFusion check boxes
    • Insert ColdFusion radio buttons
    • Insert ColdFusion select boxes
    • Insert ColdFusion image fields
    • Insert ColdFusion file fields
    • Insert ColdFusion date fields
    • Modify ColdFusion form controls
    • Validate ColdFusion form data
  • Building ASP.NET forms
    • Add ASP.NET form controls to a page
    • Modify the properties or events of ASP.NET form controls
    • Create a dynamic ASP.NET menu
    • Make an existing ASP.NET menu dynamic
    • Display dynamic content in an ASP.NET TextBox control
    • Dynamically preselect ASP.NET CheckBox controls
    • Insert an ASP.NET CheckBoxList control
    • Insert an ASP.NET RadioButtonList control
    • Preselect an item in an ASP.NET RadioButtonList control
    • Preselect an ASP.NET RadioButton control
  • Creating ASP.NET DataGrid and DataList web controls
    • Comparing the ASP.NET DataGrid and DataList controls
    • About the ASP.NET DataGrid web control
    • Add an ASP.NET DataGrid control to a page
    • Add an ASP.NET DataList control to a page
    • Modify an ASP.NET DataGrid or DataList control
    • Specify and format a data source field in a DataGrid
    • Design a custom layout for a free-form DataGrid column
    • Display data as a hyperlink in a DataGrid
    • Allow users to edit in DataGrid rows
    • Allow users to delete a row in a DataGrid
• Chapter 22: Automating tasks
  • Automating tasks
    • Task automation
    • Use the History panel
    • Repeat steps
    • Apply steps in the history to objects
    • Copy and paste steps between documents
    • Create and use commands from history steps
    • Record and save commands
• Chapter 23: Accessibility
  • Dreamweaver and accessibility
    • Accessible content
    • Dreamweaver accessibility validation feature
  • Dreamweaver accessibility features
    • Using screen readers with Dreamweaver
    • Support for operating system accessibility features
    • Navigate Dreamweaver using the keyboard
  • Designing pages for accessibility
    • Optimize the work space for accessible page design
• Chapter 24: Shortcuts and extensions
  • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Create a reference sheet for the current shortcut set
    • Customize keyboard shortcuts
    • About keyboard shortcuts and non-U.S. keyboards
  • Extensions
    • Add and manage extensions in Dreamweaver
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