Are you already up to speed on the fundamentals of Dreamweaver? Do you know how create a simple Web site, fill it with text and graphics, add navigation and links, and test/post the final product? If so, you’re ready to move beyond the basics.

 

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Beyond the Basics is all about stepping up to that next level. This book expands your skill set with advanced coverage on integrating dynamic content in your Web sites. Through a series of carefully developed, step-by-step exercises and training movies, you will learn how to build a professional Web site—using source files and designs supplied on the book’s CD-ROM. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of all the program's new features: drag-and-drop integration of XML data feeds, improved CSS support, advanced style rendering toolbar, the industry’s first integrated Web accessibility evaluation tool for Section 508 and WCAG 2 checkpoints, and more!

 

Featuring full-color screenshots and other illustrations throughout, this guide helps intermediate to advanced Web developers move beyond the basics of Macromedia's Dreamweaver 8. Through 50 step-by-step tutorials, readers will expand their Dreamweaver skill set and then learn how to integrate those skills with advanced CSS. Exercise files and video tutorials are provided on the accompanying CD-ROM. Lowery is a well-known speaker and the author of several books on Dreamweaver and CSS. Published in association with Peachpit Press. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Intermediate Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hands-On Training focuses on web production and proper standards practices. Where the top-selling Dreamweaver book, Dreamweaver MX 2004 Hands-On Training, walks a reader through the features of Dreamweaver, the Intermediate book holds the readers hand through the actual development of a website. This book essentially picks up where the other one left off and takes the reader up a notch in their level of working with Dreamweaver. Specifically, this book teaches a reader how to build complete pages for an entire website from scratch. Included is also information about smart production techniques, importance of XHTML and CSS standards, and related technologies such as CSS, library items, and templates. This book does not go into highly advanced topics such as web application or database integration. With a strong reputation for being one of the top teachers for Dreamweaver, this book is a must have for any beginning Dreamweaver user.