Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 is the leading software tool for the creation of Web sites and other HTML interfaces. It's remarkably capable, able to deal intelligently with everything from fonts and images to JavaScript for client-side data validation and embedded Java applets. In most cases, Dreamweaver will save you time over hand-coding--and yield better-looking pages to boot. The program's learning curve, though, isn't trivial. That's why Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual is worth having on hand as you learn to use Dreamweaver, and worth keeping within reach as you tackle increasingly difficult Web development work.

David McFarland wrote this book, but the influence of esteemed series editor David Pogue is obvious in the careful coverage of features and frequent touches of humor (books about applications can be whangingly dull; the books in Pogue's Missing Manual series consistently manage to avoid this problem while maintaining comprehensiveness). The two men treat Dreamweaver's numerous features (and the even more numerous ways of putting them to use) cleverly, with a combination of procedures and side information that clarifies many oddball situations as well as straightforward conditions. --David Wall

Topics covered: How to create HTML (XHTML and CSS, strictly speaking) documents using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004. In addition to the basic stuff (text, images, links, and frames), the book shows you how to build forms for data submission and embed Flash movies and Java applets. There's also a lot of helpful emphasis on Dreamweaver's productivity features, like snippet libraries and file transfer utilities. A special section shows you how to do some server-side work with databases.

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Featuring step-by-step instructions, this guide explains how to build a web page, link from one page to another, spice up the design with graphics, apply cascading style sheets, view the underlying HTML code, and collect information using forms. The more advanced chapters cover managing files within a web site, testing pages and links, shaping pages based on a template, and connecting Dreamweaver to a database.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 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. It comes with everything except perhaps the most important feature of all: a printed manual.Enter Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, the book that enables both first-time and experienced web designers to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. What sets this new edition apart is the crystal-clear writing, welcome humor, and exclusive features like these:Live examples. With a step-by-step annotated tutorial, readers follow the construction of a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with Flash buttons, Cascading Style Sheets, and dynamic databases.Tricks of the trade. The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and shortcuts.Design guidance. Readers can create any modern web feature, including forms, animations, pop-up windows, and more. This book lets you know which browsers, situations, and audiences are appropriate for each.With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this new edition is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver MX 2004.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
This Dreamweaver step-by-step guide treats you like the professional you are. It￯﾿ﾽs strong on details, and replete with ￯﾿ﾽlive￯﾿ﾽ examples. And it￯﾿ﾽll help you accomplish virtually anything you want in Dreamweaver -- design, interactivity, site management, you name it.

The further you go, the more useful this book gets. David Sawyer McFarland￯﾿ﾽs especially strong on CSS, behaviors, layers, snippets, libraries, and templates. He offers an entire section on dynamic, database-driven sites -- including downloadable examples in ASP, ASP.NET, and PHP. Throughout, McFarland annotates his step-by-step instructions with real, working insights -- so you can go far beyond the ￯﾿ﾽrecipe.￯﾿ﾽ And roughly half the chapters contain live tutorials walking you through real page development assignments. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 offers a rich environment for building professional Web sites. The program offers drag-and-drop simplicity, produces clean HTML code, and incorporates the tools to build dynamic, data-base-driven Web sites. Unfortunately, it comes without one of the most important features of all: a printed manual. This expanded edition builds on the authoritative, witty, crystal-clear prose of its bestselling predecessor, and offers exclusive features. Armed with this book, both first-time and experienced Web designers can bring stunning, interactive Web sites to life. With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual, Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual is the ultimate atlas for the excellence-driven Web designer.

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Featuring step-by-step instructions, this guide explains how to build a web page, link from one page to another, spice up the design with graphics, apply cascading style sheets, view the underlying HTML code, and collect information using forms. The more advanced chapters cover managing files within a web site, testing pages and links, shaping pages based on a template, and connecting Dreamweaver to a database. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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