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Real World Adobe(R) GoLive(R) 5 |
GoLive 5 is Adobe's premier cross-platform, Web development tool, offering superb HTML control, powerful site management, and support for Cascading Style Sheets, DHTML, and JavaScript. Both coders and designers use GoLive's site creation and management tools to develop content for the Web. Adobe GoLive 5 now offers integration with XML, Adobe PDF, and Microsoft Active Server Pages, making it an industrial-strength giant in the Web design world. Real World Adobe GoLive 5 is the definitive guide for Web designers eager to master the ins and outs of GoLive's many tools and features. The book targets all levels of users, starting with beginners who want to learn the basics of GoLive's page creation, editing, and site management. It also targets intermediate and advanced users who know the software fairly well but want to learn the more complex features of GoLive, including scripting, animation, and style sheets. Useful as a tutorial or reference, Real World Adobe GoLive 5 is an ideal book for anyone wanting to increase productivity with this powerful Web design powerhouse. Previous Edition ISBN: 0-201-35474-8.
Real World Adobe GoLive 5 is a big book on how to use Adobe's Web site authoring package in the real world to meet real design needs. This is not a take-you-by-the-hands class on GoLive, although it does cover application basics in the first section. Rather, it gives you solutions to real problems, and the authors expect you to have some familiarity with GoLive before you start. The first of four main sections covers the basics: the interface, setting up GoLive preferences, and how the program works. Section two is all about "Pages"--the visual page editor, the text editor, and everything you can do with both. "Sites," section three, covers GoLive's excellent site-management tools, and section four discusses advanced topics like JavaScript, DHTML, cascading style sheets, and more. The book is more like an extensive reference source than a tutorial. Virtually every feature is explained and can be looked up in the index, but you won't find a concise chapter on how to build an awesome site from A to B. This is the kind of book that you use as a desk reference, looking up topics as needed. Often, the examples cited are explained and illustrated more clearly than in Adobe's documentation. One drawback is the lack of a CD-ROM. Examples, projects, source code, code snippets, animation--even a demo version of GoLive itself--would more than justify a CD-ROM. On the other hand, there are plenty of screen shots and sidebars. GoLive 5 has matured into a powerful tool and has become a valuable member of the Adobe product family. Real World Adobe GoLive 5 is an important asset and reference book for the GoLive user. --Mike Caputo
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Publisher:
Peachpit Press
Authors:
Jeff Carlson, Glenn Fleishman
Release Date: 2000-10
ISBN/EAN: 0201704064 / 9780201704068
New Price: $7.95 /
Used Price: $0.01 /
Collectible Price: n.a.
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Average Rating: 3.5
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| Not Well Written | Rating:  | | Real World GoLive is not well written or edited. The text is laborious to read. | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2001-12-21 | | | | Lots of good info, but no step by step help or instruction. | Rating: | | I've been using GoLive since version 2.0 when it was called CyberStudio. Though I haven't become super-savvy with the program, I've known a enough to get by and make many high-impact websites. When I visit a new website with a feature I like, I try to figure out how they do it. That's why I bought this book. I wanted to learn more about CSS (cascading style sheets), but this book DID NOT teach me how to make them. It explained what they were, where they came from, what the different types were, how they get used, what they can do, ways to use them, etc, etc., but it did not include simple step-by-step directions for creating them. It EXPLAINED how to make them in a series of short paragraphs, but that isn't much use at all. They should have had a mini tutorial for it such as: Step 1. Create a new page Step 2. Type some text Step 3. Open the CSS Inspector Step 4. Highlight some of the text you wrote Step 5. Select options X,Y, and Z in the CSS Inspector Step 6. blah, blah, blah That would have made this book so much better. Perhaps some people can learn by means of explanation without diagrams or specific instruction, but I'm not one of them. I prefer step-by-step help. Imagine if you wanted to rebuild the engine on your car, and your only instructions were this: "The trick to rebuilding your engine is to remove it from your vehicle. Once removed from your vehicle you can put it on the floor or on a bench to take it apart. Once you've taken it apart, put it back together with all new parts and then put it back in your car." Would you attempt to rebuild yor car if the instructions were phrased like that? Probably not, which is why I won't recommend this book to anybody except experts wanting to further their already savvy GoLive skills. Don't get me wrong, the book is crammed full of info and tips on a mountain of topics, but unless you know how to use all or most of GoLive's features, it won't serve you much help. | | Total Votes: 7, Helpful Votes: 6, Date: 2001-07-13 | | | | Very good book required basic knowledge of golive | Rating:  | | If you are new and want to make a website this book is not for you. I t gives you the details and explanations of the commands and features, but will not teach you that where you should use grids or tables. If you are an intermediate user and want to have a complete control on golive this is for you. Sorry to say this book does not include any real life project so user will get an idea how to work. It is just like a manual. you have to read the book a-z to make a site. | | Total Votes: 11, Helpful Votes: 11, Date: 2001-05-01 | | | | golive real sometimes you get lost | Rating: | | It is good book but not for the novice web builder. Authors do a good job of highlighting the command structures, provide tips and tell how to use the many features of the program. However in some places, commands are refered to but there is no visual of the icon nor does it tell specifically where on the toolbar it is. This happens when trying also to figure how to design and set up sites and more. It is complicated program but more intuitive then dreamweaver and the authors point out the powerful features Sometimes you can do things with more then 1 set of commands and the authors talk about this. Pros and cons of using tables versus grids and how using certain functions will lock out certain users using versions of certain browsers. They need to provide a card or listing to the commands and a picture of each. It would have saved me a lot of time. This is a reference for GL5 and not a good manual for building a site with GL. If they did that I'd rate it 5 or at least a 4. Also the authors have listserve board where gl5 users can post their questions, about the book and using gl5. They answer you which is good. This book and GL5 are not for the most novice web builders. | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2001-03-26 | | | | Not a book for novices | Rating: | | I had developed a web site using HTML 3.2 and a text editor and had no problem. But after buying GoLive5 and this book I was ready to chuck it all and go back to my text editor. The book will not show you how to create a website using GoLive. It will explain what everything does, but it doesn't show you how to use it. I found myself referring to the GoLive online help to understand the book. I finally gave up and purchased the SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe GoLive 5. A much better book for the beginning user and half the price. An experienced web designer might find Real World GoLive a good choice, but be prepared to wade through a lot of stuff to find what you need to know. | | Total Votes: 7, Helpful Votes: 4, Date: 2001-03-22 | | | | Not Well Written | Rating: | | Real World GoLive is not well written or edited. The text is laborious to read. | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2001-12-21 | | | | Lots of good info, but no step by step help or instruction. | Rating: | | I've been using GoLive since version 2.0 when it was called CyberStudio. Though I haven't become super-savvy with the program, I've known a enough to get by and make many high-impact websites. When I visit a new website with a feature I like, I try to figure out how they do it. That's why I bought this book. I wanted to learn more about CSS (cascading style sheets), but this book DID NOT teach me how to make them. It explained what they were, where they came from, what the different types were, how they get used, what they can do, ways to use them, etc, etc., but it did not include simple step-by-step directions for creating them. It EXPLAINED how to make them in a series of short paragraphs, but that isn't much use at all. They should have had a mini tutorial for it such as: Step 1. Create a new page Step 2. Type some text Step 3. Open the CSS Inspector Step 4. Highlight some of the text you wrote Step 5. Select options X,Y, and Z in the CSS Inspector Step 6. blah, blah, blah That would have made this book so much better. Perhaps some people can learn by means of explanation without diagrams or specific instruction, but I'm not one of them. I prefer step-by-step help. Imagine if you wanted to rebuild the engine on your car, and your only instructions were this: "The trick to rebuilding your engine is to remove it from your vehicle. Once removed from your vehicle you can put it on the floor or on a bench to take it apart. Once you've taken it apart, put it back together with all new parts and then put it back in your car." Would you attempt to rebuild yor car if the instructions were phrased like that? Probably not, which is why I won't recommend this book to anybody except experts wanting to further their already savvy GoLive skills. Don't get me wrong, the book is crammed full of info and tips on a mountain of topics, but unless you know how to use all or most of GoLive's features, it won't serve you much help. | | Total Votes: 7, Helpful Votes: 6, Date: 2001-07-13 | | | | Very good book required basic knowledge of golive | Rating: | | If you are new and want to make a website this book is not for you. I t gives you the details and explanations of the commands and features, but will not teach you that where you should use grids or tables. If you are an intermediate user and want to have a complete control on golive this is for you. Sorry to say this book does not include any real life project so user will get an idea how to work. It is just like a manual. you have to read the book a-z to make a site. | | Total Votes: 11, Helpful Votes: 11, Date: 2001-05-01 | | | | golive real sometimes you get lost | Rating: | | It is good book but not for the novice web builder. Authors do a good job of highlighting the command structures, provide tips and tell how to use the many features of the program. However in some places, commands are refered to but there is no visual of the icon nor does it tell specifically where on the toolbar it is. This happens when trying also to figure how to design and set up sites and more. It is complicated program but more intuitive then dreamweaver and the authors point out the powerful features Sometimes you can do things with more then 1 set of commands and the authors talk about this. Pros and cons of using tables versus grids and how using certain functions will lock out certain users using versions of certain browsers. They need to provide a card or listing to the commands and a picture of each. It would have saved me a lot of time. This is a reference for GL5 and not a good manual for building a site with GL. If they did that I'd rate it 5 or at least a 4. Also the authors have listserve board where gl5 users can post their questions, about the book and using gl5. They answer you which is good. This book and GL5 are not for the most novice web builders. | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2001-03-26 | | | | Not a book for novices | Rating: | | I had developed a web site using HTML 3.2 and a text editor and had no problem. But after buying GoLive5 and this book I was ready to chuck it all and go back to my text editor. The book will not show you how to create a website using GoLive. It will explain what everything does, but it doesn't show you how to use it. I found myself referring to the GoLive online help to understand the book. I finally gave up and purchased the SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe GoLive 5. A much better book for the beginning user and half the price. An experienced web designer might find Real World GoLive a good choice, but be prepared to wade through a lot of stuff to find what you need to know. | | Total Votes: 7, Helpful Votes: 4, Date: 2001-03-22 | | | | Not Well Written | Rating: | | Real World GoLive is not well written or edited. The text is laborious to read. | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2001-12-21 | | | | Lots of good info, but no step by step help or instruction. | Rating: | | I've been using GoLive since version 2.0 when it was called CyberStudio. Though I haven't become super-savvy with the program, I've known a enough to get by and make many high-impact websites. When I visit a new website with a feature I like, I try to figure out how they do it. That's why I bought this book. I wanted to learn more about CSS (cascading style sheets), but this book DID NOT teach me how to make them. It explained what they were, where they came from, what the different types were, how they get used, what they can do, ways to use them, etc, etc., but it did not include simple step-by-step directions for creating them. It EXPLAINED how to make them in a series of short paragraphs, but that isn't much use at all. They should have had a mini tutorial for it such as: Step 1. Create a new page Step 2. Type some text Step 3. Open the CSS Inspector Step 4. Highlight some of the text you wrote Step 5. Select options X,Y, and Z in the CSS Inspector Step 6. blah, blah, blah That would have made this book so much better. Perhaps some people can learn by means of explanation without diagrams or specific instruction, but I'm not one of them. I prefer step-by-step help. Imagine if you wanted to rebuild the engine on your car, and your only instructions were this: "The trick to rebuilding your engine is to remove it from your vehicle. Once removed from your vehicle you can put it on the floor or on a bench to take it apart. Once you've taken it apart, put it back together with all new parts and then put it back in your car." Would you attempt to rebuild yor car if the instructions were phrased like that? Probably not, which is why I won't recommend this book to anybody except experts wanting to further their already savvy GoLive skills. Don't get me wrong, the book is crammed full of info and tips on a mountain of topics, but unless you know how to use all or most of GoLive's features, it won't serve you much help. | | Total Votes: 7, Helpful Votes: 6, Date: 2001-07-13 | | | | Very good book required basic knowledge of golive | Rating: | | If you are new and want to make a website this book is not for you. I t gives you the details and explanations of the commands and features, but will not teach you that where you should use grids or tables. If you are an intermediate user and want to have a complete control on golive this is for you. Sorry to say this book does not include any real life project so user will get an idea how to work. It is just like a manual. you have to read the book a-z to make a site. | | Total Votes: 11, Helpful Votes: 11, Date: 2001-05-01 | | | | golive real sometimes you get lost | Rating: | | It is good book but not for the novice web builder. Authors do a good job of highlighting the command structures, provide tips and tell how to use the many features of the program. However in some places, commands are refered to but there is no visual of the icon nor does it tell specifically where on the toolbar it is. This happens when trying also to figure how to design and set up sites and more. It is complicated program but more intuitive then dreamweaver and the authors point out the powerful features Sometimes you can do things with more then 1 set of commands and the authors talk about this. Pros and cons of using tables versus grids and how using certain functions will lock out certain users using versions of certain browsers. They need to provide a card or listing to the commands and a picture of each. It would have saved me a lot of time. This is a reference for GL5 and not a good manual for building a site with GL. If they did that I'd rate it 5 or at least a 4. Also the authors have listserve board where gl5 users can post their questions, about the book and using gl5. They answer you which is good. This book and GL5 are not for the most novice web builders. | | Total Votes: 0, Helpful Votes: 0, Date: 2001-03-26 | | | | Not a book for novices | Rating: | | I had developed a web site using HTML 3.2 and a text editor and had no problem. But after buying GoLive5 and this book I was ready to chuck it all and go back to my text editor. The book will not show you how to create a website using GoLive. It will explain what everything does, but it doesn't show you how to use it. I found myself referring to the GoLive online help to understand the book. I finally gave up and purchased the SAMS Teach Yourself Adobe GoLive 5. A much better book for the beginning user and half the price. An experienced web designer might find Real World GoLive a good choice, but be prepared to wade through a lot of stuff to find what you need to know. | | Total Votes: 7, Helpful Votes: 4, Date: 2001-03-22 | | |
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