Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Classroom in a Book

s, integrating graphics, formatting tables, creating page layout using CSS, and perhaps even setting up formmail. These lessons would help complete and cement one's understanding of how you use the Dreamweaver toolset to build real websites.

This book will NOT make you a web guru, or even fully qualified to build a real-world site. But you have to start somewhere, and I found this book to be the IDEAL starting point. If I ever write another users training manual, I will use this one as a model.




Another wonderful Adobe Classroom In A Book Learning Experience   January 23, 2009
Ebay Photographer
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This clearly written logically organized book explains in no nonsense terms some of the key concepts in using Adobe Dreamweaver. Lessons from the source is the best way to learn about web design software. In eleven (11) important lessons, the Adobe Classroom in a Book training teams takes the reader through Dreamweaver's essential design interface. The book includes a "Quickstart" chapter for those who want to jump right in and start designing web pages. Eleven chapters later, the book discusses publishing on the web.

So weather you're looking for a Quick Start or a primer on everything from Cascading Style Sheets (Chapter 2) or Lessons about working with text and graphics, this book could be the introduction you're looking for. Some of the other topics include: Working with Navigation (Chapter 5); Adding Interactivity (Chapter 6); Creating a Page Layout (Chapter 7); Working with Forms (Chapter 8); Working with Flash (Chapter 9); Increasing Productivity (Chapter 10); and, finally, Publishing to the Web (Chapter 11).

By the time you finish reading this book, you'll have an understanding of the interface and web page design concepts of using Adobe Dreamweaver.


Dreamweaver CS4   May 13, 2009
K. Witherite (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
This is an excellent resource for anyone looking to learn how to use Adobe Dreamweaver CS4! The exercises within are very helpful in learning the application and perfect for new or very experienced web designers. It's a great tool to have on the side, or for a class.


Resourcful   May 15, 2009
Lesley R. Trahan (Denver, CO)
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Classroom in a Book

Very useful book for beginners as well as more experienced users. You won't be sorry you have it when you find yourself puzzled. Much easier than searching the web for tutorials.


Text font is TINY, hard to read. Need magnifying glass   September 30, 2009
Buyer2000 (Arizona)
Just started using this book today. It's easy to follow the step-by-step instructions. It has less unnecessary text than a lot of other beginner books on Dreamweaver CS4. The accompanying CD has assignments that let you create actual webpages using photos, text and graphics that are already provided. It gives you a chance to actually build the website and learn techniques by hands-on doing rather than just reading about it in a vacuum. The book tells you how to manipulate the files in the CD to create actual web pages. You work on your computer using the files and photos provided as you follow the step-by-step instructions. Kind of like cooking as you read a cookbook.

I wanted to give this book only three stars because for some inexplicable reason the text is TINY, smaller than that for an instructional book of this type. It's very hard to follow becuase while you're working on the computer and trying to read the book at the same time, you have to stop what you're doing on the computer and hold the book about five inches from your face to read it. For that, I should give this a three-stars rating or less. But when I compare the substance to other books I've browsed through, this seems the easiest to follow for beginners and I didn't want to discourage people from buying this good book just because of the text size, which really is a big problem and which they should fix.