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Summary: Definitely a Keeper
Comment: I very seldom take the time to write reviews, and usually do so to warn people away from an awful book. This is the exception; I loved this book.
To give some perspective to my review, I am a professional programmer but a complete "newbie" to web design and development. I've taken on the task of creating and maintaining a web site for a local summer swim team. I needed help and I needed it quickly.
My first stop was "Macromeda Dreamweaver 8" by Short and Green. This is a good book for beginners to get their feet wet with Dreamweaver 8. However, after doing all the exercises, I did not get the feeling that I actually could design a nice web page and knew for sure that I couldn't create a form with a working submit button.
Then I bought this book, "Dreamweaver 8 The Missing Manual". The first few chapters cover the basic building blocks of using text, images and links. The next section deals with how to design a web page; first using tables and then using CSS. Other sections of the book deal with forms and how to set up Dreamweaver to manage your remote site and a testing site. (I find it much easier to let Dreamweaver figure out what files are out of date rather than use a stand-alone FTP program.) The last section of the book deals with dynamic web pages and was the answer to my quest for a functioning "submit" button on my web forms. This section is what sealed the 5-star rating for me. The book's tutorials use the ASP server model, but you can download equivalent tutorials for PHP/MySQL from the author's web site. I found all the tutorials to work (and I did almost every single one), but do check the author's errata page.
For you programmers out there who are getting into the web, this book mostly stays with the Dreamweaver wizards and does not delve into code view (probably a good thing for the non-programmers). If you are into coding and PHP, a good next step is "PHP for Dreamweaver 8", by David Powers. The Powers book covers a lot of the same dynamic web ground as "The Missing Manual", but is not afraid to dive into code view.
All in all, I was very happy with "Dreamweaver 8 The Missing Manual". It's a big book packed with information, but easy to read. Based on what I've learned, I was able to create a decently attractive web site, some very useful forms and private areas for team administrators and coaches.
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Summary: Nice Job
Comment: Sent sooner than expected and in the conditioned promised can't ask for much more. thanks
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Summary: Had very good review but I didn't enjoyed
Comment: I bought this book because it had many good reviews but I didn't like much. I prefer software manual with a lot of examples than just text. I felt like reading novels rather than software manual. If you like to know how to use software in short time, this may not be the right one but if you like to know all the details of software, this might be the one.
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Summary: Best book I ever worked with
Comment: Extremely well written, clear step by step directions, lavishing expanation of topics, full of insider tips and tricks...just what you need for a solid start and a successful finish. I will never regret I bought this book. It has put me on feet understanding Dreamweaver.
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Summary: Dreamweaver
Comment: I haven't had a chance to go completely through the book, but what I have read so far has been very helpful.
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