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2. 2 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Create head content and set page properties
Create, import, and format text
Add links to Web pages
Use the History panel and edit code
Modify and test Web pages Chapter Lessons 
3. 3 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Use white space effectively
Limit multimedia elements
Keep it simple
Use an intuitive navigation structure
Apply a consistent theme Understanding Page Layout 
4. 4 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Create Head Content A Web page is composed of two sections:
Head
Includes the page title and meta tags which are not visible to the Web browser
Body
Contains text, graphics, and links 
5. 5 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Create Head Content Title
Browser title bar
Keywords
Search
Description
Search results 
6. 6 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Web Page Properties Background color
Font color
Link colors (unvisited, visited)
Default:
Unvisited ? blue
Visited ? purple 
7. 7 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Web-Safe Colors Two palettes
Color Cubes
Continuous Tone
216 colors 
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11. 11 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Create, Import and Format Text To add text to a Dreamweaver page
Type in Dreamweaver
Copy/paste [Ctrl][C] and [Ctrl][V] (Windows)    [C] and     [V] (Macintosh)
Import Word document 
12. 12 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Web Fonts Browsers use visitor’s fonts
Font combinations
Serif and sans-serif k  K		k	K
Graphic text for unusual fonts 
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14. 14 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Changing Font Sizes Default base font: 3
Select font in Property inspector
Choose between 1 and 7 
Change font size relative to the default base size  
15. 15 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Formatting Paragraphs Format
As text
As different sizes of headings
Headings
Heading 1 is the largest
Heading 6 is the smallest
<h1>This is a big heading</h1> 
16. 16 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Using HTML Tags or Using CSS Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Standard practice to handle formatting and placement of objects
More on this later…
Disable this preference temporarily 
17. 17 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Web Filenames Do not use
Spaces
Special characters
Punctuation
Uppercase letters 
18. 18 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Importing Microsoft Office Documents File ? Import ? Word Document
Select file to be imported into Dreamweaver
Commands ? Clean Up Word HTML 
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20. 20 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Add Links to Web Pages 
21. 21 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Link Properties Link names should be informative
Point of contact – mailto: link
Two types
Hypertext
Graphic
Formatting properties should be consistent 
Address or path: relative or absolute  
22. 22 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Broken Links 
23. 23 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Navigation Bars Contain links to the main pages
Usually located at top of side of page
Backbone of the site’s navigation structure 
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26. 26 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed E-mail Link (mailto:)  
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28. 28 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Use the History panel History panel properties:
Each task is called a step
50 steps
Preferences adds more
Be careful…
Increasing steps uses memory
 
29. 29 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed History Panel Functions Undo 
Redo
Replay 
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34. 34 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Modify and Test Web Pages Proofread
Choose window size
Verify links 
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36. 36 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Default Window Screen Sizes 
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38. 38 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed “Under Construction” Don’t do it!
Only causes frustration to the end user 
39. 39 Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Revealed Chapter 2 Tasks Create head content and set page properties
Create, import, and format text
Add links to Web pages
Use the History panel and edit code
Modify and test Web pages