Using Macromedia Dreamweaver 1.2

Within the newly revised Using series, this book provides a complete step by step reference to all of the uses and features of Macromedia's Dreamweaver. Coupled with strong author-created examples to show readers how to put the product to use right away, this book aims to be the most through, best-written guide to Dreamweaver. General Topics covered will include: Navigating the Dreamweaver Interface; Adding Text, Graphics, and Multimedia; Using Dreamweaver to Create Forms and Image Maps; Structuring Pages with Tables, Frames, and Layers; Adding Dynamic HTML Scripts and Interactivity with Dreamweaver; Cross-Browser Tweaking and Troubleshooting; David Siegel will write the foreword to the book.

• Provides step by step instruction for using Macromedia's Dreamweaver to design and develop professional Web sites
• Both Lynda Weinman and David Siegel have hailed Dreamweaver as one of the most powerful new tools for Web designers
• Dreamweaver is also the first visual Web development tool with strong cross-browser (both Netscape and Microsoft) support

Targeting designers who want to learn all of the essential features of Dreamweaver 1.2, Using Macromedia Dreamweaver offers both design and technical advice. The book begins by teaching you how to add text and images to a simple Web page and how to use Dreamweaver in conjunction with an external text editor. The book covers BBEdit and HomeSite, which are text editors for Macintosh and Windows (respectively) that ship with Dreamweaver, and discusses how to work with other editors as well.

Next you learn how to beef up your site by adding Shockwave movies, Java applets, and ActiveX content; creating forms; and manipulating image maps. The book helps you explore design issues as you work with tables, frames, and layers to further refine page layout. Trickier chapters have you create and add scripts; form-validation behaviors; and animations, such as flashing objects, push pages, rollovers, and collapsible outlines. Finally, you fine-tune, upload, and manage your site. The book wraps up with lots of troubleshooting advice for features throughout Dreamweaver, as well as reference guides to BBEdit, HomeSite, HTML 4.0, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript. Keep in mind that throughout the book the authors assume you're already fairly comfortable with the newest Web technologies. There's a good mixture of both in-depth discussion of features as well as how-to advice, large screen shots, and shortcut tips. --Kathleen Caster