Janine C. Warner (
Editorial Reviews
Product Description:Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something - and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 150 Dreamweaver CS3 tasks. Each task-based spread includes easy, visual directions for performing necessary operations, including:
* Setting up a new Web site
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Exploring dynamic HTML
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Creating complex designs with CSS
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Using hyperlinks to navigate
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Publishing and maintaining sites
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Building database-driven Web sites
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Helpful sidebars offer practical tips and tricks
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Full-color screen shots demonstrate each task
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Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
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Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Worthless , May 12, 2008
By
W. Stewart (Little Rock, Arkansas)
I was expecting a little more detail than a few words and a lot of silly pictures. When I opened the book I was insulted by the childish silly manner the book uses as a method to teach Dreamweaver. I learned nothing from either the text or the pictures.
Total waste of money. Don't buy this nonsense.
successfully hides most HTML, August 7, 2007
By
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
Warner takes a reader through an easy tour of Dreamweaver CS3. No previous exposure to it is needed. An added bonus, which is made clear by the narrative, is that you also do not need much background in knowing HTML. To some people who have never dealt with HTML, it can be daunting. What Dreamweaver does is make the composition of an HTML web page as painless as possible.
Typically, much of the book shows how to write a page in WYSIWIG. What you see is what you get. Click-driven and drag and drop. The grubby details of writing or inserting the appropriate HTML tags are largely (and thankfully!) hidden by Dreamweaver. So, for example, you can make line breaks in text, indent paragraphs, make ordered lists, and change text and page colours. All without explicitly editing HTML tags.
There are a few sections where you get to see (and edit) the raw HTML. Perhaps skip these on a first reading. With some experience in writing your first pages in Dreamweaver, you can later return to these.
The last chapter is definitely the most advanced. Talking about putting a database behind your website. The discussion is accurate. But it is only an introduction to the topic. For any realistic website with a database, consult a book devoted to the subject. Warner's writing touches on a few highlights. Enough to perhaps let you appreciate the complexities.
