DREAMWEAVER BEHAVIORS TUTORIALS: Learn how to add Interactivity with Macromedia Dreamweaver Behaviors, including adding Javascript, Sounds, Flash, Shockwave, Mouseovers, Rollovers, and more. (MX, 8, & Below)

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Swap Image
The Swap Image action swaps one image for another by changing the src attribute of the img tag. Use this action to create button rollovers and other image effects (including swapping more than one image at a time).

Set Text of Status Bar
The Set Text of Status Bar action shows a message in the status bar at the bottom left of the browser window. For example, you can use this action to describe the destination of a link in the status bar instead of showing the URL associated with it.

Open Browser Window
Use the Open Browser Window action to open a URL in a new window. You can specify the properties of the new window, including its size, attributes (whether it is resizable, has a menu bar, and so on).

Jump Menu
A jump menu is a pop-up menu in a document, visible to your site visitors, listing options that link to documents or files. With jump menus you can create links to documents in your Web site, links to documents on other Web sites…

Check Plugin
Use the Check Plugin action to send visitors to different pages depending on whether they have the specified plugin installed. For example, you might want visitors to go to one page if they have Shockwave and another page if they do not.

Checking download times for your page
Dreamweaver includes a Download Indicator on the status bar at the bottom of the Document window…

Optimizing images in Fireworks
Each image you add to your Web page increases the file size of the page and the download time. It's important to optimize your images, which means decreasing the file size. If you have Fireworks installed, you can optimize an image from Dreamweaver using …

Using Dreamweaver behaviors to check for plug-ins
When you use Flash or Shockwave in your Web page, you need to be aware that not everyone will have the plug-in necessary to view the movies. It is also important to make sure the file size of the movie is small enough that it will download quickly.

Dreamweaver 3: Behaviors and Rollovers
Behaviors in Dreamweaver apply commonly used Javascript to web pages without requiring knowledge of Javascript. These behaviors provide interactivity in your web pages.

Dreamweaver Behaviors
Learn how to use Dreamweaver Behaviors to Play Sound in 2 quick steps…

Dreamweaver: Insert Flash Text
You will need to save the document before you can use the new "Insert Flash Text" feature so go ahead and save it.

Dreamweaver: Web Photo Album
If you have a group of pictures you want to put up on the web quickly, this nifty feature is just for you. Dreamweaver will process a group of images and index them as thumbnails as well as put each full sized image on it's own page with navigation.

Adding Server Behaviors
In this tutorial you will learn how to add server behaviors in Dreamweaver MX 2004….

Play Sound on Mouseover or MouseClick
Learn how to use Dreamweaver Behaviors to Play Sound in 2 quick steps…