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Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a Web design newbie, Dreamweaver CS4 For Dummies shows you the quickest, easiest way to get up to speed on Dreamweaver. You’ll be able to create professional, great-looking, user-friendly websites in no time at all. Take advantage of the new, more customizable interface, improved integration with Flash and Photoshop, a handy new AJAX coding feature, and Live View, which lets you see your work as you create it.

Understand Dreamweaver basics, set up your site and create new pages, and work with text, graphics, and links. You can manage, test, and publish a site, define and apply styles with CSS, coordinate your design work, add audio, video, and Flash files to your site, build a dynamic Web site, and use Dreamweaver’s database features. Know how to:

* Design, build, and deploy professional-looking Web sites
* Use Dreamweaver’s new, more versatile preset layouts
* Fine-tune styles with enhanced CSS support
* Keep your pages cutting-edge with SmartObjects
* Take advantage of the new, more customizable interface
* Understand browser differences, make the most of CSS, build dynamic sites
* Create and optimize Web graphics
* Learn to maximize Cascading Style Sheets and Dreamweaver’s Layers features for creating fluid layouts

Complete with lists of ten resources, ten timesaving tips, and ten great Web sites designed in Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS4 For Dummies is your one-stop guide to setting up, working with, and making the most of Dreamweaver.

The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP (Paperback)

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Dreamweaver CS4 is a massive step forward in terms of integration with the rest of the CS4 suite (Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop, etc.), and also includes a whole host of exciting new features of its own. The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP concentrates on getting the best out of Dreamweaver CS4, rather than going into every menu item and toolbar icon. The emphasis is on developing websites compliant with the latest web standards, using CSS, JavaScript libraries (with particular emphasis on Spry, Adobe's implementation of Ajax), and PHP.

The book covers all aspects of the new user interface, including workspace layouts, iconic panels, the related documents feature, Live View, Code Navigator, and Live Code. It also shows how to use the improved CSS editing features, and JavaScript code introspection. There is also coverage of other new features, such as version control through Subversion integration, and the improved support for Photoshop integration through the use of Smart Objects.

What you'll learn

* Streamline your workflow with the Related Files toolbar, Live view, and the Code Navigator
* Bring your pages alive with Ajax widgets from Spry, jQuery, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library
* Use server-side includes, templates, and Adobe's InContext Editing online service
* Create dynamic web applications using Dreamweaver's PHP server behaviors
* Build real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more
* Consume RSS feeds and create Spry data sets
* How to publish your site after you've created it