Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM [Paperback]

Joseph W. Lowery (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764549316 | ISBN-13: 978-0764549311 | Publication Date: August 1, 2002

* The latest edition of the bestseller on Macromedia's market-leading Web development tool -- now deeper and more useful than ever!
* Fully revised to cover all the new features of this hot web design tool for active, database-driven Web page development!
* The definitive, 100% complete handbook and reference for Macromedia Dreamweaver X.
* Written by Macromedia insider, Web design expert, best-selling author, and Dreamweaver Advisor Council team member Joe Lowery.
* Includes coverage on Dreamweaver's integration with the upcoming releases of Flash, Fireworks, ColdFusion, JRUN, and more!
* Learn to build dynamic, database-driven Web sites - no programming required.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…one of the most established and revered brands in computer publishing… …another authoritative tome…far better value for money than most manuals…”(Practical Web Projects, May 2003)

From the Back Cover

"Joseph shows how to use the most significant release of Dreamweaver since version 1 to solve real-world development problems."
—David Deming, Product Manager for Dreamweaver, Macromedia

• Master the radically new version of the leading Web site development program
• Harness the power of major new layout and code-editing enhancements
• Create Web applications and services using ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, ColdFusion, or PHP

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

You’re holding in your hands the definitive guide to Dreamweaver MX – the only book you need to master today’s leading Web development tool. Author Joseph Lowery has worked with the Dreamweaver team at Macromedia since the program’s first release, and he is intimately familiar with every Dreamweaver tool, technique, and shortcut. From Dreamweaver basics to all the dramatic changes in MX – enhanced CSS capabilities, new template options, the new tag library structure, ASP.NET and PHP support, ColdFusion integration, and Web services tools – he shows you step by step how to get the most out of Dreamweaver and create sites that are truly state-of-the-art.

Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver MX

• Get up and running fast in the revamped Dreamweaver workspace
• Ramp up your coding with built-in Snippets, Code Hints, and the advanced Tag Chooser
• Build complex pages using enhanced CSS rendering capabilities and advanced selector options
• Discover how to fine-tune dynamic Web pages using Live Data Preview
• Harness new Dreamweaver behaviors for advanced navigation techniques using pop-up menus
• Seamlessly integrate rich client interfaces built in Flash with Fireworks graphics and digital video
• Increase team site-building productivity securely with nested templates, Library page elements, and Sitespring integration
• Get the scoop on XML and XHTML support in Dreamweaver
• Extend Dreamweaver with commands, custom tags, translators, and behaviors

Bonus CD-ROM

• Over 300 extensions – behaviors, objects, commands, inspectors, floaters, and browser profiles
• Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, and Flash MX trial versions
• Example style sheets and Web pages from the book

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1152 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764549316
• ISBN-13: 978-0764549311
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,642,344 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

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad reviewers got the wrong book, not a bad book!, January 6, 2003

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David Karlins (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM (Paperback)

...I'm a working web designer using Dreamweaver, I teach Dreamweaver at universities, and I write books about Dreamweaver and web design. The DW MX Bible is *the* resource that professional web designers use for Dreamweaver design. We *need* the kind of accurate, specific, concrete, detailed documentation and advice provided in the DW Bible.

...The description of cascading style sheets does a good job in synthesizing the critical relationship between external and local formatting as managed by Cascading Style Sheets. Similarly, it's necessary to understand the naunces of font support and substitution when assigning fonts.

This book does not claim to be the Complete Idiot's Guide to Dreamweaver MX (in the interests of full disclosure, I wrote that book). And perhaps some readers will want to start with a simpler and less detailed approach to Dreamweaver. But everyone who moves to the level of professional web design with DW MX needs this book.

I do have my own minor criticism of the book. I would have liked to see a little advice on how to find and connect with reasonably priced web hosts that provide good support for DWMX's UltraDev features - which scripting language is easiest to work with, what options are available for developers without local servers... But whatever it's omissions and weaknesses, this book is the single most valuable resource for anyone serious about using Dreamweaver on a professional level.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars After reading this I switched from Frontpage to DreamWeaver, November 14, 2002

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM (Paperback)

When I started in Web design I was using notepad as the editor, as things started to become more advanced I began using FrontPage. Now wanting to add Flash and multimedia, not mention JavaScripts I found DreamWeaver MX to be the application of choice. As such this book is one of the best in helping to fine tune the application and make web page design easier.

There are over 100 pages to work with and whether you are an experienced DreamWeaver developer or fairly new at the game, you'll find just about every topic or question answered within the pages of this book.

They layout of the book can either be used to run from beginning to the end or if you need help in a certain area then you can use the book for that particular topic. I also like the way this book is setup, as an instructor I have already been able to use several examples for the classroom.

It doesn't appear that the author missed anything, as there are breakdown of buttons, shortcuts, menus, drag and drop, and preferences and properties. About the only drawback is the fact that the coded pages are not in color, so for something you may not be able to see the result before you finfish.

The cd-rom include has trial version of the MX applications of DreamWeaver, Flash and FireWorks but more importantly over 300 extensions for you to work with, not only with this book but in actual web development. Overall Bible certainly describes this book.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joe does it again, October 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dreamweaver MX Bible with CD-ROM (Paperback)

I am not a hobbyist - I am a professional web developer with real cients, and I have been picking up the Dreamweaver Bible since version 2.

I read a lot of web development and programming titles, and for Dreamweaver, the Bible is hands-down always the best.

Granted, its a big book, and there are things in the book that I already know - there always are. But time and time again, I find myself going back to this book to remind myslef of something I forgot, or a tip or trick to make things easier.

This particular version - MX, has a lot of changes from version 4, and that was where this particular book really made a difference for me, as all the new features are called out with a special icon so I could pick them up quickly.

Since the book 'starts at the beginning' I could see where this would be a good book for beginnnig web designers or even developers who might want to use DW as their new editor of choice for PHP, ASP or the like.

Thanks Joe.