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Dreamweaver 4 Weekend Crash Course
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by Wendy Peck
Sales Rank: 1683362
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$0.39
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Paperback: 505 pages
Publisher: Hungry Minds 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764535757
ISBN-13: 978-0764535758
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
Product Description
30 step-by-step lessons that will have readers creating a cool Dreamweaver site in the course of a weekend! Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 has everything you need to develop a professional Web site. Now you can build Macromedia Flash graphics directly in Dreamweaver. Whether you use Dreamweaver's visual layout tools or its text-editing environment, the intuitive Macromedia User Interface makes it easy.
Back Cover Copy
Get up to Speed on Dreamweaver 4 — in a Weekend!
The big day is Monday. The day you get to show off what you know about Dreamweaver 4. The problem is, you're not really up to speed. Maybe it's been a while since you worked with Dreamweaver. Or maybe you haven't used Dreamweaver before. In any event, we've got a solution for you — Dreamweaver 4 Weekend Crash Course. Open the book Friday evening and by Sunday afternoon, after completing 30 fast, focused lessons, you'll be able to jump right in and start building Web sites. It's as simple as that.
THE CURRICULUM
FRIDAY
Evening: 3 Sessions, 1-1/2 hours:
Introducing Dreamweaver; Getting Started; Getting a Site
SATURDAY
Morning: 7 Sessions, 3-1/2 hours:
Creating a Document; Introducing FTP; Creating Tables in Dreamweaver; Using Tables for Liquid Design; Enhancing Tables with Background Color and Images; Addinf Background, Meta Tags, and Links; Using Dreamweaver Site Management
Afternoon: 6 Sessions, 3 hours:
Editing HTML; Producing and Checking Links; Generating JavaScript Rollovers; Preparing Forms; Creating Library Items; Building Templates
Evening: 4 Sessions, 2 hours:
Planning Site Navigation; Using Automated Site Management Tools; Creating a Template for the New Site; Preparing Library Items for the New Site
SUNDAY
Morning: 6 Sessions, 3 hours:
Exploring Dreamweaver's Production Tools; Placing Graphics and Rollovers in Your Site; Controlling Text with CSS; Pulling Your Site Together; Creating a Finished Page; Placing and Creating the Extracts
Afternoon: 4 Sessions, 2 hours:
Using Layers for Layout; Using DHTML; Working with Frames; Increasing Productivity
BONUS CD-ROM INCLUDES - Trial versions of Dreamweaver 4, Fireworks 5, and Flash 5
- Assessment software to help you gauge your progress
- Plus evaluation versions of PaintShop Pro and Image Optimizer 3
Customer Reviews & Comments
I gave this book 5 stars in spite of the typographical and CD errors because this is the best teaching book I've seen. Corrected CD files are available at the author's web site and the typographical errors, although regrettable, are not huge stumbling blocks. The surface problems do not hide this book's well-planned and well-written core. I teach Dreamweaver classes and was looking for a book to use for a new 5-day class. The Macromedia Authorized book still had not exited the publisher and we had sign-ups for our new class. I finally found this book and my company bought copies for all the students. The first session of the new class ended last Friday and the students were extremely happy with what they had learned. The fact that I was able to use a book advertised as a 15-hour weekend course for five 6-hour sessions shows that there is more here than can practically be covered in one weekend. But it's also due to the fact that more average computer users are starting to use DW and they need a slower pace to absorb the material. This book is perfect for that profile as well as web professionals looking to learn a new program. A huge amount of information is covered through orderly step-by-step exercises. The author conveys a feeling of excitement at all the cool things that DW can do. I really like the personal, conversational style written by someone who uses the program professionally. She also makes the reader step into the HTML code, which I also believe is necessary to use any web-related program successfully. For some reason, web authors seem to shy away from giving specific instructions on how to use CGI scripts. But this author dives in and tells us exactly what we must do to use a popular mail script, telling us where to go to download it, what changes to make in the script, and what to do with the form we've created in DW. She also gives step-by-step instructions on embedding sound/music. This is simpler in DW than one might imagine and the author takes away the mystery with a few short paragraphs. Finally, even though I thought I knew DW well, using this book taught me some new tricks. I hope this author continues to produce a book with each new DW version.
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Dreamweaver 4 Weekend Crash Course
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