Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hands-On Training FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
Invest some time with Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hands-On Training. Youﾽll be paid back handsomely -- with deep, marketable mastery of todayﾽs No. 1 web development software package.
Garo Green and the legendary Lynda Weinman have put together an outstanding start-to-finish core course in Dreamweaver. This isn't simply ﾽdo this, don't do thatﾽ: it's in-depth, real-world insight for applying your skills to real problems.
The heart of the book: over 100 hands-on exercises, each clearly introduced with detailed background, carefully annotated, and drawing on files provided on CD-ROM. Whenever the material gets really complex, just sit back and watch the authorsﾽ QuickTime movies.
Youﾽll get a rock-solid foundation: defining sites, links, typography, tables, and so forth. But thatﾽs just the beginning. Youﾽll thoroughly understand Dreamweaverﾽs precision layout tools, including tracing images, layers, and layout cells. Thereﾽs a superb hands-on introduction to using CSS in Dreamweaver, too.
There are detailed lessons on rollovers and behaviors, and on Fireworks integration (Dreamweaver itself now contains several basic Fireworks tools, so you wonﾽt have to swap programs as often.) Youﾽll also find an excellent XHTML jumpstart -- and, like it or not, XHTML is rapidly becoming indispensable.
Basic automation, templates, libraries, accessibility, multimedia: theyﾽre all covered. Learn it all, one chapter at a time -- or use the book to learn just what you need to know today. It works superbly either way.
(If youﾽre as impressed as we expect, look out for Dreamweaver MX 2004 Beyond the Basics Hands-On Training, too. Itﾽll cover everything from server-side includes to database integration. Early word is itﾽs equally hot.) Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored to tears and craving real-world examples? Do you want concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this is the book for you. These hands-on exercises teach you how to get up to speed with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 and start building complete Web pages with little effort. You'll learn to define a Web site, work with tables to lay out pages, create JavaScript rollovers, create frames, use Cascading Style Sheets effectively, and much, much more. Complete with insider tips, illustrated with detailed graphics, and accompanied by a CD loaded with classroom-proven exercises and QuickTime movies, this book ensures you'll master key features of Dreamweaver MX 2004 in no time.
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