Project 6

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Project 6

• Layers, Image Maps, and Navigation Bars

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Project Objectives

• Explain the concept of layers
• Insert, select, resize, and move a layer
• Name a layer
• Align layers
• Describe an image map

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Project Objectives

• Create an image map
• Add and edit behaviors
• Describe a navigation bar
• Create a navigation bar
• Insert a Date object

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site

• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and
  then click My Computer
• Double-click Local Disk (C) and then navigate to
  the location of the data files for Project 6
• Double-click the DataFiles folder and then
  double-click the Proj06 folder
• Double-click the parks folder and then
  double-click the images folder

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site

• Click the first image file in the list, hold down
  the SHIFT key, and then click the last image file
  in the list
• Right-click the selected files to display the
  context menu
• Click the Copy command and then click the My
  Computer Back button the number of times
  necessary to navigate to the your name folder
• Double-click the your name folder, double-click
  the parks folder, and then double-click the
  images folder

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site

• Right-click in the open window to display the
  context menu
• Click the Paste command to paste the image files
  into the images folder
• Navigate to the Proj06 parks folder. Double-click
  the parks folder.
• Click the colorado_attractions.htm file, and then
  right-click to display the context menu

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site

• Click the Copy command and then navigate to the
  your name folder
• Double-click the your name folder, double-click
  the parks folder, and then right-click to display
  the context menu
• Click the Paste command to paste the data file
  into the parks folder
• Close the My Computer window

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Copying Data Files to the Parks Web Site
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Starting Dreamweaver and Opening the Colorado
Parks Web Site

• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar
• Point to All Programs on the Start menu, point to
  Macromedia on the All Programs submenu, and then
  click Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 on the Macromedia
  submenu
• Click the Files panel box arrow and click
  Colorado Parks on the Files pop-up menu. If
  necessary, click the plus sign to open the site
  folder

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Starting Dreamweaver and Opening the Colorado
Parks Web Site
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Opening the Colorado Attractions Page and
Displaying the Rulers

• Double-click the colorado_attractions.htm file
• If necessary, click View on the menu bar, point
  to Rulers, and then point to Show on the Rulers
  submenu
• Click Show

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Opening the Colorado Attractions Page and
Displaying the Rulers
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Creating and Selecting a Layer for the Colorado
Map Image

• If necessary, display the Insert bar and then
  select the Layout category from the Insert bar
  pop-up menu
• Click below the last line of text in the Document
  window
• Click the ruler-origin icon and drag it to the
  insertion point
• Click the Draw Layer button on the Insert bar
  Layout category and then move the pointer to the
  insertion point

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Creating and Selecting a Layer for the Colorado
Map Image

• Using the rulers as a guide, draw a layer
  approximately 440 pixels wide and 350 pixels
  high. If the layer outline does not appear in the
  Document window, click View on the menu bar,
  point to Visual Aids, and then click Layer
  Outlines on the Visual Aids submenu
• Scroll to the top of the Document window
• Right-click anywhere on the rulers and select
  Reset Origin on the context menu
• Click the layer outline to select it
• If necessary, scroll to the top of the page. If
  the layer-code marker does not display, click
  Edit on the menu bar, select Preferences, and
  then click the Invisible Elements category. Click
  the Anchor points for layers check box and then
  click the OK button

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Creating and Selecting a Layer for the Colorado
Map Image
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Displaying the Layers Panel

• Press the F2 key to display the Layers Panel

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Naming the Layer and Adjusting Layer Properties

• Double-click the Layer ID text box in the
  Property inspector and then type col_map as the
  layer name. If necessary, double-click the W box
  and change the width to 440px. Then, if
  necessary, double-click the H box and change the
  height to 350px
• Click the Vis box arrow and then click visible
• Press the TAB key

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Naming the Layer and Adjusting Layer Properties
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Adding an Image to the Col_map Layer

• Click the Assets panel tab and, if necessary,
  click the Images icon
• Scroll to locate and click the map2.gif image. If
  the map2.gif file does not appear in the Assets
  panel, click the Refresh button
• Drag the map2.gif image onto the layer
• Click the Image ID box and type colorado_map.
  Click the Alt text box and type Colorado Map.
  Press the TAB key

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Adding an Image to the Col_map Layer

• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar
• Press F12 and view the Web page in your browser.
  Note the space between the text and the image
• Close the browser

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Adding an Image to the Col_map Layer
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Creating Stacked Layers

• Click the expander arrow to collapse the panel
  groups
• Click the ruler-origin icon and drag it about 25
  pixels to the right of the col_map layer
• Click the Draw Layer button on the Insert bar and
  then use the rulers as a visual guide to draw a
  layer measuring approximately 440px in width and
  350px in height to the right of the col_map layer
• Right-click anywhere on the rulers and then click
  Reset Origin on the context menu
• Move the mouse pointer over any border of the
  layer outline and then click the border

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Creating Stacked Layers

• Click the Layer ID text box and then type
  northern_colorado as the layer ID. If necessary,
  change the W to 440px and the H to 350px in the
  Property inspector. Click the Vis box arrow and
  then click hidden
• Press the TAB key
• If necessary, scroll up to see the top of the
  layer. Click anywhere on the page to deselect the
  layer
• Click the Draw Layer button on the Insert bar and
  then draw a second layer directly on top of the
  northern_colorado layer
• Select the layer. Add and modify the following
  properties in the Property inspector Layer ID
  central_colorado, W 440px, H 350px, and Vis
  hidden

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Creating Stacked Layers

• Press the TAB key
• Scroll up if necessary and click anywhere on the
  page to deselect the layer. Click the Draw Layer
  button on the Insert bar and then draw a third
  layer on top of the central_colorado layer
• Select the layer. Add and modify the following
  attributes in the Property inspector Layer ID
  southern_colorado, W 440px, H 350px, and Vis
  hidden
• Press the TAB key

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Creating Stacked Layers
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Selecting Layers and Adding Images

• Click the expander arrow to expand the panel
  groups
• Scroll to the right in the Document window
• Scroll in the Assets panel and locate the
  southern.jpg file. Drag the southern.jpg image
  onto the southern_colorado layer
• Click the Image ID box and type so_col
• Click the Alt text box and type Southern Colorado
  Features. Press the TAB key

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Selecting Layers and Adding Images

• Click central_colorado in the Layers panel
• If necessary, scroll up in the Assets panel and
  locate the central.jpg file. Drag the central.jpg
  image into the central_colorado layer
• Click the Image ID box and type cen_col
• Click the Alt text box and type Central Colorado
  Features

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Selecting Layers and Adding Images

• Click northern_colorado in the Layers panel
• Locate the northern.jpg image in the Assets panel
  and drag the image onto the northern_colorado
  layer
• Click the Image ID box and type nor_col. Click
  the Alt text box and type Northern Colorado
  Features. Press the TAB key

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Selecting Layers and Adding Images
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Creating Hotspots on the Colorado Map Image

• Collapse the panel groups
• If necessary, scroll up to display the top of the
  col_map layer. Click the map2.gif image in the
  col_map layer
• Click the Rectangular Hotspot Tool and then move
  the cross hair pointer to the upper-left corner
  of the map2.gif image

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Creating Hotspots on the Colorado Map Image

• Drag to draw a rectangle encompassing
  approximately the top third of the map2.gif
  image. If the rectangular hotspot does not
  appear, click View on the menu bar, point to
  Visual Aids, and then click Image Maps on the
  Visual Aids submenu
• Draw two more hotspots on the map2.gif image by
  dragging the cross hair pointer over the middle
  third of the image and then over the lower third
  of the image
• Click anywhere in the window to cancel the cross
  hair pointer, and then, if necessary, scroll down

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Creating Hotspots on the Colorado Map Image
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Adding the Show-Hide Layers Action to the Image
Map Hotspots

• Display the panel groups and collapse the
  Property inspector
• Press SHIFTF4 to display the Behaviors panel. If
  necessary, collapse the Files panel
• If necessary, scroll up and then click the top
  rectangular hotspot on the map2.gif image
• Click the Plus () button to display the Actions
  pop-up menu in the Behaviors panel. Point to
  Show-Hide Layers
• Click Show-Hide Layers. If necessary, click layer
  col_map in the Named layers list in the
  Show-Hide Layers dialog box to select it

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Adding the Show-Hide Layers Action to the Image
Map Hotspots

• Click the Show button. Click layer
  northern_colorado and then click the Show
  button
• Click layer central_colorado and then click the
  Hide button.
• Click layer southern_colorado and then click
  the Hide button
• Click the OK button
• Click the middle hotspot on the map2.gif image,
  click the Plus () button in the Behaviors panel,
  and then click Show-Hide Layers on the Actions
  pop-up menu

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Adding the Show-Hide Layers Action to the Image
Map Hotspots

• If necessary, click layer col_map and then
  click the Show button. Click layer cenfl and
  then click the Show button. Click layer
  northern_colorado and then click the Hide
  button. Click layer central_colorado and then
  click the Show button. Click layer
  southern_colorado and then click the Hide
  button
• Click the OK button
• If necessary, scroll down in the Document window
  and then click the third hotspot on the map2.gif
  image
• Click the Plus () button in the Behaviors panel,
  and then click Show-Hide Layers on the Actions
  pop-up menu
• If necessary, click layer col_map and then
  click the Show button. Click layer
  northern_colorado and then click the Hide
  button. Click layer central_colorado and then
  click the Hide button. Click layer
  southern_colorado and then click the Show button

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Adding the Show-Hide Layers Action to the Image
Map Hotspots

• Click the OK button
• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar and
  then press the F12 key to display the Web page in
  your browser
• If necessary, maximize the browser window
• Move the mouse pointer over the hotspots on the
  map2.gif image to display each of the hidden
  layers
• Close the browser window and return to Dreamweaver

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Adding the Show-Hide Layers Action to the Image
Map Hotspots
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Adjusting Layer Placement

• Display the Property inspector. If necessary,
  click col_map in the Layers panel and then scroll
  up in the Document window to display the top of
  the col_map layer
• Click the T text box in the Property inspector
  and type 205 as the pixel number
• Press the TAB key and then click anywhere in the
  Document window

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Adjusting Layer Placement

• Press the F12 key to view the Web page in your
  browser. Verify that none of the text is covered
  and that the image is positioned nicely within
  the Web page
• Close the browser to return to Dreamweaver
• Make any necessary adjustments in the Document
  window to adjust the placement of the col_map
  layer
• Click the Save button

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Adjusting Layer Placement
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Selecting and Aligning Multiple Layers

• Select the southern_colorado layer in the Layers
  panel. Hold down the SHIFT key and then select
  the central_colorado, northern_colorado, and
  col_map layers
• Click Modify on the menu bar, point to Arrange,
  and then point to Align Top on the Arrange
  submenu
• Click Align Top. If necessary, scroll down in the
  Document window
• Hold down the SHIFT key and then click col_map in
  the Layers panel
• Click Modify on the menu bar, point to Arrange,
  and then click Align Left on the Arrange submenu

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Selecting and Aligning Multiple Layers

• Click Modify on the menu bar, point to Arrange,
  and then click Make Same Width on the Arrange
  submenu
• Click Modify on the menu bar, point to Arrange,
  and then click Make Same Height on the Arrange
  submenu
• Press the F12 key to view the Web page in your
  browser. Move the mouse pointer over the Colorado
  map to verify that the images are displayed and
  that they are aligned properly
• Close the browser and return to Dreamweaver

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Selecting and Aligning Multiple Layers

• Click View on the menu bar, point to Rulers, and
  then click Show on the Rulers submenu to hide the
  rulers
• Press F2 to collapse the CSS group and then press
  SHIFTF4 to collapse the Tag Inspector group
• Press F8 to display the Files pane. Open the
  natl_parks.htm file and scroll to the bottom of
  the page. Click to the right of the Colorado
  National Parks Hotel Reservations link and press
  SHIFTENTER. Type Colorado Attractions Map as the
  entry, create a link to the colorado_attractions.h
  tm page, and then save the natl_parks.htm file
• Press F12 to view the Web page and test the link.
  Close the browser and then close the
  natl_parks.htm page

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Selecting and Aligning Multiple Layers
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Setting the Netscape Resize Fix

• Click Edit on the menu bar and then click
  Preferences
• Click the Layers category and then click the Add
  resize fix when inserting layer check box to
  select it. If necessary, click the Nest when
  created within a layer check box to select it
• Click the OK button. The Netscape Resize Fix
  source code is added. No visible changes are
  displayed in the Document window
• If necessary, click the Save button on the
  Standard toolbar and then close the
  colorado_attractions.htm page

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Setting the Netscape Resize Fix
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Opening and Preparing the Index.htm Page

• If necessary, click the Files panel tab
• Double-click index.htm in the Files panel to open
  the index.htm file
• Collapse the Property inspector and the panel
  groups

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Opening and Preparing the Index.htm Page
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Deleting Existing Links and Inserting the Date
Object

• Move the insertion point to the left of the two
  links at the top of the index.htm page and then
  drag to select the links
• Press the DELETE key to remove the two links
• Scroll to the bottom of the page
• Select the date below your e-mail address link
  and then press the DELETE key

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Deleting Existing Links and Inserting the Date
Object

• Click Insert on the menu bar and then point to
  Date
• Click Date
• Click the Update automatically on save check box
• Click the OK button
• Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar

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Deleting Existing Links and Inserting the Date
Object
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Creating the Navigation Bar

• Scroll up to the top of the page in the Document
  window and then click below the heading. Click
  Insert on the menu bar, point to Image Objects,
  and then point to Navigation Bar on the Image
  Objects submenu
• Click Navigation Bar
• Type colorado_parks in the Element name text box.
  If necessary, click the Use tables check box to
  select it and verify that Horizontally is
  selected in the Insert pop-up menu. Point to the
  Browse button for the Up image text box
• Click the Browse button to the right of the Up
  image text box. If necessary, double-click the
  images folder in the Select image source dialog
  box
• Click the button01a file

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Creating the Navigation Bar

• Click the OK button in the Select image source
  dialog box and then point to the Browse button to
  the right of the Over image text box
• Click the Browse button to the right of the Over
  image text box and then click button01b
• Click the OK button. Point to the Browse button
  to the right of the Down image text box
• Click the Browse button to the right of the Down
  image text box. Click button01b, and then click
  the OK button

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Creating the Navigation Bar

• Click the Alternate text text box and then type
  Colorado Parks as the alternate text. Point to
  the Browse button to the right of the When
  clicked, Go to URL text box
• Click the Browse button. If necessary, navigate
  to the parks folder. Click the natl_parks file
  and then point to the OK button in the Select
  HTML file dialog box
• Click the OK button in the Select HTML file
  dialog box. Point to the Add Item button
• Click the Add Item button

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Creating the Navigation Bar

• Repeat the previous steps to add the other four
  buttons, using the data shown in Table 6-1 on
  page DW 535
• If necessary, display the Property inspector
• Click the Table ID box, type nav_bar and then
  press the ENTER key
• Click the lttablenav_bargt tag in the tag
  selector. Center the table that contains the
  navigation bar
• Click the CellPad text box and type 4. Press the
  TAB key

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Creating the Navigation Bar

• Press the F12 key to view the navigation bar in
  your browser, and test each of the links
• If instructed to do so, print a copy of the
  colorado_attractions.htm page and the revised
  index.htm page, hand them in to your instructor,
  and upload the revised Web pages to a server.
  Close the browser and then click the Save All
  button on the Standard toolbar

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Creating the Navigation Bar
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Closing the Web Site and Quitting Dreamweaver

• Click the Close button on the upper-right corner
  of the Dreamweaver title bar

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Project Summary

• Explain the concept of layers
• Insert, select, resize, and move a layer
• Name a layer
• Align layers
• Describe an image map

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Project Summary

• Create an image map
• Add and edit behaviors
• Describe a navigation bar
• Create a navigation bar
• Insert a Date object

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Project 6 Complete

• Layers, Image Maps, and Navigation Bars