Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you craving for real-world examples? Are you looking for concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? Learn Dreamweaver by following classroom-proven exercises that will teach you to build sophisticated web pages. This book is geared toward people who have never written HTML or those who would like to switch from coding by hand to a visual HTML editor. Complete with insider tips, illustrated with detailed graphics, and accompanied by a CD-ROM that's loaded with guided exercises, demo software and QuickTime movies, this book ensures that you'll learn all the key features of Dreamweaver 2.
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Dreamweaver is hot. It seems like every article on Web design focuses on this wildly popular authoring application. So Dreamweaver 2.0 HOT: Hands-On Training is an apt title for Web design guru Lynda Weinman's latest how-to manual, a cross-platform tutorial that teaches in a concise and straightforward manner.
Everything necessary to create a Web site is covered: image placement, color schemes, links, tables, frames, rollovers, cascading style sheets, DHTML, and more. Even complicated page structuring is made easy. For example, Dreamweaver uses layers for What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) layout, affording maximum flexibility in placing objects. These layers can be converted to tables for better browser compatibility or used as is in more complicated dynamic pages. Dreamweaver 2.0 HOT clearly explains the differences between layers and tables and shows how and when to convert between the two. The book also makes creating multiple swap rollovers and dynamic animated Web pages seem simple.
Dreamweaver 2.0 HOT shows how to take advantage of one of the greatest benefits of using Dreamweaver: the ability to create page templates and a library of frequently used objects (for example, images, navigational bars, and banners). Successfully using these features is key to getting the most out of the application. Also, the book repeatedly demonstrates the importance of working from within Dreamweaver's powerful site management window.
There are over 70 lessons here that are most effective if read while sitting at the computer. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all necessary files and images as well as a demo version of Dreamweaver 2.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Quicktime 4, and Netscape Communicator 4.6. An added bonus for beginners is the 12 Quicktime movies that go through various sequences from the lessons, some with a voice over by Weinman.
It's not easy to make step-by-step instructions work for users of many levels, but Dreamweaver 2.0 HOT succeeds. The steps in each lesson are succinct while still covering all the necessary commands. And many of these lessons and all of the chapters work independently of each other; an experienced Web developer can skim or even skip ahead without getting lost.
The tone of the book is casual and encouraging (e.g., "no more funky pixels, Mom!"), but not to the point where it slows down reading; it's peppy but not gabby. If it occasionally errs on the side of too many exclamation points, Dreamweaver 2.0 HOT makes up for it with the incredible achievement of rendering a complex and extremely powerful application manageable within hours. --Angelynn Grant
Topics covered: Creating, maintaining, and updating Web sites using Dreamweaver 2.0, including proper use of site management tools; use of Dreamweaver tools, menus, palettes, and commands; designing with layers, tables, frames, cascading style sheets, DHTML, and plug-ins; simple, animated, and pointer rollovers; use of templates and libraries in Dreamweaver; analyzing the HTML, including META tags and troubleshooting; and shortcuts and helpful tips. CD-ROM includes all files and images for lessons, tryout version of Dreamweaver 2.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Quicktime 4, and 12 Quicktime movies showing complex menus and actions.
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Are you looking for concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials?
Learn Dreamweaver by following classroom-proven exercises that will teach you to build sophisticated web pages. This book is geared toward people who have never written HTML or those who would like to switch from coding by hand to a visual HTML editor.
Complete with insider tips, illustrated with detailed graphics, and accompanied by a CD-ROM that's loaded with guided exercises, demo software and QuickTime movies, this book ensures that you'll learn all the key features of Dreamweaver 2.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Tutorial for Dreamweaver 2.0! I loved it!,
This review is from: Dreamweaver 2.0 Hands-On Training (Paperback)
Dreamweaver 2.0 - Hands On Training, one of two great Dreamweaver books. You should really consider this book if you'd like to go through simple exercises that will demonstrate the true power of Dreamweaver 2.0. I thought I knew what was easy and powerful with Dreamweaver - UNTIL I purchased this book! My eyes were opened to ideas I never before considered. Dreamweaver 2.0 is an unbelievably great web design product, and this book is the perfect companion to anyone at the beginner or intermediate stages. Then again, I thought I was pretty advanced, so unless you know EVERYTHING about Dreamweaver, consider ordering this one. It's a great book. You'll probably rediscover things you had previously forgotten. I did, several times.The other great Dreamweaver book is the Dreamweaver 2.0 Bible. It's an excellent reference that covers everything you would ever want to know in great detail, but in a simple fashion. I wish all technical writers could pick up a few tips from these writers. The simple language and easy examples are about as perfect as one can imagine. One note - DW2 - Hands On Training has a few typos, but nothing serious. You'll see them immediately, and they shouldn't be distracting at all. I don't remember even one typo that made this book technically inaccurate. Don't worry about that. You'll LOVE this book.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
H.O.T BOOK,
This review is from: Dreamweaver 2.0 Hands-On Training (Paperback)
This book covers the essentials in designing with DW. If you are looking for a book that will teach you the basics and then throw you right in to some of the more complicated applications that you can use with this program, then this is the book for you. Most people complain about these types of books because they don't go into specifics about some topics. Books like the HOT series can only give you the tools to learn this stuff on your own. Your limitation in Dreamweaver is up to your imagination. If you need someone holding your hand while you do it, you will get nowhere. This book will hold your hand, then let it go when the time is right. By the end of the book, you will be able to take those ideas that you have stacked in your brain and develop a creative and innovative web site. Great book for classroom instruction.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fast, easy help for the desperate & impatient!,
By CLC (Virginia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dreamweaver 2.0 Hands-On Training (Paperback)
I came into this with no website-building experience and I needed to build one as quickly as I could. I looked at a couple of books to learn how to use Dreamweaver and this one met my expectations in EVERY way! If you like to feel comfortable with a big picture about a program before you start pushing buttons and messing around, get this book.
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