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Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile

By : DAVID KARLINS
Book Image

Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile

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.<br /><br />"Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile" is essentially three books in one: an introduction to building websites; Dreamweaver CS6: HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design; and an in-depth explanation of how to build inviting, accessible mobile sites with Dreamweaver CS6, responsive design, and jQuery Mobile.<br /><br />This book serves both as the essential reference for Dreamweaver CS6, and a valuable addition to even the most extensive set of resources for modern web design, with or without Dreamweaver.<br /><br />The book starts off by teaching you to create sites and pages with Dreamweaver CS6 and how to use HTML5 for page structure. Then we will learn some cutting-edge design and animation with CSS3. <br /><br />The book also shows how to create and enhance mobile sites with jQuery Mobile. You will also learn to customize themes with ThemeRoller.<br /><br />"Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile Mobile" covers the entire spectrum of web design with Dreamweaver, with an emphasis on multi-media (full screen and mobile) design and jQuery Mobile.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Dreamweaver CS6 Mobile and Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery Mobile
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Generating a Media Query in Dreamweaver CS6


There are a number of valid approaches and possible protocols you can use to generate the sets of styles for a Media Query in Dreamweaver CS6. Before walking through one that works well, let's survey what it is we're trying to accomplish.

Note

Dreamweaver's tools for creating Media Queries in CS6 are a bit enhanced compared to those in Dreamweaver CS5.5; therefore, readers using older versions of Dreamweaver will find a few of the options we explore below unavailable.

Essentially, we need three sets of stylesheets—one for phones, one for tablets, and one for full-sized monitors. Because full-sized monitors are still, at this point, a "standard" in terms of how web content is viewed, and because the phone and tablet styles will likely have less complex styles, it makes sense to start by creating a stylesheet for a full-sized page.

In other words, the first step is to create a basic CSS stylesheet that works well with the page when it is opened in a...