Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours [Paperback]

Betsy Bruce (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sams Teach Yourself...in 24 Hours | Publication Date: July 18, 2002

Dreamweaver is Macromedia's award-winning visual tool for professional Web site design and production. It is used for everything from designing home pages to full-scale commercial Web sites. The product is widely acclaimed as the best, most popular Web authoring tool for professional Web developers and designers.

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours is tailored specifically for the reader selected a sophisticated Web development tool and wants to fully exploit the power of Dreamweaver. The book does not dwell on elementary Web page authoring techniques, but focuses more on intermediate-level Web development topics, such as how to:

• Quickly build a dynamic Web site.
• Employ client-side image maps and interactive forms on a site.
• Set up frames with Dreamweaver's click-and-drag functionality.
• Add interactivity to HTML pages with CGI scripts, JavaScript, applets, and controls.
• Add audio, video, and other active content while being able to preview it at design stage.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Dreamweaver is Macromedia's awardwinning visual tool for professional Web site design and production. It is used for everything from designing home pages to fullscale commercial Web sites. The product is widely acclaimed as the best, most popular Web authoring tool for professional Web developers and designers.

Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours is tailored specifically for the reader selected a sophisticated Web development tool and wants to fully exploit the power of Dreamweaver. The book does not dwell on elementary Web page authoring techniques, but focuses more on intermediatelevel Web development topics, such as how to:

* Quickly build a dynamic Web site.
* Employ clientside image maps and interactive forms on a site.
* Set up frames with Dreamweaver's clickanddrag functionality.
* Add interactivity to HTML pages with CGI scripts, JavaScript, applets, and controls.
* Add audio, video, and other active content while being able to preview it at design stage.

About the Author

Betsy Bruce specializes in technology-based training using Dreamweaver and Authorware. Formerly a senior developer for MediaPro, Inc. in Bothell, WA, she is now an independent consultant and trainer. She is a Macromedia certified instructor for Dreamweaver, CourseBuilder for Dreamweaver, Flash, and Authorware. Betsy received her B.S. degree from the University of Iowa. She is a frequent speaker at conferences on creating technology-based training. Born and raised in Iowa, Betsy now lives on the West coast. Her Web site is located at http://www.betsybruce.com/.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education (July 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067232346X
• ISBN-13: 978-0672323461
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,169,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great way to "jump-start" your Web skills, October 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours (Paperback)

Wow! What a great book! I work for a small business and had been given the ominous task of updating our company Web site. I knew that with only basic knowledge of HTML, I was in for some longer work days ahead. Bruce's book not only gave me the immediate skills I needed to accomplish the task at hand, but provided me with numerous tips and tricks to increase my efficiency. With the time-crunch over, and the Web site up and running, I've had time to go back through the book and appreciate the extra "cool" features that she has included. I personally recommend this book for anyone who needs a quick guide to help them get down and dirty with Dreamweaver. I didn't know it would be this easy!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a Tutorial at All, July 16, 2003

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Larry E. Lutz (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours (Paperback)

At the risk of echoing what others have said, this book is not a tutorial at all. It provides information on how to do basic things in Dreamweaver in a kind of haphazard way but provides none of the guided practices or exercises that would qualify it as a tutorial or "teach yourself" book. It is certainly not on par with Sams Teach Yourself Flash MX, a book that I would highly recommend. 90% of what's in this book, you could get from the Help that comes with Dreamweaver, and the Help is at least as intelligible as this book. For what this book offers, the reader would be better off with Que's Using Dreamweaver MX. If you want a "teach yourself" type book, look elsewhere.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Keep lookin, July 6, 2003

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Emery Wells (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sams Teach Yourself Macromedia Dreamweaver MX in 24 Hours (Paperback)

As a new Dreamweaver user, I was not pleased with this book at all. The authors approach was unclear and not laid out thoughtfully. I had just gotten through the "Flash in 24 hours" and I was expecting the Dreameaver book to be just as good. Unfortunately ive realized that its not the series, but the author which makes a book great. Im currently half way through and Im now on-line searching for another Dreamweaver book.