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Ever visited a knockout Web site and wondered, “How did they do that?” Wonder no more. Odds are, they did it with Dreamweaver. Completely updated to give you the scoop on all the cool new tools in the latest version, Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies will have you designing dynamite Web sites in no time. In fact, by Chapter 2 you’ll dive right into setting up your Web site, creating your first Web page, and adding text images and links. This guide starts with basic Web page design features and progresses to the more advanced options for DHTML and database-driven sites, with step-by-step instructions for every function plus lots of screen shots. It walks you though:
- A tour of the desktop, covering the toolbars, menu options, the Insert bar, the Document window, the Properties inspector, the Vertical Docking panels, and more
- Popular features such as sophisticated template capabilities and Library items Tracing images, the Quick Tag Editor, Design Notes, and the History palette
- Making the most of Dreamweaver’s site management features, including a Testing Server, the Check IN/Out feature, integrated e-mail, Design Notes, Site Map Layout and more
- Using HTML tables to create page layouts
- 14 different benefits of using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and how to capitalize on them
Dreamweaver 8 For Dummies includes tips to save you time
and money so you can create a Web site that makes a big impression without spending big bucks. Whether you’re a beginner who wants to get started or an experienced pro who wants to enhance your skills…whether you want something simple like a site to promote a quaint bed & breakfast or something wild to catapult your rock band to the big time, Dreamweaver gives you the tools and this guide helps you make the most of them. When you’re ready to tackle more complex sites, it covers:
- Using Fireworks with Dreamweaver to automate your workflow, optimize graphics for Web use, and create sophisticated animations, fancy rollovers, and special effects
- Showing off with multimedia: creating Flash buttons and text; adding Flash movie files; working with sound and video files; getting familiar with Java and ActiveX control
- Integrating forms into dynamic, interactive sites and creating shopping cart systems, guest books, contact forms, search engines, chat rooms, and more
- Building a simple database-driven site
- E-commerce basics
With Dreamweaver, you don’t have to be a techie to design and create a terrific Web site. So get this book and get started!
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Publishing in conjunction with the release of the next version of Dreamweaver, this book offers a friendly introduction to this sophisticated program that is noted for its advanced features, such as the capability to seamlessly move between visual and HTML modes Covers the key features of Dreamweaver, including how to design a well-planned site, coordinate the design work, and add graphics Addresses using Cascading Style Sheets, adding interactivity, working with multimedia files, building a dynamic site, bringing data into the site, and more The companion Web site features links to trial versions of several software programs, templates to make building a site quicker and easier, sample Flash animations, a glossary of Dreamweaver lingo, all the examples provided in the book, and more
Customer Reviews:
Helpful and Terrific as Usual for the Dummies Series.......2007-09-10
I am just learning to use Dreamweaver, so I find this book helpful in every way. You can easily skip the things you already know. It is detailed in all areas.
Great!.......2007-06-09
What a great book for someone who just learning how to use this program. It has been extremely helpful and it is easy to follow, very user friendly.
Good reading!.......2007-06-08
This book helped reaffirm my knowledge from the other book and gave me a few different looks at how to do things.
so easy to use.......2007-03-24
Love this book and it is so easy to use... If your new to dreamweaver 8 this is a nice tool to help you learn.. much easier to use than some of the other tools out there..
my top pick among the intro books.......2007-03-23
Having just started a new job in which I need to begin developing web-based training very soon, I reserved every book I could on Dreamweaver through our local libraries. This one is my favorite.
I think one reviewer complained about the 'cutsey' stuff, and let me say that this is not your typical "Dummies" book - I was almost to page 50 before I came across one comment about her spouse, and I think there was one more such comment later on. I will also say that as a trainer, instructional developer, technical writer, and journalist, I tend to judge computer books with a critical eye (and I read a LOT of them).
I found the pace of this one to be just right -- I am rather impatient and I didn't have a lot of time to waste, so I didn't want something that proceeded slowly, but I was also new to Dreamweaver, so I didn't want something that proceeded at a breakneck pace.
This book does what it claims to do. It doesn't claim to be a Dreamweaver book for those who are already power users. It does not propose to be an exhaustive reference, as perhaps does the other Dummies title that describes itself as being nine books in one. The all-in-one is a nice enough book, but I didn't have time to read 900 pages before beginning to develop my projects. Speaking of 900-page books, I chose this book over Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual, because the latter one, albeit much larger, did not present the information as concisely, and I found myself reading three paragraphs to get the amount of content that I could get from one paragraph of this author's book.
This book does, in its 400 or so pages, give a reasonably good foundation from which one can learn more about advanced topics, if desired. In that sense, it gave me a good road map of the territory ahead, such that I can converse intelligently with those in my office who are way beyond my level, and it positions me to be a good consumer of more advanced books/material. This author's book more fully fleshed out the topics that I needed to know about than did How To Do Everything with Dreamweaver 8. Again, that was not a bad book, and in fact the screen shots of the toolboxes and menus and such were more clearly done in How To Do Everything with Dreamweaver 8. I did learn some new things from it. But overall, I got more bang for my buck from Warner's book.
This book differs from the Dreamweaver Design and Construction book -- which gets good reviews -- in that it does not focus (nor propose to focus) on the principles of designing a website. This book's agenda is to teach the reader how to use Dreamweaver.
This book does not propose to be a tutorial, as does Dreamweaver 8 Hands on Training, so it is a matter of being aware of the way that you learn best, and picking a book that fits with your learning style.
Speaking of, I am a visual learner, so I used this book in tandem with "Teach Yourself Visually Dreamweaver 8" -- and some time later realized that both were written by the same author. "Teach Yourself Visually Dreamweaver 8" is a good companion because it gives an overview of the concepts, such that I already had a mental framework for what I would learn. I preferred it over the Dreamweaver 8 Visual Encyclopedia, which uses a typeface and layout that I found more difficult to follow.
I also own the Quickstart guide for Dreamweaver 8, which I keep beside me at work and consult when I need to see how to complete a specific task. The QuickStart guide is great for this purpose, but it is not, in my opinion, as good as Warner's book if a beginner wants to sit down and read a narrative about how to use the program. The QuickStart guide would move too quickly for that purpose.
Warner's book shows sensitivity to the learners in that it does not use terms that haven't yet been explained; it sequences the topics well; and I haven't found any errors in the book. It has not in any sense been a frustrating or incomplete read. The writing is clean and effective and doesn't draw attention to itself. It has a rather conversational tone without being inefficient.
I think she did a great job with it and I will be on the lookout for her name when I look for books on other computer topics.
Book Description
A thorough revision to the Visual Studio 2005 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies makes this the ideal book for new programmers or Java programmers looking to get up and running with Visual Studio. The book will be a comprehensive, value-priced reference for the entire Visual Studio 2005. Microsoft’s catch-phrase for Visual Studio 2005 is personal productivity. The goal of personal productivity is to allow the developer to work at a higher level of abstraction. The goal of this book is to show the reader how to build applications using these productivity features of VS. As a result, language syntax and programming constructs are de-emphasized in favor of showing the user how to let VS generate the code.
This book takes a layered approach similar to how most applications are architected. When developing a new application, developers often divide up the work for the user interface, service layer (data access), and domain classes (coding). Whether there is one developer playing all three roles, or three developers doing each, this approach allows the reader to easily reference the layer they are constructing. Minibooks include:
Book I: Visual Studio 2005 Overview.
Book II: Getting Started with Visual Studio.
Book III: Building Applications with Visual Studio 2005.
Book IV: Getting Acquainted with Data Access.
Book V: Coding.
Book VI: Going the Extra Mile.
Book VII: Extending the Family.
Customer Reviews:
lots of rubbish.......2007-10-01
This book is big and full of rubbish. The examples are not useful and you have to read lots of pages to get a little bit of explanation which it could have been done with few lines. I would not recommended to anybody
Very good book for anyone wanting to learn VS 2005.......2007-02-23
This book gets to the point without speaking in another language so it's easy to understand. Even for the complete beginner or advanced user. It has great referrences and is easy to navigate. A must for your bookshelf.
Great value.......2007-01-18
Well written and packed with useful info. I'm a Delphi programmer (trying to learn C# using VS) and this is my first VS 2005 book. You get a lot for your money with this book and the author's writing style is clear, concise and often entertaining. I highly recommend it.
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* Discusses creating a basic site design, working with text, effectively using hyperlinks, and adding images and graphics.
* Explains working with tables, forms, and frames.
* Explores adding multimedia elements like sound and animation.
* Updated to include the newest tools in FrontPage.
* Previous four editions have combined to sell more than 230,000 copies.
Customer Reviews:
Great help, couldn't have written the website without it........2007-08-23
This is the first of the dummies series of books I have used. I read it from cover to cover and practised before I started on my real website. I then used the book as a reference and found it extremely helpful. The website is now published. Some sections were basic formatting that I already knew so I just skimmed over these sections but on the whole a great help.
great book.......2007-05-08
Easy to read and understand. I already had a basic understanding of FrontPage but this book is a great intro and taught me some new tricks too.
Covers A Lot.......2007-02-15
This book covers a lot of the fuctionality of Frontpage 2003. It is easy to read and includes specific instructions with extra little hints thrown in. When I first used Frontpage I was expecting a product that helped me create html pages. It does that but the book helped me to understand the site management aspect of the product also. A great jumpstart to using the software.
Frontpage 2003 Review.......2006-03-03
When I first purchased the Frontpage Software I should have bought this book at the same time, in fact they should actually be sold together. It is very well written and a very good guide once you are up and running. I would recommend this book to anyone who has a basic understanding of MS Office products.
Terrible for a Help Book.......2006-01-28
This is a terrible book. I am a total novice in FrontPage and web page creation but have lots of experience in computers including programming years ago.
Usually I am the one everyone asks questions of with computers.
I was unable find the Button she talked about on the 3rd page. I searched everywhere for it and asked Microsoft and HELP and still haven't found it. She assumes you know where things are but we DON'T. very frustrating experience.
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If you're just getting your feet wet in Web site construction, the first big hurdle is figuring out where to start. Building a Web Site for Dummies lightens things up with humor and makes the challenge of building a site far less daunting.
This book doesn't zoom you right into coding HTML, although it covers the markup language quite well. Instead, it offers a much higher-level look at site design by examining the general questions of navigation principles, affiliation possibilities, building communications with your users, and other wide-ranging topics. For this reason, the book covers a lot of ground and offers a broad perspective on site design that transcends simple page coding.
A couple of the more useful sections on Web site tools and e-commerce cover useful utilities, such as NetMechanic, Statbot, and Spinwave. The chapter on e-commerce helps you get to know the ropes of selling stuff online, and points you to online malls, fulfillment services, and currency converters.
The companion CD-ROM contains evaluation versions of useful tools, such as Paint Shop Pro, HomeSite 4.5, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver. You won't find all of the knowledge that you seek to become a Web site guru in this book, but you will gain perspective and learn tons of useful tips and tricks. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered:
- Designing a Web site plan
- Web page construction 101
- Using scripts and applets
- Site navigation
- Graphics handling
- Multimedia
- Site tuning
- Using content providers
- Message boards
- E-commerce
- Affiliates programs
- Publicity
Book Description
Ever wanted to build your own Web site to express your views? Or maybe you want to set up an e-business? Now, not only will you be able to create your own space on the Web, but you can also make it look professional with Building a Web Site For Dummies. This resourceful guide lays down all the basics for getting started with creating a Web site for your club, team, family, or business.
This is the only book that walks aspiring Webmasters like you through all the steps of designing, building, publishing, publicizing, and updating a Web site without concentrating on a single tool. While reading this laid-back and down-to-earth guide, you will discover how to:
- Make your site easy to navigate
- Get optimum listing on Google
- Accept payment for an online business
- Gain feedback with message boards
- Add photos, sound, and video to your site
Along with this helpful guide is a CD-ROM that includes many exciting features to give you access to more Web site-creating tools:
- Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe GoLive CS tryout versions
- Trial versions of Macromedia Flash MX 2004, ColdFusion MX Enterprise, Fireworks MX 2004, Dreamweaver MX 2004, and FreeHand MX
- Hemera Photo-Objects 500 Sampler
Under the wing of David Crowder, author of over 10 books and former Vice President of Data Processing with National Research Corporation, creating your own Web site has never been easier. Building a Web Site for Dummies provides plenty of hands-on guidance to turn you into a Web designer in no time!
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- The only book that walks the reader through designing, building, publishing, publicizing, and updating a Web site without focusing on a specific tool
- Now updated to cover the latest Web-building tools and techniques, including building a site for eBay items, collecting money with PayPal, updating via a blog, and improving a site's search engine success
- Guides readers through every aspect of creating and maintaining a site, from designing around a theme and adding content from other sources to keeping a site current and collecting comments from site users
- Includes a CD-ROM filled with trial and demo versions of the software covered in the book so readers can dive right in and start building their site
Customer Reviews:
Old & Tired Information.......2007-09-10
This information is so old that it's not of much use. I'm not an expert web site designer, but I found this book practically useless. Better to use iWeb, with their lovely templates and ease of use.
Very well written .......2007-05-21
Building a web site for Dummies, by David A. Crowder ,is a very well written step by step guide that has all you will need to start not only a web site but a successful one. It is easy reading and has plenty of humor to keep you from going to sleep before you actually learn something.
Building a Web Site for Dummies.......2007-05-07
Easy to understand and well presented. Was great help in my quest to develop my own Web Site.
Excellent purchase.......2007-04-06
I am SO glad that I purchased this book. It has fantastic information on all aspects of your website and it comes with a CD full of useful and fantastic trial software. I keep telling everyone around me it's the best money I've spent in a long time. The author covers everything from the design and layout of your pages to graphic design to fun content for your site all the way to making money with your site. Fabulous buy!
Breadth with little depth.......2006-11-19
This is a great book for someone who knows that basics about computers and wants to go a little deeper into all the elements of maintaining a website. It covers style, coding, and business side of things in about equal portions. You can get through this book in a couple hours, so it does not go into depth on anything. The book provides countless ideas of free resources for improving your website. I found some of them very helpful.
I highly recommend this book because it gives you an overview of areas you may not focus on. For depth you'll have to read other books, but this book is perfect for someone who wants an overview of all the elements that go into creating and maintaining a website. It would be great for a techie who wants to learn how business people think about websites and vice-versa. It is certainly not just for "dummies".
Average customer rating:
- Beginners book
- Above and Beyond
- Great, as long as you know a little bit before hand
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Book Description
Whether you want to build a Web page to recap a recent family reunion, promote your beagle breeding business, or market the next pet rock and make millions through e-commerce, this book will get you started. With almost 800 information-packed pages, it’s actually nine concise minibooks, each tackling a specific aspect of Web development. Beginners will get off to a good start and old hands will learn the latest on XML, JavaScript, and more. This guide covers:
- Getting up to speed on the basic information and skills you need to start creating a Web site
- Finding an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or a free Web-hosting like Yahoo! GeoCities to host your Web pages
- Choosing and registering a domain name
- Selecting tools for your Web workshop, including Web browsers, graphics programs, HTML editors, Java and animation tools, and office suites
- Designing and tweaking Web pages with HTML
- Using FrontPage 2003 as an HTML editor, an image editor, and a Web site publisher
- Using Dreamweaver MX 2004, with info on incorporating images such as rollovers and hot spots, laying out pages with layers, using templates, and more
- Adding pizzazz to your Web pages with multimedia, including graphics, sound, video, animation, and applets
- Using JavaScript to create interactive features such as clickable images and smart forms, with info on basic JavaScript constructions, such as comments, variables, conditional expressions, loops, and operations
- Using Flash MX 2004 to create sophisticated graphic effects and movies
- Adding e-commerce capability using simplified, hosted, off-the-shelf, or build-your-own systems
- Using XML (Extensible Markup Language) to encapsulate and transmit not just Web pages but any kind of structured info (such as database records)
Whole books have been written on these topics and programs, but this all-in-one guide will give you a good overview of essential information. Step-by-step instructions and screen shots guide you smoothly though the things you want to do. And you’ll get hands-on experience right from the start with the CD-ROM that comes with the book. It includes:
- Trial versions of Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash MX 2004, and Contribute
- xmlspy Version 2004 Home Edition, evaluation
If you’re looking for a convenient reference that will get you started and give you the basics on adding new features and functions to your Web pages, Creating Web Pages for Dummies, 2nd Edition is the resource you’ll use again and again.
Note:CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
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- One of the only books on the market that covers all of the essential Web design tools and technologies, this All-in-One guide explores everything from basic design to Web layout software to e-commerce technologies
- The nine minibooks cover Web design, HTML, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Multimedia tools, JavaScript, Flash, e-commerce tools, and XML
- Brings together the combined work of some bestselling For Dummies authors including Doug Lowe, Ellen Finkelstein, and Emily Vander Veer
- Featured CD-ROM includes trial version of the exciting tools covered in the book
- Fully updated for the new versions of FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and Flash, as well as the latest multimedia and e-commerce tools
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Customer Reviews:
Beginners book.......2006-02-24
This book is really good if you absolutely don't know anything. It doesn't really tell you how to use the software beyond simple one page websites, which really doesn't help if you are trying to do something more involved. The data disk does however have some good software trail versions on it.
Above and Beyond.......2004-05-04
Get this book, read it, and Boom! You're up to speed on website design and implementation.
Unlike many "For Dummies" books, Creating Web Pages is an in-depth look at the entire process, which begins at the entry level and quickly advances. The book claims to be 9 books in 1, and although 8 of these so-called books are not complete books in themselves, the information provided is detailed enough to allow a thorough analysis of several web creation programs, and includes a CD which provides a good look at: HTML, Frontpage, Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Flash MX, E-Commerce, and XML.
Wild Bill recommends this book for any beginner to intermediate level web creator out there. Don't be fooled by the for dummies format. This book is over 700 pages long and includes a usuable (for once) CD.
Great, as long as you know a little bit before hand.......2002-01-27
This is a great book. I love it. But there is one thing that some people may be looking for in it that isnt there. This book will not tell you everything that you want to know about making a web page. It is exactly what the title says, it is a desk reference. I would not recommend it to a person that has no experience with web pages (mainly HTML), but if you know the basics behind a web page, and want to know how to improve your web page, buy this book.
Book Description
Adobe software has always been highly respected for creative design and development. Its programs allow you to produce amazing designs and creations with ease, and with the release of the Adobe Creative Suite 2, you can design a wide range of productions ranging from illustrations and Web sites to professional documents and photographic manipulations.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is your one-stop guide to creating great graphics with all the cool CS2 tools. Written in a thorough, fun way to show you the basics on how to use each of the programs, you’ll find out just how easy it is to start designing brilliant images and graphics. This guide gives you the tools you need to:
- Draw with InDesign
- Understand page layout and color
- Create colorful images with Illustrator C2
- Use the pen tool, type, and image placing
- Choose the correct Photoshop mode for your creation
- Create images on PhotoShop CS2 for print
- Paint and retouch images
- Create and secure PDF files with Acrobat 7.0
- Edit and extract text and graphics
- Build and publish a Web site with GoLive CS2
- Work with multimedia
Packed with easy-to-follow steps and guidance, you’ll be up to speed with all the features in no time. With these six great reference guides rolled into one, this is the ultimate book for becoming a CS2 pro!
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6 books in 1-your key to success with CS2! Your one-stop guide to creating great graphics with all the cool CS2 tools They all work together, and now you have one guide to help you work with each of them! First, you'll get the ""big picture"" tour of the suite. Then you'll be ready to create perfect pages with InDesign, illustrate them with Illustrator, add images you've edited with Photoshop, make PDFs with Acrobat, and design dynamite Web sites with GoLive. Discover how to * Use common menus, palettes, and plug-ins * Design Web pages and print publications * Create illustrations and add type * Retouch, enhance, and reshape photos * Save Photoshop images for print or the Web
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-03-15
I needed this. Before spending hundreds of dollars on software and classes to learn the software. Get this book! It really helps you learn what each Adobe product can do.
Not really for beginners.......2006-09-04
I was a bit disappointed with this book. I followed many of the instructions to the tee as best as I could understand the "language" and it was difficult to follow. Not to mention, you had best know where all the tools are before embarking on the lessons. I can see this becoming a great reference book as I become more developed with CS2, but for a beginner I would not recommend it.
Common sense introduction to the software.......2006-08-25
I bought this book to supplement the textbook I am using for a class in Adobe Illustrator. Personally I think this book should replace that confusing manual. Like mathematics textbooks, most software instructional materials make the same errors. They assume that the reader already has a foundational knowledge of the subject, they fail to describe techniques in a true step by step fashion, and they subtitute jargon for plain English.
This volume, like so many in the Dummies series, does a good job of assuming that the reader is a raw beginner and meeting him/her at that level, leading them through the basic knowledge of the skill or topic in a laid-back, understandable way.
This is especially helpful to those of us too old to have grown up with computers (I graduated high school in '84, just as the Apple 2E was coming out - what a machine! Dot Matrix term papers and endless games of "Pong")! Bravo to the authors and to the entire Dummies team. Highly recommended!
Mostly satisfied- despite dissapointing performance by Amazon........2006-06-06
First things first: This Ebook is not compatible with any handheld device. After many a wasted hour trying to get the ebook to work on a Palm, I called the publisher, who informed me that PDA features were blocked on this book. It took me several emails to finally get Amazon to acknowledge that the book was not "Handheld Compatible". Months later they still have not corrected the website, so I am left to assume they really don't care.
Part two: Why I did not demand a refund.
This is a reasonably informative book, with lots of good tips. The ebook format works well, and looks good on my Mac. Also, the ebook format is ideal for a computer manual, because you can jump back and forth between creative suite and the ebook, easily practicing what you learn.
This book has its shortcomings. There are some important topics that the book does not even mention. (like pathfinder and compound shapes in illustrator) Also sometimes the authors need to be a little more consistent in the names they use for tools and menus.
The book is good for discovering new things you did not know existed. I picked up many valuable hints I would not even have thought to look for. As a topic by topic reference however, the built in help that adobe supplies when you purchase creative suite is far superior to this book.
An Overall View of the Whole Package.......2005-10-19
This book is billed by the publisher as being '6 Books In 1.' At 768 pages, it's a big book. As you might expect, inside it is broken down into six books, one each on:
Adobe Creative Suite 2 Basics
InDesign CS2
Illustrator CS2
Photoshop CS2
Acrobat 7.0 (What happened to the CS2), and
GoLive CS2
As is common with the 'For Dummies' books, each of these independent books are in tutorial format. That is, they start with the installation and then do a series of 'do this', now 'do that,' commands. This is combined with a pretty good indexing system so that if you want to go back and look something up, you can. This makes the book useful as a reference later on.
Five of these books I'd say are entirely adequate. Book IV, on Photoshop, I'd say is a bit weak. That 'book' is about the same length as the other books in this volume. But the Photoshop software is so much bigger, so much more complex that I think you only get your toes wet in this volume.
My suggestion is that if you are going to use the whole Creative Suite 2 package that you get this book and then another one on Photoshop alone. And since I like the 'For Dummies' books, I'd probably get 'Photoshop CS2 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies' to go along with this book.
Book Description
Nine minibooks, filling nearly 800 pages, take you beyond Dreamweaver basics, giving you the know-how and hands-on techniques necessary to create state-of-the-art Web sites. You'll master Dreamweaver basics, such as laying out pages, adding content to pages, and working with code; develop Web applications and databases; make pages dynamic; and learn to use Dreamweaver with Contribute. Order your copy of this reference to the popular software application today.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent ALL-IN-ONE reference...........2007-03-03
I work a lot with various businesses and part of my work includes web design. In the past, I was also a Director of Education for PeopleSoft and I have served in similar capacities for a variety of companies in Silicon Valley. As such, I am well-qualified to judge the merit of this materail and I must say it is a real bargain for the 800+ one stop shopping reference for DreamWeaver 8.
The book is well-organized and it could be used as either a text or an "as needed" reference manual. The descriptions are clear, to the point and easy to find. It also deals with topics such as inserting Flash video and has a lot of meaty content in addition to simple instructions.
This book is truly a "must have" reference for any web developer!
helpful.......2007-02-14
very helpful, but there is nothing like having someone show you how to use a program. I got pretty far though just with the book.
Excellent reference.......2006-11-18
I run two websites and know Dreamweaver, but only enough to keep my sites running. I needed a reference for those occasions when I do something new, and this book filled the niche perfectly. The chatty, easy to follow descriptions of various functions in Dreamweaver make it easy for me to add functionality when I need them. Two thumbs up!
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- A great little book
- A decent book of negligible usefulness
- A Good, Simple Overview or Refresher
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Active Directory, a fundamental component of Windows 2000, is revolutionizing the way people design and manage networks. Whether you are a savvy system administrator or are new to networking and information technology, Active Directory For Dummies helps you understand this wonderful new operating system technology.
This unpretentious resource presents the fundamentals of Active Directory and then moves right into planning, implementing, and managing it. Active Directory For Dummies offers a clear explanation of the program and a cataloging of its benefits and buzzwords. Explore the following topics in easy-to-understand language:
- Prepare your environment for a shift to Active Directory.
- Consider logical structure issues like planning the DNS namespace, designing the tree, and defining an organizational unit (OU) model.
- Build a model of an Active Directory domain and create your first objects.
- Migrate from an existing environment to an Active Directory environment.
- Manage security, users, resources, and replication traffic within the Active Directory tree.
- Understand how the Active Directory Services Interface works with other Microsoft technology.
Active Directory For Dummies also includes cool Web links for information on the program as well as a special section on troubleshooting common problems that may arise during installation and operation of Active Directory. The enclosed CD-ROM offers you 60-day test-drive versions of Visio Professional and Visio Enterprise as well as trial versions of Entevo DirectMigrate2000, EtherPeek 4.0, EtherHelp, TokenPeek, and TokenHelp.
Customer Reviews:
Simple explanation.......2007-08-30
You have no need to worry all the unknown terms, alien language, confusing words that you might have found in the other books. Here, you will get simple explanations about every term used around Active Directory. It's a good one.. I like it =)
Greatest thing since sliced bread.......2002-12-17
When Microsoft took an elegant simple schema from UNIX and redesigned it into a convoluted might mare called "Active Directory" it was time for this book. Turns out that "Active Directory" is not active or a directory; who would have guessed? Well this book starts you off with correcting concepts and even lets you know that with the new terminology that the definition of "domain" has been changed.
A lot of time Dummies books are too busy being cute; this one however is so packed with helpful information that it does not have time to be cute. This book takes you from ground zero to up and running while helping avoid common pit falls.
A great little book.......2001-03-23
One of my students told me about this book and brought it to class. I hadn't expected so much technical content from a Dummies book. This little book really should be the starting point for anyone interested in Active Directory.
A decent book of negligible usefulness.......2000-10-14
The fantastic complexity of Windows 2000 Active Directory almost makes the title of this book an oxymoron. Win2K presents a huge paradigm shift to network administrators, since the Active Directory is a completely new, radically different beast from what Windows NT was. Understanding AD and how it works takes patience...it isn't accidental that there are 1000+ page books out there on setting up and maintaining an AD infrastructure. This book doesn't aim to help you do specific tasks in AD, but what it does very well is explain in basic terms what AD is and does, how it it structured, and give you the frame of reference you need before you delve further in. But I'm not sure how many people need to [pay] for this book when there are other books out there that deal much more extensively in the workings of AD. The bottom line is that computer enthusiasts curious about the central feature of Win2K and newbie administrators of Win2K who have little or no experience with NT4 will find it a useful primer on AD. For anyone else, it's probably better to put the [money] toward one of the more detailed, albeit less plainspoken, AD guides.
A Good, Simple Overview or Refresher.......2000-05-21
Doing Active Directory right was important to my small technology company, so I bought more than ten books on Active Directory, Windows 2000 Server, and DNS. This Dummies book I took home and planned to skim through it first, thinking it would be a nice quick introduction.
The book got mislaid, and I did not pick it up again until I was nicely up to speed with Active Directory and had done several installations. I read it anyway on a Saturday night as a quick review and was surprised at the clear style, nice organization, and adequacy of its coverage of the subject matter.
If you have just a day or two to get up to speed with this important new Microsoft technology, this book will certainly do. System administrators and architects will want a more technical treatment.
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The entire "For Dummies" series is no insult -- these are consistently some of the best introductions to their topics available. For beginners, even using an HTML editor is daunting. In clear language and with a dose of humor at every turn, the authors lead you through creating a web page, making it shine and taming some of the trickier aspects of web pages like CGI programming. The cartoons sprinkled throughout the book are marvelous. Don't miss the "Top Ten HTML Dos and Don'ts" or "Ten Design Desiderata."
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almost take care of all the HTML markup needed to build great-looking Web pages. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, the spirit of innovation rages on at companies like Netscape and Microsoft -- and stays well-ahead of even the best Web authoring tools. That's why it pays to have the completely updated HTML For Dummies, 3rd Edition, on hand so that you peer under the hood of your Web pages to add Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer enhancements, JavaScript, ActiveX, and Java applets that heighten the functionality and style of your whole Web site. Plus, Web pros Ed Tittel and Steven N. James share their savvy advice on when and when not to use nonstandard HTML tags, including how to accommodate visitors using early, less capable browsers, and how to organize a large Web site so that it makes sense to you and your visitors. Best of all, HTML For Dummies, Third Edition, includes a bonus disk containing HTML templates, software, and other terrific resources to help you build great Web pages fast.
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HTML for Dummies.......2007-06-05
This is a very user friendly book.
On another note, I am impressed with the speed that I received my books.
Thank you Amazon
HTML for Dummies NOT for Dummies.......2006-02-25
I ordered this book along with Web Design for Dummies expecting to get started writing simple web pages. These books are not for dummies. It offers very little explanation of html tags; it doesn't offer pros or cons of the tag usage vs. another tag; examples are not near the explanation-you need to open the cd to view the eample in question. It spent too much time promoting tools and services outside of the "Dummy" concept.
I was very disappointed with this book...I bought another book which out-performed the Dummy series.
I learned basic HTML.......2006-02-13
A few years ago I wanted to learn basic HTML. I figured the best way to do this was to buy "HTML For Dummies" and use it to set up a basic Web site for my church. That way I got both theory and hands on practice. This is exactly what I did, and the book came through for me. I learned enough HTML to set up a basic, but working, Web site for my church.
The only thing I wanted to learn but never could figure out from the book was frames. I settled on tables for navigation since all my attempts at frames failed.
I have since gone on to do a Web site for my cats, a text based site on the subject of the Sabbath, and a Web site to track my weight loss and measurements. I even coded my own little blog at one point.
The next thing I want to learn is some basic CSS to have better control over the Web sites I've created.
I recommend this book to anyone who doesn't know anything about HTML and wants to learn it.
Good Basic HTML.......2004-03-18
This book is great if you need to know the basics of HTML. I refer over to it if there is something I am looking to do for my webpage. It is easy to understand, especially if you aren't a technical person. If you want to learn basic HTML, this is a great book to get you started building webpages.
Disappointing.......2003-01-29
Unfortunately this book suffers from a failure to live up to its own hype. There are too many gaps in this so-called "beginner's text", and there are far too many parts of the text where no example is given except in the CD --- which is practicaly unplayable. PURCHASER'S CAVEAT --- This book will NOT allow you to set up your own web page based only on information contained within it. A disgrace to the usually dependable "Dummies" series.
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Build an online catalog and a members-only site
Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site!
Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more.
Discover how to
* Plan and implement a Web database application
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Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2007-09-18
I normally like the "for Dummies" series because I know that it'll start me out at "zero" knowledge and get me through to an understandable/workable level of the subject. PHP & MySQL for Dummies seems to think I'm a programmer who doesn't know html instead of the reverse, which I am. The author spends pages, pages and chapters telling the reader how to format syntax and characters without running through examples for the reader to replicate. I'm about halfway through the book now and hope to eventually run into those examples.
Great Resource for Beginners.......2007-08-07
I recommend this book for anyone that doesn't already have some printed material on PHP and MySQL. It's great for beginners and paves the road of programming. It's pretty easy to read and I find myself constantly looking back through this book when addressing certain concepts or functions.
Would recommend.......2007-07-05
I just finished PHP and MySQL for Dummies last night. I took C++ about 7 years ago in highschool and I think that helped with following the PHP part. Here are the pros and cons I found.
Cons
1.Not enough info on PHP and Mysql setup. One of the reasons I picked up this book was for help in getting everything configured. I had tried numerous how-tos on the web that weren't working, this did not offer much help either, although you can email the author for additional support. Solution: save the headache and download WAMP5, everything is configured for u with php, mysql, and apache server.
2. I found it annoying that the author would throw in lots of functions that were not included in the chapter into her example programs. Sure, they're there (some of them) in the last chapter, but they are not referenced so some of the examples are hard to proof unless you change them or read ahead.
3. Read the chapter "PHP Gotchas" at the beginning of the php chapters intead of at the end. If you follow along in order you will already know everything in that chapter, with much frustration, by the time u get there.
Pros:
I now know how to design a fully functional web program and have already figured out in my head how to do 2 others, plus modifications to the sample programs.
This is not the last PHP/MySQL book you will buy but it's good to get your feet wet.
A Very Good Beginning.......2007-06-14
If you're looking to learn the basics of PHP and how it connects the web with databases, this is a very good starting point. The author takes the time to teach all of the basics of MySQL and PHP (even referencing differences between versions) and provides clear examples of two common uses of PHP - online catalogs and member-only sites.
One note though - you most definitely want to have a decent grasp of HTML and at least the basics of SQL before you start into this.
Overall it was well worth reading.
Good beginner book -- useful for reference -- quickly digested.......2007-01-10
Very practical material that can also be used for reference while working on projects.
I found that the mateials are consummed very quickly and the developer may have to research further deeper into some areas.
Beware of differences in function names and uses in different PHP versions. (v. 4 vs. v. 5), which is described by the author.
Hope it helps.
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