Product Description
In Dreamweaver CS3 Essential Training , instructor Garrick Chow delves into the many powerful features of the latest version of this powerful web design application. He covers everything from the simplest basics of using Dreamweaver CS3 to applying it to develop a fully interactive, accessible site. Garrick explains the new interface features, and demonstrates how to create, edit, manage, design, and publish a professional website with Dreamweaver CS3 and complementary applications. Exercise files accompany the training.

Topics Include:

• Defining the difference between HTML and XHTML
• Setting up the workspace
• Creating and saving documents
• Linking to files and external documents
• Formatting text with the Property Inspector
• Creating tables and adding content
• Learning and designing with Cascading Style Sheets
• Designing for devices
• Using built-in image editing tools
• Creating, saving, editing, and applying templates
• Inserting accessible images and content
• Embedding audio and video files

Duration: 10.5 hours
On 1 DVD

Dreamweaver CS3 Essential Training

Product Description
Drupal is a free, open-source content management system (CMS) for a variety of platforms. It has a robust user community and easy-to-use administration features. Drupal Essential Training covers all the important aspects of installing, configuring, customizing, and maintaining a Drupal-powered website. Instructor Tom Geller explores blogs, discussion forums, member profiles, and other features while demonstrating the steps required to make Drupal perform. He also teaches fundamental concepts and skills along the way, including installation, backups, and updates; security and permissions; flexible page layouts and CSS; menu navigation; and performance monitoring and disaster recovery. He also discusses how to select and install the community-supported modules that further expand Drupal’s capabilities, and gives experienced PHP programmers tips on customizing page templates. Example files accompany the course.

Topics Include:

• Understanding the inner workings of Drupal
• Creating stories, pages, blogs, forums, and polls
• Managing users and comments
• Setting and customizing themes
• Exchanging content via RSS
• Stopping comment spam with a CAPTCHA
• Launching a site and joining the Drupal community

Duration: 7 hours
On 1 DVD-ROM

System Requirements

Macintosh Requirements

• OS 10.3.9 or higher
• DVD-ROM drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• QuickTime 7 or higher

Windows Requirements

• XP or Vista
• DVD-ROM Drive
• 1024×768 resolution
• 24-bit video support
• PC sound card/speakers
• QuickTime 7 or higher (included)
• .NET 2.0 or higher (included)

Drupal Essential Training

Product Description
In Flash CS3 Professional Essential Training, instructor Rich Shupe delves into the key aspects of working with Flash CS3 to create professional animations, design interactive websites, and incorporate audio and video into self-contained presentations. The training covers using the drawing and color tools, mastering the essentials of animation, and working with type, graphics, sound, and video. Rich also introduces the essentials of working with ActionScript 3.0. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

• Customizing the Flash CS3 workspace
• Drawing with pencil and line tools
• Using the color mixer
• Nesting and breaking apart symbols
• Adding, deleting, and grouping layers
• Testing and publishing files
• Importing images and image compression
• Tweening gradients
• Controlling text appearance
• Using filters and blend modes
• Adding sound and video
• Introducing ActionScript 3.0

Duration: 8 hours
On 2 CD-ROMs

Flash CS3 Professional Essential Training

Product Description
Whether you use a web authoring system or write HTML by hand, you need to know how HTML works. HTML Essential Training is designed to help you understand HTML, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to identify and fix problems in a web page. More than just an HTML tutorial, HTML Essential Training covers the how and the why of HTML documents, including document structure, block and inline level tags, floating images, controlling white space, phrase and font markup, and much more! From setting up a simple web page to adding CSS style sheets and JavaScript rollovers, HTML Essential Training gives you the skills you need to take control of your HTML.

Topics Include:

• An overview of HTML
• HTML tags
• Inline images
• Flowing text around an image
• Controlling line breaks and spaces
• Phrase elements
• Cascading Style Sheets
• Tables
• Formatting tables with CSS
• Frames
• Forms
• JavaScript rollovers

Duration: 3 hours
On 1 CD-ROM

HTML Essential Training

Product Description
Website and database assimilation is a necessity for many of today’s businesses, and learning to work with PHP is key to integration success. The objective of PHP with MySQL Essential Training is to teach both new and experienced web developers the comprehensive steps for building dynamic, data-driven, interactive websites. Instructor Kevin Skoglund demonstrates the entire process of building a content management system. He starts with the basics of the PHP language (variables, arrays, loops, functions, etc.) and works up to building dynamic web pages with a MySQL back end. Kevin also covers blueprinting applications; structuring and interacting with databases; building, validating, and processing forms; and regulating user access with passwords. In addition, he provides practical advice, offers examples of best practices, and demonstrates refactoring techniques for improving existing code. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

• Viewing PHP configuration information
• Exploring data types
• Understanding logical expressions
• Working with loops
• Defining and using functions
• Building web pages
• Creating a database in MySQL
• Building a content management system

Duration: 10.75 hours
On 2 CD-ROMs

PHP with MySQL Essential Training

• ISBN13: 9781590599075
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Product Description
The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design is a special book—it will tell you all you need to know to design great web sites that are standards compliant, usable, and look great, but not overwhelm you with waffle, theory, and obscure details. It is designed to be invaluable to you, whatever stage you are at in your career, with a mixture of practical tutorials and reference material—beginners will quickly pick up the basics, while more experienced web designers and developers will keep returning to the book again and again to recap on techniques they maybe haven’t used for a while, or look up properties, attributes and other details. It is destined to become a close friend, adopting a permanent place on your desk. It starts off by giving a brief introduction to the internet, and the broad area of web design, before diving straight in to HTML and CSS basics, reusing code, other best practices. It then focuses on all the most important areas of a successful web site—typography, images, navigation, tables, layouts, forms and feedback (including ready made PHP scripts for you to use,) and browser quirks, hacks and bugs. The book is completely up-to-date, covering support of the newest standards in all the latest browsers, including IE 7 and Firefox 2. The last chapter of the book provides several case studies for you to dissect and learn from, including all the most popular web site archetypes—a blog, a store front, a corporate home page, and an online gallery. Then the book is rounded off with several detailed reference appendices covering CSS, HTML, Color references, entities, and more, meaning that any details you need to look up are close at hand.

• This book will teach you everything you need to know to create professional CSS and HTML web sites
• Up to date � covering support of the newest standards in all the latest browsers, including IE 7 and Firefox 2
• Includes practical real world tutorials, essential reference sections, and case studies.

What you’ll learn

• The basics of HTML and CSS web design
• How to implement effective layouts, tables, images, navigation, forms and typography on web sites
• How to deal with cross browser issues, including quirks, bugs, and hacks on IE 7 (and older versions,) Firefox, Safari, Opera, and all other major browsers.
• How to make sure your sites are both usable and accessible
• How to implement several different styles of web front-end, through several complete case studies, including a blog, a store front, and an online gallery
• Detailed References are also provided so you don’t need to learn every little detail of CSS and HTML

The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design