ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Laura Gutman works as a multimedia webapplication developer and educator in thefields of multimedia, programming, anddesign. Her first experience in computer science was at an IBM training school in1983, where she learned how to punchcards, dissect mainframes, and program inCOBOL. In the intervening years, she earnedher Ph.D. in English from the University ofSt. Andrews (Scotland) and has worked as

a graphic designer and illustrator (for print and multimedia), technicalwriter, and multimedia developer. Currently Laura lives with her dog,parakeets, and hundreds of computer toys in Albuquerque, New Mexico.In addition to her development and consulting work, she teaches a rangeof courses in multimedia and graphic design at the University of NewMexico. You can visit her online at www.rocketlaura.com.

AcknowledgmentsI would like to thank several people for their behind-the-scenes help thatmade this book better than it otherwise would have been. Nick Bennett,CSS guy extraordinaire, kept me honest and accurate on that topic, especially in Chapter 12, “CSS Positioning, Dreamweaver Layers, andPage Layout.” Jennifer Bennett helped with Chapter 6, “Links andNavigation.” And as always, my students, whom I practice on, helpedmake everything better throughout.

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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Donald S. Booth works as a team lead on the Dreamweaver Technical Support Team atMacromedia. He also works on the AuthorwareSupport team as a technician and trainer. Donco-wrote Inside Dreamweaver MX (New Riders,2002). He has degrees in art and philosophyfrom the University of Rhode Island. When

not building web pages, Don likes to build other things, such as gui-tars, cameras, and a good library. He likes taking photographs and collecting cameras. He currently resides in San Francisco. Learn moreabout him at www.dbooth.net.

Matt Brown is a consultant based in the Bay Area. He has edited more than 20Dreamweaver and Photoshop books over theyears. He has taught at Foothill College andin the Multimedia Studies Program at SanFrancisco State University. He was on theDreamweaver team for five years in a numberof capacities, finally as community manager.

Matt is married to a magnificent woman, Marcella. He keeps chickens,and he loves to cook and create all sorts of art.

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