Getting Started. About Classroom in a Book

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1 1 Getting Started Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6.0 the complete solution for Web site design, development, and management for novices and professionals alike. GoLive provides easy-to-use site design tools, site-building tools, editors, and powerful site-management features that help you develop professional-quality Web sites quickly and easily. Integrate your Web design and development work seamlessly with other applications, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe LiveMotion. Create rollovers and animations easily, and add Macromedia Flash (SWF) files and QuickTime movies to your Web pages. About Adobe GoLive 6.0 is part of the official training series for Adobe graphics, Web, and publishing tools developed by experts at Adobe Systems. The lessons are designed to let you learn at your own pace. If you re new to Adobe GoLive, you ll learn the fundamental concepts and features that you ll need to master the program. If you ve been using GoLive for a while, you ll find teaches many advanced features, including tips and techniques for using this exciting Web design tool. The lessons in this edition include new information on the GoLive workflow, customizing the work area, converting layout grids to tables, creating stationery, spell checking, using variables with Smart Objects, adding date and time stamps, creating HTML styles, and working with Smart rollovers. Additionally all lessons have been revised to incorporate updated information on GoLive 6.0 commands and tools. The all-new Lesson 15, Creating Design Diagrams, shows you how to use the powerful presentation and Web site creation tool to lay out the structure or architecture of a site before you create pages. You can develop multiple prototype design diagrams as you build and revise a site. You can present design diagrams in print or online in Adobe PDF or SVG format for review. When you are ready to work with real pages, you can convert the design diagram s pages to editable HTML pages in a site. Although each lesson provides step-by-step instructions for creating a specific project, there s room for exploration and experimentation. You can follow the book from start to finish, or do only the lessons that correspond to your interests and needs.

2 2 Getting Started Prerequisites Before using the Adobe GoLive 6.0, you should have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the printed or online documentation included with your Windows or Mac OS documentation. Installing Adobe GoLive Before you begin using the Adobe GoLive 6.0, make sure that your system is set up correctly and that you ve installed the required software and hardware. You must purchase the Adobe GoLive software separately. For system requirements and complete instructions on installing the software, see the ReadMeFirst.pdf file on the application CD. Installing the fonts To ensure that the lesson files appear on your system with the correct fonts, you may need to install the font files. The fonts for the lessons are located in the Fonts folder on the Adobe GoLive 6.0 CD. If you already have these fonts on your system, you do not need to install them. If you have ATM (Adobe Type Manager ), see its documentation on how to install fonts. If you do not have ATM, install it from the CD. To install the fonts: 1 Insert the Adobe GoLive 6.0 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Install the font files from the CD to your hard drive according to your operating system: In Windows (other than Windows XP), open the ATM folder on the CD located in Fonts\Win Fonts\CIB Font Installer\. Double-click the ATM installer, setup.exe, and follow the on-screen instruction to install ATM and the fonts. Fonts install automatically when you install ATM.

3 3 In Windows XP, navigate to your Adobe common fonts folder, typically in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts\on your hard drive. On the Adobe GoLive 6.0 Classroom in a Book CD, open the Fonts\Win Fonts\CIB Font Installer\ATM\fonts\ folder. Choose Edit > Select All to select all the fonts in the fonts folder. Drag the files from the fonts folder to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Fonts\ folder on your hard drive. Do not use ATM to install the fonts. In Mac OS (other than Mac OS X), from the desktop navigate to the folder on the CD located in Fonts/Mac Fonts/CIB Font Installer/ATM Fonts Installer/. Open the folder ATM Fonts Installer, double-click the ATM Fonts Installer application, and follow the on-screen instructions. In Mac OS X, open the Library/Fonts/ folder on your hard drive. On the Adobe GoLive CD, navigate to the folder Fonts/Mac Fonts/CIB Font Installer/ATM Fonts Installer/Fonts. Open the Fonts folder, and choose Edit > Select All. Drag the fonts to the Library/Fonts/ folder on your hard drive. You can drag the grouped font files, but you can't drag the entire Fonts folder to your hard drive. You can also install the fonts by copying all of the files in the Fonts folder on the Adobe GoLive 6.0 CD to the Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Fonts (Windows) or System Folder/Application Support/Adobe/Fonts (Mac OS). If you install a Type 1, TrueType, OpenType, or CID font into these local Fonts folders, the font appears in Adobe applications only. Copying the files The CD includes folders containing all the electronic files for the lessons. Each lesson has its own folder, and you must copy the folders to your hard drive to do the lessons. To save room on your drive, you can install only the necessary folder for each lesson as you need it and remove it when you re done. To install the files: 1 Insert the Adobe GoLive 6.0 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Create a folder named GL_CIB on your hard drive.

4 3 Copy the lessons that you want to the hard drive: To copy all of the lessons, drag the Lessons folder from the CD into the GL_CIB folder. To copy a single lesson, drag the individual lesson folder from the CD into the GL_CIB folder. If you are installing the files in Windows, you need to unlock them before using them. You don t need to unlock the files if you are installing them in Mac OS. 4 In Windows, unlock the files that you copied: If you copied all of the lessons, double-click the unlock.bat file in the GL_CIB/Lessons folder. If you copied a single lesson, drag the unlock.bat file from the Lessons folder on the CD into the GL_CIB folder. Then double-click the unlock.bat file in the GL_CIB folder. Note: As you work through each lesson, you ll overwrite the Start files. To restore the original files, recopy the corresponding Lesson folder from the CD to the GL_CIB folder on your hard drive. Additional resources The Adobe GoLive 6.0 is not meant to replace documentation that comes with the program. Only the commands and options used in the lessons are explained in this book. For comprehensive information about program features, refer to these resources: The Adobe GoLive 6.0 User Guide, included with the Adobe GoLive software. This guide contains a complete description of all features. Online Help, an online version of the User Guide. You can view the online Help by choosing Help > GoLive Help. Hints, which are brief, informative descriptions of icons on the toolbars, document window, and Objects palette. Hints appear in the Hints palette, which also provides links to related topics in the online Help. For more information, see Using Hints on page 90. The Adobe Web site ( You can view the Adobe Web site by choosing Help > Adobe Online, if you have a connection to the World Wide Web.

5 5 Adobe certification The Adobe Training and Certification Programs are designed to help Adobe customers improve and promote their product proficiency skills. The Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) program is designed to recognize the high-level skills of expert users. Adobe Certified Training Providers (ACTP) use only Adobe Certified Experts to teach Adobe software classes. Available in either ACTP classrooms or on-site, the ACE program is the best way to master Adobe products. For Adobe Certified Training Programs information, visit the Partnering with Adobe Web site at