Adobe GoLive 6.0

Adobe Creative Team9780201787191, 0201787199

The Adobe Creative Team breaks down GoLive and Web publishing into clear, step-by-step lessons that cover key concepts such as toolbars, palettes, layout design, the collaborative Adobe Web WorkGroup Server, site architecture, dynamic content creation, wireless-device authoring, Cascading Style Sheets, image maps, and more. You’ll never feel overwhelmed by the information. At the end of each chapter, review questions wrap up and reinforce what you’ve learned. The accompanying lesson files are designed for use in conjunction with the book’s hands-on exercises.

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Table of contents :
Adobe GoLive 6.0 Classroom In a Book……Page 1
TOC……Page 4
Getting Started……Page 12
1. Developing Web Sites with Adobe GoLive 6.0……Page 17
About this lesson……Page 18
The GoLive workflow……Page 19
Getting started……Page 26
Creating a new site……Page 28
Adding files and folders……Page 30
Designing a first Web page……Page 32
Previewing a Web page……Page 43
Creating a second Web page……Page 46
Creating a third Web page……Page 55
Creating links……Page 57
Comparing the files on your desktop with the site files……Page 59
Managing sites……Page 60
Review answers……Page 62
2. Getting to Know the Work Area……Page 63
About this lesson……Page 64
Getting started……Page 65
Opening and viewing a site……Page 66
Using the document window……Page 77
Using the toolbar……Page 84
Creating a custom workspace……Page 86
Using the Objects palette……Page 91
Using the Inspector……Page 94
Using context menus……Page 95
Setting GoLive preferences……Page 96
Previewing in GoLive……Page 97
Previewing in a Web browser……Page 99
Using Hints……Page 100
Review answers……Page 101
3. Designing Web Pages……Page 103
About this lesson……Page 104
Getting started……Page 105
Creating a new Web site……Page 106
Adding files to the Web site……Page 109
Creating a component to be used as a navigation bar……Page 112
Designing the home page……Page 123
Creating a custom color palette and adding color to text……Page 132
Adding a component to an existing Web page……Page 141
Updating the custom color palette……Page 142
Designing a Web page using floating boxes……Page 143
Editing a component……Page 150
Previewing in GoLive……Page 152
Review answers……Page 153
4. Working with Text and Tables……Page 155
About this lesson……Page 156
Getting started……Page 157
About converting layout grids to tables……Page 158
Creating a new Web page……Page 159
Adding text……Page 162
Adding a table……Page 172
Applying fonts……Page 183
Capturing a table style……Page 187
Editing text……Page 188
Converting a layout grid to a table……Page 192
Exploring on your own……Page 193
Review answers……Page 196
5. Creating Navigational Links……Page 197
About links……Page 198
Getting started……Page 199
Opening a site……Page 200
Creating a navigational link from a graphic……Page 201
Testing a link……Page 204
Creating anchors……Page 205
Testing anchors……Page 208
Creating hypertext links……Page 209
Creating an action……Page 220
Using image maps……Page 223
Setting preferences for link warnings……Page 231
Finding and fixing broken links……Page 232
Previewing links……Page 234
Review answers……Page 235
6. Using Smart Objects……Page 237
About this lesson……Page 238
About Smart Objects……Page 240
Using Smart Photoshop objects……Page 241
Using Smart Illustrator objects……Page 251
Using Smart LiveMotion objects……Page 252
Editing a variable in a Smart Photoshop image……Page 254
Review answers……Page 256
7. Working with Frames……Page 258
About frame sets……Page 259
Getting started……Page 261
Creating a frame set……Page 263
Making changes to the frame set……Page 265
Setting up the content frames……Page 268
Adding content to frames……Page 270
Creating a return link to the home page……Page 273
Linking the frame set to your home page……Page 275
Adding an action to always load the frame set……Page 276
Previewing in a Web browser……Page 278
Review answers……Page 279
8. Creating Rollovers……Page 280
Getting started……Page 281
Opening the home page……Page 284
Adding a floating box to hold a rollover button……Page 287
About naming rollovers……Page 290
Creating a Smart rollover button……Page 291
Adding an image to a floating box……Page 294
Creating a drop-down menu……Page 295
Previewing in a Web browser……Page 303
Review answers……Page 304
9. Creating Animations……Page 305
Getting started……Page 306
Working with floating boxes……Page 307
Animating a floating box……Page 316
Animating multiple floating boxes……Page 324
Adding actions to animations……Page 328
Creating a new scene……Page 332
Adding an action to play the scene……Page 335
Exploring on your own……Page 336
Review answers……Page 339
10. Using Actions and JavaScript……Page 341
About this lesson……Page 342
Getting started……Page 343
Creating head actions……Page 344
Using actions to manipulate floating boxes……Page 348
Creating actions on call……Page 354
Assigning JavaScript scripts to page elements……Page 364
Review answers……Page 368
11. Creating Forms……Page 369
Getting started……Page 370
About forms……Page 372
Creating the Personal Information section of the form……Page 374
Storing frequently used objects……Page 388
Adding an image that spans two columns……Page 391
Adding radio buttons……Page 392
Modifying a list box……Page 395
Adding a clickable image……Page 397
Adding a Reset button……Page 399
Creating a tabbing chain……Page 400
Review answers……Page 403
12. Using Cascading Style Sheets……Page 404
Getting started……Page 405
About style sheets……Page 406
Exploring style sheets……Page 408
Working with styles……Page 418
Creating a style sheet……Page 424
Saving and linking a style sheet……Page 427
Linking and unlinking a style sheet to multiple pages……Page 429
Creating a class style……Page 430
Importing an external style sheet……Page 432
Duplicating a style……Page 433
Changing the background color……Page 434
Previewing the results in current browsers……Page 436
Review answers……Page 438
13. Combining Adobe LiveMotion Animations with QuickTime Movies……Page 440
Getting started……Page 441
Opening the composition……Page 443
Setting up labels for behaviors……Page 444
Adding behaviors to play movies……Page 448
Exporting the composition……Page 450
Integrating the composition with QuickTime movies……Page 451
Adding special effects to QuickTime movies……Page 460
Review answers……Page 470
14. Managing Web Sites……Page 471
About Adobe GoLive Web site management……Page 472
Getting started……Page 473
Importing an existing site into GoLive……Page 474
Exploring the site in the site window……Page 477
Reviewing the expanded site window……Page 480
Correcting errors……Page 483
Managing folders……Page 489
Adding new pages to your site……Page 492
Solving the site hierarchy……Page 493
Changing the Navigation view……Page 495
Creating new pages in the Navigation view……Page 503
Changing all links and file references……Page 507
Cleaning up a site……Page 509
Exploring on your own……Page 510
Review answers……Page 511
15. Creating Design Diagrams……Page 512
About design diagrams……Page 513
Getting started……Page 514
Looking at the first design diagram……Page 518
Creating a new design diagram……Page 519
Adding sections……Page 523
Adding color……Page 526
Adding pages……Page 527
Adding objects……Page 533
Adding a SWF animation……Page 540
Aligning and distributing objects……Page 542
Adding annotations……Page 544
Adding items to every page……Page 546
Labeling the diagram levels……Page 550
Printing and exporting a design diagram……Page 552
Anchoring a design diagram……Page 553
Submitting a design diagram……Page 555
Review answers……Page 557
Index……Page 558