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The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP

The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHPAuthor: David Powers
Publisher: friends of ED
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 31 reviews

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st 2007. Corr. printing
Pages: 784
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.6 x 1.7

ISBN: 1590598598
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.786
EAN: 9781590598597

Publication Date: July 22, 2007
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Product Description
With over 3 million users worldwide, Adobe's Dreamweaver is the most popular web development software in the world, and it just took another step forward with CS3, the new version released in 2007. Having come a long way from its humble beginnings as a simple web design tool, CS3 allows you to rapidly put together standards compliant web sites and dynamic web sites with server-side languages and Ajax, and much more. To complement this great new application, David Powers has written the ultimate guide to itThe Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 teaches you everything you need to know about the application, from setting up your development environment environment to publishing your sites and applications on the web, and everything in between.
  • Takes you through your development environment set up
  • Covers everything you need to create both standards compliant web sutes, and dynamic web applications
  • Teaches several real world techniques using a series of step by step tutorials

What youll learn

  • How to set up your ideal development environment, using Mac OSX/Windows, Apache (and IIS on Windows,) Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin
  • Creating standards compliant web sites using CS3's XHTML and CSS features
  • Creating dynamic web applications using CS3's PHP and Spry Ajax server behaviors
  • Building several real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more.
  • Creating an interface design in Fireworks CS3 and importing it into Dreamweaver CS3.
  • How use Dreamweaver CS3's XML functionality, to consume RSS feeds, and create Spry data sets
  • Using includes, templates and master detail pages.
  • How to publish your site after you've created it

Summary of Contents

  • Chapter 1: Dreamweaver CS3Your Creative Partner
  • Chapter 2: Building Dynamic Sites with Ajax and PHP
  • Chapter 3: Getting the Work Environment Ready
  • Chapter 4: Setting Up a PHP Site
  • Chapter 5: Adding a Touch of Style
  • Chapter 6: Creating a CSS Site Straight Out of the Box
  • Chapter 7: Building Site Navigation with the Spry Menu Bar
  • Chapter 8: Sprucing Up Content with Spry Widgets
  • Chapter 9: Building Online Forms and Validating Input
  • Chapter 10: Introducing the Basics of PHP
  • Chapter 11: Using PHP to Process a Form
  • Chapter 12: Working with PHP Includes and Templates
  • Chapter 13: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin
  • Chapter 14: Storing Records in a Database
  • Chapter 15: Controlling Access to Your Site
  • Chapter 16: Working with Multiple Tables
  • Chapter 17: Searching Records and Handling Dates
  • Chapter 18: Using XSLT to Display Live News Feeds and XML
  • Chapter 19: Using Spry to Display XML
  • Chapter 20: Getting the Best of Both Worlds with PHP and Spry


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5 out of 5 stars The Guide   February 10, 2010
James M. Buchanan (Bethesda, MD United States)
Anything that David Powers puts his pen to is worth reading (and in this case following). Excellent. I also bought his PHP Solutions which is equally valuable.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Presentation   March 1, 2009
Philip H. Allen (Olathe, KS USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have been a software developer for over 25 years, and have learned virtually all languages and technologies informally, through reading books and/or spending time with others versed in a particular discipline. Prior to purchasing this book my experience has been in traditional language development and operating systems, with only very limited HTML, CSS and web development knowledge.

I originally purchased and use Adobe CS3 for the design products: InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, and never gave much thought to Dreamweaver. However, after stumbling across this book on Amazon, my interest was piqued and I wondered if I could leverage the power of a tool like Dreamweaver (sorry, hard-core HTML hackers!) without sacrificing the ability to control my own destiny in terms of going beyond the basics of a WYSIWYG tool with programming of PHP, JavaScript, and AJAX.

I am very pleased to report that not only is the product, Dreamweaver, capable of delivering both efficiency and power, but this book is a nearly perfect way to learn both. The author works with you like an experienced teacher throughout, often repeating steps and concepts early in the book so that they "stick", then about the time you think, "OK, I know this already", he lets you know he believes you probably get the concept and spends progressively less time on the rote, focusing on the issue at hand.

I recommend this book for anyone who is looking to explore using Dreamweaver as a web development tool. You will quickly be creating sites that are powerful and configurable using CSS, AJAX, and PHP.


4 out of 5 stars Dreamweaver CS3 etc - David Powers   January 31, 2009
Mark J. Westwood (Australia)
Great book, had me up and running and using PHP for forms quickly, but most importantly gave me understanding!


5 out of 5 stars Great book if you are learning Dreamweaver, CSS and PHP   December 10, 2008
J. H. Carpenter (New Mexico)
David Powers really knows how to present this topic in an easy to understand way. The book is very helpful in learning how the items fit together. This book was recommended on the Dreamweaver forum by many of the people who post to it and after purchasing, I can see why. This book is a must if you are learning Dreamweaver, CSS and PHP. It's not only for beginners, but for anyone. Polar_bare


4 out of 5 stars Good book   November 29, 2008
M. Kumar (Bay Area, CA)
Very good book. I am at intermediate level and this book showed me exactly how to build php enabled web sites. Highly recommend it for users who have used Dreamweaver before and has a developer background.

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