Ten Ton Dreamweaver

by Geoff Blake

If you're thinking about creating or maintaining Web sites, you'd better think hard about learning Dreamweaver, the de facto tool of choice for Web design today. What could be a chore, however, becomes a fun and fascinating challenge with this comprehensive yet clever guide. Author Geoff Blake turns a technical topic into an entertaining one by using conversational language, plenty of humor (including silly cartoons and wacky icons), and bold, bright magazine-style layouts (packed with facts, tricks, sidebars, and cartoons) to make Dreamweaver accessible to everyone. Behind all the jokes, however, is a wealth of After defining Dreamweaver and describing how it fits into the overall Web design puzzle, Geoff quickly gets down to building a basic Web site, providing an intro to HTML and providing step-by-step instructions for building pages. With that knowledge under your belt, you'll be ready to tackle the advanced functionality (including CSS, behaviors, multimedia, templates, and libraries) covered in the final sections.

446 pages, Paperback

First published February 8, 2006

About the author

Geoff Blake is a Toronto-based author, trainer, designer, and artist. For the past ten years, he's provided a wide range of graphic design, artwork, consulting, in-class training, and web design services.

A professional public speaker since 1997, Geoff has taught desktop publishing, web design ,and graphics courses in both the corporate and post-secondary environments, working closely with some of the largest training providers and colleges in the Toronto area. His appearances, in-class training, and consulting have taken him throughout North America, where he's built a solid reputation for delivering otherwise jargony material in a fun, enjoyable, and entertaining way.

With his diverse print and web experience, he regularly contributes to magazines and web sites, and is currently working on a series of print, web, and design books—penning Ten Ton Dreamweaver in 2006 with Peachpit Press, and following up with Ten Ton Flash, which is in current production.

Geoff is very comfortable with modern digital and pre-press print preparation, cutting edge web design techniques, and software/hardware troubleshooting. Throughout his career, he's provided expert training and support for a variety of applications, including Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator.