Macromedia Studio 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) [Paperback]

Damon Dean (Author), Andy Cowitt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2006 | ISBN-10: 076459690X | ISBN-13: 978-0764596902 | Edition: 1

Your one-stop guide to six great Macromedia tools for building Web sites

It's like a Web-site-in-a-book! First, there's some Web site insight to help you decide what you want your site to do. Then it's into the nitty-gritty of making it happen - building with Dreamweaver, adding animation with Flash, enabling collaboration with Contribute, using ColdFusion to access databases, and a whole lot more.

Discover how to

• Plan content for your site
• Use CSS styles
• Incorporate forms into your pages
• Beef up Flash movies with ActionScript
• Use queries in ColdFusion
• Integrate all the Macromedia products

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Your one-stop guide to six great Macromedia tools for building Web sites

It's like a Web-site-in-a-book! First, there's some Web site insight to help you decide what you want your site to do. Then it's into the nitty-gritty of making it happen — building with Dreamweaver, adding animation with Flash, enabling collaboration with Contribute, using ColdFusion to access databases, and a whole lot more.

Discover how to

• Plan content for your site
• Use CSS styles
• Incorporate forms into your pages
• Beef up Flash movies with ActionScript
• Use queries in ColdFusion
• Integrate all the Macromedia products

About the Author

Damon Dean has been working in Internet technologies and development for nearly a decade as an editor, producer, and developer. As a development editor for Sybex, Damon was responsible for developing both the multimedia and computer-game book lines. After developing those properties into profitable units, he moved on to Postlinear Entertainment, where he produced and designed online multiplayer computer games for publishers such as Sega and MGM. Three years later, Damon took his software development skills and moved into Web development. As a founding member of 415 Productions, Damon worked with several large companies, including Credit Suisse, Robert Mondavi, HP, and BART. His application design and development resumé includes architecting and building content management systems, extranets, corporate intranets, and enterprise CRMs. After four years at 415, Damon moved on in the summer of 2001 to be the Internet Services Director at a private foundation in Oakland, California.
Damon has written several books, dating back to 1996. His first book, A Pocket Tour of Multimedia on the Internet (Sybex), was eventually translated into five languages. In 1997, Damon began a relationship with Wiley Publishing and has written several books for them, including Web Channel Development For Dummies, FrontPage 2000 For Dummies Quick Reference, ACT! 2000 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference (co-author), and more recently, Cascading Style Sheets For Dummies.

Andy Cowitt is a freelance Web developer who spent five years learning the trade at the award-winning firm 415, Inc. While at 415, Andy worked on multimedia presentations and Web sites for Apple, Oracle, Macromedia, the San Francisco Symphony, KQED, and Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars. He’s been using Macromedia’s products since each of them arrived on the scene. In his spare time, Andy plays guitar and ukulele and makes videos. He lives in Oakland with illustrator Michael Wertz and their dog, Olive.

Product Details

• Paperback: 888 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (January 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076459690X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764596902
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,225,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book teaches the basics, April 1, 2008

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This review is from: Macromedia Studio 8 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computers)) (Paperback)

I recently took over the website for the school I'm a network admin at. Being the first website I've ever managed, and the first time I've ever used the Macromedia Studio software, I decided to look for a book to help me when I couldn't figure something out myself. This book does just that. It doesn't get into every little detail on how to do everything, but gives you just the right info you need to get going in the right direction. Easy to read and good for a beginner.