The Bottom Line
Unless you're comfortable learning a new program with minimal documentation, this book is important to pick up. Dreamweaver is a very powerful program.
Pros
- Easy to use book
- Explains Dreamweaver extensively
- Covers basics to advanced techniques
Cons
- Suggests some invalid HTML
- Nothing about SSI
Description
- Basic chapters cover text, formatting, link, and images.
- More advanced chapters on tables, frames, and forms.
- Good clear explanations of CSS and how to use styles in Dreamweaver.
- Useful tidbits on how to get the most out of Dreamweaver - snippets, tools, sites, etc.
Guide Review - Dreamweaver MX: The Missing Manual by David McFarland
If you're looking for a book to round out your use of Dreamweaver, you need look no further. Dreamweaver is a very hefty program, and while the manual included is more than just a pamphlet, it's really just a "getting started" guide. The Missing Manual offers you all that you get with the manual, but expands on it, a lot. There are chapters on basics of Web pages including text, links, images, tables, and so on. But it expands on it, to teach you how to use the Dreamweaver snippets, customize your copy of Dreamweaver, and work with databases to create dynamic Web sites. There are some suggestions that result in HTML that is not as valid as I might like.
