Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 544 pages
- Published by: Adobe Press; Pap/Cdr Re edition August 26, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0321278496
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0321278494
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 2.4 pounds
Product Review
Setting up a Web site ranks among the most deceptively simple tasks in all of computerdom. At the end of the day, you just edit documents (and who hasn't done that before?). Even HTML, the underlying language of Web pages, is pretty easy to understand. But once the creation process gets underway, it becomes apparent that HTML coding is tedious, and that page designers often spend hours figuring out tiny layout details.
Adobe GoLive CS is meant to ease and automate the process of creating and maintaining sites, and
Adobe GoLive CS Classroom in a Book should serve you well as a tutorial and guide during your first GoLive projects.
Adobe picked a traditional style for this textbook, documenting the capabilities of GoLive one at a time with brief introductory paragraphs, stepped procedures, and screen shots that show the relevant pieces of the user interface. The illustrations effectively show processes--a series of three or more pictures might show how to select and modify an element, as well as the end result--but they and the steps usually manage to show only the standard way of doing something. There's less coverage of odd cases and unusual capabilities. Still, this book will get you off the ground and using Adobe GoLive effectively.
--David Wall Topics covered: How to use Adobe GoLive CS to create and manage Web sites, assuming you've never done much work along those lines before. In addition to the essentials of text layout, hyperlinks, and tables, this book covers JavaScript for image rollover effects (and some others), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for consistent application of design rules, and the GoLive features related to ongoing site management.
Book Description
When you're ready to roll up your sleeves and start taking advantage of GoLive CS' powerful site management and collaboration capabilities, wireless authoring features, and dynamic database tools, it's time to get the guide from the people behind the software. In these pages, The Adobe Creative Team uses a series of project-based lessons to guide you through every aspect of GoLive's use. Working at your own pace, using training materials created and tested in Adobe's own classrooms and labs, you¿ll soon be creating effective, efficient Web sites with GoLive CS. Step-by-step instructions clearly detail toolbars, palettes, site architecture, Cascading Style Sheets, image maps, and more. And plenty of attention has been paid to GoLive CS' new features as well: enhanced Smart Object capabilities, advanced CSS authoring and previewing, streamlined print-to-Web production, and more. Each chapter concludes with a review section to reinforce what you've learned, and a CD-ROM provides the files and images needed to complete the exercises.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Adobe Golive Classroom in a Book: Classroom in a Book (Paperback)
This is the latest in a series of the famous "Adobe Classroom In A Book". It is part of the official training series for Adobe graphics, web and tools. As Webmaster for the Alaskan Apple Users Group (AAUG), I wanted to see what was new or different in GoLive CS. The book is 520 pages and comes with a CD that includes files for thirteen lessons included in the book. It is for anyone who designs, develops and manages web sites. It teaches fundamental concepts and lessons designed to work at your own pace. If you are more familiar with GoLive, you can learn advanced features including tips and techniques. You can go start to finish or do only the lessons that corresponds to your interests or needs. The lessons in this book "include information on the GoLive workflow. customizing the work area, converting layout grids to tables, creating stationery, spell checking, using variables with Smart Objects, adding date and time stamps, creating HTML styles, and working with Smart rollovers". On to Lesson One! I opened the existing file Design Diagram.site. I clicked Diagram tab in the site window and double clicked to open the design file as instructed. A dialog window popped open with a message that said "Files included in Diagram may have changed location or been removed. Some pages or links within the diagram may be missing or drawn incorrectly". Hello! Didn't page one just tell me that all lessons had been revised to incorporate updated information on GoLive CS commands and tools? In the next paragraph in the book it said "Due to variables in system configurations, you may see an erroneous warning message regarding printing. You may safely disregard this message".Printing? I'm just trying to open the first file in Lesson one! I clicked "OK" to close the box and the lesson went well until I got to Adding Sections. While dragging a Section icon as instructed, the promised black bar did not appear that indicated the family relationship to the new page. No matter what I tried, it just wouldn't come up. In the Creating a new design diagram section, there was a typo in 1: choose Diagram>New Design Diagram while the file menu simply says New Diagram. No biggie although I could not save the file as directed. Either the command was greyed out or when it wasn't and I saved the file, it didn't reflect as such on the top in the save red button. When I got to Adding Sections, dragging a section icon to the page didn't display the promised "black bar" indicating the family relationship to the new page! I checked both Adobe and Peachpit Press to see if any "Errata" was posted. There was none. I really wanted to love this book as I have many in the Classroon Series. I am disappointed that it is rippled with errors and omissions. I'm going to go through all the lessons as I am sure that the bulk of the book is good. It's just a shame that this book was not tested and edited more thoroughly. Pros: Wonderful layout with lots of graphics, easy to follow instructions, review questions and answers at the end of each chapter. Cons: Incorrect instructions, errors and typos. Not up to par with Adobe's Classroom in A Book series.
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