In Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3, authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis demonstrate how to use Dreamweaver CS3 and CSS together to create highly individualized, standards-based layouts. Through hands-on projects with visuals, the book gives readers an in-depth understanding of Dreamweaver's 32 CSS-based layouts (new in Dreamweaver CS3) and their application, enabling every user of Dreamweaver to learn CSS effectively and easily.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
For those who only use the design view of Dreamweaver:
This book is very good at what it does - it is an advanced css book that shows you how to build Standards compliant sites using Dreamweaver in the design view. It is a slightly funny thing, because people who build css sites in general do not use the design view - they use the code view. Dreamweaver's code view has easy-to-use code hints and the great find and replace tool - those are the reasons I use Dreamweaver. However, it is hard to find a reference for doing css related tasks from the design view, and... more info
Needs some serious editing:
The use of color and layout in this book is gorgeous but the writing leaves a lot to be desired. I am not a Dreamweaver super expert but I can find my way around the Dreamweaver GUI and panels. Unfortunately the authors' writing style regularly leaves me "up the creek without a paddle", trying to figure out "what I have missed", almost from square-one. Some examples. On page 7 there is an instruction to "Right-click on the top of the document to verify that the Style Rendering Toolbar is displayed".... more info
Terrific Reference and Guide:
I knew I needed to do some serious study to upgrade my piecemeal, muddle-through skills on CSS with the advent of newer tableless techniques, and Mastering CSS has been perfect for me. It's a beautifully crafted blend of concept and tutorial that will not just suit, but really deliver, for all but the newest newbies or code-hardened cavemen. (And even some cavemen could learn a thing or two.) It's a tough subject to get the mix right, what with the tangle that the browser war has gotten us into... too... more info
CSS at a master level from the top talents in the field, who else would you want learn from.:
I wanted to learn CSS from the best, not from a friend, a college tech, or a book written by a designer who is 'familiar' with CSS. I've watched Greg Rewis' video tutorials on Adobe TV called Taming The Web and have gained more in those 5 or 6 'shows' so far than the quickie learning books. These two are the best, and they make me want to be as good as they are at CSS and the tool for creating it. Talent sharpens talent. Haven't you felt more challenged and have ended up pushing yourself to be better when... more info
