The Unofficial Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 ... (ISBN 0471774979)

Useless, flimsy, empty:
I agree with the reviewer who said this book omits much information. This book contains 7 pages on creating and modifying templates. That's nothing! I've created 8 websites over the years using Netscape Composer. A main reason I upgraded to Dreamweaver was to use templates, so I could update my navigation bars without having to update it for every webpage. This book has over 500 pages, yet devotes only 7 to creating and modifying templates. Having read all 7, repeatedly, I still can't create templates. I spent the last four hours trying to create and modify templates, but the 7 pages apparently omit some crucial information, or are poorly written.

This book is not worth the cost. Look somewhere else.:
I got this book in hopes to learn Dreamweaver 8. Unfortunately, most of the information is not complete and doesn't go indepth enough to explain what you are doing and why. I kept this "unofficial" book just in case I could find something useful. I've gone to it several, several times hoping to find some good information, each time coming up with nothing and turning to the Dreamweaver 8 Bible. Don't waste your money. Spend some extra on a book that will actually teach you something. Or better yet, Adobe's website offers all kinds of tutorials and forums. Even using Google to find whatever help you need is better than picking up this book. I'd get my money back if I could on this. Try looking into the "Dreamweaver 8 Bible" book by Joseph W. Lowery. I highly suggest this book if you are learning Dreamweaver 8.

The Unofficial Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 8:
The Unofficial Guide to Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 is a good overall guide to Dreamweaver 8. This guide takes the reader from the basics of designing and building a custom website using Dreamweaver 8 through CSS essentials and activating scripts to creating applications and managing the website. I found the section on JavaScripts particularly useful as the author went into greater detail (complete with coded examples) than most books on this subject. I also found many of the Bright Idea, Inside Scoop, and Watch Out text boxes spread throughout each chapter extremely valuable. This book comes with a tear out card with keyboard shortcuts for the program which is particularly handy when first working with the Dreamweaver 8 program.