Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows & Macintosh (0201844451) - Reviews and Prices

Editorial Review:

Even if you've never used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia's popular Web authoring program in no time. This completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver uses step-by-step, task-based instructions to explain all of the program's basic tools and how to use them to design a Web site. The book covers the program's existing features as well as its new ones, including its site setup wizard, context-sensitive toolbar, snippets, and enhanced coding tools. Whether you're using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX as a WYSIWYG page-layout tool and never want to write HTML, or if you're a hand coder who prefers using a sophisticated text editor, you'll find Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide indispensable.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Missing info, poor organization, good basic resource:

I've been using this to help learn Dreamweaver and while it's a good resource for basic information, it's definitely a mixed experience.
It seemed that every time that the book started heading toward a subject I found useful (timelines, animations, hotspots), the book would direct me to the appendices on their website. This was extremely frustrating. Plus some of these appendices were completely missing, like timelines and animations (Appendix N). I wanted to create an image slideshow -- advanced but... more info

Dreamweaver:

Deamweaver can be a complicated program, but from what I heard from other reviews this book breaks it down. Dreamweaver is like Frontpage only it is a bit more complex. My Web Page Class starts learning dreamweaver next quarter so, this book will be a life saver for me.

Let's get real:

While this review is still basically correct it needs to be ammended because the appendeces on the web are not complete. When looking for an appendix Q, which was referred to in the book, the online appendeces only included A - N. The publisher referred me to the author, but the email addresses given only return errors. Very disappointing. The rating has dropped from 5 stars to 2 for this reason.

...This is called VISUAL QUICKSTART. When I want depth I look at publishers like MacMillan Technical, Wrox,... more info

Dreamweaver by Tarin Towers:

I really like this book. I'm pretty good at computers but I was stumped when trying to learn Dreamweaver on my own. The book breaks learning down in to easy to follow steps, and includes information for MAC users as well, although not as frequently as I'd like. Ms. Towers has tons of personality, and it comes through in her text. Unlike the other reviewer, I like how the book is organzied. It is written very sequentially so that the reader builds upon thier skills, even if this means not learning everything... more info

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