Dreamweaver MX 2004

? Create professional web pages Visual editing functions –No need to write HTML Includes complete FTP client software Recognises –HTML –ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, JSP –C#, Java, VB, WML, XML –CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript Offers tag hints

Web site Set of archives and folders related to each others Designing & planning before creation –First page should be named as index.htm or index.html –Recommended to create homogenous sites –Resolution!

CSS Cascading Style Sheets –Collection of formatting rules –Control the appearance of contents Usefull for maintaining complete web pages Reduces file sizes Reusable Two ways to use –Embed into a document –External stylesheet (recommended way)

Layers DHMTL components –Requires Javascript to function properly Similar to tables –Allow exact positioning Can be used to: –create multiple different effects –organize the site Different browsers view layers differently

Forms It’s easy to create forms Saving / collecting information requires some serverside functionality, php, jsp, asp, etc. Validating requires Javascript