Many Web pages are static, containing only text and images. Dreamweaver allows you to go beyond static pages, using interactivity and animation to capture visitors' interest. Give visitors feedback as they move and click; demonstrate concepts; validate form data without contacting the server—in short, let visitors see and do more without leaving the page.
There are several ways to add interactivity and animation to your pages using Dreamweaver:
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Use behaviors to perform tasks in response to specific events, such as highlighting a button when the visitor passes the pointer over it, validating a form when the visitor clicks the Submit button, or opening a second browser window when the main page is finished loading. See Behaviors overview. |
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Use timelines to create animations that do not require plugins, ActiveX controls, or Java. Timelines use dynamic HTML to change the position of a layer or the source of an image over time or to call behavior actions automatically after the page has loaded. See About timelines. |
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Use Shockwave movies, Flash movies, Java applets, or any other ActiveX controls or Netscape plugins in a page to add self-contained movies, interactive navigation schemes, and other multimedia elements to your page. See Inserting media overview. |