Adobe GoLive for Macintosh and Windows Visual QuickStart Guide

As a newcomer to the Net - but not, alas!, to computing - I was in need of something to start with in terms of amateur development, the kind of thing you do when you surrender to the famous `technology primadonna' fit of vanity so popular in Dilbert's comics.So, just to overcome that awful paralysing `blank sheet' sensation which stops you from doing anything when too many alternatives are available I looked for advice on the Net itself. But doing this had been a devastating experience since the sites I visited pointed to legions of producers, products, workbenches, plug-ins and all the paraphernalia implied in web development. A creeping "the good ol' times of Cobol" sentiment was just gaining ground inside me, even if I' ve got to acknowledge that when Cobol was at stake as a novelty, that is thirty years ago, I used to recline on the then fashionable "good ol' times of Assembly language" recrimination: nothing new under the sun! So out of sheer technical helplessness I made up my mind to give my physical senses a chance, especially hearing and taste: I admit it is not a rational procedure but on the other hand too much reason spoils life of its beauty. The word Golive had in itself a lot of appeal: to an Italian ear it sounds almost sensual and full of promise, I dare say, musically sapid. Among other things, it is nearly all made up by the 'olive' substring, the renowned and highly literary fruit which yields that golden seasoning a Tuscan so much appreciates. Coming to Shelly Brisbin's book I simply say that reading it in front of my home PC loaded with a demo version of Golive was time well spent. The content is laid out orderly and you are immediately put in contact with the basic aspects of the product enabling you to make some real work in a very short time: I highly value those computer texts where technical democracy prevails and you are not led across the entire history of HTML before being made capable of charging your personal site with your first "Hello, folks!" one-page web creature, of course to be shown to your intimate friends with your falsest humility. The book is honestly signalled as something aimed to the beginner and/or intermediate levels of readership and I add that this is just the skill grade with a quantitatively vast coverage but with very few examples of well-designed and enlightening texts available. Brisbin covers all the relevant points without delving into much detail, but giving you the essentials you can later rely upon to form a good conceptual framework for further work and personal survey of the field. It is with books such as this one that you can lay the ground for your robust progress in a given area of interest. So I have to thank Shelly Brisbin for the good harvest of my first Internet oil: I hope she willingly accepts a symbolic invitation to my first Tuscan lettuce webdish, seasoned with the precious G(olive) substan

This is an excellent starter book for golive. It is very descriptive and visual. A must for those who want to start quick and are new to the product. For those who are familiar with golive, this is still helpful but not a must.

As all the Visual QS Guide this recent update to Golive 4.0 is a pratical way to know the main functions of Golive. A must for all web designer professionals.