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.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Not that easy to use:
Maybe I'm strange since most people seem to love this book, but I find it to be not that helpful. The author does seem to know what she's talking about, but I don't like the overall arrangement of the book. For one thing, instead of having a 1-2-3 list for how to do something like the Visual Quickstart guides have, this book has a rather wordy explanation for each procedure. To make matters worse, almost everything has tutorials mixed in with it, so if you just want to see how to do something, you have to... more info
Helped me build my website:
This is a pretty good tutorial on using Dreamweaver. The different chapters illuminate various ways of building and organizing your pages. After following the lessons, you can see which method will work for you depending on your desired results and the complexity of your site. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn how to use Dreamweaver.
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Review:
This book was used as a textbook for an IVTech class. It was extremely helpful for an initial exposure to web page development. The chapters are based on the tutorial on the included CD. The bold items in the text allow you to skim through assignments quickly. There is also quite a bit of very helpful detail and background information included.
This book is very good to "handhold" a reader through a totally new topic, yet it also provides enough detail to show the reader how to develop quality web... more info
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004:
I got this on a recommendation from a seminar. It is the best Dreamweaver source I have found. Chapters are well organized and I am learning new techniques
with each lesson.
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