GoLive™ 5 Visual Insight teaches the most useful features of this emerging product released to compete with Macromedia® Dreamweaver™. Readers go straight to work on learning how to create their own Web sites by learning basic GoLive features such as working with text, applying images, and applying advanced features such as forms, tables, and dynamic HTML. Over 20 real world projects let readers apply their knowledge first hand by creating various elements of a Web site. Like all Visual Insight books, this book appeals to visual learners who need to see - rather than read - how to create something. Its unique format allows readers to see an effect in the book and then duplicate it on their screen. Unlike other small sized books, GoLive 5 Visual Insight features a 16-page color section that illustrates color related tasks and project results.
GoLive 5 Visual Insight is part of a series from Coriolis that's aimed at novice to intermediate users--particularly those who appreciate terse instructions alongside step-by-step screen shots. The goal is to offer practical lessons that users can put to work right away, and in a visual presentation that, one hopes, makes even complicated tasks seem easy. For the most part, the authors have succeeded. First, they introduce the GoLive work environment--with all of its inspectors and docking palettes--and then take readers slowly through the process of creating pages, site organization, and using images, links, tables, and frames. And they introduce JavaScript actions and cascading style sheets--all in the first 11 chapters. The remainder of the book walks readers through five projects, each of which deals with a specific task; for example, making page templates, or using JavaScript actions to create alert boxes. Unfortunately, the situations in these projects are exactly as "real-life" as promised. For example, one JavaScript project shows how to make clickable text that changes the background color of the page--readers must imagine their own rationale for using such a trick on their own sites. Another problem is that some of the characters in the source code are incorrect: a few times, squares appear in HTML, where double quotation marks should be. Although one doesn't need to know HTML in order to use GoLive--and, in fact, the book doesn't show the source code very often--these errors could confuse readers. These negatives aside, the book does include a handy pullout of keyboard shortcuts and a thorough index. Also, its ultra-slow pacing might appeal to those who feel overwhelmed by all of the buttons and inspector options in Adobe GoLive. --Angelynn Grant Topics covered:
Introductory instruction for using Adobe GoLive, including: - Learning the work environment--tools, palettes, and inspectors.
- Creating pages and sites.
- Working with text, images, links, forms, tables, and frames.
- Introduction to style sheets and JavaScript.
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