Jenkins S., Wagner R. Dreamweaver CS5 All-in-One for Dummies

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010, - 868 p.
This book is divided into nine minibooks, each of which is further divided into relevant chapters organized by topic. Each minibook relates to the most important concepts in Dreamweaver.
Book I: Getting Started
Begin your trip into the world of Web design with a look around the Dreamweaver workspace and a review of site design. Then find out how to create and manage sites in Dreamweaver — an important step that enables you to take full advantage of Dreamweaver’s automated features.
Book II: Mastering the Basics
Book II shows you everything you need to know to create and save new documents; add and format text on a page; insert graphics and create rollover buttons; convert text and graphics into clickable links to other Web pages; add movies, sound, and other media files to your pages; add tables for organizing content; and build fantastic forms for collecting data from visitors.
Book III: Working Like the Pros
Book III walks you through the process of styling your pages with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), building sites using Dreamweaver templates, and using Library items. You also find out about working with server-side includes, creating and using code snippets, recording and saving custom commands with the History panel, and using Dreamweaver with Fireworks for roundtrip image optimization. The final chapter in this minibook contains information on using Dreamweaver with other software applications, such as Flash, Photoshop, Bridge, Device Central, AIR, ConnectNow, and InContext Editing.
Book IV: Energizing Your Site
When you’re ready to add more zing and pizzazz to your pages, turn to Book IV. Here you find out how to work with layers instead of tables, create opportunities for visitor interactivity by adding JavaScript behaviors to objects on your pages, work with Spry effects and Spry widgets, and design pages built with frames. The final chapter in this minibook shows you the benefits of XHTML and how to configure Dreamweaver to write XHTML-compliant code.
Book V: Publishing Your Site
Book V shows you how to run Dreamweaver’s reports and use other tools to test and fix any coding errors before you publish your site. You also find out how to publish your Web site, which involves learning to select and set up a remote connection to your host server and transfer files to the remote site.
Book VI: Working Collaboratively
Dreamweaver has several tools to assist you with multiuser page management. In Book VI, you find out how to enable collaborative tools such as Design Notes and Check In/Check Out as well as create sites that are editable by nondesigners through two integrated page editing tools. If you’ll be using Adobe’s Contribute CS5 software, read Chapters 2 and 3 for information on setting up, connecting to, and managing a Contribute site. Alternatively, if you’ll be working with InContext Editing, be sure to read Chapter 4 for help with creating and managing InContext Editable Web sites.
Book VII: Building Web Applications
Book VII discusses how to select and add Web and application servers along with how to configure, edit, and delete database connections. When working with databases, troubleshooting problems is important, so we also discuss resolving permission problems, database connection issues, and error messages.
Book VIII: Making Pages Dynamic
In Book VIII, you find out how to define data sources and make them available for use in your dynamic pages. We also show you how to add simple dynamic data to your Web pages, as well as create HTML tables for your recordsets, navigate through your recordsets, and dynamically control them. In addition, you discover how to test the functionality of your dynamic site by using Dreamweaver’s Live Data view. This minibook also includes a chapter on working with ColdFusion components, adding Web services to your site, and putting custom server behaviors to work.
Book IX: Developing Applications Rapidly
Book IX shows you how to build several types of pages, such as master and detail pages; search and results pages; and record insert, update, and delete pages. We also get into more complicated territory, such as calling ASP command objects, working with JSP prepared statements, and using stored procedures. Finally, you find out how to restrict site access.