Dreamweaver Basics

Dreamweaver Basics

To get the most out of your Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 experience, you should understand the basic elements of the Dreamweaver workspace. This chapter introduces you to the most important and commonly used workspace elements, and tells you how to accomplish some basic tasks in Dreamweaver.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Getting to know the Dreamweaver 8 workspace

Customizing the Dreamweaver 8 workspace

Accomplishing basic tasks in Dreamweaver 8

Getting Started with Dreamweaver

Learning Dreamweaver

Tutorial: Setting Up Your Site and Project Files

Tutorial: Creating a Table-based Page Layout

Tutorial: Adding Content to Pages

Tutorial: Formatting Your Page with CSS

Tutorial: Publishing Your Site

Tutorial: Working with Code

Tutorial: Creating a CSS-based Page Layout

Tutorial: Displaying XML Data

Tutorial: Developing a Web Application

Understanding Web Applications

Installing a Web Server

Setup for Sample ColdFusion Site

Setup for Sample ASP.NET Site

Setup for Sample ASP Site

Setup for Sample JSP Site

Dreamweaver Basics

Working with Dreamweaver Sites

Laying Out Pages

Adding Content to Pages

Working with Page Code

Preparing to Build Dynamic Sites

Making Pages Dynamic

Developing Applications Rapidly