Ten Ton Dreamweaver [Paperback]

Geoff Blake (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321374126 | ISBN-13: 978-0321374127 | Publication Date: February 18, 2006 | Edition: 1

If you're thinking about creating or maintaining Web sites, you're likely to turn to Dreamweaver, the de facto software tool of choice for Web design today. What could be a chore, however, becomes a fun and fascinating challenge with this comprehensive yet clever guide. Author Geoff Blake turns a technical topic into an entertaining one by using conversational language, plenty of humor, facts, and tips to make Dreamweaver accessible to everyone. Behind all the jokes, however, is a wealth of information: After showing how Dreamweaver fits into the overall Web design puzzle, Geoff quickly gets down to building a basic Web site, by teaching good, 21st century work habits and providing step-by-step instructions for building pages from the very beginning with CSS styles and library items. With that knowledge under your belt, you’ll be ready to tackle the advanced functionality (including behaviors, multimedia, and templates).

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About the Author

Geoff Blake is a freelance artist, author and designer, and is Principle of Holowan Intergalaktik, a graphic and multimedia company based in Toronto. For the past eight years, his company has offered a wide range of graphic design, stock artwork, consulting, and web services to the music and entertainment industries.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (February 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321374126
• ISBN-13: 978-0321374127
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,746,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, yet Informative, August 28, 2006

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Timothy B. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ten Ton Dreamweaver (Paperback)

This title is both original and satisfying. Usually with "How-to" books, you're left in a drab environment, and end up wanting to peel your eyes out from sheer boredom.
Geoff does a great job of keeping one's interest with humourous side-panels, cute icons, and a writing style that more or less seems like an actual conversation - a good one at that.

I recommend this book to every web designer in the business. You won't regret it.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, informative tech book., August 9, 2006

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Gregory Pederson "gspederson" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten Ton Dreamweaver (Paperback)

I have to start by saying I totally disagree with K. DeFever...maybe he had a fever when writing his review. K, if you don't like or have time for the humorous side bars, skip them. I mean why the petty attack about them? It's not like you're forced or even obliged to read them...some people just love to flame for the sake of flaming. I personally liked them and thought they were a nice touch that helped to add levity to a dry technical discussion.

I liked the writing style, and the humor. I found the chapters and lessons easy to understand and learn, and more importantly I learned how to accomplish real life web site building tasks using DW.. I also believe if you read the lesson through it all makes sense in the end. I thought the book did a good job teaching the reader how to use the DW utilities to accomplish the task of building a standards compliant website.

Overall I'd recommend this book as it will teach about DW and how to navigate through the program to create a well coded web site.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, December 24, 2008

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M. Ronquillo "Graphic Designer" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ten Ton Dreamweaver (Paperback)

Geoff Blake does a great job of covering Dreamweaver. A must-read for novice to intermediate level users! His humorous teaching style keeps you entertained while learning. I would like to read more of his books when they come out.