Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® GoLive® 5 in 24 Hours

Adam Pratt is a professional Web designer who has used GoLive since version 1.0. He has been on the beta test team for about two years. Adam is an Adobe Certified Training Provider for GoLive 4.0. In addition to formal training and tutoring, he maintains a presence on the Adobe User to User Forums as a GoLive Forum Host and on the BlueWorld GoLive Talk List.

Introduction. I. GETTING STARTED WITH GOLIVE. Hour 1. Understanding the GoLive Interface. Exploring the GoLive Interface. The GoLive Workspace. The Document Window. The Objects Palette. The Toolbar. The Inspector. The Site Window. Customizing Palettes. Tear Off Tabs. Docking Palettes. Menus. Keyboard Shortcuts. Using Contextual Menus. Preferences, Modules, and Browsers. Setting the General Preferences. Turning Modules On and Off. Other Items You Will Need. Plug-ins. Summary. Q&A. Hour 2. Creating a Site File. Understanding How GoLive Manages Web Sites. Creating a Web Site from Scratch. Creating a Web Site from an Existing Folder. Creating a Web Site from a Site Template. Creating a Web Site from an FTP Server. Examining Basic Site Window Functionality. Using the Site Window. Adding Resources to Your Web Site. Adding Files from the Site Menu. Drag and Drop into the Site Window. Copy Files and Rescan Root Folder. Managing Your Web Site in the Site Window. Move Files and Folders in the Site Window. Rearrange Files and Folders with GoLives Site Window. New Files and Folders. Delete Files and Folders. Rename Files and Folders. Summary. Q&A. Hour 3. Creating a Web Page. Making a New Page. The Document Window and Its Tabs. Viewing the Source Code (HTML). Viewing a Page in Layout and Source Simultaneously. Using the HEAD Pane. Giving Your Page a Title. Using GoLive HEAD Tags. Setting the Width of Your Page. Setting the link, alink, and vlink Colors. Setting the Page Background Color. Previewing Your Page. Previewing in GoLive. Previewing in Your Browser. Summary. Q&A. II. DESIGNING A HOME PAGE. Hour 4. Formatting and Stylizing Text. Importing Text into Your Web Page. Copying and Pasting Text. Opening a Page Exported from a Word Processor. Dragging from a Text Document or Another HTML Page. Typing Directly onto Your Page. Viewing Your Text with the View Controller. Formatting and Stylizing Text. Aligning Text. Creating Headers. Applying Bold, Italic, or Teletype Styles to Text. Setting the Font Size. Changing Text Color. Creating Lists from Text. Adding Web Page Fonts. Using Font Sets. Creating and Editing Font Sets. Creating Hyperlinks from Text. Creating an Email Link. Setting the Auto Add mailto Preference. Linking to Another Page Within Your Site. Linking to a Page Not in Your Site. Using Anchors to Link to a Particular Spot on Your Page. Spell Checking Your Document. Summary. Q&A. Hour 5. Using Graphics on a Web Page. Selecting the Proper Image Type. Adding Images to the Site File. Adding an Image to a Web Page. Resizing an Image. Adding Space Around an Image. Aligning Images and Text. Adding a Background Image to a Web Page. Drag and Drop Your Background Image. Linking Images to Other Pages. Using Image Mapping. Summary. Q&A. Hour 6. Designing Pages with Tables. Adding a Table to Your Web Page. Adjusting the Basic Table Attributes. Setting the Dimensions of Your Table. Setting the Appearance of Your Table. Working with Cells. Selecting Cells. Selecting Rows and Columns. Adding Rows and Columns. Deleting Rows and Columns. Spanning Cells. Coloring Cells, Rows, and Columns. Formatting Text in Cells, Rows, and Columns. Setting the Width and Height of Individual Cells. Using Table Styles. Using Tables to Structure Your Web Page. Example 1: Using Nesting Tables to Create a Design. Example 2: Using a Layout Grid Inside a Table. Example 3: Using a One-Cell Table Inside Another Table. Example 4: Using Multiple Tables. Importing Text into Tables. Sorting Data in Tables. Summary. Q&A. Hour 7. Designing Pages with the Layout Grid. Adding a Layout Grid to Your Page. Adjusting the Basic Grid Attributes. Adjusting the Gridlines. Aligning the Grid on the Page. Applying a Background Color to the Grid. Adding Objects to the Grid. Aligning Objects on the Layout Grid. Using the Align Palette. Optimizing a Layout Grid. Summary. Q&A. Hour 8. Designing Pages with Floating Boxes. Considering Web Browser Compatibility with Floating Boxes. Adding and Adjusting Floating Boxes. Adding Floating Boxes to Your Web Page. Adding Text and Graphics to a Floating Box. Managing Floating Boxes with the Floating Boxes Palette. Locking and Unlocking Floating Boxes. Hiding and Showing Floating Boxes. Converting Floating Boxes to a Layout Grid. Summary. Q&A. III. BUILDING A WEB. Hour 9. Using GoLives Site Management Tools. Managing Files in GoLives Site Window. Managing Site Files. File Organization. Adding Files Through Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder. Using Email Addresses in Your Web Site. Linking an Image or Text to an Email Address. Managing Email Addresses. Adding Addresses Directly to the External Tab. Managing and Checking External Links in Your Web Site. Eliminating Unreferenced Email Addresses and External URLs. Checking External Links. Using the Site Tab. Changing References. Organize and Keep Track of Used Colors in Your Site. Finding Used Colors in a Site. Adding Colors to a Site. Applying Site Colors to Your GoLive Page. Keeping Track of Used Font Sets in Your Site. Summary. Q&A. Quiz. Quiz Answers. Exercises. Hour 10. Using Components, Stationeries, Custom Snippets, and Custom Tabs. Comparing Stationeries, Components, and Custom Snippets. Before We Start: Site Extras. Creating and Applying Stationeries as Template Files. Creating and Applying Components as Dynamic Page Elements. Storing and Reusing Custom Snippet Codes. Using the Custom Tab. Summary. Q&A. Hour 11. Designing Pages with Frames. Creating Frame Sets. Editing Basic Frame Set Attributes. Assign Pages to the Frames in Your Frame Set. Targeting Pages from Within Your Site. Targeting Links to Pages Outside Your Site. Targeting Two Frames with One Link. Summary. Q&A. IV. ADDING INTERACTIVITY TO A WEB PAGE. Hour 12. Designing Forms for User Feedback. Understanding How Forms Work. Starting with a Form Container. Creating a Table for a Form. Adding Text Entry Fields to a Form. Adding Radio Buttons and Check Boxes to Your Form. Adding Radio Buttons. Adding Check Boxes. Adding Pop-Ups and List Boxes to Your Form. Adding a Large Text Area for Comments. Adding a Submit and Reset Button to a Form. Making Your Form Email You the Results. Summary. Q&A. Hour 13. Using JavaScript Actions. Using Objects from the Smart Tab. Setting Up and Using the Modified Date Object. Setting Up an Image Rollover. Adding a Link to a Rollover. Adding a URL Pop-Up. Using Actions. Adding an Open Window Action. Adding a Set Image URL Action. Locating and Installing GoLive Actions. Summary. Q&A. Hour 14. Creating DHTML Animations. What Is DHTML? Recording a Simple DHTML Animation. Using the Timeline Editor to Edit Your Animation. Using Actions in Your Timeline. Animating Multiple Floating Boxes. Summary. Q&A. Hour 15. Using Plug-ins and Multimedia Content. Deciding Whether Plug-in Technology Is Appropriate for Your Web Site. How to Set Up GoLive to Preview Your Plug-in Content. Adding a QuickTime Movie to Your Web Page. Adding Flash Content to Your Web Page. Adding RealVideo Content to Your Web Page. Adding SVG Content to Your Web Page. Adding Generic Plug-in Content to Your Web Page. Summary. Q&A. V. USING ADVANCED FEATURES. Hour 16. Using the QuickTime Editor. Making Sure That Your Computer Is Ready for QuickTime. Understanding the QuickTime Editor Interface. The TimeLine Defined. About Tracks. Adding Additional Sound and Video Tracks to Your QuickTime Movie. Adding Sound to a Movie. Making Adjustments to the Tracks on the TimeLine. Naming a Track. Adjusting the Start Time. Adjusting the Duration Time. Working with Sample Tracks. Saving and Exporting Movie Files for the Web. Flattening a Movie. Exporting a Movie for the Web. Settings. Filter. Size. Sound Settings. Compressing Music for the Web. Compressing Sound Used for Narration Summary. Q&A. Hour 17. Using Photoshop/ImageReady, Illustrator, and LiveMotion Smart Objects. Using the Photoshop/ImageReady Smart Objects. Using Illustrator Smart Objects. Using the LiveMotion Smart Objects. Setting the Export Format in LiveMotion. Opening Files in Their Native Application. Summary. Q&A. Hour 18. Formatting Text with Cascading Style Sheets. Creating Style Sheets in GoLive. Types of Style Sheets Selectors. Tag Selectors. Using Classes for Style Sheets. Creating an ID Tag. Defining Fonts with Style Sheets. Defining Text Attributes with Style Sheets. Adjusting Margins in Style Sheets. Applying Style Sheets to Existing Pages. Working with External Style Sheets in Sites. Avoiding Web Browser Incompatibilities with Style Sheets. Using Netscape CSS Fix. External Style Sheet Priority. Summary. Q&A. Hour 19. Controlling How GoLive Writes HTML. Understanding the Web Settings Window. The Global Tab. The HTML Tab. The CSS Tab. Setting General HTML Preferences. Using the Global Tab. Using the Break Text Check Box (Windows Only). Indent With. Line Break Character. Tag Case. Attribute Case. Quote Attribute Values. Color Name Translation. Alignment Local in Paragraphs. Changing Default Attributes of Elements with the HTML Tab. Changing the Default ImageSettings. Adjusting How GoLive Views CSS Code with the CSS Tab. Summary. Q&A. Hour 20. Creating a Site Design. Creating a Site Design. The Design Tabs. Anchoring a Site. Creating Sections, Pages, and Groups. Starting the Design. Grouping Pages. Annotating the Design. The Annotation View. Adding Content to the Pages. Merging the Site Design with Your Existing Site. The Staging Tools. Checking the Site Design. Fixing Errors in a Site Design. Submitting a Design to a Site. Recalling a Design from a Site. Summary. Q&A. VI. PUBLISHING AND MAINTAINING YOUR WEB SITES. Hour 21. Working with Source Code in GoLive. Editing HTML in the Source Editor. Using the HTML Outline Editor to Change Source Code. Using the Source Code Palette. Finding Code with the Element Finder. The Element Finder Defined. Using Source Preferences to Change the Appearance of Source Code. The Basic Source Preferences. Changing the Browser Compatibility Selections. Font Preferences for the HTML Source Editor. Colors-Setting the Preference for Syntax Highlighting. Changing the Color Preferences. Printing the Source Code. Summary. Q&A. Hour 22. Cleaning Up Your Web Site. Finding Errors and Link Warnings. Filtering Bugs. Fixing Errors. Viewing Missing Files. Reviewing Orphaned Files. Editing Your Site with the In & Out Links Palette. Using the Change References Feature. Using Find and Replace. Using Find Within a File. Using Additional Find Options. Using Find and Replace Within a File. Using Find Within an Entire Site. Using Find and Replace Within an Entire Site. Cleaning Up Your Site with the Clean Up Site Function. Adding Used Items. Removing Unused Items. Default Settings. Summary. Q&A. Hour 23. Uploading Your Web Site to Your Web Server with FTP. Acquiring a Domain Name. Finding a Web Hosting Provider. Understanding How FTP Works. Entering Your FTP Preferences. Setting Your FTP Upload Preferences. Uploading Your Web Site to Your Web Server. Maintaining Your Web Site with GoLives FTP Features. Using the Incremental Upload Command. Using the Upload Modified Items Command. Using the Upload Selection Command. Using the Upload All Command. Uploading New Files to Your Web Server. Using GoLives Standalone FTP Browser. Troubleshooting Network Problems with the Network Status Window. Summary. Q&A. Hour 24. Making Your Web Site Search Engine Ready. Understanding What Common Search Engines Are Looking For. Behind the Scenes. Create a Sensible Title. Adding Appropriate Keyword Meta Tags to Your Pages. Selecting Keywords. Creating a Clear Description for Your Page. Avoiding Common Errors. Promoting Your Web Site to the Search Engines. Making Your Web Site Known to Directories. Summary. Q&A. Index.