Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 on Demand

I will look for "Que" books over any other when I need an updated manual. This one does not disappoint.

Explains the concepts well and makes web design much easier

When I was taking my website design class, this book helped to reinforce what I was learning; also helped me study for the final exam. It is also handy to have around to look up things.

Works as advertised.

Excellent!!!

I love this program!

Dreamweaver has long been the industry standard WYSIWYG tool. Originally created by Macromedia and then acquired by Adobe, Dreamweaver has grown from its roots. Now the application can create ActionScript to XML pages. Of course with an application so versatile as this, how does one get up to speed quickly and find what they are looking for quickly. With Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 OnDemand by Que Publishing that's how. I found this book enjoyable and great if I was looking for specific information quickly, looking to get started with the application, or just looking to find all the new features within the past 2 version releases.Chapter 1 goes into detail on preparing and planning a web site from planning to creating your local root folder.Chapter 2 gets you started with the Dreamweaver application from installing to creating web pages from Blank Templates, using the Fluid Grid Layout(think adjustable sizing to your device) to using a Template.Chapter 3 goes into customizing the Dreamweaver environment with arranging panels, grids, guides, rulers,and creating a workspace that is optimized for your workflow.Chapter 4 deals with managing your website files, the files panel, setting up site folders, setting up page properties and using visual aids.Chapter 5 covers web page text such as tabular data, formatting, line spacing, text styles, lists, fonts, characters, acronyms and abbreviationsChapter 6 delves into the subject of web page images such as inserting images, optimizing with Photoshop or FIreworks, cropping, sharpness, brightness, contrast, and rolloversChapter 7 goes into deal about linking your web pages which is how we get around the web otherwise we'd be staring at the same page all the time, so email links, hotspots, linking within a web page, modifying, removing, updating and even testing linksChapter 8 shows your working with tables from inserting a table to adding columns and rows, sorting table data, and creating nested tables.Chapter 9 is all about Cascading Style Sheet which is how we add some style to our pages from internal or external styles and working with properties.Chapter 10 covers page layouts with CSS-P from AP Elements to applying and Modifying CSS-P properties.Chapter 11 is all about Fluid Grids which is new in this version of Dreamweaver, so your page adjusts based on your device.Chapter 12 deals with frames, from creating a frameset to modifying a frame, and changing the propertiesChapter 13 is all about the multimedia that can be added to your site from Flash and Shockwave movies to sounds, applets, Active-X, and Plug-insChapter 14 is how we get feedback from our user by using forms such as textboxes, radio buttons, and listsChapter 15 is about seeing the HTML behind the page and honestly this is a great way to learn HTML if your not knowledgeable with coding. You can use the tag inspector, the tag chooser, and setting preferencesChapter 16 deals with behaviors which is like effects, opening windows, swapping images, showing and hiding of images and executing JavaScript(which is not Java)Chapter 17 is about Spry widgets and effects. Spry is a custom JavaScript framework by AdobeChapter 18 covers snippets and libraries, imagine less coding and faster developmentChapter 19 deals with templates which if you have a site with 5 or more pages makes it a breeze to update due to editable regions, repeating regions, and using InContextChapter 20 goes into detail about testing which we all want to make sure our site operates the way we want it to operate.Chapter 21 is about managing your websiteChapter 22 covers moving your site to the Internet which is the end result of all this workChapter 23 dips your toe into creating Mobile Applications using jQuery MobileChapter 24 is about automating Dreamweaver so you can do more by doing less such as using advanced find and replace, using and managing history commands and the history panel.This one is close at hand for adding new features to my development process, refreshing old processes, learning shortcut keys and changing old habits. I highly recommend this book to any and everyone that uses Dreamweaver it's such a great resource.

If you're looking for a tutorial on Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, this is not your book. However, if you already have experience with Dreamweaver, you'll find this book to be an attractive reference. The book is organized in 24 color-coded chapters. Throughout the book, features that are new to either CS5.5 or CS6 are clearly identified. Therefore, if you are an experienced Dreamweaver user, you can quickly focus on the features that you may want to learn.The book has been designed in color which makes it very attractive. Each task in this book is presented in at most two pages so that you can see everything at a glance. While this is a nice feature, it does have its limitations. In order to fit on the 2-page layout, the screenshots are so tiny that they are best viewed with a magnifying glass. Also, the instructions are, of necessity, kept to a bare minimum.I was disappointed to find that this book shows insufficient attention to detail. I had the impression that much of the book may have been copied from an earlier version without first checking whether the feature is exactly the same in CS6. For example,* In the Workshops many of the instructions were unclear or simply did not apply to the CS6 version of the software.* In Chapter 2, "Creating a Web Page from a Blank Template" there was a reference to selecting a 2 column, elastic, left sidebar layout. Elastic layouts do not exist in CS6.As shown in the following listing, workshops advertised in the book do not match those provided in the pdf document downloaded from the website. Workshops Listed in BookProject 1 Creating a Website from ScratchProject 2 Creating LayoutsProject 3 Creating Cascading Style SheetsProject 4 Inserting Images and MediaProject 5 Creating Hyperlinks and Navigation BarsProject 6 Creating FormsProject 7 Creating a Mobile App Actual Workshops in the pdf fileProject 1 Creating a Website from ScratchProject 2 Adding Web Page TablesProject 3 Using Cascading SheetsProject 4 Inserting ImagesProject 5 Creating HyperlinksProject 6 Creating and Applying a TemplateProject 7 There is no Project 7!In summary, this is a very attractive reference guide to Dreamweaver CS6. However, it should not be your only book on the subject.

This book is identical to Brilliant Dreamweaver CS6, which I already had. So has now become a present for my nephew