Customer Rating:  
Summary: Decent idea, but it falls short by a mile - poor editing
Comment: The files that accompany the book are terribly organized, and are sometimes wrong. (Example: p 52 is supposed to have a file about an itinerary. Although the name of the file is correct, it is a Food Diary.) I followed the author's instructions to contact him regarding errors, but the e-mail bounced back. I called Peach Pit and only got an answering machine. The book feels thrown together, the author's website is very defensive, and I will not use this book again for classes that I teach.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Waste of money
Comment: While I usually enjoy the Visual Quickstart books in general, I was disappointed in this guide because of gross errors and example data. Perhaps this author didn't have a hand in the editing and error checking but this was painful to use. I paid full price in a bookstore for this book. I should have paid used price on Amazon. It's almost worth $7.00! I gave two stars because of the excellent graphics in the book.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book! Easy to learn from
Comment: Nolan,
I just wanted to tell you that this book was extremely helpful and
will continue to be helpful to me. I have taught myself dreamweaver
for the past year and when I picked this book up I just wanted to see
what I could compare to what I had already learned.
I was surprised to find that your tips and visual lessons were easy to
learn and greatly improved my ability in a matter of an hour or less
when I sat down to read your book.
Thank you for your efforts and for writing such a simple and helpful book.
Gabe Arnold
Customer Rating:
Summary: Look elsewhere
Comment: This book is trash. I agree with the writer who said it's a waste of money. The explanations are unclear as were the e-mails from the author himself. Nothing works which is frustrating for a book that pretends to be a basic step by step easy to follow text.
The download was ponderous and then wouldn't even show when browsing for it in my Documents folder. The photos in the book so far don't match what you're supposed to see and I have lost much time just to get past the first few maddening pages.
There are other sources out there on this subject. Meanwhile, I wish I could have given it less than one star.
Customer Rating:
Summary: VERY GOOD starter resource
Comment: I almost gave this 5 stars, but because it's just a small book that's intended as a a 'starter' then 5 seemed too much. Anyway, I think this book is very good at getting you up and around in Dreamweaver CS3. This book is a GREAT start for a beginner (experienced web programmers should skip it.) I'm no expert by any stretch, just an average user who needs to create a website for my small side business.
The book takes you through making a sample website, with easy examples of elements you might want to use in your own site. I think it does a great job of 'learning by doing' but doesn't take you too deep where you'll get lost. Once you go through this book, you'll be able to start work on your own site, doing your own thing - at that point you will probably want a more robust reference book for more advanced stuff.
I've not run across any 'errors', but there could be some, the book's not perfect. However the support site does have a page of corrections and updates, I didn't see any for this edition but there were a few corrections for prior editions.
Final thought- if you want some 'training wheels' to get started and practice building something, this a great choice, and a fair price for what it is.
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