Packed with the latest Dreamweaver tips and techniques
Get up to speed fast and start creating dynamite Web sites!
Do you want to create a sophisticated Web site that's easy to develop and maintain? Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Web developer, this friendly guide shows you how to utilize Dreamweaver's newest enhancements to build and manage state-of-the-art, professional Web sites quickly and easily.
Set up your site and create new pages
Work with text, graphics, and links
Define and apply styles using CSS
Add audio, video, and Flash® files to your site
Use Dreamweaver's database features
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Dreamweaver guide great:
Having purchased Dreamweaver and being new to web design it made perfect sense to me to get a guide book to help me use it. The Dreamweaver CS3 for Dummies is very easy to use, well set out, and much more convenient than the electronic help files and tutorials that come with the software. Dreamweaver CS3 for Dummies is a great resource to turn to again and again as you learn more and more each time you go back to it.
A very helpful transition to Dreamweaver CS3:
As had another reviewer above, I had used an older version of FrontPage years ago before diving into Dreamweaver CS3 recently. I found this book very helpful. The exercises are clear and map well to what the software actually looks like. The author's web site is very helpful as well. What was most satisfying, however, was when I stubbed my toe trying to solve a problem, finding an answer neither in the book nor on the web site. I emailed the author. To my amazement and delight, she emailed back within... more info
Assumes too much:
I'm no dummy but sometimes felt like one reading this book. The name suggests that it is for someone with no experience setting up a website. That's me. But it sometimes assumes more knowlege than I have. There is a difference between ignorance and stupidity. I'm ignorant of many things - but capable of learning. Perhaps more practical examples would have helped. As a beginners book, there were too many gaps that left me confused, too much use of terminology I didn't know -and should not have been expected... more info
Book for beginners and with errors:
It was my first Dreamweaver book and I have to say that I learn some concepts but I found severals errors in the book. For example, CSS part is not well explained and you will never know how to include tags inside a container. I read several times and for me It was impossible. I think it is the most important concept in Dreamweaver and it is not well explained. I also found errors when you try to follow the exercises. The main window is not explained properly and the complex concpets are not... more info
