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Summary: Hands-On Training Will Have You Web Designing in No Time
Review: If you're running System X on a Mac G3 machine, than this is the book for you, assuming of course you've upgraded from Dreamweaver 4 to MX. If you haven't than you certainly should think about doing so.Others have said it, and I'll second the motion, this "Hands-On Training" book should have been the one to come with the official program. Garo Green and Lynda Weinman from lynda.com assume you have only limited knowledge of how your Mac works. No knowledge of HTML is required. If you can work your mouse, you're ready to go. You'll be designing your first website in no time at all. This one gets two thumbs up.
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Summary: GOOD PRICE
Review: If your going to Fairleigh Dickinson University you will need this book if your taking Digital Multimedia and Web Price is GOOD
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Summary: Very Good but don't get timed out!
Review: Once you install the software, know that you MUST complete the book within the time period stated (90 days was the limit on earlier versions of this book). Simply removing the software and re-installing it will NOT give you additional opportunity to work with the book you have purchased. I have not found secret files or other indications of how to remove the bar to further use of the book and software. If anyone knows how to re-initialize the software so you can use it past the 'limit', please let me know. I started using an earlier version of the book (for Dreamweaver 4) and software, was sent out on a project, and when I wanted to take up study again, found the software unusable. Calls to Macromedia did not help. Good book, but be forewarned!
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Summary: Obsolesence revisited
Review: Potential buyers be warned: Dreamweaver MX is obsolete, so the training copy included on the CD is just that--a trial/training copy. It cannot be purchased, nor registered, nor updated (on a Macintosh; the work-around does not affect a trial copy). So all the instruction is effective as a general introduction to Dreamweaver, but useless for the purpose of actually posting a website. If you have a paid copy of MX, well-enough. I find the book technically rather than creatively oriented, but then cold fusion seems to be the general mood, while H.O.T. strikes me as a cute advertising gimmick. Onward to Dreamweaver MX 2004.
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Summary: A great way to get started with Dreamweaver
Review: The great thing about this book is that it takes you step-by-step through the Dreamweaver product; you get a working knowledge of each feature by doing hands-on excercises using real-world examples... I finished it about a month ago, and have since gotten my first website up on the internet. The book was
really well organized, the language very clear; by the time I started working on my website, I had already learned how to do most (if not all) of what I needed. I had purchased several other books on Dreamweaver, but this one is definitely the best. Note: a couple of the readers commented that they still don't know how to develop a website from scratch. This book really focuses on teaching you Dreamweaver, not website design from the groundfloor up.
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Summary: Hands On Training Books Really are "HOT"
Review: The hands-on-training books are BY FAR the best tutorials I have ever seen. They don't try to cover everything, but the fact that you can start the tutorials ANYWHERE and have a complete set of files to work with make them head and shoulders over books where, at the end of a chapter, you are not really sure how to do something. In other words, you can choose your learning style, and approach the subject in a non-linear manner. One reviewer worried about the demo software timing out. That's not why you should by the book. The book is for the tutorials. And the clarity of the writing. If you are trying to get started and only have the bucks for one book, this is the one to get.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: This is a fantastic book for those who want to learn the different tools that Dreamweaver has available. Several of the reviews have alluded to the fact that they didn't know how to build a website after reading the book. The problem is, this book is to teach you how to use Dreamweaver, not how to build a website. There are many other books for you, if you need help learning how to go from zero to a linked fully functional website. That process includes sketching and planning your pages, creating artwork with graphics programs & flash. Then you use Dreamweaver to create the structure for you content. This book would be 3,000 pages if it taught you how to use the tools of Dreamweaver and how to build web sites, create gif's etc. If your purpose is too learn all the tools that Dreamweaver has available, this is the book for you.
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Summary: great book for beginners
Review: this is a great book for beginners. the authors have quite a nice sense of humor and that makes this book fun. The illustrations include both PC and Mac examples. The CD-ROM not only includes the exact examples from the book, but various .mov files that you can watch if you are more of a visual learner. this is a fantastic book if you've never used dreamweaver, and a great resource for those that just need a quick reference!
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Summary: Simply the best book out there
Review: This is book is a must for anyone wanting to learn Dreamweaver MX. The exercises are thorough yet concise and to the point. The illustrations match exactly what the author is trying to portray to the reader. I've been working with Dreamweaver for about 3 years now. I wish I would have had this book before I ever started. Definitely worth it!!
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Summary: Good Book - Good Exercises
Review: This is good book with good material but bad proof reading, which can be a little frustrating for somebody trying to learn html as well. For e.g. on page 12 it says, "This is the closing <head> tag". Actually it is </head> not <head>. Then on page 174 the mockups are switched, mockup titled "Windows" is Mac and mockup titled "Mac" is Windows.
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