Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Includes Exercise Files and Demo Movies

Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you bored and craving real-world examples? Do you want concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials? If so, this book is for you.

These hands-on exercises, complete with insider tips and detailed illustrations, teach you the latest techniques for designing Web sites with Dreamweaver 8. You’ll learn to define a Web site; layout pages effectively with Cascading Style sheets; use tables; create rollovers; work with templates, media objects, and forms; and design for mobile devices. You’ll also learn how to use the new features in Dreamweaver 8, including the new Unified CSS Panel, the Style Rendering Toolbar, the Code Toolbar, guides, CSS Layout visualization, Zoom, and Code Collapse. Accompanied by a CD-ROM loaded with classroom-proven exercises and QuickTime training videos, this book ensures you'll master the key features of Dreamweaver 8 in no time.

Garo Green is the vice president of operations for Lynda.com. He has worked extensively in the development of custom curriculum and courseware for software training, and has taught in both hardware and software applications. Daniel Short has been doing the web gig since the end of 1998 and co-owns a very successful web development company, Site-Drive, Inc (www.site-drive.com). He the Lead Developer for Cartweaver (www.cartweaver.com), driving the development of future versions of the product. Daniel is a coauthor of Dreamweaver MX 2004 Magic, a contributing author to Dreamweaver MX Magic, the Dreamweaver MX Bible and the Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible.