| Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual |  | Author: David Sawyer McFarland
Publisher: Pogue Press
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ISBN: 0596522924
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Publication Date: November 25, 2008
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Product Description
When it comes to building professional websites, Dreamweaver CS4 is capable of doing more than any other web design program -- including previous versions of Dreamweaver. But the software's sophisticated features aren't simple. Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual will help you master this program quickly, so you can bring stunning, interactive websites to life.
Under the expert guidance of bestselling author and teacher David McFarland, you'll learn how to build professional-looking websites quickly and painlessly. McFarland has loaded the book with over 150 pages of hands-on tutorials to help you create database-enabled PHP pages, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for cutting-edge design, add XML-based news feeds, include dynamic effects with JavaScript and AJAX, and more. This witty and objective book offers jargon-free language and clear descriptions that will help you: - Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from the basics to advanced techniques
- Design dynamic database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms
- Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework
- Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages
- Examine web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples"
Perfect for beginners who need step-by-step guidance, and for longtime Dreamweaver designers who need a handy reference to the new version, this thoroughly updated edition of our bestselling Missing Manual is your complete guide to designing, organizing, building, and deploying websites. It's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS4.
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 Dreamweaver CS4:The Missing Manual July 30, 2010
Cheryl D. Forsythe (Pinson, AL United States)
This book has been wonderful so far! I love having the tutorials so I can practice hands on, it helps me to understand and remember the information better.
 Dreamweaver CS4 The Missing Manual July 3, 2010
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This is no doubt a good book for someone who wants an in depth learning experience. However, I wanted a quick way to learn this program to get up and running. This is not the book for that. Over 1000 pages.
Easy Tutorials to Follow and Much Info Included. June 21, 2010
D. Schlotterback (Clovis CA)
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I already knew a little bit about Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. So, I already had a small idea of the interface, however, I was not utilizing any CSS or half of the features included I realized through reading this book. I was still typing the HTML code... the hard way. Since using this book, I've been able to create better websites with more flair and with few headaches. Practice makes perfect, so don't expect the book to make you magically the best website designer in the universe after the first 3 chapters. However, if you follow the tutorials from beginning to end you'll have a much more thorough understanding of Dreamweaver CS4 and all the power it holds.
My choice came down to this book or the Dummies book. I've been a devout Dummies follower for many years, but always felt they skipped around a little too much for my liking and sometimes would expect you to already know certain aspects of any given program. This book assumes you know nothing and provides much detail when explaining how to do certain things. After using this book, CSS is easy w/ Dreamweaver CS4. It worked for me.
Very good tutorial book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/r.html?R=1DL66024VAQ2B&C=2YDSD4N839IEK&H=YDPVJRWK0OM2J5EVFJEVN4G9OQGA&T=C&U=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com May 24, 2010
J. Kullberg (COLUMBUS, OH, US)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great resource, but there lengthy and at times wordy. A great supplemental resource to online tutorials and/or classes.
Best software manual I've ever read May 4, 2010
The Headhunter (Lebanon, NJ United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using pc's since 1980. I've purchased a lot of software manuals. Nowadays it's ridiculous - you drop $1200 on a piece of software and it includes no manual, no quick help guide, nothing. Adobe oughta be ashamed of itself. It wastes $$ on fancy packaging, but doesn't invest a dime to provide a manual for its software. This business about "looking it up online" in a help system is bogus. You don't learn how to use software that way. You need a book you can leaf through, exploring topics. And I believe a software publisher absolutely has an obligation to deliver a complete manual with its product.
That said, McFarland's book about Dreamweaver is easily the best written, best organized, most helpful manual I've ever bought or read. Don't try to use Dreamweaver without it. It's all in here. I don't usually read an entire book like this because I don't need all of it - but I've been reading this thing for pleasure when I go to bed at night! I learn something new every time I crack it open. McFarland tells it clearly and completely. You can tell he's not just a writer - he's a "user." And he understands how users and programmers think about software. He anticipates your questions and delivers "how to" and "why" with intelligence and aplomb. He doesn't just show you how to use a feature; he teaches you techniques and how to approach tasks.
Now if he would only write a missing manual for every other piece of software I use... I'd buy it! Highly recommended!
Final note to Adobe: Just hire the guy to write your manuals and include them in the box and pay him handsomely. On the other hand, Adobe oughta just include a coupon for a copy of the book - that way McFarland won't have to omit any of the frank criticisms he shares about the software. My only request of him is that I wish the book would discuss more of the bugs in DW -- and DW is buggy.
Many thanks to McFarland for making my work easier and me more productive on Dreamweaver.
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