Whether you're new to Adobe GoLive or upgrading from a
previous version,
Adobe GoLive 5 for Macintosh and
Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide gives you the tools
you need to go straight to work with this professional Web
site authoring and management package. Its step-by-step
explanations and flexible tabbed format let you choose your
own pace and learning style: You can follow the book from
start to finish or page straight to the topics that
interest you.
Adobe GoLive 5: VQS is task-based and full of
illustrations that show what you should be seeing on your
screen as you work. Start with the program's menus and
palettes, then quickly move on to GoLive's advanced Web
site and maintenance tools. New to this edition: complete
coverage of the all-new interface; GoLive 5's improved
integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, and LiveMotion;
support for W3C standards (including XML and CSS); and
professional source code editing and advanced site
reporting features.
Introduction.
Changes: Expanded Context about the Software and How It
Has Evolved, Including Discussion of New Features in This
Release. GoLive Background. What GoLive Is For. What's New
of Looks New in Version 5. Adobe Interface. New Look to
Windows. New Palettes. Contextual Menus and Keyboard
Shortcuts. New Tools. Tables. Color. CSS. Code Management.
Simultaneous Layout and Source Views. 360 Code. HTML
Snippets. Markup Tree View. Integration with Other
Applications. Site Management. Site Diagramming. Site
Reporting. Web Dav. Who Should Read This Book. How This
Book Is Organized. QuickStart Conventions. Mac or
Windows.
I. Basic WEB PAGES.
1. Learning Your Way Around. Changes: Add Info about
New Interface Elements and Clearer Discussion of How to
Work with Windows, Palettes and Other Interface Elements.
The GoLive desktop. Tools Available. Customizing and Moving
Desktop Items. Multiple-Function Windows. The Document
Window. Page Views. Toolbar. Objects Palette. Basic. Smart.
Forms. Head. Frames. Site. Site Extras. QuickTime. Custom.
Color Palette. The Inspector. View Controller. Table.
Transform Palette. Align. Tracing Image. Markup Tree. Link.
Site Navigator. Customizing Your Environment. Getting
Help.
2. Your First GoLive Page. Changes: Cut or Diminish
Discussion of Setting Preferences Except Where It Is
Important for the Specific Items Being Described Other
Preferences Will Be Described in Sections Relating Directly
to These Operations Cut Discussion of Building Sites,
Except in the Intro Narrative, Where I Will Suggest That
Anyone Planning to Build a Complete Site with Golive Should
Consult Chapter 14 before Proceeding Much Further. Creating
and Opening Files. Building the Page. Naming and Titling
the Page. Creating a Page Background. Adding Page Colors.
Saving Files.
3. Working with Text. Changes: Same Material But
Reorganized to Be a Little Clearer Better Explanation of
Font Use and Web-Specific Issues of Using Typography.
Entering Text. Formatting Text. Size. Relative. Absolute.
Type Styles. Logical Versus Physical Styles. Bold. Italic.
Etc. Color. Using Fonts/Typefaces. Supporting Different
Typefaces. Applying Faces to Text and to the Entire Page.
Font Color. Formatting Text Blocks. Text Alignment.
Paragraph Styles. Indenting Text. Line Breaks. Preformatted
Text. Non-Breaking Spaces. Special Characters. Other Text
Block Styles. Headings. Div and Span. Lists. Spellcheck.
Find and Replace. Document-Based Find and Replace. Global
Find and Replace.
4. Layout Tools and Techniques. Changes: More Contextual
Discussion of the Options Available for Laying Out Pages in
Golive Discussion of New History, Alignment and Layout
Import Features Moved Tables Into Their Own Chapter to Give
Them Better Coverage. Layout Options in Golive. Traditional
HTML Methods. Layout Grid. DHTML and Style Sheets. The
Layout Grid. Adding Grids. Configuring Grids. Multiple
Grids. Using Objects on Grids. Layout Tools and Views.
Layout Views. Multiple Views of the Same Page. Using Layout
and Source View Together. Using Layout Objects. Adding
Objects From the Palette. Managing Multiple Layout Objects
with the Transform Palette. Element Alignment. Grouping.
Layer Management. Measurement and Sizing Options. Using
Lines. Media Objects (Brief). Caveats When Using
Browser-Specific Tags. Spacers. Marquees. Color Management.
Color Tabs. RGB. CMYK. Grayscale. Indexed. HSV (Windows).
OS. Real Web Colors. Web Named. Site Colors. Using Colors.
Using the History Palette to Manage Layouts.
5. Images. Changes: Slight
Reorganization of Chapter Addition of New Import Features
Add Discussion of Image Rollovers, Some of Which Was Found
in Chapter 10 of the Previous Edition. about Using Images
on the Web. Supported Formats. Resolution Recommendations.
Image Loading Characteristics. Adding Images. The
“Usual” Ways. Browse to Image. Point and Shoot.
Drag and Drop for Preview. Image Import Preferences.
Configuring and Sizing Images. Configuring in the
Inspector. Sizing Images. Creating Borders and Spacing.
Using Low-Res Versions. Alignment. Linking Images.
Clickable Image Maps. Importing Illustrator, Photoshop and
Livemotion Files as "Smart Objects." Importing Layered
Photoshop Images. Tracing Image. Image Rollovers.
6. Links. How Links Work. Anatomy of
a URL. Absolute and Relative Links. Creating Links.
Manually. Point & Shoot. Linking with the Page Icon.
Images as Links. Editing Links. With the Inspector. Within
a Site. Link Colors. to Delete a Link. Anchors. Within a
File. To Other Files. Creating Anchors before Linking.
Moving Anchors. Deleting Anchors. Hitting Targets. Link
Warning.
II. ADVANCED PAGE-BUILDING
TOOLS.
7. Tables. Changes: Tables Now Have
Their Own Chapter More Coverage of Using Tables as a Layout
Vehicle Content Somewhat Reorganized Coverage of Table
Palette and Prebuilt Table Styles. About Tables. How Tables
Work. What They're Good For. Table Limitations. Inserting
Tables. Building From Scratch. Inserting with a Table
Style. Editing Tables. Sizing Tables. Adding Cells. Add
Rows. Add Columns. Add Cells in the Middle of the Table.
Add a Header. Add a Caption. Adding Content to a Table.
Typing Into the Table. Importing Table Content. Sort
Content. Changing Table Appearance. Sizing and Aligning
Cells. Adding Borders and Spacing. Change Colors. Custom
Table Backgrounds. Formatting Multiple Table Cells.
Deleting Table Items. Nesting Tables. Converting Tables to
Layout Grids.
8. Forms. How Forms Work. What They
Are For. Elements of a Form. How They Interact with the Web
Server. Creating Forms. Form Containers, Fields and Labels.
Basic Form Elements. Text Fields. Text Areas. Checkboxes
and Radio Buttons. Submit and Reset Buttons. Popups and
List Boxes. Special Form Elements. Table of Other Form
Elements. HTML 4.0 Form Elements. Button. Label. Fieldset.
HTML 4.0 Features. Tabbing Chains. Access Keys. Read-Only
Elements. Disabled Elements.
9. Frames. How Frames Work. Frame
Caveats. Creating Frames. Adding Content to Frames. Adding
Frames and Frame Sets. Special Cases. Adding Noframes
Content. Inline Frames.
10. Working with HTML. Changes: Eliminate
Discussion of Foreign Code This Is Covered in the
Integration Chapter. Outline View. Source View. HTML
Snippets. Dynamic Components. Searching for HTML Elements.
Header Tags. Web Settings.
11. Cascading Style Sheets. Changes: Add More Coverage
on Using Style Sheets. How Style Sheets Work. What Style
Sheets Are Good For. Style Sheet Syntax. Using CSS1
Correctly. Types of Style Sheets. Internal Style Sheets.
External Style Sheets. Creating Style Sheets. Add Internal
Style Sheets. Add External Style Sheets. Selectors. Tag
Selectors. Class Selectors. Ids. Properties. General
Parameters. Measurement. Color. Font. Text. Box.
Positioning. Border. Background. List. Managing Styles.
Importing From Other Sheets (Drag and Drop). Apply to An
Element By Dragging. Convert Sheets between
External/Internal. Duplicating Styles. Deleting Styles.
Previewing CSS Pages. Using Style Sheets. Applying Classes.
Applying Ids. Referring to External Style Sheets.
12. Layers and Positioning. How Layers Work. Floating
Boxes. Creating. Setting Up. Adding Content. a Word about
Positioning Types. Boxes as Layers. Managing Multiple
Floating Boxes. Managing Layers with the Floating Box
Controller. Style Sheet-Based Positioning (CSS-P). Adding
Positioning Properties.
13. Rich Media. Plugins. Activex. Custom
Plugin Interfaces. Javascript (Configuring Existing).
Java.
III. CREATING AND MAINTAINING
SITES.
14. Building Sites. Tools. Site Window. Site
Tab. Toolbar. Site Preferences. Site View. Building Sites.
Create a Site. Import Local. Import Via FTP. Import across
Platforms. Adding Files. Preferences. Adding Resources.
External Resources. Colors. Fonts.
15. Managing Sites. Working with Site Objects.
The Site View. Site Diagramming. Working with Links.
Troubleshooting Sites. Site Reporting.
16. Publishing Sites. Exporting a Site: Three
Ways to Publish. Webdav. Exporting a Site. Built-in FTP.
Stand-alone FTP.
IV. ADVANCED TOPICS.
17. Scripting and Custom Applications in Golive.
Using Prebuilt Actions.
Tools. Smart Objects Tab. Actions Tab in Inspectors. Action
Basics. Survey of Actions Included with Golive. Creating
Your Own Actions. The Golive SDK.
18. Creating Motion with Quicktime and Animation.
about Animation. Timeline
Editor. Preparing to Animate. Building a Simple Animation.
Adding Actions. Quicktime Authoring. about Making
Moves.
19. Integrating Golive with Other Applications.
Media Applications.
Photoshop. Illustrator. Imageready. Livemotion. Flash.
Shockwave. Acrobat. Using Dynamic Link. ASP. Lasso.
Filemaker. CDML. Others. Database Tools. 360 Code.
XML.
Appendix: Palette Reference.