Homesite 4.5 for Dummies [Paperback]

Nick Bradbury (Author), David Crowder (Author), Rhonda Crowder (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764507079 | ISBN-13: 978-0764507076 | Publication Date: April 2000

HomeSite 4.5 For Dummies provides a clear and concise reference to the latest version of the popular Web page creation program. Unlike WYSIWYG authoring tools, HomeSite gives the user precise layout control and total design flexibility, and fully supports the latest Web technologies. HomeSite 4.5 For Dummies focuses on the most useful and practical tasks facing Web designers in the concise and coherent Dummies format. Nick Bradbury created HomeSite, and the Crowders have used HomeSite for years for their own Web development activities. They can show other users how to get right down to it, using both the simple and advanced features of HomeSite to produce high quality web sites in no time. With features like color-coded text editing, a potent variety of HTML coding wizards, automatic tag completion and validation, and on-screen file management capabilities, HomeSite is the single best overall Web page creation program available. HomeSite 4.5 for Dummies is the book that such a fine program deserves.

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From the Publisher

Discover how to:

Customize HomeSite
Implement tables and lists
Add color, images, and links
Use automatic tag completion and validation
Harness the project management and quality control features
Deploy your site with ease

BONUS CD-ROM INCLUDES:

HomeSite 4.5 30-day evaluation version
TopStyle 1.5 for cascading style sheets, evaluation version
Paint Shop Pro 6.0, evaulation version
CSE HTML Validator Lite 2.0

About the Author

Nick Bradbury created HomeSite and TopStyle.

David and Rhonda Crowder have authored Setting Up an Internet Site For Dummies and are recipients of NetGuide magazine's Gold Site Award.

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers) (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764507079
• ISBN-13: 978-0764507076
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,913,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get advice from the "source"., May 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Homesite 4.5 for Dummies (Paperback)

At first I was afraid that since this book was co-written by Nick bradbury, the creator of Homesite, it would be way over my beginner head. But alas- I was wrong. I've had no trouble at all manuvering through the maze of new information, really grasping what a wondeful HTML editor Homesite 4.5 really is. This book is comprehensive as heck and i now know so many little shortcuts I feel like a pro. If you already have a bit of a grasp HTML you can skip ahead and still learn all of the nifty shortcuts that will save you valuable time - that you can spent outside, away from your computer.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good job describing program features, December 2, 2000

By 

Doug Brecht (Charlestown, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homesite 4.5 for Dummies (Paperback)

Homesite 4.5 is an excellant program, and some of its many features are quite intuitive. But you KNOW there is much more power under the hood... if only you could figure out how to tap it. This book succeeds in doing just that. It does a <<great>> job explaining, not only "To insert an image (for example) click here", but what the various image options are, how they will look, what options may not work with older browsers, and such. Nearly every page I read I thought to myself "Wow! Homesite does THAT?". A book has got to be REALLY good to accomplish that.

The review from LillySSS does point out one (potential) limitation: This book does not teach you how to create a web site. If you've never created a web site before, neither this book (or, in my opinion, Homesite itself) is for you. But if you've created a few pages with Frontpage and now need more control (or want to create pages that aren't so bloated with code) then this book should do the trick. Conversely, if you've hand coded web sites in HTML, the program and this book let you do exactly what you've been doing, but with a whole lot less effort.

In any case... if you are using Homesite, you will get a lot more out of the program, and become more proficient, with this book.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Its not for dummies, November 30, 2000

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"lillysss" (Berkeley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homesite 4.5 for Dummies (Paperback)

It was a choice between Sams and Dummies. I choose dummies because it was the latest (4.51) and for dummies. When I read it though, it wasn't for dummies. I was looking for more of a step by step this is how you do it kind of book. Instead, it was mostly describing what certain things do without giving a real clear step by step this-is-how-you-do-it. Now I have to go back and buy another Homesite book because this wasn't what I expected at all. If you know what you're doing, then this is for you. I've used frontpage and am fine with it, but this book was way too advanced and general for me.