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

By : DAVID KARLINS
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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

Building a page with collapsible blocks and a mobile-friendly form


Let's walk through a specific example to summarize, review, flesh out, and provide a model of building jQuery Mobile collapsible blocks in Dreamweaver, and mix in a mobile-friendly form.

Surveys tell us that a huge percentage of people looking to grab a taco somewhere search online for a place to get one—on their mobile devices. So let's use my non-existent taco stand at Coney Island as a model for this recipe, and you can easily adapt it to your own needs.

The mobile page we build will have four collapsible blocks: menu, location, place orders, and a bit about the taco shop. In the course of building it, we'll walk through creating four collapsible blocks, and embedding a form within one of the blocks. Here we go:

  1. Of course, we're assuming you are working within a Dreamweaver site. If not, create a new one or open an existing one. Then navigate to File | New and in the New Document dialog, select Blank Page in the Category...