A fluent Japanese speaker, Powers specializes in building Japanese-English bilingual websites, writing about Japan, and translating Japanese (he’s translated several plays). He co-authored Foundation Dreamweaver MX 2004 (1590593081) and PHP Web Development with Dreamweaver MX 2004 (1590593502). Powers also worked as technical reviewer on a number of web-related titles for Apress.
]]>The book covers all aspects of the new user interface, including workspace layouts, iconic panels, the related documents feature, Live View, Code Navigator, and Live Code. It also shows how to use the improved CSS editing features, and JavaScript code introspection. There is also coverage of other new features, such as version control through Subversion integration, and the improved support for Photoshop integration through the use of Smart Objects.
<ul> <li>Takes you through your development environment set up</li> <li>Covers everything you need to create both standards compliant web sites, and dynamic web applications</li> <li>Teaches real world techniques using a series of step by step tutorials</li> </ul> <h3>What you'll learn</h3> <ul> <li>Streamline your workflow with the Related Files toolbar, Live view, and the Code Navigator</li> <li>Bring your pages alive with Ajax widgets from Spry, jQuery, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library</li> <li>Use server-side includes, templates, and Adobe's InContext Editing online service</li> <li>Create dynamic web applications using Dreamweaver's PHP server behaviors</li> <li>Build real world web site functions, such as form validation, random quote generator, search function, user management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more</li> <li>Consume RSS feeds and create Spry data sets</li> <li>How to publish your site after you've created it</li> </ul> <h3>Who is this book for?</h3>This book is for both beginners who want a solid grounding in Dreamweaver CS4, and intermediate web designers and developers with previous Dreamweaver experience, who want to get up to speed with the new features.
]]>In this book, a team of renowned web designers take you through the ins and outs of putting together great blogs. They waste no time harking on about the philosophy of blogs, or the community behind them. Instead, they get straight to the practical details, showing how to set up a basic blog in some of the world’s most popular blogging engines – Movable Type, ExpressionEngine, WordPress, and Textpattern. With your blog set up, they then show you how to build great looking, usable layouts for your blog. The last chapter even shows you how to build your very own PHP/MySQL-based blog engine!
With this book in hand, you’ll have found your way to blog heaven in no time!
]]>PHP is the most popular Open source server-side scripting language, with extensive support available in Dreamweaver MX. This concise, no-nonsense book teaches you how to develop accessible, standards-compliant PHP-driven websites using PHP 4 and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004.
PHP Web Development with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 presents real-world tutorials so you can expect fast results as you progress through the book. It also covers vital web development topics such as web standards principles and implementation, and it includes a useful setup section to get you up-and-running quickly and easily.
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- Site design and layout principles
- Using templates and Cascading Style Sheets to create advanced site designs
- Adding interactivity to pages with PHP script
- Setting up PHP and MySQL to create powerful dynamic database-driven applications
- Working with the new user interfac
Even if you are already using Dreamweaver and want to extend your skills towards dynamic content, interactive and engaging to your visitors. Or maybe you’re a developer who wants to make the most of this sophisticated productivity tool and take full advantage of the renowned Dreamweaver interface to improve your workflow. Foundation Dreamweaver MX 2004 gives you the essential grounding that you’ll need in the all-important design context. Whether a complete novice or a past user, after reading this book, you’ll be fluent in the full breadth of the powerful functionality that Dreamweaver MX 2004 has to offer - this book presents a unique learning curve backed up by solid real-world case studies and tutorials.
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 makes this all possible, and Foundation Dreamweaver MX 2004 makes it easier than you could have imagined!
Potential readers include:
- Someone who wants to learn Dreamweaver MX 2004, but only wants a static site
- The same, but who might take a look at dynamic sites later
- Someone who already has a static site, but wants to make it dynamic
- Someone who wants to create a dynamic site from scratch
- Those who want to improve their sites and learn best practices and web standards
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