Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.72
EAN: 9780201354355
ISBN: 0201354357
Label: Peachpit Press
Manufacturer: Peachpit Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: March 26, 1999
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Sales Rank: 1791958
Studio: Peachpit Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Macromedia's Dreamweaver 2 is the upgrade to its cross-platform visual tool for creating sophisticated Web sites. Building on the phenomenal success of the previous version, Dreamweaver 2, a WYSIWYG authoring tool which supports stylesheets, DHTML, JavaScript, table-making, and other high-end visual features, is about to take the web-authoring world by storm -- again.

Surfing the same wave of success is Dreamweaver 2 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, the essential, visually rich guide to Dreamweaver 2. Whether readers are just starting to learn the basics of Web page design or looking to build on their Web design expertise, this book will give them a thorough grounding in Dreamweaver's capabilities. Nearly every chapter goes beyond Dreamweaver's WYSIWYG visual editing and delves into working with the code to enhance Web pages.

Amazon.com Review:
Dreamweaver 2 for Windows and Macintosh assists beginning Web page designers with quickly and successfully creating their first sites.

Author J. Tarin Towers commences her discussion of Dreamweaver 2 by showing you how to navigate and customize the software's interface. She follows by demonstrating how you can quickly use the software to create basic Web pages.

You build on the basics by learning Dreamweaver's features for creating text, manipulating paragraphs, creating a good layout, working with images, adding links, and using tables and frames. Trickier tasks include creating forms, working with Style Sheets, creating and managing layers, adding and modifying behaviors, and drawing timelines.

Towers also teaches you how to work with libraries and templates, use plug-ins and active content, and set up and manage your site. Throughout Dreamweaver 2 for Windows and Macintosh, you'll get the benefit of large screen shots along with tasks involving clear steps, usage tips and shortcuts, and alternative approaches to using the most common features. --Kathleen Caster




Rating: - I may be weird, but I like this book!
I have designing pages for years, and I am forced to teach college students Dreamweaver. I picked up this book, skipped the beginners section and jumped right into the Advanced section (javascript and animation). And i did not have any problems!

Its nice to have a book to read, when you can't get online to do the free tutorials (like when you our on a business trip in an airplane =)

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Rating: - I only bought it because version 3 wasn't out.
The book goes through the basics of Dreamweaver. The problem was that they needed to publish the Dreamweaver 3 book sooner because I was stuck buying this version.The book does teach alot of tricks and how to use the tools needed. Pay attention to the javascript behaviors that are included in the Dreamweaver that the book teaches.You can get everything in the book at the Macromedia site though. It's a good book for beginners!

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Rating: - Not as good as the free tutorial...
I agree; this book is not nearly as good as the free tutorial available on-line. Save your money.

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Rating: - Minus One Star - Don't waste your time or money!
Found the book poorly organized, the examples are terrible, you have to keep flipping back and forth and still author does not teach in any linear way. I found the online book from Macromedia far superior, and would not buy another book by this author.

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Rating: - Good book made obsolete by Dreamweaver 3.0
Now that a newer version of Dreamweaver is available, this book has run its course. I look forward to the next edition by this fine author.

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