Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Sue Jenkins (Author), Michele E. Davis (Author), Jon A. Phillips (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471781428 | ISBN-13: 978-0471781424 | Publication Date: July 31, 2006 | Edition: 1

Nine minibooks, filling nearly 800 pages, take you beyond Dreamweaver basics, giving you the know-how and hands-on techniques necessary to create state-of-the-art Web sites. You'll master Dreamweaver basics, such as laying out pages, adding content to pages, and working with code; develop Web applications and databases; make pages dynamic; and learn to use Dreamweaver with Contribute. Order your copy of this reference to the popular software application today.

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From the Back Cover

9 books in 1 — your key to Dreamweaver success!

Your one-stop guide to building and maintaining high-impact Web sites

Dreamweaver is the top pick of Web designers looking for a powerful, cross-platform tool that produces professional Web sites. With this complete reference guide at your fingertips, you can start creating great-looking pages, toss in the bells and whistles, build Web applications, configure database connections, and more.

Discover how to

• Plan and design your site
• Work with text, graphics, links, and layers
• Create Cascading Style Sheets
• Publish your site
• Make dynamic pages
• Design Web applications

About the Author

Sue Jenkins is a Web and graphic designer, illustrator, writer, and teacher. With nearly ten years experience, she provides design services to small and medium-sized businesses, entrepreneurs, consultants, writers, and artists through her company, Luckychair (www.luckychair.com). She ran her own greeting card company from 2002–2005, and continues to license these and other illustrations to manufacturers around the world. Sue is a contributing writer of technical articles for the online e-zine TechTrax. She also teaches courses in Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator at Noble Desktop. Sue lives with her husband and son in New York City.

Michele Davis is a published author and technical writer. She has written trade books for O’Reilly & Associates, Sybex, and Simon & Schuster. Michele has 18 years experience in the technical arena; she breaks down highly technical concepts for end users from an instructional design perspective. Michele has taught technical and creative non-fiction courses at the graduate level and creates custom Web sites. She can be found on the Web at www.krautgrrl.com. Michele lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three children.

Jon Phillips, nicknamed ubergeek, is an open-source programmer with a background in UNIX and databases as well as ERP systems, including Oracle, SQL Server, PHP, and MySQL. Jon creates back-end Web site code including blogs, auction, and Web-based stores. Jon has been programming for 12 years and enjoys building and bug fixing computers on the side. He’s co-authored trade books for Sybex and O’Reilly & Associates. Jon lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children. He promotes his business at www.krautboy.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (July 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471781428
• ISBN-13: 978-0471781424
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #319,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #54 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > Web Design > Dreamweaver

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference, November 17, 2006

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

This review is from: Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

I run two websites and know Dreamweaver, but only enough to keep my sites running. I needed a reference for those occasions when I do something new, and this book filled the niche perfectly. The chatty, easy to follow descriptions of various functions in Dreamweaver make it easy for me to add functionality when I need them. Two thumbs up!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent ALL-IN-ONE reference...., March 2, 2007

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This review is from: Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

I work a lot with various businesses and part of my work includes web design. In the past, I was also a Director of Education for PeopleSoft and I have served in similar capacities for a variety of companies in Silicon Valley. As such, I am well-qualified to judge the merit of this materail and I must say it is a real bargain for the 800+ one stop shopping reference for DreamWeaver 8.

The book is well-organized and it could be used as either a text or an "as needed" reference manual. The descriptions are clear, to the point and easy to find. It also deals with topics such as inserting Flash video and has a lot of meaty content in addition to simple instructions.

This book is truly a "must have" reference for any web developer!

2.0 out of 5 stars dummie books are the best but...., March 31, 2011

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This review is from: Dreamweaver 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

I found it hard to learn such a complex program from a book. I also took a class on line and used this to augment what I was being taught. didn't really work out.