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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 On Demand

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.72
EAN: 9780789736932
ISBN: 0789736934
Label: Que
Manufacturer: Que
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: 2007-08-31
Publisher: Que
Studio: Que
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Summary: Excellent Tool!!
Comment: I purchased this book because I have Flash CS3 and Photoshop On Demand and love them. This whole series delivers the perfect instructional system for me. Unlike other books that wear you down with over-explanation and wordy text, their books are setup in a two-page format. Everything important you need to learn is setup quickly, easy and in a very user-friendly way. The page layout is a perfect learning tool and reference manual system. Their instructions are easy to understand, actually fun to read and written with both the novice and experienced in mind. And, by the way, if you think you know everything about PS, Flash or Dreamweaver, these books will humble you. I have found and learned things I never knew. Things that are valuable and time-saving steps. LOVE these books!!
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Summary: Short and Sweet
Comment: This book is brief in form but comprehensive in scope. It has excellent screen shots from Dreamweaver and clearly labeled step by step instructions. I own several Dreamweaver books but this one is by far my favorite.
I don't enjoy reading long winded technical books that take ten or twenty pages to say what this book can say in two. If you like more visuals and less words then this book may be a good choice for you. It was for me.
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Summary: Get over your "not knowledge" of Dreamweaver CS3
Comment: First off, this is was a difficult review to write. After going through the book, I am not sure if I should be writing a review of Dreamweaver CS3 or a review of this book. Anyways, here is what I thought about Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 On Demand.

My first impressions of the book, and one of the primary reasons that I selected it, was that it is really nice looking book. It is printed in full color and uses a simple method to deliver its content to the reader. Each chapter focuses on related tasks and each chapter starts out with a pretty good job of explaining the concept that is about to be covered. These primer sections go into more detail than just what you need to use the program and offer helpful background information and advice that should be helpful for any new or less experienced web developer.

The actual task descriptions that make up the bulk of this book center around issues that will likely arise when building a web site and cover just about every feature Dreamweaver has. The writers of the book chose to present most all of the material as a sort of a case study for developing a fictional web site, which is where one of my major hang ups on this book comes from. It is like they couldn't decide if it should be a desktop reference, a training resource or a marketing tool(more on this later). That said, I do like the format of having a quick, step by step walk through for each task as well as having the details readily available to me if needed. There are also plenty of screen shots provided with the explanations, so you don't necessarily even have to be at your computer to use the book(which is a major bonus if you are using this as a training resource).

The chapters build on each other in a logical fashion that progresses towards more advanced topics. This should lend itself very nicely to new users of Dreamweaver and help them to learn how to use the program efficiently. Each task is takes up only one or two pages. This means, for the most anyways, you don't even have to be turning pages as you follow along. The left column on each page that has a task contains a step by step break down of what exactly you need to do to make use of the functionality being explained. For me, this was one of the main selling point of this book. This kind of layout allows you to quickly browse the book for topics of interest and see exactly what you need to know to start making use of the feature being described. Each walk-through includes helpful hints and also gives you the keyboard shortcuts when applicable(for both MAC and Windows).

The main problem I have with this book is it obviously missed the final editorial review before it was published. There are grammatical errors throughout the whole text, which is a pretty significant mistake for a book to be making. Strings of text like "with minimal or not knowledge of Javascript" make you wonder just who did the final proof reading on this.

A secondary issue I had was that it really seemed like they were trying to target way too many audiences. The whole book is presented as a case study for building a website and makes up reasons to need to know how to do something. Which is fine if you are making a course or a intro to web design training resource, but then you read the cover and descriptions of the book and it seems like they are selling it as a comprehensive resource for getting the Adobe Certified Examination for Dreamweaver(which in my mind would suggest a more technically inclined audience than what the method of presenting it seems to suggest it was made for). To add to the mix, they really seem to be pushing way too much marketing terminology into the text. Phrases like "do what no one has done before" tied to why you should use Adobe don't really serve any purpose in a book(unless of course you are trying to sell a product to someone either who knows nothing about what they are getting or what they need, or you are trying to make them feel better about their purchase). These marketing lines were more of a distraction than anything and really should have been left out especially considering the fact that most people actually looking at this book will have already have made the decision to use Adobe Dreamweaver. But I guess by doubling as a marketing tool we get the nice layout out and get it printed in full color.

Overall, this is a good reference to using pretty much any and all of the features available in Dreamweaver CS3. This version of Dreamweaver introduced some pretty cool new things that I likely would have continued to overlook had I not read this book, but if you are already familiar with Dreamweaver, there are more accessible(free) resources available for that purpose online. In my opinion, desktop references are becoming more and more obsolete seeing how fast the products change and the amount of useful information you can locate online through a simple search.

This book is perfect for a new content manager that needs a good thorough introduction to Dreamweaver or someone who is looking to take the ACE for Dreamweaver(Adobe's own certification system for their products). It could work pretty well as a supplemental book for a web development course that focused on using Dreamweaver, but other than for those individuals, I'm not sure I would recommend this book.

I'd give it 3.5 stars out of 5 - mostly for the unprofessional editing job and the mixed up agendas of what purpose this book should serve. Other than those 2 shortcomings, it really is a well written and nicely presented book. I really do think they should have made up their mind on what this book's intended intended purpose should have been before printing it. These really are just minor distractions, but I consider them relevant.
  
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 On Demand

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BESHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW

SEE HOW TO

• Understand and use the latest Web technologies to create sites

• Choose the right site structure and layout for sites

• Create and use Web page templates to quick create pages

• Create and maintain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• Add Flash elements to Web pages

• Use JavaScript behaviors to implement page functionality

• Use coding tools to develop consistent and reusable code

• Manage collaboration with multiple developers

• Manage local, remote, and testing sites

• Transfer, synchronize, and validate sites

• Browse, organize, and process files using Adobe Bridge and Version Cue

• Test content on different target devices using Adobe Device Central

Includes ACE Courseware Objectives!

On the Web

This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to perform a task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Dreamweaver example files that you need for project tasks are available at www.perspection.com.

Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, and Apple Mac OS X Panther. Perspection was founded in 1991, and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.

This courseware meets the objectives for the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program. Upon completion of this courseware you may be prepared to take an exam for ACE qualification. To learn more about becoming an Adobe Certified Expert, visit www.adobe.com/support/certification/ace.htm

 

 

Introduction xvii

1.     Preparing and Planning a Web Site       1

2.     Getting Started with Dreamweaver CS3        13

3.     Working Within the Dreamweaver Environment       41

4.     Managing Web Site Files   69

5.     Working with Web Page Text     93

6.     Working with Web Page Images 131

7.     Linking Web Pages 161

8.     Creating Page Layouts Using Tables     185

9.     Working with Cascading Style Sheets   215

10.                Creating Page Layouts Using CSS_P       245

11.                Creating Frames       265

12.                Working with Flash and Other Multimedia          285

13.                Creating Forms         313

14.                Viewing the HTML Behind the Page          335

15.                Working with Behaviors       357

16.                Using Spry Widgets and Effects     385

17.                Using Code Snippets and Libraries 405

18.                Creating Templates   433

19.                Testing a Web Site    455

20.                Managing a Web Site 477

21.                Moving Your Site to the Internet   495

22.                Automating Dreamweaver  509

23.                Working Together with Adobe Programs 527

Index 563

 
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