Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks [Paperback]

Adam Pratt (Author), Lynn Grillo (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321335414 | ISBN-13: 978-0321335418 | Publication Date: June 4, 2005 | Edition: 1

GoLive CS2 is more than just a simple Web authoring tool: As part of Adobe's updated Creative Suite 2, it's a key component of an overall Web workflow that lets you work seamlessly among all of your graphics applications to create spectacular Web sites. This info-packed guide lets users get right down to doing by focusing on just the GoLive features they're mostly like to use and showcasing each in stand-alone tips–complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, you learn just what you need to know, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you'll be importing layered Photoshop files into GoLive, creating PDF files from within the GoLive environment, and using the visual layout grid and Cascading Style Sheets to turn out fluid, beautiful Web pages. Also covered are all of GoLive CS2's new features: enhanced live rendering, mobile CSS support, Visual CVG-Tiny authoring and more.

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About the Author

Adam Pratt and Lynn Grillo are both Application Engineers at Adobe and have extensive experience using, teaching, supporting and documenting Adobe GoLive and all of Adobe's Creative Suite Products. Their work involves speaking at conferences such as Seybold and Comdex and they are Adobe Certified Experts in GoLive and many other Adobe applications.They are the authors of Adobe GoLive CS Tips and Tricks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Adobe Press; 1 edition (June 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321335414
• ISBN-13: 978-0321335418
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,194,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Can't Help But Pick Up an Idea or Two, July 8, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks (Paperback)

GoLive is Adobe's web site authoring package that is included as part of their Creative Suite 2 (along with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat). GoLive is an interesting package that presents quite a different view to the developer than more traditional packages.

This is a Hints and Tips books. As such it is probably the second book you should read on GoLive. It doesn't give you a 'Get Started' type tutorial, it starts out with 'If you don't like the home screen, here is how to change it.'

All in all, there are 250 Tips and Tricks. I found the most useful to be the Third-Party Actions and Extensions. In this area are extensions like Adding PayPal eCommerce (Free, a very good price, but of course you pay later in commissions), a Secure Shopping Cart (various prices) and a bunch of utility packages that are free to nominally priced. This was the most useful because I wasn't aware that some of these add-ins were even available.

At any level from beginner to pro, if you read this book you'll get an idea or two well worth the cost of the book.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works for beginners, too!, August 16, 2006

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M. McGregor (Oxnard, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks (Paperback)

It's hard to find books on learning GoLive. The native Help files are just fine, but I like having a book next to me. After reading the reviews here, I assumed Tips and Tricks was too advanced and Classroom in a Book would be the one I'd need. However, as a rank novice, I have no experience creating frames, and Classroom barely mentioned them. Lo and behold, Tips and Tricks has three pages of succinct and understandable information. I'm finding myself largely able to put my site together just from using this book. Plus, as someone who likes to learn shortcuts ASAP, I'm digging the helpful little side notes on nearly every page. I'm not affiliated with Adobe in any way, except for being very happy with the CS2 suite, and now thrilled with being able to understand GoLive.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good supplement, August 8, 2005

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C. Ashley (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adobe GoLive CS2 Tips and Tricks (Paperback)

I was truly hoping for a book that would teach me, by and large, how to use GoLive. Instead, I know now that I need the CS2 Classroom in a Book (although it's not released until September 2005). Tips and Tricks is a great suplement, though.