Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques [Paperback]

David Karlins (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321562895 | ISBN-13: 978-0321562890 | Publication Date: November 8, 2008 | Edition: 1

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 is more than just the world’s most popular and powerful Web design tool: As part of Creative Suite 4 (which includes Photoshop CS4 and Flash CS4), it’s a key component of an overall Web design workflow that encourages users to rely on all of their applications to seamlessly create graphically rich content for the Web and motion graphics. This information- and image-packed guide lets users get right down to work by providing exact steps for the Dreamweaver CS4 features they’re most likely to need and use, including new features like CSS-based page layout with Absolute Placement objects, Spry datasets for pages built with live data, Spry validation forms for collecting user input, and Spry effects. The book showcases each in a stand-alone tip, complete with a relevant hint or two and helpful screenshot. This is how readers can learn just what they need to know, exploring the program at their own pace to learn  just the features and tools they need.

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About the Author

David Karlins is a veteran Web designer and consultant and is the author of more than a dozen books, including Enhancing a Dreamweaver CS3 Web Site with Flash Video: Visual QuickProject Guide, Build Your Own Web Site, The Complete Idiot’s Guides to Dreamweaver and Flash, and Dreamweaver CS3 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques. David’s Web design clients and consultants have ranged from Hewlett Packard to the Himalayan Fair. His articles and reviews appear in online and print publications, including CreativePro and Macworld magazine. David has taught Dreamweaver at the University of California Extension School of Graphic and Interactive Design and currently teaches Dreamweaver for the San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press; 1 edition (November 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321562895
• ISBN-13: 978-0321562890
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > Web Design > Dreamweaver

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A very basic guide for novices, November 21, 2009

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J. Conroy (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Paperback)

Take all the 5-star reviews with a grain of salt; anyone else notice how they read like sparkling advertisements and frequently fawn over the author? Or that they're all spelled/punctuated perfectly, and written by folks with no other reviews to their names? Just sayin!

Honestly, this is a decent reference for total novices. I'd suggest Adobe's Classroom In A Book for learning Dreamweaver from the ground up. Most of this info is super-easy to find online, and for free. That said, you can hardly argue with the price (as many of the previous "reviews" point out). For $13 you won't be kicking yourself, but you might roll your eyes at how rudimentary a lot of this info is.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable guide!, May 21, 2009

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A. Levak (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Paperback)

As a visual person with common sense but not a lot of tech background, this book has been invaluable in building my website! I consistently find all the information I need to know, without being overwhelmed. The language is easy to understand and technical terms are always clearly explained. The screenshots and other visual references guide me through each step. And the sidebar information panels answer questions before I even begin to ask them. This book transforms Dreamweaver from a challenge into a tool I can use to actually produce my own website!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality, Easy to Read 'How To' Book, May 23, 2009

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Adam T. Goss - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques (Paperback)

I have a three week job redesigning a website this summer and the program the office uses to create their sites is Dreamweaver. As I have never used this program before, I needed a book that would answer all of my little questions about Dreamweaver's specifics. The book did just that and designing the site was a breeze. Also a good buy at $13.