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Dreamweaver Cs4: The Missing Manual
Contributor(s): McFarland, David (Author)
ISBN: 0596522924     ISBN-13: 9780596522926
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
OUR PRICE:   $40.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Dreamweaver offers a rich environment for building professional Web sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven Web site creation tools. And it's now fully integrated with Adobe's flagship products: Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, and their siblings. But with such sophisticated features, the software isn't simple. Enter "Dreamweaver: The Missing Manual," the sixth edition of this bestselling book by experienced Web site trainer and author Dave McFarland. This book helps both first-time and experienced Web designers bring stunning, interactive Web sites to life. With crystal-clear writing and welcome humor, this new edition addresses both beginners who need step-by-step guidance as well as long-time Dreamweaver users who need a handy reference to address the inner-workings of the program. Altogether, this book is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver.
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BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Web - Design
- Computers | Programming - General
- Computers | Programming Languages - Html
Dewey: 006.78
Series: Missing Manuals
Physical Information: 2.22" H x 7.07" W x 9.22" (3.83 lbs) 1088 pages
 
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When it comes to building professional websites, Dreamweaver CS4 is capable of doing more than any other web design program -- including previous versions of Dreamweaver. But the software's sophisticated features aren't simple. Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual will help you master this program quickly, so you can bring stunning, interactive websites to life.

Under the expert guidance of bestselling author and teacher David McFarland, you'll learn how to build professional-looking websites quickly and painlessly. McFarland has loaded the book with over 150 pages of hands-on tutorials to help you create database-enabled PHP pages, use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for cutting-edge design, add XML-based news feeds, include dynamic effects with JavaScript and AJAX, and more. This witty and objective book offers jargon-free language and clear descriptions that will help you:

  • Learn how to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS, from the basics to advanced techniques
  • Design dynamic database-driven websites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms
  • Add interactivity to your website with ready-to-use JavaScript programs from Adobe's Spry Framework
  • Effortlessly control the many helper files that power your website and manage thousands of pages
  • Examine web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities with the book's "live examples"

Perfect for beginners who need step-by-step guidance, and for longtime Dreamweaver designers who need a handy reference to the new version, this thoroughly updated edition of our bestselling Missing Manual is your complete guide to designing, organizing, building, and deploying websites. It's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS4.

Contributor Bio(s): McFarland, David Sawyer: -

David Sawyer McFarland is the president of Sawyer McFarland Media Inc., a web development and training company located in Portland, Oregon. In addition, he teaches JavaScript programming, Flash, and web design at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Electronic Art, the Academy of Art College, and Ex'Pressions Center for New Media. He was formerly the webmaster at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center. David is also the author of CSS: The Missing Manual and Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual.