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Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery

By : DAVID KARLINS
Book Image

Dreamweaver CS5.5 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery

By: DAVID KARLINS

Overview of this book

<p>Dreamweaver is the most powerful and industry-leading web design software that utilizes cutting edge web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery for web and mobile development. These technologies have radically reconfigured the process of designing Web content and function in the widest possible range of browsing environments ranging from desktops to mobile devices.For experienced Dreamweaver designers and for designers new to Dreamweaver, this book explains in detail how to take advantage of the new features available in the latest releases of Dreamweaver that add support for HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery. In addition to this, the book also contains detailed step-by-step directions for building mobile apps in Dreamweaver CS5.5.This book starts off by teaching you to create web pages in Dreamweaver using the latest technology and approaches — HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. It demonstrates how to create or customize pages with HTML5 layouts and add multimedia to these pages with HTML5 elements. Then you will learn to add various CSS3 effects to web pages. The book also covers different techniques of adding interactivity to web pages. The later chapters show how to optimize web pages with Dreamweaver for display in various browsing environments. You will also learn to build jQuery-based mobile apps from scratch in the later chapters. By the time you're finished, you'll have learned several techniques to use the latest features of Dreamweaver for web and mobile development.</p>
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Index

Adding jQuery form objects

The experience of filling out a form in a mobile device environment is substantially different from filling out a form on a laptop or desktop. There is no mouse, or even (often) a Tab key to navigate between form fields. Big fingers and tiny options in popup menus make for a bad match. A form that might work fine in a full-sized browser may well be terribly uninviting and inconvenient in a mobile device.

Adding jQuery form objects

Part of the solution to that challenge is that mobile devices often convert form fields to more accessible elements. For example, options in a select menu might display much larger when tapped, making it easier to make a selection.

Adding jQuery form objects

The other part of the solution for making forms accessible and inviting in mobile devices is to implement new form fields, such as sliders (where visitors can choose from a range of values by sliding a thumb on a bar) or flip toggle switches (with easy to use "on" and "off" switch options) to make filling out forms...