Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

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hat’s in a name? In the case of Adobe’s Dreamweaver, you find one of the most appro-

priate product names around. Web page design is a blend of art and craft; whether

you’re a deadline-driven professional or a vision-filled amateur, Dreamweaver provides

an intuitive way to make your Web visions a reality. Dreamweaver implies development, and it

excels at producing multifaceted Web pages that bring content locked in a data store to the surface.

Dreamweaver CS4 stands at the center of a complex series of overlapping worlds. In one realm,

designers of static Web pages are looking to expand their knowledge base into data-driven sites.

Over there, you’ll find application developers—some savvy in Active Server Pages, some in Cold-

Fusion, and others in PHP—anxious to develop for the Internet. The spectrum of experience in

both camps runs the gamut from eager novice to experienced professional, all of whom benefit

from the advanced style capabilities of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). There’s yet another group of

prospective Web craftsmen and artists who want to do it all and are looking for a place to start.

Dreamweaver CS4 is the one program robust enough for them all, and the Dreamweaver CS4

Bible is your guidebook to all its features and capabilities.

To use this book, you need only two items: the Dreamweaver software and a desire to make

cutting-edge Web pages. (If you don’t have ...