Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Training from the Source

Product Details :

Author :Khristine Annwn Page
Paperback: 608 pages
Publisher: Macromedia Press; Bk&CD-Rom edition (March 28, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 0321336267
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches



Book Description :

Learn by doing! The lessons in this book guide you step-by-step through the creation of a project Web site, “Yoga Sangha.” With Macromedia's official guide, you’ll learn how to use the leading, best-selling Web editor and gain a thorough understanding of how you can use Dreamweaver 8 to effectively manage and maintain Web sites, develop sites that are accessible to a wide audience, and work in an environment that integrates visual and code editing. As you complete the tasks, you’ll develop the skills and techniques that you need to create Web sites on your own. In addition to the basics of creating a Web page that incorporates text, graphics and tables, you'll learn about all that's new in Dreamweaver 8: visual authoring with XML data, advanced CSS support including a unified CSS panel and a style rendering toolbar, integration with the latest Web technologies and standards, and more. The companion CD-ROM contains all of the lesson files as well as a free trial version of Dreamweaver 8.

About the Author
Khristine Annwn Page is the author of the previous edition, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004: Training from the Source from Macromedia Press. She's the Director of NorthWind Studios, a collective of artists and writers [www.northwindstudios.com], and the editor/publisher of Crescent Magazine. She has taught Dreamweaver and Web Design classes at San Francisco State University’s Multimedia Studies program and given training in Dreamweaver for the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship program at Stanford University. She has worked as a Multimedia Specialist at the San Francisco Exploratorium and as a Senior Web Designer at Ideum, a company devoted to producing Web sites for museums, non-profits, and socially responsible companies. Khristine holds a BFA with a Senior Award for Excellence from Rhode Island School of Design [www.risd.edu]. She has received awards from Adobe and her artwork has been shown in galleries in Providence, RI, New York City, and Palo Alto, CA.

Spotlight Reviews :

Reviewer: Chris Roberts (Birmingham, AL)
I recently picked up a copy of Dreamweaver 8 as a possible alternative for my current development environment. I can be a bit old fashioned and am much more experienced using emacs rather than any other tool for developing websites. Having zero experience with Dreamweaver or other similar tools I decided I needed a good reference to help me jump in, and this book has served that function well.

The writing is clear and generally concise, the information is easy to follow and has done a good job of helping me jump in to this new world.