Object Palette:
            In dream weaver object palette is most important for designing our WebPages. It contains many functions such inserting table, inserting images, inserting frame etc. When you open the dream weaver .It will automatically visible in your screen. If it is not visible in your screen then you can go to the window in the menu bar and click on objects or you can press Ctrl+F2 from keyboard.

            It is like an option bar of other software. It shows the properties of the work that we are doing at that time. If we are working on the text, Then it show the properties of the text like text size, style, color, font, alignment etc.

Inserting the images in our WebPages:
            For inserting the images in our WebPages we have the separate tool in the object palette.
Steps for inserting the images:
1.  Position your cursor where you want to insert the image.
2. Click on the insert image icon from the object palette.
3. In a dialog box choose the required image to insert.
4. Click on ok
5. Then the image will be in your window.
       You can also change the size of the image by using the 3 handles around the image.

Properties of the image:
            You can see the current properties of the image in the properties inspector. Like height width of the image, Alignment, border, alt name, etc
            Alt name is the text or group of text that you give which appear when the cursor is over the image.


 

            Like in HTML you can insert the table. Here you can insert the table more easily than in HTML.

Steps for inserting table in our web pages:
In the properties inspector you can see the properties of the current table. Using the properties inspector you can merge rows or column, give the color for border and cell, you can also insert the background image for table.
            For merging and splitting the cell you have to select the cells which you want to merge or split

Cell spacing:
            This is the space between the two adjacent cells. You can give the cell spacing as your wish. You can give the cell spacing value when you insert table or you can give the value after you insert the table using the properties inspector.

Cell padding:
            This is the area of the cell. You can also give the value for the cell padding like the cell spacing.

Border:
            This is the outline of the table. You can set the border thickness as well as border color.

Rows and column:
            You can also set the no of column or rows as you need before inserting the table or using the properties inspector after inserting the table.

Splitting and merging the cell:
            You can split one cell into different cell or merge the two or more than two cell. There is an icon for merging and splitting. When you are in the single cell then the splitting cell icon is active and when you select two or more than two cells then the merging cell icon is active. You can use these icons to split and merge the cells.

Background color for the cell:
               You can also give the background color for each and every cell. And also give the background image to the table.

Horizontal and vertical alignment:
            When you starting typing the text in the cell then you see the default setting i.e. horizontally left and vertically middle. You can set the alignment by using the list from the inspector properties i.e. Horz and Vert.

Links:
There are two types of links. They are active links and visited links. Active link is the link, which is not yet visited, and the visited link is the link that is visited ok is clicked.

To link the file from the image or the text:
Select text or an image in the Design view. Click the folder icon to the right of the link field to browse to and select a file. Select a location in which to open a document.
(To make the linked document appear somewhere other than in the current window select an option from the target pop-up menu on the Properties inspector)
1. _blank loads the linked document in a new browser window.
2. _parent loads the linked document in the parent window of the document that contains the link
3. _self loads the linked document in the same window as the link. This target is the default, so you usually don’t have to specify it.
4. _top loads the linked document in a full browser window removing all the frames

Layers in Dream weaver:
            Layer in dreamweaver is like a textbox of MS office. We can insert the layer anywhere anytime in the dream weaver. The main advantage of using layers is that you can drag it anywhere in the design view. You can also insert image, table inside the layers
           Steps for inserting layers:

·         Click on the insert layers icon from the object palette.

·         Place the mouse pointer where you want to insert the layers.

·         And then drag into the design view.
    (You can see the layer box in the design view.)

·        Type anything inside it or insert table or image.

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L & T (left and top): This specify the position of the layer’s top left corner relative to the top left corner of the page.

W & H (width and height): It specifies the width and height of the layers.

Vis (visibility): It specifies whether the layer is initially visible or not. Choose one of the following options:
Default doesn’t specify the visibility properties. When no visibility is specified, most browser defaults to inherit.
Inherit uses the visibility property of the layer’s parent. Visible displays the layer contents, regardless of parent’s value. Hidden hides the layer content

Bg Image: It specifies the background image for the layer. Click at the fonder icon to browse and select a desired file.

Bg Color: this is used to fill the layer with different color. You can choose the color from the properties inspector. 

Overflow:
            It controls how the layer appears in the browser. Visible shows all the content of the layer. Hide only shows the content of the layer that we have defined. Scroll specifies that the browser display the scroll bars to right and bottom. Auto also specifies scroll but it only displays when it need.

To insert the predefined frameset:
            Predefined framesets makes it easy for you to select the type of frameset you want create. The predefined frameset icons in the frameset icon in the frames category of the object panel provided a visual representation of each frameset as applied to a selected document.

Place the cursor in the design view.
Open the frame category from the object panel.
Click on any one of the frame set as your requirement.
 

Saving the frameset:
To save the frame you can go to the file menu and choose save frameset.
You can also save a particular frames by choosing the save all frames.

To show the properties:
Select window menu
Chose frames from the list.
Click on the particular frame to view its properties.
(Note you have to save the entire frames particularly to view in the browser.) 

Scroll:
            Click on the frame from the frames panel and in the properties inspector you can choose the scroll as yes for the scroll bar display, no for not displaying the scrollbars, auto for the scrollbar display whenever it is needed, and default for default setting.

Borders:
            If you want the borders to be displayed then choose yes from the border list and if you don’t want the border then choose no from the border list in the properties inspector.

Links in the frames:
            You can give the link in the desired frames. You have the name to the particulars frames. You can give the link to only one frame keeping the remaining frame as it is.

• Select the text in one frame
• Click on the folder icon of the link from the properties inspector and choose the file to which you want to give the link.
• Give the target as
  _self­­ : for displaying linked file in the same frame.
  Name of the frame:  for displaying the linked file in the particular frame.

Rollover image:
            A rollover is an image that changes when the pointer moves across it. Image in a rollover should be the same size. 

To create a rollover:

• In a design view place the cursor where you want the rollover to appear.
• In an object, click on the insert rollover image icon. The insert rollover image dialog box appears.
• In the Image Name field, type the name for rollover image.
• In the Original Image field, click on browse and choose the image.
• In the Rollover Image field, click on Browse and select the image to be displayed when the pointer rolls over the original image.
• In the When Clicked Go to URL field, click Browse and select the file you want to open when user click the rollover image.
• Click Ok.

Forms:
            Forms are the important part of the web page designing. We can see many sites that contain the form. Forms are inserted in websites for different purpose. For example: registration form, admission form etc. In Dreamweaver we can design our own form. For this we have different tools in the object panel’s form category.

            The different tools are as follows
Insert form: If we are designing the separate page for form then we can insert the form:
Text field: It is used to create a single line information (like name, address), multiple line information (like comments), and password. In an object you can choose either of these three.
Check box: Checkboxes allow the user to select more than one option from a set of options.
Radio button: Use radio buttons when the user must select only one choice from a set of options.
File field: Use this field to make the user find the file from their hard disk. That means inserting Browse button.
List or menu: Use this to insert the menu or list of menu. This is mainly used in many sites to inserting the date of birth or selecting the county etc. In the properties inspector you can click on the list value button to insert the menu.  Using the list radio button you can use the no list and in the menu you can insert the list of text.
Button: you can use this for inserting the button like reset or submit button. You can also give the label to the button from the label field.

Inserting the flash button
            You can make your site more attractive by inserting the flash button. Click on the insert flash button icon from the object palette. Choose the button style from the list of different button. Type the text for the button; choose the font size, bgcolor, and font style. You can give the link for the button.
            Note: You have to save the file first to insert the flash button. When you insert the button then the button is automatically save in your folder where you saved the file.

Inserting the flash text:
            This is also used to make your site attractive. You have to save your file first to insert the flash text. Click on the insert flash text icon from the object palette. In the dialog box you can choose the color of the text and the rollover color of the text. Give the font size, style, bgcolor and name for the flash text. You can also give the link for the flash text.

Email links:
            You can also give the Email links. That means when the user click on the particular text then the browser will automatically connect to the Outlook Express. For this click on the Email link icon from the object palette. In the dialog box give the text name (like email me or my email address etc.) and the your email address.

Inserting date:
            You can insert the date by clicking on the insert date icon from the object palette. Chose the date format, day format and time format. Click on Ok.