HomeSite 4.5 Fast & Easy Web Development

Editorial Review:

Allaire HomeSite is the industry's most popular HTML editor. This book offers you an easy-to-understand guide to the new features of this version of HomeSite, including collapsible code, auto completion, a new project management system, scriptable site development, a new image map editor, and more! Homesite 4.5 Fast & Easy Web Development offers a wide range of appeal. From the amateur creating a personal home page to the professional Web master with a high-end corporate Web site, all readers will benefit from the step-by-step instructions and visual approach of this book.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

The author has a Massive Head:

I have met John W. Gosney, I know John W. Gosney, John W. Gosney is a friend of mine. I don't know about the quality of his books (I'm a sales guy, not a techie) but I do know he has a truly massive forehead.

I guess it's ok if you have *no* clue:

I won't expound on all the typo's already reviewed. I'm disappointed that there is no meat to the book. It is a book of "click this button and you will get these results" There seems to be nothing more here than in the included documentation. Lots of verbage too. I don't need 5 lines of text explaining why the author chose to use an underscore as part of the name of the folder he created, or a whole page dedicated to the installation status bar. I bought the book for more detail on a few different aspects... more info

Personal Web Server:

I'm not completely through this book yet. I like the format and the step-by-step approach with lots of boxes for special notes and cautions. There are a few typos (as mentioned in previous reviews) but, in my opinion, they are minor and did not distract from the subject material.

I am writing this reveiw now because: 1) the www.prima-tech.com site is not working and 2) I wanted to tell readers how to get past a difficulty that I had on page 84.

You need to know the IP address of your PC in order to... more info

Informative, but poorly edited!:

While this book made it simple to practice using HomeSite's features, I found many typographical errors throughout. One in particular appears on page 189, in the "Caution" sidebar. Instead of listing the title and author of another Prima Publishing book, the text reads, "... be sure to check out TITLE HERE, by Author Name ..." Ouch! Overuse of commas also is prevalent throughout this book. I purchased HomeSite 4.5 Fast & Easy Web Development because of its hands-on format. It's disappointing--and a poor... more info

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