Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) [Paperback]

Gary B. Shelly (Author), Thomas J. Cashman (Author), Dolores Wells (Author), Steven M. Freund (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1418859923 | ISBN-13: 978-1418859923 | Edition: 1

Using the proven Shelly Cashman Series step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning, students of all levels will stay on track while obtaining the latest Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 skills. Dreamweaver 8 is the most current software to build Web sites and Internet applications, and using texts from the Shelly Cashman Series is your solution to teaching it!

Product Details

• Paperback: 551 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 1 edition (March 29, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418859923
• ISBN-13: 978-1418859923
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #551,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #78 in Books > Computers & Technology > Graphic Design > Web Design > Dreamweaver

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent if you are new to Dreamweaver, April 4, 2007

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Diana "ddias_2000" (Haworth, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) (Paperback)

It has color pictures on just about every page! This book is great in that it explains just about everything and does not assume that you have any prior Dreamweaver experience, yet it goes all the way through to explaining Cascading Style Sheets and layers. It combines explanations with tutorials - it explains what you are going to do and shows you how to do it, so you are not just following directions blindly with no clue as to what you are doing.

Here are the chapter headings:

Introduction: Web Site Development and Macromedia Dreamweaver 8;

Project One: Creating a Dreamweaver Web Page and Local Site;

Project Two: Adding Web Pages, Links and Images.

Project Three: Tables and Page Layout;

Project Four: Forms

(Note that it covers how to set up forms, but does not cover the server-side coding you would need to process forms);

Project Five: Templates and Style Sheets (CSS);

Project Six: Layers, Image Maps, and Navigation Bars;

Appendix A: Dreamweaver Help;

Appendix B: Dreamweaver and Accessibility;

Appendix C: Publishing to a Web Server.

Note that this book only covers Dreamweaver. It does not cover Flash, Fireworks, or Contribute.

Also, according to the back cover, this book is part of the Shelly Cashman Series for Dreamweaver 8 that includes Dreamweaver 8 Introductory (meant for a 3-5 week course), Dreamweaver 8 Complete (this book) (meant for a 6-9 week course), and Dreamweaver 8 Comprehensive (meant for a 10-15 week course). I wish I had understood this before, because I probably would have purchased the Comprehensive instead, which has 3 more projects, although I do not know what those projects are.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely educational, easy to follow, November 5, 2006

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Pamela Irick "bibliophile extrordinaire" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) (Paperback)

I purchased this book for a college course, and I'm just about done with it. It has taken me from someone who'd never opened Dreamweaver in my life to being able to build a professional looking website in a matter of 2 months. I already had HTML experience, but had never used Dreamweaver software before. Highly recommended for a novice. The explanantions are detailed and easy to understand.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, August 14, 2009

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Jay T. Attebery "JTAttebery" (Morongo Valley, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Complete Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) (Paperback)

This book came quickly. It was a detailed book for working with Dreamweaver 8, and had a lot of website concepts, which I began to put into practice right away.