Teach Yourself Visually: Dreamweaver MX 2004 [Paperback]

Janine Warner (Author), Susannah Gardner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 19, 2004 | Series: Visual Read Less, Learn More

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something – and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Dreamweaver MX 2004 tasks, from planning a Web site to editing browser lists, including using HTML, inserting multimedia files, adding dynamic content, and uploading your pages to a server.

"Your series is the most precise, visually appealing and compelling to peruse. Kudos!"
– Margaret Rose Chmilar
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words!"
– Lorri Pegan-Durastante
(Wickliffe, OH)

• "Teach Yourself VISUALLY" sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…a guide for visual learners…includes step-by-step screenshots…” (Mac World, May 2004)

From the Back Cover

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something -- and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you’ll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Dreamweaver MX 2004 tasks, from planning a Web site to editing browser lists, including using HTML, inserting multimedia files, adding dynamic content, and uploading your pages to a server.

"Your series is the most precise, visually appealing and compelling to peruse. Kudos!"
-- Margaret Rose Chmilar

(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)

"A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words!"
-- Lorri Pegan-Durastante

(Wickliffe, OH)

• "Teach Yourself VISUALLY" sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
• Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 319 pages
• Publisher: Visual; 1st edition (January 19, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764543350
• ISBN-13: 978-0764543357
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,441,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #100 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Database Design

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Easy to Follow, March 21, 2005

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Rosa Vargas (Winter Park, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself Visually: Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Paperback)

Within 3 days, I am up and publishing with Dreamweaver using this book. I have very minimal knowledge of HTML (I mean minimal). But, I am not even relying on that. I am using the WYSIWYG (Design Mode).

Incredible! I recommend it to everyone. Yet, do know that it does not come with the Dreamweaver software. However, you can download a free 30-day trial, which is more than enough time to go through the exercises in this book. You can download the trial at www.Dreamweaver.com.

The pages guide you with numbered instructions. The numbered instructions point to the corresponding area and action on the image posted on that page. The images are exactly the way the screen is. Just when you have a question, you will find an even more appealing picture with answers to your possible questions. In addition, the writers did a great job. Their instructions are clear and fun!

I have the Dummies book (which does come with the software trial and it is pretty good) but, this one is easier to follow and visually entertaining.

An excellent investment!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book to learn Dreamweaver, April 23, 2005

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fabi - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Visually: Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Paperback)

I learned Dreamweaver quickly and easily with this book. The other books I read takes a lot of time to digest and you tend to forget much after all the longwiring steps of an exercise.
This book gives you precise and direct instructions and shows you the results with beautiful pictures. Learning is effortless and fun. I recommend this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars overwhelming unnecessary introductory illustrations, June 22, 2005

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Thomas Johnson "T. John" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Visually: Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Paperback)

The full color step-by-step screen shots at the bottom half of the book are extremely informative. However, the pages are too cluttered with visual information. The excessive use of full color imagery becomes overwhelming. If the book were to focus on the full color step-by-step screen shots at the bottom half of the book and eliminate the clunky introduction illustrations above, it would be a 5 star book.