This is my first venture into the CLIB series and my first venture into serious web designing tools. I needed help fast and I needed a self paced training that would keep me interested. This book comes through on both counts. Whats more, it is doing it with style. The only thing missing from the classroom experience is interaction with the teacher.My background is hardware bashing, not code bashing or web development. I needed a tool to get a personal promotion site up and running. I looked at other tools like FrontPage, Macromedias offering and even some HTML editors. Id helped put some simple web pages together and realized I do not want to code pages. FrontPage was reasonably priced, but did not offer much in the way of flexibility. Macromedia was OK, but I was not at ease with their interface. I already own and use some Adobe products, so the interface seemed very familiar to me.
This is not to say the interface is simple, and thats where the Class Room in a Book comes in. One suggestion: if you are a first time user of GoLive (GL), start with Lesson 2 or at least working part way through it. Lesson 2 provides an excellent introduction to the GL interface and structure. I found the supplied lesson materials matched the book perfectly, something I have not always found, and the exercises were not simple busy work, but true teaching exercises.
Im only part way through the book, but I feel I know enough that Ive begun designing my own site. As I continue the lessons, I will be updating the sites design to incorporate what Im learning. The next challenge will be learning LiveMotion from the CLIB for that application.
I highly recommend GoLive 6.0 Classroom in a Book to all levels of users. You do not need an extensive hardware background to follow the book. You do need to be a fluid operator of your computer and you should have some understanding of what the Internet is to take advantage of the potential offered here.
I am a BIG fan of the Adobe Classroom in a Book (CIB) series. I constantly recommend the books to folks who want to get up to speed on Adobes software. So ... I come to this review slightly prejudiced. Just wanted to get that out of the way up front.The thing I like best about Adobes CIB series is that it is truly a tutorial, not just a reference book. (Though you can use it as a reference quite easily.)
If you will take a little time and do the lessons in the book in order, youll learn all the basic (and some beyond) skills that you need. The included CD-ROM contains all the files you need to do the tutorials.
Im working through the GoLive 6 CIB myself. Ive used GoLive since a pretty early edition, but it seems that Adobe changes the workings of GoLive considerably with each new edition and I have been neglecting my web sites for quite some time, so Ive forgotten how some things work. Adobe GoLive 6.0 Classroom in a Book is exactly what I needed.
There is a very logical, step-by-step progression to its organization. It covers the basics, and some very advanced features. From basic web page design, to floating boxes, animations, rollovers, cascading style sheets (one of my weak areas), drop down menus, javascript, and site management, it covers it thoroughly.
If you are trying to learn GoLive in order to build yourself some web presence, this book will be a GREAT help. Just work through the tutorials, and youll learn it. (It certainly beats paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for training.)
Very nice for novice user and reference, not advanced
Lives Up to the Series Title