Adobe PageMill 3 f/x and Design: Everything You Need to Know about Designing and Maintaining a Dynamic Web Site [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Adobe PageMill 3 F/X and Design teaches you how to use the Adobe PageMill 3.0 program for Windows and Macintosh to create lively, interesting Web sites. Although the updated program supports neither Dynamic HTML nor cascading style sheets, it does offer the site-management features of SiteMill. Formerly a separate product, SiteMill comes with Adobe Photoshop LE for image editing, making PageMill 3.0 even more valuable than previous versions.

The author first teaches you how to plan your Web site as you consider your audience, content, resources, and navigational features. You then learn how to add and format text and add a variety of background and icon graphics to your pages. Next, the authors delve into designing pages with tables, frames, and forms and making more interactive pages (filled with GIF animations, Shockwave, QuickTime movies, sound, and Java applets).

With your Web site basically done, you work on attracting an audience by, for example, registering your site with search engines, tracking hits, using META tags, and simply adding your URL to your organization's logo, ads, and other output. You also use the newly integrated (and enhanced) SiteMill features to tackle site-maintenance issues such as link maintenance, searching and replacing, and error fixing. The specialized final chapters focus on creating Web storefronts using Open Market's (formerly ICentral's) ShopSite Express and on extending PageMill's functionality via plug-ins and .pdf files.

A full-color section shows sample PageMill sites created by various designers. An appendix lists online resources for graphics, animations, movies, sound files, JavaScripts, and Java applets. The included CD-ROM comes with trial software, JavaScripts, Java applets, and graphics, as well as files for the book's exercises. These projects are accompanied by thorough discussions of features, artistic guidance, technical advice, and screen shots. --Kathleen Caster

Product Description

Explains PageMill's new site management and plug-in features. Covers conversion of text to HTML, database integration, CGIs, Acrobat PDF, Shockwave, whether to ActiveX or not, Java and JavaScript rollover buttons, scrolling text and other effects. Covers new features such as integrated site management.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books (June 24, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576102149
• ISBN-13: 978-1576102145
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,810,373 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent book !, September 4, 1999

By A Customer

As a computer teacher who thrives on well written resource books (allowing me to better understand my subject prior to teaching it to my students), I wholeheartedly recommend Adobe PageMill 3 F/X and Design. In my opinion, it is clearly geared towards the intermediate (skill) user who has some working knowledge of PageMill 3. The CD has great resources. Similarly, Daniel's accompanying web site for the book at geekbooks.com is extremely helpful. Thanks for a producing a clearly written book that I have found very helpful.

-Themis Drakos

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's good, but not perfect. What geekbook is?, July 1, 1999

By A Customer

I'll be the first to admit that PageMill 3 f/x and design has its flaws. It was published in late spring 1998--more than half a year before the next PageMill 3 book hit the shelves.

I invite you to go to the bookstore and take a look at both my book and Maria Langer's PageMill 3 book. We both take a different approach. She does some cool stuff. I do some cool stuff. They're different books.

Sometimes, it's better to browse for yourself, in a real world bookstore, rather than just relying upon online reviews.

If you've purchased my book, and something's not working for you, please email me ([e-mail]). We'll work through any difficulties you may be experiencing.

I am committed to helping my readers. To me, this about more than just selling books.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A worthwhile book if you are starting out with Pagemill 3, July 23, 1998

By A Customer

This book is definitely worth it if you are just starting out with Pagemill 3 as the online instructions for the program are not great.

For me however I'm glad I purchased it as it is a great refernece, but having been using Pagemill 3 for two months,I have been left with more questions than ever.

I am a graphic designer who has "converted" to the web and thus my design skills are good but how does one learn to convert everything to HTML? This is a good basic start.

This book has helped in certain areas, and I would recommend it for most web learners.