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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Dreamweaver CS4 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))

Janine C. Warner

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Editorial Review:

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Dreamweaver CS4 tasks. Each task-based spread covers a single technique, sure to help you get up and running on Dreamweaver CS4 in no time.

You’ll learn to:

• Design and preview a Web page
• Format text and resize images
• Build fillable Web-based forms
• Create a rollover image
• Open linked pages in new windows
• Work with cascading style sheets
• Upload pages and test your site

Each Teach Yourself VISUALLY book offers these key features:

• Helpful sidebars that offer practical tips and tricks
• Full-color screen shots that demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations that walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons that break big topics into bite-sized modules

Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On Training (Hands-on Training (H.O.T))

Garo Green, Lynda Weinman

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 44 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

This book should come with Dreamweaver 4 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I already knew HTML before I bought Dreamweaver. However, I still didn't have a clue how to use Dreamweaver. I have never used an HTML generator before. The manual that came with Dreamweaver is very comprehensive, but the tutorial was boring and I still wasn't learning Dreamweaver.

After I got this book, I was a bit intimidated by the number of pages. Once I started the lessons I quickly started understanding Dreamweaver. One reviewer commented that there are "missing steps". I didn't have any trouble following along and noticed nothing missing. That reviewer also found it difficult to remove the lessons from their hard drive. I'm not exactly sure what is so hard about right-clicking and delete. Yes, the program warns you just as Windows warns you before you delete a file.

I find that this book compliments the manufacturer's manual. There are a few obscure things that I wanted to do that weren't covered in the book, however the manual's index pointed me in the right direction and made sense since I now knew how to work Dreamweaver.

I'm sure knowing HTML first helps, but is not necessary. It is amazing that you can build an entire page without writing a single line of code. As a matter of fact, if you want to learn HTML, you could do so after learning Dreamweaver. It allows you to view the code that you just created.

I think that the book assumes you already know how to build a web page. If you don't, you might think there are "missing steps" because the book does not explain how to create and manipulate images. However, that's not the function of this book. It teaches you Dreamweaver and it does a very good job of it. Dreamweaver will not make you a webmaster any more than a hammer and saw will make you a carpenter. It's a tool you need to learn how to use to do a job you already know.

Editorial Review:

Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On Training, the latest book in Lynda Weinman's Hands-On Trainingseries, teaches Dreamweaver in a series of hands-on projects. This new edition provides classroom-style exercises that will teach you how to build sophisticated Web sites with little effort. Complete with insider tips and illustrated with detailed graphics, readers will master the basics of site management, layers, tables, style sheets, frames, rollovers, and more. The companion CD includes all the support and graphic files for the hands-on exercises, including QuickTime movies of Lynda and Garo demonstrating key techniques, plus a demo version of Dreamweaver 4.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 – Illustrated Introductory (Illustrated Series)

Sherry Bishop

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Dreamweaver 8 Illustrated Instoductory 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book is used as a textbook for website development class at my local community college. It is well thought out and leads the student in a logical manner and is not so aggressive that the usual frustration sets in as usual with computer science classes.

OK at best 2 out of 5 stars.
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I was very disappointed with this book considering it was used for a college level course. I could see it being more useful to a high school student who likes to follow pictures for every step. Even the most basic things were illustrated. If you want to learn Dreamweaver, this is not the book. If you want to learn web design, this is definitely not the book.

Editorial Review:

Part of the Illustrated Series, this text covers the fundamental concepts of Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 with a strong emphasis on design. Fully revised to include coverage of the latest version of Dreamweaver, this title takes students from learning all the basic functions to fully understanding how to get Web sites up and running.

Beginning Dreamweaver MX 2004

Charles E. Brown, Imar Spaanjaars, Todd Marks

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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What is this book about?

This outstanding team of authors shows you how easy it can be to create and maintain dynamic, powerful Web sites using Dreamweaver MX 2004. Our hands-on tutorials guide you step by step through building three complete Web sites: a personal site, a dynamic sports site complete with user preferences, and a configurable online catalog built from reusable components. Along the way, you will learn all the skills you need to work confidently with Dreamweaver MX 2004.

You will also learn about Dreamweaver MX 2004's built-in support for ASP, ASP.NET, JavaServer pages, and PHP, and ColdFusion MX programming languages.

What does this book cover?

In this book, you will learn how to

• Understand and manipulate the code Dreamweaver MX 2004 generates
• Create, implement, and modify Cascading Style Sheets
• Add dynamic effects with DHTML
• Apply authentication and authorization techniques to protect your sites from unauthorized users
• Store, retrieve, and display dynamic data
• Design your sites with a modular system
• Install and use Dreamweaver MX 2004 extensions

Who is this book for?

If you are new to Web development, this is the perfect guide to help you start creating attractive, functional Web sites quickly and easily using the Dreamweaver MX 2004 tool.

If you have already done some Web site programming in the past but you're new to Dreamweaver, this book will show you how to develop your sites with the skills you already have, but in far less time and with fewer bugs using Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)

Betsy Bruce

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

best for people who are in a rush to master dreamweaver 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

this book is easy to understand and allow us to grasp usuage of essential features in the shortest possible time. the price is resonable too. this book leave a good impression for me for all sams teach yourself book

Did the trick! 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book covered everything I needed to know to get moving on my project. I have dabbled with web stuff before but this time it was for work and it needed to work. I would highly recommend this book.

Editorial Review:

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver in 24 Hours shows Web developers and designers how to use Macromedia's powerful Web development tool to create sophisticated Web sites. Written by Betsy Bruce, an authorized trainer who has taught Dreamweaver to thousands of beginning students, the book does not dwell on elementary Web page authoring techniques, but focuses more on intermediate-level Web development topics like building dynamic Web sites, creating image maps and interactive forms, designing animations, setting up frames, and adding interactivity. This edition of the book has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover all the new features of the latest version of Dreamweaver.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Recipes

Joseph Lowery, Eric Ott

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

More than I ever bargained for! 5 out of 5 stars.
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.

I am a professional Website developer, and have been using Dreamweaver since its inception, and using PHP as long as I can remember. I chanced on this book, Dreamweaver 8 Recipes, via [...], and decided to add it to my library. Well, I have learned more from this book, regarding BOTH Dreamweaver and PHP, than from all the ten or so books on my shelf on the same topics. Joseph Lowry and Eric Ott have a unique teaching method that is just perfect for my particular learning process. The code they present is always accompanied by an explanation as to 'why' and 'what if' and 'be sure to'. Their comments are invaluable and I just can't say how much this book has improved my skills. The book includes ASP, VB, JS, CF as well as PHP. Just great!

Editorial Review:

Looking for timesaving ways to get frequently needed data-driven applications up and running? Look no further! In this book, you’ll find a primer for using data sources to connect your Dreamweaver pages to a database. Lowery and Ott then provide step-by-step instructions for creating 7 full-featured, professional-quality Web applications suitable for small to medium organizations. Follow the carefully constructed tutorials, and you can use them today—because all the files and code you need are available on the included CD! Better still, the explanations you’ll read will give you insight into why each step was taken so that you can extend any of the recipes to meet individualized needs.

Recipes for the following full-feature applications:

• User Login
•  Employee Lookup
• Conference Room Scheduler
• In/Out Dashboard
• Time Cards
• Journal
• Mail Merge
  

Dreamweaver and Fireworks Bible

Joseph W. Lowery

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Dreamweaver® and Fireworks® Bible brings you the most compelling content from each of the best-selling Dreamweaver 4 Bible and Fireworks 4 Bible in a single volume! You get the best of what web developers need to know to use these powerful tools quickly and easily. Plus, this Bible includes coverage of using Dreamweaver and Fireworks together.

Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects

Rachel Andrew, Craig Grannell, Allan Kent, Christopher Schmitt

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

With this book you'll learn:

• Web site planning techniques, including audience profiling, and reviewing competing sites
• Web design techniques such as brainstorming, choosing what technologies are suitable for your design, and creating mockups Advanced Dreamweaver MX 2004 techniques
• Web standards, including CSS and XHTML
• Implementing dynamic web sites using ASP or PHP

Dreamweaver MX 2004 Design Projects takes you through the process of creating four real-world case studies, enabling you to take your Dreamweaver skills to a new level. Each case study is written by a different web design professional, and features a common web site archetype taken from inception to completion. All are brimming with essential techniques to inspire and teach you. The four different sites are as follows: Christopher Schmitts entertainment/fan site project, dedicated to the band U2, covers setting site goals; producing user profiles to define the audience, site maps, and design mockups; refining the design and producing it in Photoshop; and finally working with Dreamweaver MX 2004 to easily construct an accessible, easy-to-maintain web site. Allan Kents news portal project takes you through the process of designing and building a dynamic, database-driven site with Dreamweaver MX 2004 and PHP. He looks at information architecture, building the back-end database, creating the necessary admin tools, and finally building a front-end that is both standards compliant and easy to use. Craig Grannells corporate site project begins with groundwork and methodology, then shows how to harness the power of CSS and Dreamweaver MX 2004 templates to rapidly get a site up and running and ensure that updates and maintenance are painless and cost effective. Rachel Andrews company intranet projectwalks you through the entire process of creating a company intranet using the ASP server model in Dreamweaver MX 2004. It begins with a detailed planning stage, then continues by looking at database development, providing user logins, and managing files on the server. This project utilizes built-in Server Behaviors in Dreamweaver, third-party extensions, and hand-coding.

MacroMedia(R) Dreamweaver(R) 4: Creating Web Pages (Against the Clock)

ELLENN Against The Clock

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 1.0 of 5

Choc full of errors 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This is a very poorly written book containing numerous conceptual errors as well as inaccuracies, omissions, and typos. I'm amazed that this book in its present form could have made it through a peer review process. The author demonstrates little knowledge of information technology and of the history of standards development (e.g., she states that PNG stands for "Portable Network Group" and that it is a graphics format developed by Macromedia -- both of which are inaccurate). Many of the exercise instructions are difficult to follow, are accompanied by poor quality screen captures, and are inaccurate and poorly written. Data files required to complete some of the exercises are missing from the accompanying CD.

If you want a book to help you learn Dreamweaver on your own, look elsewhere. As a classroom textbook, this choice would be disastrous.

Editorial Review:

The Against the Clock series is ideal for any course that includes graphic arts software and computer design software as part of the curriculum. Courses can be found in Office Information Systems, Computer Science, and Fine Arts Departments, as well as Continuing Education, Journalism, and Printing and Lithography. Written by educators, for educators, the Against the Clock series is the complete solution for courses in Graphic Multimedia or Web Design Software. The hands-on, project-based texts are packaged with resource CD-ROMs that contain all the files needed to create the step-by-step projects in the text. Instructor CD-ROMs include assessments, overhead presentation materials, and additional projects.

Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source

Nolan Hester

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

There should be a recall 1 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I never expected a tech book from the real source would mislead its readers with so many mistakes. It was very frustrating specially for a beginner who tends to believe that 99% of computer problems are created by the users. It took me a few days' struggle to finaaly realize the mistakes were made by the writer. Now the book has become useless for me - a newby who doesn't know how to get round the errors. It is sad that Macromedia doesn't recall the book, or at least put amendment on their site.

Editorial Review:

Macromedia UltraDev is a powerful Web-building tool--if you know how to get the most out of it. Don’t waste your valuable time: Go straight to the source and learn UltraDev from the experts, with Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source.

Based on the phenomenally successful Dreamweaver, UltraDev gives you the tools to build dynamic, data-driven Web pages, with everything from simple forms to sophisticated database applications and inventory systems. Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source is the only book to take you step-by-step through lessons and projects developed by Macromedia’s own authorized training centers. The accompanying CD comes complete with all the files you need to work through every step in the book, just as the trainers at Macromedia would.