Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website with Dreamweaver 8 is written for any user of Dreamweaver who wants to create standards compliant, usable and fully accessible websites.

By applying Web Standards and best-practices, readers will learn to create fast-loading, easy-to-maintain and cross-browser compatible Websites.

This book focuses on using XHTML & semantic markup, CSS Layouts, and accessibility guidelines to show users how to make the most of Dreamweaver 8.

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 12 Ratings

Missing an important chapter or two - 2006-10-06
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This book may be helpful if you are working alone to design a small site. If you want to know how to set up and use a test server, download to test server vs. remote server, use check-in/check-out, use cloaking (re Dreamweaver, not the same as cloaking re search engines), or almost any other Dreamweaver 8 site management functionality... well, that was the information I needed and it isn't in this book.

Pretty good reference - 2008-10-09
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If you're relatively new to web standards and Dreamweaver this is a pretty good place to start. I think the book is well written and has good examples. It does a good job of explaining the standards and how to implement them. For me, it was a bit light and a lot of it was review but I have quite a bit of experience. For the less experienced I think it's a good buy. Of course, at the time of my review this book is outdated if you're using Dreamweaver CS3 or later.

Dreamweaver 8 - 2006-11-10
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Since I've purchased other books by Rachel Andrew and have concluded that they are excellent 'help' books for beginners to advanced site builders, I thought I'd try this one out also. It's nice because it guides you pertinent to web standards using CSS, Xhtml and more within Dreamweaver.
The book is easy to understand and guides you step by step.

GREAT SELF-STUDY REFERENCE - 2009-05-04
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I borrowed a copy from our public library and kept renewing it just so I could have it longer. The book is concise and instructions are very easy to follow. I decided to buy a copy so I can have it handy and never worry about library overdue fees. Highly recommended reference material!

Easy to use - 2007-01-06
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You don't have to be a professional programmer to produce an accessible, acceptable web site using Dreamweaver 8: all that's required is a working knowledge of the program and Rachel Andrew's BUILD YOUR OWN STANDARDS COMPLIANT WEBSITE USING DREAMWEAVER 8. It's a step-by-step guide which begins with setting preferences and proceeds through the basics of accessibility, navigation links and styling, working with Dreamweaver's CSS panel, and more. One might anticipate a complex guide - but BUILD YOUR OWN STANDARDS COMPLIANT WEBSITE is easy to use, whether you're reading cover-to-cover or hopping about for a quick fix to a problem.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch