This book is primarily intended to assist growing professionals in gaining a fantastic working knowledge of Dreamweaver and the issues in design and markup that are affecting the changing way in which they work. This book addresses issues in Web design and development from an extremely contemporary standpoint. While the information contained within is suitable for beginners, the real emphasis is to assist the intermediate designer interested in learning how to work with Dreamweaver to achieve best practices within the design and development industry.
The book provides plenty of tips and real-world advice from people working in the trenches, and lays a solid groundwork so that readers have a firm grasp of the basics before moving to more advanced functionality.

• I. DESIGNING SITES WITH DREAMWEAVER.

• 1. Defining Your Site.
• 2. Setting Page Properties with HTML.
• 3. Formatting Text with HTML.
• 4. Adding Images.
• 5. Adding Links.
• 6. Designing Forms.
• 7. Working with Tables and Frames.
• 8. Adding Some Flash.
• 9. Publishing Your Site.

• II. WORKING MORE EFFICIENTLY IN DREAMWEAVER.

• 10. The Workspace: Windows, Toolbars, and Panels.
• 11. Managing Assets.
• 12. Working with Templates.
• 13. Building a Library.

• III. WRITING AND EDITING HTML, XHTML, AND CSS.

• 14. Working with HTML and XHTML.
• 15. Designing with Style.
• 16. Using Cascading Style Sheets in Dreamweaver.

• IV. PROFESSIONAL PAGE DESIGN.

• 17. Design Essentials, Site Architecture, and Usability.
• 18. Designing with Table-Based Layouts.
• 19. Working with Frame-Based Layouts.
• 20. Advanced Layout with CSS Layers.
• 21. Designing with Alternative Devices.

• V. DESIGNING FOR INTERACTIVITY.

• 22. Working with JavaScript and Behaviors.
• 23. Rollovers and Navigation Bars.
• 24. Draw Layers and Animation.
• VI. ADDING MULTIMEDIA.
• 25. Working with Plug-ins and Java Applets.
• 26. Inserting Audio and Video.
• 27. Working with Flash and Shockwave.

• VII. MANAGING YOUR SITE.

• 28. Validation, Cross-Browser Compatibility, and Accessibility Testing.
• 29. Working with Others.
• 30. Learning About Your Site.
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• VIII. EXPANDING DREAMWEAVER AND USING THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE.

• 31. Downloading and Installing Extensions, Behaviors, and Plug-ins.
• 32. Working with Web Graphics.
• 33. Content Management Using Macromedia Contribute.

• IX. APPENDIXES.

• Appendix A: Setting Preferences.
• Appendix B: What's on the CD-ROM?