Book description
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Dreamweaver
Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does -- an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.
Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book (2021 release) contains lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.
Purchase of this book includes valuable online features. Follow the instructions in the books Getting Started section to unlock access to:
Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book
Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step
What you need to use this book: Adobe Dreamweaver (2021 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)
Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe Dreamweaver software.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Where are the Lesson Files?
- Contents
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Getting Started
- About Classroom in a Book
- TinyURLs
- Prerequisites
- Conventions used in this book
- Windows vs. macOS instructions
- Installing the program
- Updating Dreamweaver to the latest version
- Online content
- Recommended lesson order
- On first launch
- Choosing the program color theme
- Setting up the workspace
- Defining a Dreamweaver site
- Checking for updates
- Additional resources
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1. Customizing your Workspace
- Touring the workspace
- Using the Start Screen
- Exploring the New Feature guides
- Setting interface preferences
- Switching and splitting views
- Selecting a workspace layout
- Working with panels
- Personalizing Dreamweaver
- Working with toolbars
- Creating custom keyboard shortcuts
- Using the Property inspector
- Using the Related Files interface
- Using tag selectors
- Using the CSS Designer
- Using the Visual Media Query (VMQ) interface
- Using the DOM Viewer
- Using element dialogs, displays, and inspectors
- Exploring, experimenting, and learning
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 2. HTML Basics
- 3. CSS Basics
- 4. Working with Code
- 5. Web Design Basics
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6. Creating a Page Layout
- Evaluating page design options
- Working with predefined layouts
- Styling a predefined layout
- Styling elements using the Extract panel
- Troubleshooting CSS conflicts
- Extracting text from a Photoshop mockup
- Deleting components and attributes from a template
- Inserting new menu items
- Creating new elements with the DOM panel
- Creating menu items with copy and paste
- Extracting text styling
- Creating a gradient background using Extract
- Extracting image assets from a mockup
- Creating new Bootstrap structures
- Adding a background image to the header
- Finishing up the layout
- Review questions
- Review answers
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7. Working with Templates
- Creating Dreamweaver templates
- Removing unneeded components
- Modifying a Bootstrap layout
- Modifying text formatting in a Bootstrap element
- Adding template boilerplate and placeholders
- Fixing semantic errors
- Inserting metadata
- Validating HTML code
- Working with editable regions
- Working with child pages
- Updating a template
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 8. Working with Text, Lists, and Tables
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9. Working with Images
- Web image basics
- Previewing the completed files
- Inserting an image
- Inserting images in Design view
- Resizing images
- Inserting Photoshop Images
- Inserting images using the Assets panel
- Adapting images to mobile design
- Using the Insert menu
- Working with the Insert panel
- Inserting images into the site template
- Adding CSS classes to template structures
- Adding images to a Bootstrap carousel
- Styling headings and text in a Bootstrap carousel
- Self-paced exercise: Inserting images in child pages
- Review questions
- Review answers
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10. Working with Navigation
- Hyperlink basics
- Previewing the completed files
- Creating internal hyperlinks
- Creating an external link
- Setting up email links
- Creating an image-based link
- Targeting page elements
- Creating a destination link in the Element Display
- Locking an element on the screen
- Styling a navigation menu
- Adding a telephone link
- Checking your page
- Self-paced exercise: Adding additional links
- Review questions
- Review answers
- 11. Publishing to the Web
- Appendix. Tiny URLs
- Index
- Production Notes
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12. Working with Mobile Design
- Responsive design
- Media type properties
- Media queries
- Media query syntax
- Working with the Visual Media Query interface
- Introducing web frameworks
- Setting up web-hosted fonts
- Creating custom media queries
- Controlling Bootstrap element alignment
- Revising Bootstrap template structure
- Adapting content to mobile design
- Previewing pages using Real-Time Preview
- Fixing issues for mobile design and desktop
- Review questions
- Review answers
- Code Snippets
Product information
- Title: Adobe Dreamweaver Classroom in a Book (2021 release)
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2021
- Publisher(s): Adobe Press
- ISBN: 9780136875314
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