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Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual

Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3. This new version of the popular web design software offers a rich environment for building professional sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. Moreover, it's now integrated more tightly with Adobe's other products: Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, and their siblings. But with such sophisticated features, the software isn't simple.

So say hello to Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual, the fifth edition of this bestselling book by experienced web site trainer and author David McFarland. This book helps both first-time and experienced web designers bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. With jargon-free language and clear descriptions, 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.

Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual teaches designers how to construct and manage web sites by examining web-page components and Dreamweaver's capabilities through "live examples". With a complete A-Z guide to designing, organizing, building and deploying a web site for those with no web design experience, this book:
  • Takes you through the basics to advanced techniques to control the appearance of your web pages with CSS
  • Shows you how to design dynamic database-driven web sites, from blogs to product catalogs, and from shopping carts to newsletter signup forms
  • Teaches you how to master your web site, and manage thousands of pages effortlessly
Witty and objective, Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual is a must for anyone who uses this highly popular program, from beginners to professionals. Altogether, it's the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver CS3.

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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 01, 2007 Type: User Review Dreamweaver CS3

Another excellent book by David McFarland. I don't recommend this book for the beginner, but I use it as a reference. In the CS3 version of Dreamweaver, Adobe has made changes that are clearly explained by the author.
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 16, 2007 Type: User Review Worth every penny

This may possibly be THE BEST how-to book of any kind I have ever owned and read. Unlike many of the other how-to books on Dreamweaver - which usually amount to not much than a very wordy version of the Quick Reference Guide - "The Missing...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 12, 2007 Type: User Review Step by step-misses not a thing

Very comprehensive- easy to go through -you read a few chapters then do a tutorial to establish knowledge.

Awesome for reference-I needed help with a php site and went straight to that chapter- it walked me through it.
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 09, 2007 Type: User Review Amazing reference and tutorial!

I am so happy with this book! I have never used Dreamweaver before, but with the Missing Manual's help I am now learning the basics and the fun design stuff too!

I really appreciate that not only does the book tell you how to do...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 08, 2007 Type: User Review Worth every penny!

Well organized -great for a novice all the way through to an experienced user. I have purchased a number of other books on this topic and finally found this one. From now on when in need of a reference manual I will check in 'the Missing Manual'...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 07, 2007 Type: User Review Very good

If you screw up on any of the steps of the tutorials you don't have a teacher to tell you how to go back and fix the problem, you have to figure it out yourself. But as far as learning through book I think this is as good as you can get. And...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 05, 2007 Type: User Review The best for long time

Well, My English is not native and I find this book easy to read and understand.
It covers every thing you need to jump and create your web site and even dynamic web site.
great book.
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 03, 2007 Type: User Review Awesome Book, so far!

This is a great book.

After reading the amazon reviews and browsing through this one along with some others at borders I made the commitment.

I passed on the following after looking through them:
-Dreamweaver for...
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 30, 2007 Type: User Review Good Detail

The book has interesting tutorials, but I still had many problems with CSS and ended up just using Dreamweaver the old reliable way. I feel he's trying to get me to purchase his other book on CSS by not having enough details to get the basics...
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 28, 2007 Type: User Review Was this written just for me?

Great book. Written in conversational style for non-techies like me. A thousand times easier to understand than the manual that comes with the software. This is my bible for Dreamweaver.
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