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Summary: THINK YOU REALLY KNOW DM? - THIS BOOKS 4 U!
Review: I had no idea there was still so much more to learn after using DW MX every day for a year now! This book has me constantly asking "WHO KNEW"? I've read all the source books, the H.O.T. and Teach yourself in 24 hr's, trained one on one with peers, and developed over 20 sites with this program and still this book (in the short 24 hours I've had it) HAS BLOWN ME AWAY! It has filled in some blanks that have irked me; issues that other books, training, websites, & experience just didn't cover. Especially with regard to the wonderful intergration between fireworks & DM. If you are ready to move on to mastery - this book is a must. IT IS NOT a step-by-step training guide, BUT when you think you have a solid foundation in DreamWeaver move on this this baby & test your knowledge. This book has already paid for itself in the time I have already learned to save. I feel like I found a goal mine - dig & you shall find!PS: I looked at this book a few times but whenever I skimmed through it - it seemed to cover things I was certain I knew thoroughly. So finally I borrowed it from the library - I'm glad I took a closer look and have just ordered a copy of my own as this is one for the reference shelf if ever there was one!
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Summary: not as easy to read
Review: I prefer Missing Manual Dreamweaver MX (after reading both books).
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Summary: Learning Dreamweaver
Review: If you are new to Dreamweaver and web page designing, you would be makng a mistake if you purchase this book. The book is designed for an experienced individual in computer applications and unless you devote a large percentage of your time on web page design, it is not recommended. The author should split the book in, perhaps, four different sections beginning with a simple web page design. The first section should contain no more than 25 pages to allow beginners to experiment on one page design. The second section should deal with multiple page design. The other sections should relate to more complex designs used by professional users. Nowadays, many people are purchasing web sites and, because they cannot design pages and are not prepared to pay high prices for web page design, the sites are not being used. It is my firm opinion the the layout of this 1000 page book should be changed.
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Summary: Absolutely unequivocally NOT for beginners
Review: One of the glowing reviews here defensively states that "This book does not claim to be "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dreamweaver MX." In fact, the section entitled "Who Should Read This Book" (not coincidentially, the section that persuaded me to buy it) reads, "The Dreamweaver MX Bible addresses the full spectrum of web professionals, providing basic information on HTML if you're just starting, as well as advanced tips and tricks for seasoned pros." .. This book is an absolute waste of money for beginners. Though I am more proficient than most with computers, I am "just starting" to learn website creation. Midway through the chapter (erroneously) entitled "Basics," I was, as I guarantee any beginner will likewise be, hopelessly lost. Steer clear.
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Summary: This far from a full Dreamweaver resource
Review: This book does not discuss anything about the new MX features in terms of templates and database connectivity. I glosses over everything leaving you nothing to work with when building your own projects. This book is a slimmed down version of the Dreamweaver 4 Bible with new Dreamweaver MX pictures. The information is almost the same, but almost less informative. Sorry Joseph you can do better! I returned the Bible and bought Dreamweaver MX Unleashed by Sams Publishing. A much beter book - written about Dreamweaver MX.
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Summary: Dreamweaver 4 or Dreamweaver MX ?
Review: This book got only 124 pages for the features that gives MX extension to Dreamweaver 4 .
Dreamweaver MX isnt an upgrade for Dreamweaver 4. I think it is the never version of Ultradev 4 . so it's best side is dynamic side not static side.
So you cant find a lot of thing for this side in this book. There are 5 chapters in this book for dynamic side but you can find these chapter's contents in official Using Dreamweaver MX book. This book is a big book and you can find every menus and commands in it but I think a BIBLE series must be change their content aproach. We dont need an another User Guide so why we buy a book if we are OK with manuals ? If you are a beginner and want to see all aspects of dreamweaver without day2day cases and beginning2finishing tutorials or you havent got F1 button in your keyboard you can use this book.
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Summary: Mostly useless
Review: This is a good try, but it utterly misses. If you are a Dreamweaver guru, you will find mistakes in this book. If you are a Dreamweaver beginner you will be lost before you get out of the first chapter because the book persists is telling you how to do cool website things, but in html code. Dreamweaver's strength is that you rarely have to deal with code. Reading this book, you'd never know that. Rather than simplifying Dreamweaver, this books makes it seem more complicated.
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Summary: The wrong place to start..
Review: Unfortunately, I did not read the reviews on this site before waisting my money on this book. Professionals praise this book, beginners curse it. For a reason.
If you are new to Dreamweaver MX and want to learn it, buy another book. This is the wrong place to start.
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Summary: After reading this I switched from Frontpage to DreamWeaver
Review: When I started in Web design I was using notepad as the editor, as things started to become more advanced I began using FrontPage. Now wanting to add Flash and multimedia, not mention JavaScripts I found DreamWeaver MX to be the application of choice. As such this book is one of the best in helping to fine tune the application and make web page design easier. There are over 100 pages to work with and whether you are an experienced DreamWeaver developer or fairly new at the game, you'll find just about every topic or question answered within the pages of this book. They layout of the book can either be used to run from beginning to the end or if you need help in a certain area then you can use the book for that particular topic. I also like the way this book is setup, as an instructor I have already been able to use several examples for the classroom. It doesn't appear that the author missed anything, as there are breakdown of buttons, shortcuts, menus, drag and drop, and preferences and properties. About the only drawback is the fact that the coded pages are not in color, so for something you may not be able to see the result before you finfish. The cd-rom include has trial version of the MX applications of DreamWeaver, Flash and FireWorks but more importantly over 300 extensions for you to work with, not only with this book but in actual web development. Overall Bible certainly describes this book.
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