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GoLive CyberStudio 2 for Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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I found this book very difficult to read due to it's unavailablity. I did find it refreshing though that when not reading the book I was never confused as to the terminolgy being used or the meaning of phrases or comments. I reccomend this book to computer users without access to a computer or illiterate people.

This is the worst resource I've ever come across. Cyberstudio is a deep program and has a ton of features that aren't covered in the book. This is a good book for absolute beginners, but anyone who already knows anything about designing web sites would find it incredibly frustrating.

This book is really useful for the new CyberStudio Personal (previously v2). Reading binky's review, he/she/it must work for netobjects. there's no comparison. netobjects puts everything in a database then you "publish" your site, if you change something you have to "republish" it. I have over 9,000 web pages on four sites and unless you want one program to control everything (which is very very limiting) then choose netobjects. If you want the BEST web page tool, CyberStudio.

CyberStudio is THE BEST web design and maintenence tool I've found (I've upgraded to 3). I manage three sites with a total of over 7,000 pages and 8,500 images. I also use it to make small quick pages and sites. It is completely compatible with the Unix, Linux, Mac, and NT- web servers that host my pages. Dreamweaver is not even close to the overall advantage to CyberStudio, who now has a groupware version. If you're serious about web design get CyberStudio.

While CyberStudio 2 has been supplanted by CyberStudio 3 (and 2 renamed CyberStudio Personal) this book remains a wonderfully written and explained start to the most powerful WYSIWYG editor going.

CyberStudio 3 kicks the snot out of NetObjects Fusion (with its proprietary formats) and all the other pretenders.

GoLive has made a pretty amazing piece of software. It's unfortunate that their documentation is so terrible. I came to Shelly Brisbin's QuickStart Guide hoping it would give me some new insight into the app. Major disappointment!

It seems to me that the author was content to simply distill down the manual that came with CyberStudio. She doesn't say anything new. In fact, some sections of her book seemed lifted right out of the manual.

Bummer.

I liked the book mainly because its to the point. It's a great reference for how to's, although it doesn't cover more advanced stuff (and isn't expected to anyway). It's a great way to jump start Cyberstudio 2, and is much better to read than the software's own documentation. A definate buy-it-book

I have found this, as well as many of the other "Quick Start" books to be terse and effective. After in-depth analysis of both GoLive's CyberStudio and a competitor, NetObjects, I found that GoLive works best for my creative mind and rewards without fanfare time after time with its well designed tools that let me focus on my work and what I want to accomplish rather than having to focus on the tools. Brisbin's book helped me quickly get at the tools I needed and understand how they worked. NetObjects with its "in your face" tools, is good for corporate players who want a quick appearance of polish rather than the depth. However, both products have a market place. GoLive shows up for more serious aesthetics in an unobtrusive way that only a well engineered tool provides---which is something few people really experience in a life, and perhaps part of why there are so many polished but shoddy products bought by consumers every year.

GoLive's offering has a maturity that is lost on the casual observer. GoLive is easy to master with Brisbin's help as the two worked for me to steadily build to the full panoply of tools. By contrast, where NetObjects dictated to me, GoLive showed up as a true assistant helping me to do what I wanted.

That said, a quick way to get at and master GoLive's tools and sophisticated site management power has been -- for me at least -- this Quick Start book by Brisbin from Peach Pit Press. It's been a desirable companion for me and also handy for reference too.

as usual, the visual quickstart guide has proven very useful. easy-to-understand tutorials that don't bore the reader. and as for a comparison to netobjects fusion (i have used both), cyberstudio has proven to be THE web page development software for html-ignorant designers or even for serious developers who just don't have time to write code. hit their site to read the raves. every publication, web-site or user i have come across is convinced that this is the tool to use.

This book is a decent overview of a promising, but actually average piece of software. I was intrigued by CyberStudio's apparent WYSIWYG approach, thinking it would be an improvement on NetObjects' Fusion. But I was sadly disappointed. Don't waste your time with the book or the software. I've since moved to NetObjects' Fusion and am much happier. The Dan Shafer book or the Stell Gassaway book on that software are both good