Overview
Adobe Dreamweaver is the leading web authoring tool, and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is the recommended method for creating accessible, standards-compliant web pages. Yet it's a common misconception that a visual authoring tool like Dreamweaver cannot complement a standards-oriented designer or developer's workflow. In Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3, authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis demonstrate the time-saving tips and techniques that make Dreamweaver and CSS such a powerful combination. In a series of step-by-step projects, the authors take designers by the hand to create the basis for five full-fledged web sites.
Using Dreamweaver's latest tools for building CSS-based sites, you'll learn:
• the core concept of CSS
• how to use, customize and extend the CSS layouts included in Dreamweaver
• issues involved in creating accessible sites
• how to make an existing table-based site standards-compliant, using CSS styling and positioning
• techniques for overcoming common CSS rendering issues
• the real-world solutions for CSS challenges
• how to implement the newest Spry framework for Ajax to progressively enhance standards-based and accessible CSS layouts
Companion web site: download sample files for the projects illustrated in the book from www.w3conversions.com/book/
Synopsis
In Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3, authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis demonstrate how to use Dreamweaver CS3 and CSS together to create highly individualized, standards-based layouts. Through hands-on projects with visuals, the book gives readers an in-depth understanding of Dreamweaver's 32 CSS-based layouts (new in Dreamweaver CS3) and their application, enabling every user of Dreamweaver to learn CSS effectively and easily.