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Summary: Easy and not comprehensive
Review: I recently bought Dreamweaver, it's an...interesting program, but I'm not here to review the program specifically. This book is comprehensive (mostly) and reviews most of the capabilities of Dreamweaver, but only tangentially. The CD is good, but the examples are bad, and the coverage is suspect. The author also has a bad web site.
Better stick with the manuals that come with the program.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I teach computers and needed to learn Dreamweaver 4 fast. This book does a great job at instruction, and the videos are wonderful. It is good for every learning level.
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Summary: Very Good Tutorial
Review: If you are thinking about designing web sites, I highly recommend you use Dreamweaver.To learn Dreamweaver I highly recommend this book. It is an easy to follow step-by-step tutorial. Very comprehensive and well written. Unlike someother books I've read in this one the instructions are always correct and work. My only complaint is the book doesn't have a lot of information on planning a website. (Pulling together all of the information in this book and putting it to use). I think this is the equivalent of teaching someone write paragraphs but not teaching them anything about putting those paragraphs together to form an essay. All of the exercises are for one website but are very segmented. (this is the only reason the I didn't rate the book 5 stars) Don't let my last paragraph discourage you...this is still a great book...but to design websites you will need more information.
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Summary: Lynda has come through again!!!
Review: If you can only buy 1 book to learn Dreamweaver 4; then this is the book. I wrote a review for her Dreamweaver 3 book and had teachers and professors from all over the United States e-mailing me about the book. And I know of at least one college and one high school that are now using it as a textbook. I have used a lot of books to teach myself different software programs and this one far surpasses any of them. Sorry to all of the other publishers out there. Lynda Weinman just has a knack for teaching that is grade A. I have used her books and CD's for training and they all get the job done; teaching you how to use the software. P.S. If you ever get the chance to go to one of her seminars; GO it is well worth the money.
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Summary: One of the Best Books written on any program!
Review: In my humble opinion, a well-written book is tantamount to a good teacher. And they are rare! This book surpasses many 3-day seminars that I have attended on other programs for a lot more money. I purchased Dreamweaver version 3 when it was released, and dug into the accompanying manual and exercises. I got absolutely nowhere and concluded that I just must think differently than the designers of the program. I ran off to Adobe Go Live, and Netobjects, but still knew that Dreamweaver was the one to master. This time around, after purchasing the version 4 update, I came here to see what people had written and chose this book. This book - and only this book - completely swung me around. I have read every word in it and have 3 empty highliters to prove it. The exercises and the explanation of same are concise and have a way of sticking in your brain when you return to the program. The chapters are broken down logically, and are not so long to where you can't complete them and find yourself looking forward to the next one (in my case, the following day). I have never written any opinion on any book or program, but in this case, I felt compelled to take the time to let others know that this book is an absolute must. If Macromedia wanted to increase their marketshare, they would include a copy (hard bound) with every program. Thanks Lynda and Garo.
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Summary: Really good reference for beginning to intermediate
Review: In my review for I admitted to being a Lynda convert, and so I am. I am a freelance web weaver, and Dreamweaver is my HTML editor of choice. I also teach web design and development in Southern California, so I am always looking for good references to use in class or tell my students about.Like other books by Lynda Weinman, the Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On Training is well written and comprehensive. My one and only complaint is that her HOT books are targeted mainly for folks who are new to web design, so some of the in-depth, nitty-gritty details I might be looking to add to my arsenal (I've been building web pages since 1994) are sometimes lacking. This book is no exception to the rule. This particular text has several advantages over other Dreamweaver references for several reasons: 1) It's written in English, not "geek". 2) It includes tons of screen captures (mostly grey-scale), step-by-step instructions, AND a CD-ROM with lesson files. This allows you to follow along with the book and do EXACTLY what is shown in the text. 3) It contains practical tips on typography, image optimization, and cross-browser compatibility. 4) You don't need a crane to pick it up. ;-) Unfortunately the book glosses over some of the fine points about using frames, tables and layers in web designs, but these points are minor when compared to the strengths of the book overall. If you are just starting to learn Dreamweaver, or if you are an intermediate user who is looking for an easy to use reference, I highly recommend adding this to your library! BKA
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Summary: This Book with CD does not work on MS Windows XP
Review: It is very disappointing that this is not "noticed" in the Amazon.com advertisement for this Book and included CD. A waste of time and effort. I need this for a college class but apparently it was developed to work on an older version of MS Windows... and not XP.
I called Peachpit Press (publisher) and they have not returned my call.
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Summary: Good course book for beginner/intermediate
Review: It reminded me of Adobe's 'classroom in a book' books. The lessons are well thought out and advance the reader from basic concepts to intermediate, and some advanced concepts. I liked this book over a lot of reference-type books in that it forced me to press the buttons and understand the concepts by doing them ("Learning by doing" -quote from back cover of book) There was a chapter on HTML which isn't a prerequiste for learning dreamweaver, but useful. There's also chapters on javascript behaviours, layout, typography, and using GeoCity to put a website online. The book is a decent reference, although its strength is in its tutorials, and as reference it is unable to cover all of Dreamweaver's features. It also only covers the standard version of Dreamweaver, and not UltraDev. Overall, the book is a good purchase if you need to learn dreamweaver 4 and plan to actually read it through.
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Summary: Good book but...
Review: It's a great book but I'm a PC user and the whole book using the MAC interface which make it hard to follow at some point.
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Summary: Awesome book!!!!
Review: It's been only 24 hours since I received this book and I have learned more from it than I taught myself in a month. This is a great book!!! Beginners and intermediate alike. If the Fireworks 4 book is as well prepared as this book, I'm all over it. Thanks Lynda. The hands-on-training provided by this book is phenomenal!!! I am by no means a web designer and I know that after purchasing this book I will be capable of producing very nice websites.
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