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UA’s CEAO

 

http://www.ceao.arizona.edu/comped/

Macromedia’s Website:
 

Developer’s Exchange
Sample Applications
Interactive Tutorials
Code Samples

 

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/topics/sample_apps.html
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/interactive/
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/topics/code.html

Forums:
 
Macromedia Online Forums
Macromedia-MX · Macromedia MX Forum
Macromedia-DW·CreativeNRG Web Dev Co

  http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Macromedia-MX/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Macromedia-Dreamweaver/
 
Books:
 

Dreamweaver MX 2004 Bible, by Joseph W. Lowery, 2004. Includes CD Rom with sample files, by Wiley Publishing, Inc., 1177 pages.

Fireworks MX 2004 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual Quickstart Guide), by Sandee Cohen, 2004, Peachpit Press, 396 p.

 

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 Unleashed, by Zak Ruvalcaba and Matthew Pizzi, 2005, by Sams Publishing, 980 pages.

HTML Utopia: Designing without Tables using CSS, by Dan Shafer, 2003. Sitepoint, 489 pages.

Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004: Training from the Source, by Patti Schulze, 2004. Macromedia Press, 301 p.

 
Self-paced computer based instruction available online:
 
For a variety of tutorials (both text online and some videos as well) check out the Macromedia Developer Center at http://macromedia.com/devnet/?promoid=BIOM


There are separate links from different products sold by Macromedia, including Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks, such as Navigation Bars in Dreamweaver, Creating a Layout with Fireworks MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004, Migrating from Frontpage, and How to Create a Web Photo Album Template, as just a few examples.

http://uacbt.arizona.edu
University purchased tutorials but must have UA NetID to use and Quicktime installed on your computer to view the videos; includes lessons on Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash (as well as other computer products)

 


http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/dreamweaver2004

Six lessons covering basics in creating documents using Dreamweaver MX 2004, including text properties, links, lists, adding graphics, and tables. Besides written lessons with screen captures, there are various Flash videos illustrating selected features, but you need a T1 or better connection to view this videos, because of their size.

http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/fireworks/
Five lessons covering basics in creating images for the web using Fireworks MX 2004, including making JPEG and GIF images, resizing, cropping, adding text, creating collages of photos, and creating basic buttons, rollover buttons and disjointed rollovers. Besides written lessons with screen captures, there are various Flash videos illustrating selected features, but you need a T1 or better connection to view this videos, because of their size.