Table Of ContentIntroduction 1 Book I: Getting Ready 7 Chapter 1: The First Step in Your Web-Building Journey 9 Chapter 2: Assessing Your Resources 21 Chapter 3: Working for The Man 37 Chapter 4: Securing a Domain Name and Web-Hosting Service 51 Book II: Designing the Site 61 Chapter 1: Wireframing and Storyboarding Content 63 Chapter 2: Preparing Content 83 Chapter 3: Defining a Color Scheme 95 Chapter 4: Organizing a Site in Dreamweaver CS6 103 Chapter 5: Building Mobile-Friendly Sites 121 Book III: Building Pages with HTML 127 Chapter 1: HTML: What It Is, Why You Need It, and How to Get It 129 Chapter 2: Building Web Pages with HTML5 155 Chapter 3: Structuring Content with HTML5 173 Chapter 4: Creating HTML5 with Dreamweaver CS6 197 Book IV: Designing Pages with CSS 237 Chapter 1: Styling Text with CSS 239 Chapter 2: Designing Pages 261 Chapter 3: Effects and Transforms with CSS3 279 Chapter 4: CSS in Dreamweaver 301 Book V: Incorporating Web Graphics and Multimedia 319 Chapter 1: Web Media 101 321 Chapter 2: Introducing Fireworks and Photoshop 335 Chapter 3: Creating Buttons and Banners 353 Chapter 4: Creating Audio and Video Content 393 Chapter 5: Creating Content with Flash 417 Book VI: Creating Interactive Pages with JavaScript 447 Chapter 1: JavaScript for Animation and Interactivity 449 Chapter 2: DIY JavaScript 465 Chapter 3: Generating JavaScript 487 Chapter 4: JavaScript with Dreamweaver 515 Book VII: Managing Forms with PHP 539 Chapter 1: Collecting Information with Forms 541 Chapter 2: DIY PHP Solutions 563 Chapter 3: Gathering and Embedding Live Data 583 Chapter 4: Working with Forms and Data in Dreamweaver 605 Book VIII: Social Media and Interactive Add-ons 625 Chapter 1: Adding a WordPress Blog 627 Chapter 2: Integrating Social Media with Your Blog 651 Chapter 3: Adding E-Commerce to Your Site 665 Book IX: Deploying and Managing the Site 689 Chapter 1: Optimizing and Testing the Site 691 Chapter 2: Uploading the Site 705 Chapter 3: Maintaining and Marketing the Site 719 Chapter 4: Redesigning or Expanding the Site 733 Book X: Case Studies 749 Chapter 1: Photographer's Portfolio 751 Chapter 2: E-Commerce Site 757 Chapter 3: Blog Site 763 Chapter 4: Online Newsletter 773 Index 779
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