10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 [Paperback]

Zak Ruvalcaba (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 2001 | Series: 10 Minute Guides (Computer Books)

Because most people don't have the luxury of sitting down, uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Dreamweaver, this Ten-Minute Guide focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete. Ten minutes is all you need to learn how to

Plan and set up a new site

Open and create HTML files

Set up and add content to tables

Work with frames and forms

Add behaviors to a Web page

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From the Back Cover

Because most people don't have the luxury of sitting down, uninterrupted for hours at a time to learn Dreamweaver, this Ten-Minute Guide focuses on the most often used features, covering them in lessons designed to take 10 minutes or less to complete. Ten minutes is all you need to learn how toPlan and set up a new siteOpen and create HTML filesSet up and add content to tablesWork with frames and formsAdd behaviors to a Web page

About the Author

Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. His expertise in developing Web applications led him to a position as Manager of Web Development at SkyDesk, Inc., where he developed Web solutions for such companies as Gateway, HP, Toshiba, IBM, Dell, Microsoft, and many more. He now works at Wireless Knowledge as a software engineer, developing custom wireless Web applications. He also teaches and holds design lectures on various topics including tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash for the San Diego Community College District and National University. His skill set includes technologies and languages from HTML, XHTML, XML, ASP, Visual Basic, JavaScript, CSS, and more recently, C#.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1st edition (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789726580
• ISBN-13: 978-0789726582
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,264,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Zak Ruvalcaba has been researching, designing, and developing for the Web since 1995. He holds a Bachelor's degree from San Diego State University and a Master of Science degree in instructional technology from National University in San Diego.

Zak's skillset includes HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Basic, C#, Web Services, and Flash/ActionScript. He is also a Microsoft Certified Application Developer for .NET (MCAD) and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer for .NET (MCSD).

In his spare time, Zak teaches web development courses for the San Diego Community College District, Mt. San Jacinto Community College and Palomar Community College. He has also written several books on web development, including Build Your Own ASP.NET Website Using C# and VB by SitePoint Press, Dreamweaver CS4 Unleashed by Sam's, and Beginning Expression Web by Wrox Press. And Zak has just finished a new book called Murach's HTML5 and CSS3 by Mike Murach & Associates, Inc.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpfull - exactly what I needed, December 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 (Paperback)

Short, sweet and to the point - this has the meat I need without any of the fluff. It helped me quickly get up to speed in no time. Easy to follow lessons with great tips.

If you need to quickly learn Dreamweaver, this is the book to get!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Note from the author..., November 12, 2001

By 

Zak Ruvalcaba (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 10 Minute Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 (Paperback)

The books introduction says excatly how I feel about Dreamweaver, its complexity, its feature rich environment, and its power to captivate you, the user, when you click "Save As..." for the first time and realize how simple creating a web page could be.

What the introduction does not say is exactly how I feel about the book now that it is done and available for you to purchase. Although I am disappointed that I was not able to write more about a program that truly amazes me every time I use it, it does offer a beginner's level introduction to a variety of the features that are at your fingertips. I know that afyer reading this short book, the wheels will begin to spin and you will be just as captivated and amazed by Dreamweaver as I have become over the years.

Zak