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Dreamweaver 2 for Windows & Macintosh, Second Edition (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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OK you big, bad critics, READ THE TITLE. This is not "The Complete DW Ref.", nor "The DW 2 Guide for DW 1.2 Users", nor even "The Advanced DW Guide for DW Experts". This is a great book for doing what the title states- getting started using the program quickly (hense VQS).

This book is great for getting started using the most useful and exciting WYSIWYG editor around. The book focusses on how to use the immense functionality available in DW 2. The concise explainations and helpful visuals get the point across without overwhelming those unfamiliar with DW. This also keeps the book short (can be read in week-end). I would also suggest buying the HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, and PERL/ CGI VQS Guides (in this order). This will allow you to get the most out of DW's vast capabilities. For those of you looking for something other than a qickstart (or in addition to) try the Dreamweaver 2 Bible, or Dreamweaver H.O.T.

BUY DW2 and buy this book. DW2 is the ONLY true WYSIWYG HTML editor out there. It also writes mucho JS and DHTML(CSS) for you as well. But, you can best utilize it if you know JS and DHTML (use the VQS for this too). It also is great for Site Management (a nonobvious NECESSITY- big time and headache saver). And this book gets you well on your way to using this incredibly powerful software.

After reading Dreamweaver 2, HTML 4, Perl & CGI, DHTML, and Javascript VQS's, I have created a 50 Pg., 175 pg., and 2,500 pg. sites in about two months. In addition, I taught my 65 y.o. mother to create her own site with the help of DW2 and the VQS series. Don't hesitate, buy these books now (great price here at Amazon.com). They also have great companion websites. Once you get started, then look at the "Bible" series or another reference book (600+ pgs.). Good-luck. P.S. - I don't work for nor am compensated by the publisher or Macromedia.

This book is a total waste of money. It is more like a boring reference manual. The free online book available from macromedia is far superior and well written (can be downloaded from macromedia site. It is about 2.5MB acrobat file)

There is nothing in this book that isn't better in the Macromedia online documetation. There are no great insites or techniques. The examples are terrible.

I agree; this book is not nearly as good as the free tutorial available on-line. Save your money.

There is NO information provided for the 2.0 release of Dreamweaver in this book. This book is identical, page for page, to the Dreamweaver 1.2 book. This is very disappointing because Dreamweaver 2.0 has a myriad of new features. If you just upgraded to 2.0 this book is useless and will not QuickStart anything! If you want to learn the basics of Dreamweaver 1.2 this book is fine.

I would highly recommend to buy this book, specially to those who wants to learn Dreamweaver quickly and easily. No lengthy explanations just straightforward step by step tutorials on the features of the software. Thanks Ms. J. Tarin

This is a great book if you haven't used Dreamweaver before (like myself). I got up and running in no time. There are many illustrations that go with the instructions which helps clarify the points. The book is very simple and easy to digest. It's a book you can just pick up and read from start to end. It was quite enjoyable following the instructions in the book, while at the same time experimenting with the application.

However, if you are looking for a book with more 'meat' or a reference for Dreamweaver, I would recommend the "Dreamweaver 2 Bible" by Lowery, over this book. Given that the book is a "Quickstart", it lived up to it's name.

The book makes a good reference book, no doubt about it. However, you can get just as much info from the dreamweaver Website at Macromedia for free. So I'm taking it back.

At the school where I teach, we use many of the VQS books; this one is a real disappointment. There's lots of cute, informal language, but not enough good hard information. For example: the discussion on using tracing images has several paragraphs of "explanatory" text, with extraneous asides and jokes, but nowhere (that I can find) does the discussion include something as basic as what file formats you have to use for a tracing image. The rest of the book has been equally frustrating and non-useful. I don't recommend it.