Adobe Dreamweaver Advanced
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Learn how to add formatting to headings, images and lists using CSS in Adobe Dreamweaver.
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Setting up a site in Dreamweaver is one of the first things that should be done when working in Adobe Dreamwaver. In order to create a new web site in Dreamweaver you will have to set up the site definition for the site. The site definition contains two sections: Local Info and Remote Info.
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Dreamweaver's workspace consists of four basic elements. These elements are the Document Window, Insert Bar, Properties Inspector, and Panel Group. Let us take a look at each of these elements more in depth.
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Creating new documents is simple in Dreamweaver, and before you continue, it is very important that you save your file first! You don't want to unexpectedly lose your work. In this lesson save the file as berlin_wall.htm.
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The capability to link to pages and sites is what makes the Web dynamic. You can create text or image hyperlinks using the Property Inspector to associate the text with a specific file or web page. The following are steps on how to create hyperlinks using text or images.
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Its important to always test your webpages in multiple browsers as there are many differences on how each browser might interpret the HTML code. Dreamweaver allows you to preview your page in a browser of choice with an easy keystroke. Dreamweaver also allows you to add and delete browsers as well as to set any browser as the primary browser.
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Adobe Dreamweaver makes adjusting to cascading style sheets quite simple. Dreamweaver's user interface allows you to edit CSS styles easily. In fact, using and creating CSS styles is an inherent part of the development workflow. As a developer you must be familiar with Dreamweaver's Group Panel section. This is where you will be working primarily.
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With Cascading Style Sheets we can change the look of our headings, lists, links and other body elements. In Dreamweaver, the CSS Styles panel allows us to create, view, apply or edit style attributes.
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The CSS styles you've created so far have only applied to this document. Internal style sheets apply only to the document in which they are created. Now, you'll learn how to create an external style sheet which contains the styles you define in this document and then how to attach it to another html file.
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Once you are done editing the files on your local computer, you will have to upload your files before being able to see them live on the web from any computer. Dreamweaver has a built in FTP client setup that makes this process really simple.
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After building a page we can make sure it is up to standards by validating it with an HTML validator.