About this book
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, the latest version of Web design professionals’ tool of choice, offers brand new, powerful functionality for creating standards compliant Websites that load faster, are more accessible, achieve better search engine rankings through cleaner code, and work across different browsers.
In Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website Using Dreamweaver 8, I guide you, step-by-step, through the process of creating a complete, flexible, and easy-to-maintain site in strict XHTML and CSS using Dreamweaver.
What are people saying?
This book is one of the first published works about Dreamweaver 8 and as such Rachel Andrew has created a must have text for Dreamweaver enthusiasts. Why? Simply because the author offers you an insight into the mind-set of the professional web developer and step-by-step instructions on creating a website in a logical manner plus the bonus of learning loads about the new features in Dreamweaver 8. — Julie Smyth - Cyber Aspect Publishing
… the book shines as a step-by-step guide to building a website that works. The author provides a glimpse into the mind of a professional webmaster as she explains her method. In a nutshell: first create a semantically-logical structure with XHTML tags; then style it with CSS, then add any dynamic content; and finally tweak the site for cross-browser compatibility and standards compliance.— Michael Pastore - BookLovers Review
Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website is a tutorial book that got me engaged enough to stop and think about web design from several different levels: workflow, coding, use of third party applications, and scripts. It did a great job of educating me for confident use of css and Dreamweaver 8. — Karen Oeding - Indiana University Macromedia Users Group newsletter
Rachel has done a remarkable job in explaining exactly what a standards compliant website is and takes you through the steps of building one using the new Dreamweaver 8 from Macromedia. — Brad Lawryk - Cariboo Computer Magazine
