The Photographer's Website Manual: How to Build and Run a Photographic Website

Rating:
Summary: Promising Title - Mediocre Delivery
Review: This book is basically a review of different software packages and some examples of work that's been done with them. It has little or nothing for someone wanting instructions about how to create specific effects, use databases, create animation or in general how to code a photo gallery web site.

If you have an even general idea about how web site work, and how to make simple changes to your photos in Photoshop, you don't need this book. It's far too simple and generic to be anything but a big brochure that provides some ideas about how to use software. If you have the Solive, Dreamweaver, FrontPage, PhotoShop, PaintShop and don't know how to use them, this will be a useful starting point to get you on your way - copnceptually.

The "Dummies" books are far more useful for anyone who actually wants to build a site, as opposed to thinking about it. Especially for experienced photographers. Don't follow my lead. Ignore this book unless all you want is to see photos of others' sites. For that it is truly useful.