Of all HTML Web editing software, Dreamweaver is the application Web professionals choose who wish to create graphically stunning yet cleanly coded Web pages. The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Dreamweaver 5 will cover all the essential features and capabilities of the Dreamweaver package in non-technical terms. The first several chapters explain the fundamental rules of creating a Web site and the Web pages that integrate it. Dreamweaver-centric instructions on tables and design layers follow, with ample coverage on style sheets, framing as well as inputting forms and creating templates. The final content portions concentrate on more advanced types of embedded multimedia and interactivity with Flash-created graphics.
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David Karlins is a professional Web designer who teaches Dreamweaver site development at San Francisco State's Multimedia Studies Center. David is also an active Web design consultant for organizations that need help in starting their own Web site. More details about his service and books can be found at www.ppinet.com. A few of the author's previous publications include: The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Macromedia Flash 5, 0789724421,Que, $19.99, November 2000; Mastering Dreamweaver 4 and Fireworks 4 with CDROM, 0782128912, Sybex, $39.99, May 2001 (contributing author); and FrontPage Virtual Classroom with CDROM, 0072191724, Osborne Publishing, $39.99, September 2001.
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Do it the easy way... Read this first!!!,
By Drew Estaver, eSharp Design (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (Paperback)
For the self-taught novice, Dreamweaver MX can be both delightfully user friendly and infuriatingly confusing.Joining Macromedia's own MX manual, a number of other available MX user guides adorn my workstation shelves. After a number of weeks trying to sort out the pros and cons of just when and how to use the FRAMES, TABLES AND LAYERS features, I had the good fortune to come upon David Karlins',blessedly clear explanations,in his "...Idiot's Guide...." From my point of view, as a newbie designer, this work's enduring value is that, not only are the fundamentals clearly explained, but insights,tips, cautions and introductions to more advanced capabilities are included. He also presents important introductions to Macromedia's Fireworks and Flash interfaces. Read this first, then your owners manual.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Just what I was looking for,
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (Paperback)
I created my first and only web site back in the days when all browsers were Netscape, all graphics jpg or gif, all coding html and all backgrounds medium gray. I was determined to design my own site and not be seduced by simplistic, pre-packaged templates, but I was intimidated by the possibility of getting buried under too much complex instruction. Macromedia's Dreamweaver and David Karlins Complete Idiot's Guide to Dreamwewaver MX sounded like just the ticket. I was not disappointed. David Karlins writes in an often humorous style that puts him right there with you, anticipating your next question or guiding you deftly around the pitfalls and frustrations. This book is well written and informative. It is obvious that Mr. Karlins has a great deal of experience teaching the subject and loves to teach. A bonus that I hadn't expected was the fast and helpful email responses from the author on those few occasions I did get in a corner. I highly recommend this book, and not just for the beginner. It's just plain fun to read and use.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Just what you need,
This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (Paperback)
Dreamweaver is a wonderful program, but there is so much to learn about it, especially with so many new additions to the program. Idiot's guide does their usual - make it easy to learn guide and helps you follow step by step how to use Dreamweaver, how to use it in conjunction to your websites, in simply, easy to follow terms, with plenty of pictures so you can go step by step.You will enjoy using this, but also keep it handy and a constant reference. American Express says don't leave home without their card - well don't open Dreamweaver unless you have this wonderful guide to make it easy and fun.
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Dreamweaver is kind of the Swiss army knife of web design-you'll find a tool for almost anything you need for your website. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
web photo album, save your page, visitor rolls, site window, clickable hotspots, converting layers, properties panel, library assets, navigation frame, jump menus, properties inspector, style sheet file, document window, entire frameset, status bar text, external style sheets, page background color, convert layers, tracing image, new browser window, page properties, site menu, site provider, named anchors, table background Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Least You Need, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Tracing Image, Dreamweaver Behaviors, Show Code, Validate Form, Edit Sites, Macromedia Exchange, Adding Sound, Edit Font List, Image Placeholder, Adeline Street Berkeley, Adobe Photoshop, Complete Idiot's Guide, Drama Program, Extension Manager, Format Table, Nora Vaughn Scott, Real Media, Sort Table, Change Link Sitewide, Chosen Fonts, Langston Hughes, Table View New!
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Dreamweaver is kind of the Swiss army knife of web design-you'll find a tool for almost anything you need for your website. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
web photo album, save your page, visitor rolls, site window, clickable hotspots, converting layers, properties panel, library assets, navigation frame, jump menus, properties inspector, style sheet file, document window, entire frameset, status bar text, external style sheets, page background color, convert layers, tracing image, new browser window, page properties, site menu, site provider, named anchors, table background Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Least You Need, Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Tracing Image, Dreamweaver Behaviors, Show Code, Validate Form, Edit Sites, Macromedia Exchange, Adding Sound, Edit Font List, Image Placeholder, Adeline Street Berkeley, Adobe Photoshop, Complete Idiot's Guide, Drama Program, Extension Manager, Format Table, Nora Vaughn Scott, Real Media, Sort Table, Change Link Sitewide, Chosen Fonts, Langston Hughes, Table View New!
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