Working with Favorite Assets Add or Delete a Favorite Asset Select the Window menu, and then click Assets to display the Assets panel.. Open the Assets panel, select the category tha
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to the Assets panel in the Favorites list, so it’s available whenever you need it After you add a color or URL, you can apply it to selected text
or images in Design view For example, you can select text on a page and apply a color asset to change text color or select text or an image
on a page and apply a URL link to it
Working with Color
and URL Assets
Add a New Color Asset
Open the Web page you want to
insert an existing asset
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the Favorites option.
Click the Color category.
Click the New Color button.
Select the color from the color list
Add a New URL Asset
Open the Web page you want to
insert an existing asset
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the Favorites option.
Click the URLs category.
Click the New URLs button.
Enter the URL and nickname
(optional) you want
A nickname helps you identify a
URL; it doesn’t affect the link
Click OK.
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Open the Web page you want to
apply a color to text
Select the text you want to apply a
color
If you click to place the insertion
point, the color applies to the text
appearing after the insertion point
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the Color category.
Select the color you want to apply
Click the Apply button.
Apply a URL to an Image or Text
Open the Web page you want to
apply a URL to an image or text
Select the image or text you want
to apply a URL
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the URLs category.
Select the URL you want to apply
Click the Apply button.
TIMESAVER Drag the URL
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Working with Favorite
Assets
Add or Delete a Favorite Asset
Select the Window menu, and
then click Assets to display the
Assets panel
Select the category that contains
the asset that you want to modify
Select one or more assets you
want to add from the Site list or
remove from the Favorites list
Use any of the following methods:
◆ Add Click the Add To Favorites
button in the Assets panel
◆ Delete Click the Remove From
Favorites button in the Assets
panel
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Did You Know?
You can sort assets Open the Assets
panel, select the category that
con-tains the assets you want to sort, and
then click the column heading you
want to sort by
You can resize the Assets panel Open
the Assets panel, and then drag the
splitter bar between the preview area
and the list of assets to resize the
panel
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Folder
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Select the category that you want
to create a group
Click the Favorites option.
Click the New Favorites Folder
button
Type a name for the folder, and
then press Enter (Win) or Return
(Mac)
Drag assets into the folder
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Did You Know?
You can copy assets from the Assets
panel to another site Open the Assets
panel, select the category that
con-tains the assets you want to copy,
right-click (Win) or control-click (Mac)
one or more assets (or a Favorites
folder) in either the Site list or
Favorites list, click Copy To Site, and
then select the target site name from
the submenu list of all the defined
sites
Creating a Nickname for a Favorite Asset
In order to help make assets easier to identify, you can give items placed into the favorites list a nickname, which doesn’t impact the real file name Nicknames can help you identify items that have boring file names like: DCSN0002.JPG, and change it to Sunrise_in_Paris.JPG (assuming, of course, that it actually is a
sun-For Your Information
Trang 5Library items are elements in a Web page you store in a library that you can reuse to quickly create other pages It can't be overstated just how valuable library items are; not only to increased speed in construction, but perfect consistency between pages Creating and using library items is fairly straightforward; you create and select an element, such
as a navigation bar, and then use the New Library Item button in the Library category to create a library item After you create a library item, you can use it on any page with a simple click and a drag
Creating and Inserting
Library Items
Create a Library Item
Open a page that contains
information you want to convert to
a library item
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the Library category.
Select the item or items that you
want converted into a library item
Click the New Library Item button.
Dreamweaver adds the item to the
Assets panel as an untitled library
item
Enter a name for the library item,
and then press Enter (Win) or
Return (Mac)
NOTE Dreamweaver creates all
Library Items with the lbl
extension
NOTE If this is the first library
item created, Dreamweaver
creates a new subfolder called
Library, and place it in the working
site folder All library items are
placed within this folder
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Open the Web page you want to
insert a library item
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the Library category.
Use one of the following methods
to add a library item to a page:
◆ Drag and drop the item from
the Library in the Assets panel
directly into the page
◆ Click to place the insertion
point in the active document,
select the library item you want
to insert, and then click the
Insert button in the Assets
panel
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You can disconnect a library item from
a library If you to edit a library item on
a specific page and not everywhere
else it’s used, you need to disconnect
the library item from the library Open
the Assets panel, select the Library
category, right-click the library item
you want to disconnect, and then click
Detach From Original
Drag or insert item here
Insert button
Trang 7Creating and using library items, such as a navigation bar, is fairly straightforward The creation, saving, and subsequent use of library items is discussed in the previous section After you create an object, you can use it on any Web page with a simple click and a drag The fun part (and it's easy) is when you need to make a modification to a library item When you think about it, that's the real power of library items
When you make changes to a library item, Dreamweaver changes the item everywhere it was used
Editing Library Items
Edit a Library Item
Click the Window menu, and then
click Assets to display the Assets
panel
Click the Library category.
Open the library item using one of
the following methods:
◆ Select the item, and then click
the Edit button in the Assets
panel
◆ Double-click on the library item
◆ In the Properties panel, click
the Open button.
Dreamweaver opens the
document in a new window
Make changes to the item using
standard editing techniques
Click the File menu, and then click
Save.
Dreamweaver opens the Update
Library Items dialog box
Choose from the following options:
◆ Update Library Items In These
Files Displays a list of all files
associated with this library
item
◆ Update Click the Update button
to perform an update on all
displayed files
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Update button to cancel the
update
Dreamweaver opens the Update
Pages dialog box
Choose from the following options:
◆ Look In Click the Look In
option to update all files within
a specific site, or click the
Entire Site option to update all
files within the working site
◆ Update Select to update
Library Items, Templates
(associated with the Library
Item), or both
◆ Show Log Select to show a log
of the update when finished
Click Start to begin the update
process, if necessary, and then
click Close.
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Did You Know?
You can display the filename and
loca-tion of the source file for a library
item Select the item on one of your
pages, open the Properties panel, and
then view the filename and location in
the Src box