Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible [Paperback]

Joseph W. Lowery (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764543504 | ISBN-13: 978-0764543500 | Publication Date: December 22, 2003 | Edition: 2004

Packed with hands-on instruction and step by step tutorials, the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible is everything you need to harness the power of this amazing web development tool. Starting with the basics, expert author and well-known Dreamweaver guru Joe Lowery guides you through the in?s and out?s of Dreamweaver MX 2004 and will have you building your very own dynamic, data-driven sites in no time. Coverage includes:

• Building interactive forms
• Creating client-side image maps
• Connecting to a live database
• Inserting, deleting and updating data from your web pages
• Working with layers, Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML
• Integration with Flash, Fireworks and ColdFusion
• Designing with templates
• Extending Dreamweaver with your own extensions
• And more.

The value-packed CD ROM includes the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Try-Out Edition, complete Dreamweaver web sites and databases you can customize for your own use, as well as add itional web development software.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

If Dreamweaver MX 2004 can do it, you can do it too...

If you’re one of the 2.4 million Web professionals who rely on Dreamweaver to create active, database-driven Web sites–or if you want to be–here’s the only reference manual you need. From step-by-step instruction in Dreamweaver MX 2004 basics, like the updated interface and integration with Flash^TM and Fireworks^®, to accessing the code, using Cascading Style Sheets, enhancing Dreamweaver with extensions, and working with layers and tables, you’ll find what you need to master this versatile tool.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver MX 2004

• Navigate the updated toolbars and customize your environment
• Learn Cascading Style Sheets while you design with Dreamweaver’s CSS-enabled Property inspector and Relevant CSS panel
• Build interactive forms and create client-side image maps
• Extend Dreamweaver using custom objects, behaviors, and Property inspectors
• Create and modify layers and understand behaviors, eve nts, and actions
• Connect to a live database and incorporate and manage dynamic data
• Add pop-up menus, Shockwave^® and Flash^TM movies, audio files, and other multimedia events to your sites

Bonus CD-ROM

Value-packed CD-ROM includes:

• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 trial version
• Hundreds of server behaviors, objects, and inspectors
• Additional Web development software

About the Author

Joseph Lowery has been writing about computers and new technology since 1981. He is the author of the previous editions of Dreamweaver Bible and Fireworks Bible as well as of Buying Online For Dummies (all published by Wiley). He is also the author of Joseph Lowery’s Beyond Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver MX 2004 Killer Tips (with Angela Buraglia), and Dreamweaver MX 2004 Web Application Recipes (with Eric Ott), all published by New Riders. He recently cowrote a book on Flash with designer Hillman Curtis and has also written books on HTML and using the Internet for business. His books are international bestsellers, having sold more than 350,000 copies worldwide in ten different languages. Joe is also a consultant and trainer and has presented at Seybold in both Boston and San Francisco, Macromedia conferences in the U.S. and Europe, and at ThunderLizard’s Web Design World. As a partner in Deva Associates, Ltd., Joseph developed the Deva Tools for Dreamweaver set of navigational extensions and, with Edoardo Zubler, created FlashBang!, a set of Flash navigation tools. Joseph and his wife, dancer/choreographer Debra Wanner, have a daughter, Margot.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1180 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2004 edition (December 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764543504
• ISBN-13: 978-0764543500
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #889,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joseph Lowery's books about the web and web-building tools are international bestsellers, having sold more than 400,000 copies worldwide in nine different languages. His most recent book is the Dreamweaver 8 Bible. Joseph is the author of the recently published CSS Hacks and Filters as well as the Dreamweaver Bible and Fireworks Bible series from Wiley Publishing. He also wrote Design and Deploy Web Sites with Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Contribute 3 from Macromedia Press. In addition to co-authoring Dreamweaver 8 Recipes and Dreamweaver MX 2004 Web Application Recipes with Eric Ott as well as the Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips series with Angela Buraglia.

As a programmer, Joseph contributed two extensions to the latest release of Fireworks and many extensions available for Dreamweaver. He has presented at Seybold in both Boston and San Francisco, Macromedia conferences in the U.S. and Europe, ThunderLizard's Web World, and KW Media Group's Mac Design Conference. Joseph is currently the Director of Marketing for WebAssist.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! That's what I call a Bible!, February 13, 2004

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Arne Kriedemann (Ritterhude (Bremen), Germany, Europe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible (Paperback)

This Bible is an excellent example for how to write a book, which is simply the best for the novice up to the experienced professionals. As a Web-Designer and -Publisher, I've read quite a lot of other books about Macromedia software, especially about Dreamweaver, in german and english. In the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible You'll find all of the programm's capabilities. HTML-Authoring and coding, designing WebSites, developing Web applications with ASP.NET, JSP, PHP or Macromedia's own ColdFusion: It's all covered in depth without losing the focus.
For a german Webdesigner it's time to learn English (because this book won't be translated: Sad enough...):
If not for this book, why then?
Most excellent, Mr. Lowery: Kotau!

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Teaches Antiquated Programming Style, November 11, 2004

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Neal Groothuis (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible (Paperback)

While this book seems fairly comprehensive in terms of covering Dreamweaver's features, the author still hasn't grasped how to do modern, standards-based web design. He encourages people to use non-semantic markup ("I'm also fond of the <blockquote> tag, which indents text by a browser-defined amount...") and to abuse whiz-bang technologies in ways that make sites less usable and accessible ("Flash Button objects are great for quickly turning out a professional quality navigation system"). If you need a reference for how to accomplish a particular task in Dreamweaver MX 2004, this book may be a good choice, but if you're seeking advice on designing a web page, please look elsewhere.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done tutorial!, September 4, 2005

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Ari "Ari" (ny, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible (Paperback)

This book takes you from step 1 to completion without any prior knowledge of the product or web design. You also get the full version of all the software on disc with a 30 day trial included. All you need is a computer, this book, and some imagination. I liked this book better than the o'reilly missing manual book as it didn't have me start with their examples and the tutorials were easy to follow. It may not be the best design based book but it sure takes you thoroughly through the dreamweaver interface which is all it promises. Kudos to the dreamweaver bible!