Macromedia Dreamweaver is one of the most empowering Web development tools on the market. Using it, even folks with no HTML coding experience can become productive Web designers. Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On Training is a fine companion to this application, presented in a style that dovetails nicely with Dreamweaver's user-friendly nature.

The book is a great jumping-off guide for users new to Dreamweaver. Authors Lynda Weinman and Garo Green skillfully weave hands-on exercises into general topical introductions. This means you'll learn right away about subjects like layers, for example; and, as you go, you'll find out about relevant browser compatibility issues. Its style makes the book both fast-paced and engaging--it won't bore you with what markup languages are, and the various flavors of HTML.

The accompanying CD-ROM is key. In addition to trial versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Netscape, and Microsoft browsers, plus a few crucial plug-ins, it contains example files organized by book chapter. Fortunately, the exercises move along quickly, demonstrating various techniques for performing operations. In one chapter, for example, you might be asked to open Web pages individually into the program, while in another you'll be shown how to attach a "site" to the folder that contains the files and work from there.

Dreamweaver is a fun program with which to work, and this tutorial is right on the mark. Even if you're just finding your Web legs in site design and want to give Dreamweaver a whirl, this book is worth purchasing. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: Site control Linking HTML source Typography Layers Margins Tables Cascading style sheets (CSS) Templates Libraries Frames Rollovers Automation Forms Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Behaviors Commands Plug-ins Site publishing


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Introduces the core principles and techniques for using the Dreamweaver 3 HTML editor to create web pages. The authors, who are experienced instructors, illustrate with screenshots the steps required to initiate layers, tables, cascading style sheets, templates, frames, rollovers, forms design, and plug-ins. The CD-ROM contains exercise files and demonstration movies.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
There's no better teacher to guide you through this award-winning HTML editor than Lynda Weinman, one of the industry's most sought-after Web trainers and authors. With Dreamweaver 3 H.O.T. (Hands-On Training), you'll feel like Lynda is sitting right there next to you, walking you through the program and sharing her invaluable perspective.

This thoroughly updated version of the bestselling original includes an all-new chapter on plug-ins and how to use them, plus coverage of the expanded objects palette and the new HTML styles palette. Structured as a series of exercises that explore Web design, site structure, frames and tables, Cascading Style Sheets, and more, the book also gives you Lynda's expert tips, warnings, and background information about her techniques. An accompanying CD-ROM includes source files for the exercises, as well as QuickTime movies of key concepts.


Book Info
Provides the user with the skills necessary to learn Dreamweaver 3. Includes insider tips and detailed graphics. Contains a CD-ROM loaded with exercises and QuickTime movies. Softcover.


From the Back Cover
There's no better teacher to guide you through this award-winning HTML editor than Lynda Weinman, one of the industry's most sought-after Web trainers and authors. With Dreamweaver 3 H.O.T. (Hands-On Training), you'll feel like Lynda is sitting right there next to you, walking you through the program and sharing her invaluable perspective. This thoroughly updated version of the bestselling original includes an all-new chapter on plug-ins and how to use them, plus coverage of the expanded objects palette and the new HTML styles palette. Structured as a series of exercises that explore Web design, site structure, frames and tables, Cascading Style Sheets, and more, the book also gives you Lynda's expert tips, warnings, and background information about her techniques. An accompanying CD-ROM includes source files for the exercises, as well as QuickTime movies of key concepts.


About the Author
Author and designer Lynda Weinman--creator of lynda.com, a leading force in Web-design training--has taught digital arts since the late 1980s at Art Center College of Design, American Film Institute, San Francisco State University, and UCLA. Lynda also is a featured columnist and writes on digital graphics and animation for numerous national and international magazines. Her bestselling books, including Designing Web Graphics, have been translated into six languages and are used by Web designers and teaching professionals nationally and internationally. She and her husband, Bruce Heavin, founded and operate the Ojai Digital Arts Center in Ojai, California, which offers small, intensive workshops in Web design. Lynda has recently launched a series of training videos under the lynda.com imprint. For more information on her books, videos, and workshops, visit www.lynda.com. Garo Green is the director of training at lynda.com in Ojai, California. He's worked extensively in the development of custom curriculum and courseware for software training, and has over five years of teaching experience in both hardware and software applications. In addition, he has an extensive knowledge of HTML, computer graphics, and Web design. He is well versed in Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Freehand, Photoshop, GoLive, and ImageReady. He has also been a featured speaker at the Web99 and FlashForward2000 conferences. Prior to joining lynda.com, Garo was a software instructor and intranet developer for State Farm Insurance Company.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
By most estimates, Dreamweaver is the #1 web design tool for professionals. By our estimate, Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On Training is the fastest, most effective way to become one of them. It's serious Dreamweaver training from two of the world's top Dreamweaver trainers.

After a quick tour of the Dreamweaver interface, the authors walk you through the fundamentals of site control, a topic many Dreamweaver users (and a few books) skip — but one that's crucial if you're going to grow your site, or simply to avoid error messages! You'll get comfy with basic Dreamweaver tools like the Properties Inspector, and Point to File (which lets you create hyperlinks by pointing to files within your root folder, encouraging better link integrity).

The book responds well to the real issues you're likely to face. Creating font sets? There's a handy list of which fonts ship with Macs and Windows boxes. Want to change lots of pages in a hurry? Master Dreamweaver's templates feature, hands-on, in Chapter 11. Want to include rollovers and super-duper JavaScript stuff without having to write it yourself? There's plenty of step-by-step coverage (and the authors turn you on to the cool Macromedia Exchange site, full of cool Behaviors you can use to add life to your web pages).

A day or two with Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On Training will pay for itself dozens of times over.
—Bill Camarda, bn.com editor

FROM THE PUBLISHER

When Lynda Weinman launched her Hands-On Training book series with a title on Dreamweaver, she converted thousands of readers into happy and confident new Dreamweaver site builders. In her thoroughly updated Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On Training, she takes readers even farther, with more insider tips and special program features.

After completing the exercises, users will be thoroughly versed in creating simple and complex rollovers, cascading style sheets, tables, frames, and templates, in addition to learning how to use plug-ins, layers, and other tools specific to Dreamweaver. The book incorporates the program￯﾿ﾽs newest features, including HTML Styles, the Quick Tag Editor, optimizing Fireworks files within Dreamweaver, and more. And as with all of Lynda Weinman's books it's delivered in a warm, accessible style that makes learning a pleasure.

While many readers enjoy this book as a complete tutorial, it's also a useful reference tool for those who've used the software before. Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On Training includes a CD-ROM with complete files for all the exercises, and some QuickTime videos that demonstrate key techniques in the software.

SYNOPSIS

There's no better teacher to guide you through this award-winning HTML editor than Lynda Weinman, one of the industry's most sought-after Web trainers and authors. With Dreamweaver 3 H.O.T. (Hands-On Training), you'll feel like Lynda is sitting right there next to you, walking you through the program and sharing her invaluable perspective.

This thoroughly updated version of the bestselling original includes an all-new chapter on plug-ins and how to use them, plus coverage of the expanded objects palette and the new HTML styles palette. Structured as a series of exercises that explore Web design, site structure, frames and tables, Cascading Style Sheets, and more, the book also gives you Lynda's expert tips, warnings, and background information about her techniques. An accompanying CD-ROM includes source files for the exercises, as well as QuickTime movies of key concepts.

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