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Dreamweaver 4 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

J. Tarin Towers

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

This book is good but it left some important steps out. 3 out of 5 stars.
13 of 15 people found this review helpful.

I am new to dreamweaver and this book has quickly helped me become productive BUT it has a few problems.

Sometimes there are crucial steps missing from detailed step-by-step procedures and these have left me in the proverbial. For example, when explaining how to make a link appear in a popup window that does not have any controls, I followed what the book said and I got two windows popping up instead of one! It did not say I would need to open the popup window on the mousedown event.I had to figure that out for myself. Surely they could have had somebody test the examples in the book before publishing it.

Also,the book does not show you objectives and how to achieve them by tying together different parts of dreamweaver. This makes explanations of different dreameaver topics feel disjointed. For example, it discussed layers and tables seperately without much guidance on layout in general. As a beginner, I needed more guidance in what I should be aiming for with layout. I needed more than just a listing of the options available in dreamweaver.

On the other hand, a lot of stuff in this book is very good.The explanations are clear and the illustrations are great. I have learned a lot about dreamweaver but I reckon I should have bought the HOT Dreamweaver book instead.It seems to be a better guide towards the whys and wherefores of building a site with dreamweaver.

I am disappointed with this book.

Editorial Review:

This best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver is now completely revised to cover the newest upgrade of this professional Web development program. Dreamweaver, which combines sophisticated design tools with excellent site management and source code control, appeals to both Web designers and programmers alike. Dreamweaver 4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide includes all-new coverage of Dreamweaver 4's latest upgrades and features, from setting up a local site and creating basic Web pages to using style sheets, layers, frames, and dynamic media. The popular Visual QuickStart Guide format offers hundreds of screen shots, clear step-by-step directions, and an easy-to-navigate tab format that lets users go straight to the subject they want.

Macromedia Sitespring for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Paul Devine

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Web designers and their clients have a new tool to help keep the lines of communication clear: Macromedia Sitespring. The goal of this Web-project management and collaboration package is to break complex tasks into a series of simple solutions. You could say the same about Macromedia Sitespring: Visual QuickStart Guide, the first Sitespring book on the market, and the only one you'll need to master the essential tasks involved in building and managing a Web site.

This task-based, visual guide starts by introducing you to Sitespring's collaborative tools. Throughout the book, step-by-step directions and plenty of screenshots walk you through each tool or feature, ensuring that you stay on track as you work. Once you've got a handle on the basics, you can move on to sections that cover everything you need to know to keep track of client information and feedback, manage and delegate tasks and reports, review mock-ups, manage message threads, and juggle responsibilities among team members. With Sitespring and Macromedia Sitespring for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, the misunderstandings that have marred many a project can become a thing of the past.

Web Publisher's 3D & Animation Design Guide for Windows: Your Visual, Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Amazing 3D and Animated Web Pages

Mary Jo Fahey

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Features easy-to-create VRML from 3D applications, and instructions for setting up a 3D chat environment for retailing, gaming, schoolrooms, or virtual companies. Takes the reader from start to finish of the included samples of 3D and animation projects. Contains a close-up look at how famous artists, Hollywood directors, and corporations are using 3D and animation in their work and on their Web sites. Gives the user advance information on how the cable companies plan to increase bandwidth with cable modems. Features step-by-step instructions on creating GIF animations, and includes a guide to inexpensive software used to add animation to a Netscape Web page. Reviews the latest VRML browsers, and shows how to choose the right one for each computer.

Html Publishing on the Internet for Windows: Create Great-Looking Documents Online :Home Pages, Newletters, Catalog, Ads & Forums

Brent D. Heslop, Larry Budnick

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Content is Out-of-Date 1 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I purchased this in 1997 and even then, the content was out of date. Bad URLs, Netscape Navigator 1.1, and WebStar? I can't believe this book is still listed as being in print. Another reviewer mentioned the heavy use of HoTMetaL-- do yourself a favor. Get Homesite, Dreamweaver or FrontPage, and you'll be much better off.

You're not going to be creating any great-looking documents with this dead dog.

Too much emphasis on the program "HoTMetaL Pro" 2 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I received this book from a colleague. I was hoping to use it as an HTML reference, but I didn't find it very useful for that.

It is very heavy on instruction in the software included on the CD-ROM. If you are interested in Windows shareware, this may be useful to you. If you aren't on Windows, I would not recommend the book.

Editorial Review:

Introducing the foundation of the Web-Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), a guide takes users through creating a home page; constructing hyperlinks; building graphics, video, and sound into documents; and constructing information centers and virtual store fronts, among other projects. Original. (Beginner).

LiveMotion for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

LiveMotion for Windows & Macintosh is an easy-to-read, liberally illustrated guide to learning and using Adobe's tool for creating animation for the Web. As with all Visual QuickStart guides from Peachpit Press, this book is geared toward the user who's new to the software that the book covers, and is designed from the ground up to get you up to speed as quickly as possible.

Every feature of LiveMotion is covered (some better than others), from an introduction to the interface and all of its palettes to animation basics, creating and using objects, using layers, using text, creating rollovers, using behaviors that are linked to objects, and exporting your work for inclusion on a Web site.

With the use of a simple two-column format, the tools, palettes, and features are explained in a balanced presentation that is half text and half illustration. Because animation is LiveMotion's forte, it gets more coverage than any other feature. Animation basics, using the timeline, working with keyframes, and adding sound are introduced in chapter 13, "Animation," while chapter 14, "More Animation," takes on advanced concepts, like animating layers, reshaping objects, animating text, using motion paths, and using rollovers. It would've been nice to see a larger section on using behaviors (chapter 15, "Behaviors," is only about 13 pages long), but that's a minor shortcoming in an otherwise valuable book. --Mike Caputo

Inside Windows Media (Que-Consumer-Other)

Corp Microsoft

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Not a bad book, but overpriced 3 out of 5 stars.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful.

This book was helpful, but it was overpriced. The information in there while useful and easy to understand, was at times too general and didnt give you specific enough examples of what to do. A large portion of the information in the book i was able to get off various web pages.

If you dont mind spending this money and want something with some really intro information and not a lot of detail or useful examples, then you'll like this book,

Short on technical content. Too light. Too dated. 2 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

This text was published in 1999 and is accompanied by a CD of code and utilities. I wouldn't advise installing the CD in an XP environment, but seems fine under 2000, etc. Download the latest Windows Media SDK from Microsoft if using XP.

While the book has lots of interesting overview material, very little is tackled in depth. In fact, much of the book seems like padding around a few technical chunks. The programming content of the book is in chapter 9 and deals exclusively with automating various aspects of Windows Media (e.g. Windows Media Encoder). In this repsect, the title is misleading.

Personally, I was very disappointed to see so little on .avi. The specification of an avi file was only briefly described (you have to go to the web to get avi information of any quality). There is simply no good reason for failing to detail avi. Why Micorsoft doesn't devote a chunk of web pages to .avi is simply beyond me. The authors of this text mention avi only to dismiss it and argue for asf as the better standard.

The comparison between avi and asf is nicely arranged but surprisingly no avi or asf parser is discussed, despite RIFF parsers having been around for years. A whole lyer of background information was simply not there on the origins of these standards.

The two pages on codecs (229-230) are grossly inadequate and give a flimsy overview of developments. For instance, the Intel Indeo codecs are not mentioned at all despite their success with avi compression.

My overall impression is that the book is largely dated by the advent of XP media technologies and egregiously short on meaty technical detail. Unfortunately Microsoft haven't yet produced a suitable programmer's guide to windows media programming. So if you are really stuck and can't spent a few hours conducting intelligent web searches for resources, this book will meet some of your requirements. In the final analysis, however, this book is poor value for its price.

Editorial Review:

Inside Windows Media Technologies provides an end-to-end solution for creating and streaming multimedia content. Each section contains both conceptual information and step-by-step instructions to help guide you through creating a streaming media solution. Inside Windows Media Technologies is divided into four primary sections to address the specific needs of individual users: Content Creation, Streaming Content, Designing the Client Experience, and Advanced Topics.

Hotdog Pro Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Elisabeth Parker

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

From novices to Web wizards, users love HotDog Pro, the text-based HTML editor for Windows. It's friendly, fast, and packed with features for creating compelling Web site content and keeping it nice and organized. HotDog Pro lets users work the way they want to create the kind of pages they've been dreaming about. The HotDog Pro for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide gets new users started so they can create dynamic Web pages in no time at all. Step-by-step instructions guide readers through the basics of creating a simple Web page with just some text and a few graphics. Once they are up and running, the book moves on to more advanced topics, such as working on several sites, adding Java applets, ActiveX controls, and multimedia bells and whistles, and more. The HotDog Pro VQS includes just about everything you could possibly want to know about creating a Web page, from formatting, spell checking, and image maps to adding frames, animation, automatic uploading, and much more.

PageMill 2 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Maria Langer

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Say you've purchased Adobe PageMill 2 with an eye to creating your own Web site, but you don't know where to begin. This Visual Quickstart Guide can get you up and running quickly, thanks to its clear discussions and step-by-step instructions. Author Maria Langer explains the package's interface and guides you through the package's text tools, character styles, paragraph formats, multimedia objects, tables, links, frames, and forms. She then delves into finalizing your work by setting page attributes such as titles, colors, and backgrounds, and by testing and finally publishing your site. There's also a book on the Macintosh version.

Web Publishing with Adobe Acrobat and PDF

Bruce Page, Diana Holm

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Great book, but I felt it's too late 3 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Web publishing with Adobe Acrobat should be a fine book. I received quite a few good tips from it; however I noticed some problems with the topic being outdated. Shame on me for not noticing that it was published in 1996. In the cyberspace world, this may as well have been published a century ago. Please give us an update - so much has changed in the last 6 years!

Editorial Review:

This book will enable you to start and maintain a cutting-edge Web publishing venture using Adobe's Acrobat software and the PDF electronic publishing format. You'll learn to produce electronic documents that retain their high-quality design, whether they're distributed through your Web site or other electronic media. Web Publishing with Adobe Acrobat and PDF teaches you all the major Web Acrobat publishing techniques, including how to: Prepare information for multimedia publishing via PDF and the Web. Create PDF documents with both Acrobat and traditional desktop publishing tools (Quark, Pagemaker, Word). Configure a Web server to manage interwoven PDF and HTML documents and indexed sets of PDF files. Publish PDF documents on CD-ROM, and via Lotus Notes and other networks.

Master VISUALLY FrontPage 2002

Sherry Willard Kinkoph

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great for the newbie 4 out of 5 stars.
19 of 19 people found this review helpful.

This book is GREAT for newbies and AWFUL for the techie. It goes step by step visually on every task and I mean EVERY TASK. If you are familiar with Microsoft's suite of tools and menu item formats you will soon become bored. If you are a developer or web expert you'll find yourself flipping past pages and chapters to find what you want.
HOWEVER, if you are unfamiliar with the web and website development THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU. Completely failsafe, each step is spelled out, easy to understand and easy to follow.
With this book ANYONE can build a full featured nice looking website.

Editorial Review:

From planning a site, to designing it, building it and publishing it, Master VISUALLY® FrontPage® 2002 teaches you Web design concepts and procedures visually. This two-color tome conveys information in concise introductory text and practical step-by-step instructions and screen shots. Hands-on tips offer additional information to help the reader with real-life problems, troubleshooting secrets, and additional advice.