Web Books

If need some help for Macromedia Dreamweaver MX: this book can sure help you.
That is if you read it! Good luck, The Larghe's

This book is formatted nicley. One can just follow the step by step examples in the tutorials from beginning to end. Also, the provided case studies at the end of each chapter further reinforces what was learned within that chapter (if one attempts to do them). It makes the whole idea of designing web pages seem simple. Granted, you will want to be fairly familiar with HTML if you plan to use Dreamweaver often. This book is a wonderful teaching tool. I recommend using this book as an aid for anymone diving into Dreamweaver.

The authors do a great job introducing Fireworks MX 2004 to new users. They take readers on a thorough tour of the features and tools sets available in Fireworks. Experienced readers can also learn from this book as it talks about more advanced topics and even highlights the Fireworks Exchange by Macromedia which is one of the most powerful assets available to Fireworks users. If you want to learn Fireworks MX 2004, this is the book for you.

This book really helped me out with learning how to implement creative thoughts/ideas into a working navigation system. When read, it sounds like the authors are right there walking you through each and every step you need to understand and master FireworksMX 2004. As you read through the book, you'll find a lot of helpful tips that are in each section. I almost liked reading the tips rather than focusing on the main sections. Be sure to work through the tutorials, I picked up a lot of tidbits that I didnt think were possible.

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Alan

I am giving this book a five star review because it has some interesting content, and the author gives the material an original spin. The chapters on Flash 3D, XML, and Swift-Generator were very helpful and dare I say, sometimes insightful. In contrast, I wasn't that excited about the chapters on PHP and MySQL, but by the end, they proved interesting. My biggest problem with the book is its overall lack of organization, and personally, many of the chapters would have been helped by more examples. Bottom line - this is not a cover-to-cover read, but if you want interesting content on some of Flash 5's more advanced features, I would pick it up.

I vacillate between 4 and 5 stars...but it's truly a great book. The technical descriptions of various tools of Flash 5 are quite good. Mr. Woods handled the more complex ActionScripts very well, in ways that I could relate to what he was attempting to do...which was show the incredible versatility of the ActionScripts and explain ways I could utilize the programming. I learned (finally, still with some difficulty) to use the Bezier pen, thanks to Mr. Woods' enthusiastic endorsement, and was able to grasp many of the aspects of Flash that had been somewhat weak for me before. I have read many books on Flash 5 and cartooning, and definitely would recommend this book for a good underpinning of the basics as well as assistance with expert Flash development. Keep up the great work, Mr. Woods.

It is with great pleasure to read Mr. Champagne's book on the senses.

Often my day begins and ends without a single reflective thought of my body movements, the aesthetics, smells, sounds, and tastes. This book has brought the reflectiveness back.

No longer will I awake in the morning, open my eyes, stretch, yawn, and taste that first cup of coffee without awe!

Thank you for bringing the intimate being of self back to me.

I felt guilty. The day spread out before me had none of the time consumptions of its predecessors--no conferences, meetings, appointments. I would for a change be deliberately desultory among my dog-eared books and see again in their permanence lines I knew by memory from, say, Emily Dickinson

A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides [movement]

It goads me like the goblin bee
That will not state its sting [touch]

To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need[smell]

I taste a liquor never brewed
From tankards scooped in pearl [taste]

I heard a fly buzz when I died.
The stillness in the room
Was like the stillness in the air
Between the heaves of storm [sound]

I like a look of agony
Because I know it's true [sight]

It was then that I realized how much I was responding to the magic of the senses, to use the title of a new work by Jean Champagne delivered only the day before.

What Mr. Champagne has done is to explain each of the six senses in immediately understandable terms drawn from the latest scientific investigations and illustrated by quotations from pertinent authority. These he then follows by exercises and demonstrations the reader will be eager to apply. The inclusion of blank pages inducing personal augmentation of what has been learned is an ingenious encouragement to make the study of the book all the more meaningful.

Particularly useful are the references to further information on each topic via the internet and a generous bibliography.

Reading Mr. Champagne's thoroughly researched and fascinating book made me all the more cognizant of the basic principle it states, that "To be conscious is to be always involved in a sensory activity," and I found that my day had been redeemed after all.

Ashley Friedlein guide is a must-read for anybody managing a website or looking to start one up. It is a detailed exposition which explores concepts such as Change Management in a lucid and informative manner. Highly recommended.

This is the second book I've read by Mr. Friedlein that shows his extensive experience and ability to clearly impart realistic advice (his other book is "Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites", ISBN 1558606785).

What sets this book apart from others is the way he focuses on two critical aspects of web site maintenance, (1) change management, and (2) content management. Whereas there are a number of books that address content management, this is the first I've read that goes into detail about change management. Many books mix the two, and fail to emphasize the criticality of change management on site reliability and availability. These two parts of the book alone warrant reading it.

There are two additional parts of the book that provide unique insights into critical success factors of web site management and evolution, which are customer relationship management, and site measurement. Whereas the first two parts deal with behind-the-scenes maintenance, these deal with business aspects, which do need to continuously evolve if a commercial site is to provide revenue in a highly competitive environment.

The part on customer relationship management starts with a primer on CRM to assure that readers understand a much-hyped topic. It then goes into how to achieve success factors by addressing understanding your users, personalization, community building, and customer service.

Site measurement, the final part of the book, is also detailed and filled with advice. Topics include: an overview titled, "Promises and Challenges of Web Site Measurement" and chapters on evolution of E-intelligence, measurement approaches and techniques, and reporting and analysis. This part of the book wraps up with chapters on how to improve a web site and tackling a web site measurement project.

Like his first book (cited above and which I highly recommend), this one is essential reading for anyone working with commercial web sites. The author, in my opinion, is one of the most savvy experts who has unique insights in all aspects of web site project and management. This book is yet another achievement and contribution to the body of knowledge by Mr. Friedlein.

This is one of the first e-marketing books I purchased when I entered the field in 1999 and it really gave me an invaluable education in online sales and marketing.

Back in the days when sock puppets sold bags of dog food online (or tried to, anyway) and gerbils were fired from cannons, Ken Evoy had a very simple proposition: if you're going to have a website, you might as well sell something. Here's a step-by-step guide to selling that something.

This book is filled with timeless tips, tricks and techniques that Ken himself has used to make money online, and he continues to use them today to sell products and to educate others. It's filled with advice on copy, pricing, positioning. guarantees... the tactics you need to know to be successful selling online.

It doesn't have fancy graphics, just a lot of screenshots and practical know-how on making sure visitors to your site actually buy your products.

Regardless of today's new sock puppets (blogs) or flying gerbils (Web 2.0), Ken's message is just as important today as it was in 1999: if you're going to have a website, you might as well sell something.

In "Make Your Site Sell", Ken Evoy explains the vast opportunities presented by the internet. The e-book is easy for non-experts to read. It is an excellent reference when I need assistance on any issue pertaining to the internet. Using the thousands of hyperlinks in the electronic book makes it very easy and convenient to get the information I need.

The "Make Your Site Sell" book explains clearly how to sell on the web. The e-book has thousands of hyperlinks to and from an extensive index, table of contents, glossary, the web as well as links within the content of the book. The author explains how to succeed in a web based venture by following three steps. The first step is the development, positioning and testing of a product. In this case, the author outlines the products with high potential for sales, how to evaluate and re-position products for web-worthiness, product pricing and testing, among other things. The second step is building a website that can be trusted and liked by customers, which is simple to use and easy to navigate and many other aspects which make it really sell. It is necessary to get paid for one's services through the web without problems. The third step is to build a high volume of targeted, motivated traffic timely, ethically and cost effectively.

Ken Evoy needs to be applauded for such a comprehensive user-friendly e-book. He is truly a "guru" for having produced such a high quality, informative and helpful book.

Small companies with or without sites often struggle to decide what business - if any - should be offered or conducted on the net, and how a business can build the most effective web site. Enter John Heartfield's How To Make Your Small Business Website Work: the subtitle is 'Easy Answers to Content, Navigation and Design' and chapters to just that, covering the basics from devising effective home pages and automated navigation to stressing simplicity and consistency between pages. Plenty of web site examples demonstrate good versus bad site structures.

Mr. Heartfield's broad fund of knowledge regarding this subject and his easy-to-read writing style made this book not only useful, but an enjoyable read. Lots of great ideas regarding structuring my website. Big bang for the buck. Highly recommended.

I purchased this book as one of many art marketing books I have acquired. Many of the other books have limited relevant information, so I expected to be able to pick a few tidbits from this book just like most of the others. But to my surprise, this book was packed with wonderful, relevant and well versed information for todays visual artist to utilize. In fact, this book is like a bible to me....I keep it highlighted and right at my desk to reference. I also purchased one and had it sent to my son, also a painter, so he would be able to have this wealth of information himself. I highly recommend anyone that is wanting to know the in's and out's of marketing your art online, to buy this book!!!

Marketing And Buying Fine Art Online walks artists, resellers and gallery owner alike through the process of understanding what's online, how it's promoted, and how to understand and profit from the selling network. From setting up an effective web site to promote sales to locating artists reference resources, art fairs and workshops, and auctions online, it's packed with unique advice specific to the fine art market.

I highly recommend this book!

I've been a GoLive user since the early days, I think version 2 or 3. I've also owned and upgraded Dreamweaver since version 3. I've attempted to master DW countless times over the years. It is a different program from GoLive. On top of the difference between the two programs, those of us who operate from the right brain have additional challenges when it comes to code.

I've got quite a large collection of Dreamweaver books. This is the first one that has actually gripped me and started to make sense of it all. I love the learning style, not to mention the layout and design is appealing. Lots of white space. This not only helps me stay focused but allows room for notes.

I'm not saying the challenge is over. I'm still facing a challenge with advanced or complex divs. But this book is making sense of it. I particularly like the way concepts are broken down and explained. I also find the insight on learning The Natural Flow of the Document to be helpful.

Greg Rewis and Stephanie Sullivan both have a love and appreciation for GoLive, which I think helps break down the communication barrier than we GoLive users often seem to face with Dreamweaver users. Matter of fact, Stephanie started with GoLive and Greg was one of the founders of it.

I've been in touch with Stephanie by email as I've had a couple of roadblocks I needed to overcome. Stephanie has been very responsive, friendly, and helpful.

I'm still working my way through the book, but I can say already that it is worth the investment for me.

This book really does a great job explaining how to build websites using CSS and Dreamweaver CS3. I've bought a couple of other books and this one is by far my favorite. The layout of the book provides step-by-step instructions snd includes many "color" screen shots so you can easily see that you are keeping-up with the instructions. I highly recommend this book if you want to learn how to design websites using Dreamweaver CS3. Here's the Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Laying the CSS Groundwork
Chapter 2 - Using the Fixed, Centered Starter Pages
Chapter 3 - Migrating a Table-based layout to CSS
Chapter 4 - Using the Liquid CSS Layouts
Chapter 5 - Creating a More Cocmplex Design with Elastic Layouts
Chapter 6 - Building a Gallery Site with CSS and Spry

The new book just arrived in the mail yesterday. I'm not a CSS expert but have played with it some. Couldn't wait to get into the book. I immediately read the first chapter and that alone made the book worth it. Given the credentials of authors like Sullivan and RewisMastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3 (Voices That Matter) it's a *must have* book. (Sullivan - on Adobe Task Force, Comunity MX partner WebWeavers list mom, in-demand speaker, Rewis - Early user of what became the internet, Macromedia Dreamweaver product manager, Adobe Group Manager, conference/trade show speaker world wide.) Who else knows more about CSS and Dreamweaver than this duo? Book is HIGHLY recommended.

The MathML Handbook by technical writer and expert Pavi Sandhu is a straightforward, "user friendly" guide to MathML, -- an XML-based markup language especially designed for mathematicians who publish on the World Wide Web. Individual chapters teach the basics of MathML, how to display MathML in web browsers, how to convert between TeX and MathML, how to utilize MathML for computations, and much, much more. With an accompanying CD featuring demo software for viewing and creating works with MathML, The MathML Handbook is highly recommended as being a genuinely first-rate resource.

I bought this book as a MathML beginner and was greatly
impressed by its easy intoduction to the topic. My XML
was a bit rusty, but I wasn't a total newbie. This book
has covered all my needs for MathML processing and I have
seen no need to buy any other reference on the subject. As
I have been able to do all my project on the subject without
getting lost, I must really have found a good book
My co-worker, who is much more advanced than I also found
this book very useful as a reference guide and even learned
from the chapters on the various MathML supporting
applications and dynamic web.

Aside from the content, this book reads very well. The
author is clear, concise, and doesn't clutter the book with
personal nonsense like so many other technical authors. As
the users of MathML continue to increase, this book appears
just in time for the early adapters. As a big fan of MathML,
I hope others read this book and use MathML themselves. There
is no longer an excuse to refrain from MathML on account of
a lack of hardcopy documentation.