Product Description

Learning is doing--which means you're guaranteed to expand your skill set exponentially as you work your way through the 18 project-based tutorials that form the core of this volume on Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004. With its powerful combination of visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing support, Dreamweaver MX 2004 really is a Web designer's dream, and Macromedia's official guide shows you how to transform your dream projects into real-life success stories by creating and maintaining Web sites in an environment that integrates both visual editing and code editing. By re-creating the book's sample Web site, you'll learn the skills and techniques necessary to create your own widely accessible sites. In addition to the basics of creating a Web page that incorporates text, graphics and tables, you'll learn about all that's new in Dreamweaver MX 2004: dynamic cross-browser validation, improved CSS support, built-in graphics editing, and more. The companion CD-ROM contains all of the lesson files as well as a free trial version of Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #187435 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

From the Back Cover

Learning is doing--which means you're guaranteed to expand your skill set exponentially as you work your way through the 18 project-based tutorials that form the core of this volume on Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004. With its powerful combination of visual layout tools, application development features, and code editing support, Dreamweaver MX 2004 really is a Web designer's dream, and Macromedia's official guide shows you how to transform your dream projects into real-life success stories by creating and maintaining Web sites in an environment that integrates both visual editing and code editing. By re-creating the book's sample Web site, you'll learn the skills and techniques necessary to create your own widely accessible sites. In addition to the basics of creating a Web page that incorporates text, graphics and tables, you'll learn about all that's new in Dreamweaver MX 2004: dynamic cross-browser validation, improved CSS support, built-in graphics editing, and more. The companion CD-ROM contains all of the lesson files as well as a free trial version of Dreamweaver MX 2004.

About the Author

Khristine Annwn Page works as the Senior Web Designer at Ideum, a company devoted to producing Web sites for museums, non-profits, and socially responsible companies. She is the Editor-In-Chief and Publisher of Crescent Magazine, and a Designer for NorthWind Studios. She also teaches at San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies program.

Customer Reviews

An easy to use reference manual
Upon initial browsing of this book it seems to be very complete. It has 17 chapters, each consisting of a lesson and the instructions needed to complete these. There is a CD included and this contains the media neede to complete the lessons.

I find it clearly written and the steps taken are very logical.
Another thing I liked was the fact that it told me at the start of each lesson was the amount of time that lesson should take, and so I could pace my learning.

It starts the learning process at the basics, setting up Dreamweaver and then moving on to starting your webdevelopment.
Stylesheets are introduced at lesson 6 and forms at level 10. Other topics covered are lessons on testing and accessibility.

All in all I am happy I have purchased this. Im a competent webuser and although new to creating large websites, this book took me from a basic knowlegde through to an advanced level.

Does what is says on the back
Doing web design for a living, using a competitive pacakage on the mac, i pludered into the macromedia dreamweaver realm, skeptical about what it can and can't do. Amongst the hundreds of available titles, i came across this little gem and it failed to disappoint. Even though i am more advanced, the book starts from basics and builds a solid framework for you to construct a website, weather professional or for fun. Written in plain english and thoroughly explained, this book is the perfect start for anyone looking to get into or brush up on what they thought about web design using macromedia dreamweaver.

A thorough guide
A thorough guide to the product, but very dull to follow. You feel they have very efficiently divided up the funtionality of Dreamweaver and detailed the development of a website carefully using each feature. That said, it still somehow seems to lack soul. They teach you feature by feature, not by looking at what you need to do and then introducing the relevant features.
One thing that is a pain is that they show very few screenshots of Dreamweaver itself, so it's very difficult to read away from the computer: OK for a complete beginner, but it gets painful after a while.