Virtualization with VMware ESX Server

This book will detail the default and custom installation of VMwares ESx server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations. It will also discuss the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort. Furthermore, the book will provide a thorough understanding of the benefits of a virtual infrastructure and a comprehensive examination of how VMware eases administration and lowers overall IT costs. Lastly, the book delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution which is underway in many IT organizations and how the reader will benefit from shifting from the physical to a virtual * A detailed resource on the default and custom installation of VMware's ESx server * Covers all the requirements for a server virtualization and consolidation project and the cost savings surrounding such an effort * Delivers a thorough understanding of the virtual evolution occuring in the IT industry SAMS Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 in 24 Hours......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 2 Copyright......Page 8 About the Author......Page 11 Acknowledgments......Page 12 We Want to Hear from You!......Page 13 Reader Services......Page 14 Introduction......Page 15 What Is Dreamweaver 8?......Page 16 Who Should Use Dreamweaver 8?......Page 17 Who Should Use This Book?......Page 18 How to Use This Book......Page 19 Part I: Getting Started with Dreamweaver 8......Page 20 Hour 1. A World Wide Web of Dreamweaver Possibilities......Page 21 What Can You Do With Dreamweaver?......Page 22 Website Examples......Page 23 Summary......Page 26 Q&A......Page 27 Workshop......Page 28 Exercises......Page 29 Hour 2. A Tour of Dreamweaver......Page 30 Acquainting Yourself with Dreamweaver......Page 31 Installing the Software......Page 32 Exploring the Dreamweaver Work Area......Page 33 Getting Help......Page 36 Summary......Page 37 Q&A......Page 38 Workshop......Page 39 Exercises......Page 40 Hour 3. Getting Started: Adding Text, Lists, and Previewing in the Browser......Page 41 Creating a New Page and Adding Text......Page 42 Setting Page Properties......Page 45 Introducing Cascading Style Sheets......Page 48 Changing Text Attributes in the Property Inspector......Page 51 Aligning Text......Page 54 Creating Lists and Indenting Text......Page 55 Adding a Separator to a Page: The Horizontal Rule......Page 58 Saving Your Work and Previewing in a Browser......Page 59 Summary......Page 62 Q&A......Page 63 Workshop......Page 64 Exercises......Page 65 Hour 4. Organizing: Defining and Configuring a Website......Page 66 Defining a New Website......Page 67 Using the Site Definition Wizard......Page 70 Using the Files Panel......Page 73 Using the Expanded Files Panel......Page 74 Creating New Files in the Files Panel......Page 75 Editing a Site Definition......Page 78 Considering Site Organization......Page 81 Summary......Page 84 Q&A......Page 85 Workshop......Page 86 Exercises......Page 87 Hour 5. Setting Lots o' Links: Hyperlinks, Anchors, and Mailto Links......Page 88 Exploring Relative and Absolute Paths......Page 89 Adding a Hyperlink Within a Website......Page 92 Setting Link Color Preferences......Page 95 Setting Link Color Preferences......Page 98 Using the Point-to-File Icon......Page 101 Adding a Mailto Link......Page 102 Summary......Page 103 Q&A......Page 104 Workshop......Page 105 Exercises......Page 106 Hour 6. Getting Down and Dirty with HTML......Page 107 Exploring Code View......Page 108 Viewing and Editing HTML Tags by Using the Quick Tag Editor......Page 111 Setting Code Preferences......Page 114 Cleaning Up HTML Created with Microsoft Word......Page 117 Exploring References......Page 120 Summary......Page 121 Q&A......Page 122 Workshop......Page 123 Exercises......Page 124 Part II: Adding Images and Multimedia......Page 125 Hour 7. Displaying Images......Page 126 Adding an Image to a Page......Page 127 Exploring Image Flavors: GIF, JPEG, and PNG......Page 130 Editing Images Within Dreamweaver......Page 133 Creating a Rollover Image......Page 135 Summary......Page 136 Q&A......Page 137 Workshop......Page 138 Exercises......Page 139 Hour 8. Optimizing and Creating Images......Page 140 Acquainting Yourself with Fireworks......Page 141 Optimizing Images for Use in a Web Page......Page 142 Creating an Image......Page 145 Creating a Rollover Effect......Page 148 Slicing an Image into Pieces......Page 151 Editing a Fireworks File into Dreamweaver......Page 154 Summary......Page 157 Q&A......Page 158 Workshop......Page 159 Exercises......Page 160 Hour 9. Creating Image Maps and Navigation Bars......Page 161 Adding Links to a Graphic by Using Image Maps......Page 162 Creating an Image Map......Page 163 Aligning Hotspots......Page 166 Targeting a Link to Open in a New Browser Window......Page 169 Creating a Navigation Bar with Rollover Images and Links......Page 171 Summary......Page 174 Q&A......Page 175 Workshop......Page 176 Exercises......Page 177 Hour 10. Adding Flash and Other Multimedia to a Web Page......Page 178 Exploring Multimedia and Bandwidth......Page 179 Understanding Players......Page 180 Adding Flash Files......Page 181 Adding a Link to a PDF File......Page 184 Adding a Sound File to a Web Page......Page 185 Adding a Java Applet to a Web Page......Page 188 Summary......Page 191 Q&A......Page 192 Workshop......Page 193 Exercises......Page 194 Hour 11. Managing Assets Using the Assets Panel......Page 195 What Are Assets?......Page 196 Managing Assets in the Assets Panel......Page 197 Adding Assets to a Web Page......Page 200 Creating Favorite Assets......Page 203 Creating New Assets in the Assets Panel......Page 206 Copying Assets to Another Site......Page 209 Summary......Page 210 Q&A......Page 211 Workshop......Page 212 Exercises......Page 213 Part III: Web Page Layout with Tables and Frames......Page 214 Hour 13. Designing Page Layout Using Tables......Page 215 Using Layout Mode......Page 216 Fine-Tuning Your Design in Table Layout Mode......Page 219 Editing a Table in Standard Mode......Page 222 Adding Color to a Table......Page 225 Nesting a Table Within a Table......Page 226 Using a Tracing Image to Transfer a Design to a Web Page......Page 228 Turning a Table into a Group of Layers......Page 231 Summary......Page 232 Q&A......Page 233 Workshop......Page 234 Exercises......Page 235 Hour 12. Displaying Data In Tables......Page 236 Creating a Table for Data......Page 237 Modifying a Table and Adding Content......Page 240 Exporting Data from a Table......Page 243 Importing Table Data......Page 245 Summary......Page 248 Q&A......Page 249 Workshop......Page 250 Exercises......Page 251 Hour 14. Using Frames to Display Multiple Web Pages......Page 252 Creating a Frameset......Page 255 Using the Frames Panel......Page 258 Nesting Frames......Page 261 Using Existing Web Pages with Frames......Page 264 Setting Frame and Frameset Attributes......Page 267 Using Frames Objects......Page 270 Targeting Linked Pages to Open in a Specific Frame......Page 273 Using the Go to URL Behavior to Load Frames......Page 276 Summary......Page 279 Q&A......Page 280 Workshop......Page 281 Exercises......Page 282 Part IV: Dynamic HTML: Layers, Cascading Style Sheets, Behaviors, and Timelines......Page 283 Hour 15. Using Dynamic HTML and Layers......Page 284 What Is DHTML?......Page 285 Adding a Layer......Page 286 Nesting Layers......Page 289 Animating with Timelines......Page 292 Summary......Page 295 Q&A......Page 296 Workshop......Page 297 Exercises......Page 298 Hour 16. Formatting Web Pages Using Cascading Style Sheets......Page 299 Creating and Applying a Class......Page 302 Exploring Style Settings......Page 305 Redefining an HTML Tag......Page 308 Editing Styles......Page 311 Positioning a Div by Using CSS......Page 312 Creating Advanced CSS Styles......Page 315 Creating an External Style Sheet......Page 318 Summary......Page 321 Q&A......Page 322 Workshop......Page 323 Exercises......Page 324 Hour 17. Adding Interactivity with Behaviors......Page 325 What Is a Dreamweaver Behavior?......Page 326 Showing and Hiding Layers......Page 329 Opening a New Window......Page 332 Popping Up a Message......Page 335 Sending Text to a Layer......Page 338 Adding a Draggable Layer to a Web Page......Page 339 Summary......Page 342 Q&A......Page 343 Workshop......Page 344 Exercises......Page 345 Part V: Collecting User Data by Using Forms......Page 346 Hour 18. Creating a Form and Collecting Data......Page 347 Creating a Form......Page 348 Adding Radio Buttons and Check Boxes to Forms......Page 351 Adding Lists and Menus to Forms......Page 354 Adding Push Buttons and Image Buttons to Forms......Page 357 Creating a Jump Menu to Navigate to Different URLs......Page 360 Summary......Page 363 Q&A......Page 364 Workshop......Page 365 Exercises......Page 366 Hour 19. Introduction to Scripts: Sending and Reacting to Form Data......Page 367 Validating a Form's Data by Using the Validate Form Behavior......Page 368 Receiving Information from a Form......Page 371 Exploring Submission Security......Page 374 Uploading a File from a Form......Page 375 Preparing a Page to Interact with ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, or CFML......Page 376 Summary......Page 379 Q&A......Page 380 Workshop......Page 381 Exercises......Page 382 Part VI: Organizing and Uploading a Project......Page 383 Hour 20. Uploading and Sharing a Project on the Web......Page 384 Enabling Server Connection......Page 385 Moving a Site onto a Remote Server......Page 388 Understanding Dreamweaver's Website Management Capabilities......Page 391 Transferring Files......Page 394 Importing an Existing Website......Page 397 Summary......Page 398 Q&A......Page 399 Workshop......Page 400 Exercises......Page 401 Hour 21. Managing and Editing a Website......Page 402 Managing the Local and Remote Sites......Page 403 Adding Design Notes to Pages......Page 406 Generating Reports About a Website......Page 409 Summary......Page 412 Q&A......Page 413 Workshop......Page 414 Exercises......Page 415 Hour 22. Customizing Dreamweaver......Page 416 Creating a Custom Snippet......Page 417 Editing the Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 420 Making a Menu Command......Page 423 Adding Favorites to the Insert Bar......Page 426 Extending Dreamweaver by Using Third-Party Extensions......Page 429 Using, Saving, and Sharing Searches......Page 432 Summary......Page 435 Q&A......Page 436 Workshop......Page 437 Exercises......Page 438 Hour 23. Using the Library: Reusing Elements of a Website......Page 439 Creating a Library Item......Page 440 Adding a Library Item to a Page......Page 443 Making Changes to a Library Item......Page 446 Using Styles in Library Items......Page 449 Summary......Page 450 Q&A......Page 451 Workshop......Page 452 Exercise......Page 453 Hour 24. Creating Reusable Web Pages: Using Templates......Page 454 Creating a Template......Page 455 Creating a Web Page from a Template......Page 458 Making Changes to a Template and Updating Pages......Page 461 Using Behaviors and Styles in Templates......Page 463 Summary......Page 464 Q&A......Page 465 Workshop......Page 466 Exercises......Page 467 Part VII: Appendixes......Page 468 Appendix. Resources......Page 469 Dreamweaver Development......Page 470 General Web Development......Page 471 Dynamic HTML (DHTML)......Page 472 Dreamweaver Extensions......Page 473 Cascading Style Sheets......Page 474 Scripting Resources: CGI, JavaScript, and Server-Side Scripting......Page 475 Accessibility......Page 476 Usability......Page 477 Downloads......Page 478 Browsers......Page 479 Organizations......Page 480 Appendix. Glossary......Page 481 Glossary......Page 482 Index......Page 485 index_SYMBOL......Page 486 index_A......Page 487 index_B......Page 490 index_C......Page 493 index_D......Page 496 index_E......Page 499 index_F......Page 502 index_G......Page 505 index_H......Page 508 index_I......Page 511 index_J......Page 514 index_K......Page 515 index_L......Page 516 index_M......Page 519 index_N......Page 522 index_O......Page 525 index_P......Page 526 index_Q......Page 529 index_R......Page 530 index_S......Page 533 index_T......Page 536 index_U......Page 539 index_V......Page 540 index_W......Page 543 index_X......Page 546 index_Z......Page 547 A virtual evolution in IT organizations throughout the world has begun. It is estimated that currently 3% of all servers run virtually and that number is expected to grow rapidly over the next 5 years. VMware's ESX server is the enterprise tool that provides the platform on which a complete virtual infrastructure can be designed, implemented, and managed. ESX is the most powerful, resilient and customizable of VMware's three virtual platforms and this book explores many of the possibilities that a virtual infrastructure running on ESX Server provides.Server Sprawl and escalating IT costs have managers and system administrators scrambling to find ways to cut costs and reduce Total Cost of Ownership of their physical infrastructure. Combining software applications onto a single server, even if those applications are from the same software vendor, can be dangerous and problems hard to troubleshoot. VMware ESX Server allows you to consolidate 15 to 20 or even more servers onto a single physical server reducing hardware, electrical, cooling, and administrative costs. These virtual servers run completely independent of each other so if one crashes the other are not affected. Planning and implementing a server consolidation is a complex process.This book details the requirements for such a project, includes sample forms and templates, and delivers several physical to virtual migration strategies which will save both time and costs. You will easily be able to plan and deploy VMware's ESX Server and begin down the path of an evolved, virtual infrastructure in which costs, administration overhead, and complexity are reduced. VMware has provided the technology for a virtual infrastructure and this book shows you how to build it. 1: Getting started with Dreamweaver 8 A world wide web of Dreamweaver possibilities A tour of Dreamweaver Getting started: adding text, lists, and previewing in the browser Organizing: defining and configuring a website Setting lots o' links: hyperlinks, anchors, and Mailto links Getting down and dirty with HTML 2: Adding images and multimedia Displaying images Optimizing and creating images Creating image maps and navigation bars Adding flash and other multimedia files to a web page Managing assets using the assets panel 3: Web page layout with tables and frames Displaying data in tables Designing page layout using tables Using frames to display multiple web pages 4: Dynamic HTML: layers, cascading style sheets, behaviors, and timelines Using dynamic HTML and layers Formatting web pates using cascading style sheets Adding interactivity with behaviors 5: Collecting user date by using forms Creating a form and collecting data Introduction to scripts: sending and reacting to form data 6: Organizing and uploading a project Uploading and sharing a project on the web Managing and editing a website Customizing Dreamweaver Using the library: reusing elements of a website Creating reusable web pages: using templates.

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