Dreamweaver 8 Bible [Paperback]

Joseph W. Lowery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 13, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0471763128 | ISBN-13: 978-0471763123

Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management—plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more - this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver 8

• Create dynamic Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets
• Punch up your page with progressive or streaming video
• Build interactive forms and client-side image maps
• Insert, delete, and update data in your Web pages
• Improve your HTML coding with the new Coding toolbar
• Integrate with Photoshop(r), Flash(r), Fireworks(r), ColdFusion(r), and other apps
• Use templates and the Library to unify and update your pages
• Extend Dreamweaver's power by creating your own custom tags and behaviors

Bonus CD-ROM
The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials!

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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From the Back Cover

Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management — plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more — this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver 8

• Create dynamic Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets
• Punch up your page with progressive or streaming video
• Build interactive forms and client-side image maps
• Insert, delete, and update data in your Web pages
• Improve your HTML coding with the new Coding toolbar
• Integrate with Photoshop®, Flash®, Fireworks®, ColdFusion®, and other apps
• Use templates and the Library to unify and update your pages
• Extend Dreamweaver's power by creating your own custom tags and behaviors

Bonus CD-ROM

The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials!

About the Author

Joseph Lowery is a professional Web developer and author who has been writing about computers since 1981. Joe has garnered the attention and respect of many at Macromedia and has been featured as one of their “celebrity presenters” for the Macromedia User Conference (SF and Paris), and as a speaker for the Macromedia Seminar Series (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York). Joe also speaks and teaches at Macromedia Web World and Seybold Seminars, and leads an intermediate Dreamweaver online course through eHandsOn on Macromedia’s site.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1152 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (February 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471763128
• ISBN-13: 978-0471763123
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #905,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very comphrensive book - CDROM has some problems, March 31, 2006

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Charles M. Davis "CM Davis" (Lexington, Kentucky) - See all my reviews
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The Simulations folder on the CDROM included with the book contains some broken links, probably due to a production problem and it is my understanding that this will soon be corrected.

This book is one of the most comprehensive books for Dreamweaver 8 that I have found so far and I have looked at many of them. I am under a tight schedule for several new websites, Dreamweaver 8 is completely new to me and I am not at all worried thanks to this book and its very accomplished author! My thanks to Joe Lowery. ...now, I guess I need another copy. This thing is too big to carry between work and home!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for Novices, July 2, 2006

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An encyclopedia of helpful information but, this will not be helpful to a novice trying to learn the program for the first time.
For that get Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Visual Quickstart Guide (Negrino and Smith).

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good comprehensive book, January 18, 2007

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R. Peterson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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this is a good book to get a great background on DW8 and understand creating websites. If you don't have any background in HTML or webpages, the size of the book may overwhelm you but I found it very useful to get a comprehensive understanding of DW. It helped my to get concepts correct. The examples were broken on my CD but after a little playing around, I got them to work.