Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows & Macintosh [Paperback]

J. Tarin Towers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201844451 | ISBN-13: 978-0201844450 | Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Even if you've never used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia's popular Web authoring program in no time. This completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver uses step-by-step, task-based instructions to explain all of the program's basic tools and how to use them to design a Web site. The book covers the program's existing features as well as its new ones, including its site setup wizard, context-sensitive toolbar, snippets, and enhanced coding tools. Whether you're using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX as a WYSIWYG page-layout tool and never want to write HTML, or if you're a hand coder who prefers using a sophisticated text editor, you'll find Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide indispensable.

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From the Back Cover

Even if you've never used Macromedia Dreamweaver before, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will have you up and running with Macromedia's popular Web authoring program in no time. This completely updated edition of our best-selling guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver uses step-by-step, task-based instructions to explain all of the program's basic tools and how to use them to design a Web site. The book covers the program's existing features as well as its new ones, including its site setup wizard, context-sensitive toolbar, snippets, and enhanced coding tools. Whether you're using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX as a WYSIWYG page-layout tool and never want to write HTML, or if you're a hand coder who prefers using a sophisticated text editor, you'll find Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide indispensable.

About the Author

J. Tarin Towers has contributed as a writer and technical editor to more than a dozen books about computers and the Internet. As an editorial consultant, she has worked with such companies as Netscape Communications, Microsoft, Informix Software, and infoseek. Tarin is a published poet and essayist and teaches an introductory Dreamweaver class at www.barnesandnobleuniversity.com. Her Web site resides at www.tarin.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201844451
• ISBN-13: 978-0201844450
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,801,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Let's get real, April 8, 2004

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TopCat "hal96a" (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows & Macintosh (Paperback)

While this review is still basically correct it needs to be ammended because the appendeces on the web are not complete. When looking for an appendix Q, which was referred to in the book, the online appendeces only included A - N. The publisher referred me to the author, but the email addresses given only return errors. Very disappointing. The rating has dropped from 5 stars to 2 for this reason.

...This is called VISUAL QUICKSTART. When I want depth I look at publishers like MacMillan Technical, Wrox, and O'Reilly. When I want some help doing a project with software that is unfamiliar to me, then I look first at these guides. They are reasonably priced and get me working quickly.

I haven't found anything that claims this book is for advanced users, it is clearly marked beginning to intermediate. Nor is it a tutorial. It is 700 pages of direct instructions that are grouped by task that are well indexed with a complete table of contents. And it is all to the point, I don't have to wade through dross to get to the silver. It also has a companion website that provides extensive appendices, along with links to other sites that the web developers that I know recommend - webmonkey, killerwebsites, pagesthatsuck and more.

I would say that this book is for beginners at Dreamweaver, not new computer owners. I am comfortable technically, I want to put up a site with Dreamweaver, and this is a book that will keep me busy and learning new things for a long time. Since I am not a developer, along with the website it may well be the only book I will ever need. However, the online references need to be completed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dreamweaver by Tarin Towers, January 19, 2004

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Cora Williams (Seven Lakes, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows & Macintosh (Paperback)

I really like this book. I'm pretty good at computers but I was stumped when trying to learn Dreamweaver on my own. The book breaks learning down in to easy to follow steps, and includes information for MAC users as well, although not as frequently as I'd like. Ms. Towers has tons of personality, and it comes through in her text. Unlike the other reviewer, I like how the book is organzied. It is written very sequentially so that the reader builds upon thier skills, even if this means not learning everything there is to know about a function until a later chapter. The author always notes this, and tells the reader where to skip ahead to if they need the advanced stuff now.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your Money..., November 4, 2002

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Kenaz Filan (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for Windows & Macintosh (Paperback)

The information contained in this book is all available in the tutorials which come with the program. What's more, it is laid out in such a confusing way that it is next to useless. I'm going to check out Macromedia's *Dreamweaver from the Source* -- I was very impressed with their Freehand guide. As for this book, all I can say is "read the title ... and save your money."