Product Description

Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management—plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more - this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver 8

• Create dynamic Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets
• Punch up your page with progressive or streaming video
• Build interactive forms and client-side image maps
• Insert, delete, and update data in your Web pages
• Improve your HTML coding with the new Coding toolbar
• Integrate with Photoshop(r), Flash(r), Fireworks(r), ColdFusion(r), and other apps
• Use templates and the Library to unify and update your pages
• Extend Dreamweaver's power by creating your own custom tags and behaviors

Bonus CD-ROM
The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials!

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #169602 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1152 pages

From the Back Cover

Build a dynamic, high-impact Web site with the remarkable power of Dreamweaver 8 and the latest version of this top-selling guide from well-known Dreamweaver guru Joseph Lowery. Packed with hands-on instruction and step-by-step tutorials, this comprehensive manual starts you on the basics of Web design and moves to advanced techniques in no time. From quick design prototyping to ongoing Web site management — plus a special focus on Dreamweaver 8's new features for CSS, Flash video, code development, and more — this professional guide is a must for Web masters and developers.

Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Dreamweaver 8

• Create dynamic Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets
• Punch up your page with progressive or streaming video
• Build interactive forms and client-side image maps
• Insert, delete, and update data in your Web pages
• Improve your HTML coding with the new Coding toolbar
• Integrate with Photoshop®, Flash®, Fireworks®, ColdFusion®, and other apps
• Use templates and the Library to unify and update your pages
• Extend Dreamweaver's power by creating your own custom tags and behaviors

Bonus CD-ROM

The value-packed CD-ROM includes Dreamweaver 8 tryout edition and exclusive interactive on-screen tutorials!

About the Author
Joseph Lowery is a professional Web developer and author who has been writing about computers since 1981. Joe has garnered the attention and respect of many at Macromedia and has been featured as one of their “celebrity presenters” for the Macromedia User Conference (SF and Paris), and as a speaker for the Macromedia Seminar Series (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York). Joe also speaks and teaches at Macromedia Web World and Seybold Seminars, and leads an intermediate Dreamweaver online course through eHandsOn on Macromedia’s site.

Customer Reviews

Dreamweaver 8 Bible
Dreamweaver 8 Bible is an extremely large text that discusses and illustrates all of the latest features of the Dreamweaver 8 web design program. While this book does cover the basics like start up menus, building static web pages, and the drop and drag aspects of this intuitive program which are suitable enough in detail for those new to web site design, this text contains a good deal of information that is more suited to the intermediate to advanced web designer. Such topics includes working with dynamic data, modifying graphics using Fireworks, inserting Flash and Shockwave elements, and enhancing website productivity. Sections include lots of tips, cautions, notes, and illustrations. The step by step instructions and the resulting illustrations in some of the more advanced topics are particularly useful, not only to explain the how tos of these features but also exposing the reader to the potentials uses of these aspects. Dreamweaver 8 Bible comes with a CD containing the trial Dreamweaver 8 program and interactive lessons.

Love the Bible series
I own the photoshop 7, Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, and a few others from this series. It may be too in-depth for some novices, but if you really want to learn a lot about the product and are willing to take the time to read it, they do very well.

The sample projects give some good hands-on experience, and a companion CD is always nice.

Dreamweaver 8 Bible
The areas I needed to refer to were in this book. The book has a lot of words that I feel could be omitted without hurting the content or conveying the information. I would give the book a 5 star rating if it has a lot less words.