Essential Guide goes to fifth printing
June 2nd, 2008
For the past couple of weeks, online stores in the United States have been out of stock of The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP. I’ve been in touch with my publisher to find out what the problem is. Apparently, the book has proved far more popular than expected. The book is being printed for the fifth time in less than a year, and supplies should soon be back to normal. It’s also available as an eBook by going to the book’s page on the friends of ED site and clicking the “buy as eBook” link.
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1. Todd | June 8th, 2008 at 3:17 am
David-
Thank you for writing this book! I purchased it at Amazon in late December. I’m glad to see your book being very successful; it proves that readers are responding favorably and urging others to get a copy.
2. Markus | July 3rd, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Great book! Thanks, you really make a difference with your books David.
One request though. For international readers it is of the highest interest how to create multi language sites. It would be really nice if you could cover how to approach this in a blog or in a future book.
Right now i do not know what the best approach is.
Thanks.
3. David Powers | July 4th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Thanks, Todd and Markus. I’m glad to see that it’s finally back in print.
@Markus: Doing a multilanguage site is an interesting idea. I’ll certainly give it some thought, but I don’t think it will be possible to include it in the CS4 version of the book. There are quite a lot of issues to think about when creating such a site. I don’t think there is a single “right” way of doing it.
4. Golam | July 5th, 2008 at 2:24 am
David,
THank you for writing this book. I am a beginner in web development trying to learn how to develop a website. I have choosen DW as my web browsing tool and based on my research, want to learn php.
I am enjoying the book very much and based on your instruction moved along quite nicely with the sample chapters. However, I am having some issues when I was trying to get some dynamic parameters from a url using get function.
I am wondering, If I can send you the files so that you can take a look?
Any help and advise is much appreciated.
Thanks
5. Pamela Thompson | July 8th, 2008 at 5:04 am
Thank you for writing this book! Did you write it just for me? I am a self-taught graphic designer slash marketing executive who knows nothing about writing code except for one thing: if it’s broke, I will spend at least 28 hours tring to fix it. I have used dreamweaver and flash to design many beautiful websites over the years, but have never been able to integrate these server side technologies with any sucess. Your book is positioned perfectly for the experienced designer who needs to learn the developer side. It is the perfect combination of “orientation” and “technical details” written in a clear and well organized style. Bravo.
Pamela Thompson
VP Sales and Marketing
http://www.radiantdisplays.com
6. Ken Nielsen | July 9th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
I’ve gone to the link on page xxix of the Dreamweaver CS3 book, but the link takes me to a page on Friends of Ed and the book is not listed, there are no downloads for that book.
Can you help me with this?
Thanks,
Ken
7. David Powers | July 9th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
The link on page xxix of The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP leads to http://www.friendsofed.com/downloads.html. Scroll roughly halfway down the page, and you’ll find the link as large as life. I’ve just checked, and the link works perfectly. Since you’re having problems, though, here’s a direct link.
8. Ken Nielsen | July 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
You are a gentleman and a scholar. I am a graphical person, and looking at the cover of the book the big title letters start with Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS… and that’s where I got tripped up. The real title of the book includes the portion in the graphic element above to make the full title “The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP” - I was looking up in the ‘D’s’.
About the book, I am sailing into the third chapter and following everything with ease. So well written, no detail left out that might trip one up who didn’t know what was coming next. You’ve done a fabulous job David. I’m very impressed and happy to be learning this exciting subject. Couldn’t have done it without your book.
Thank You,
Ken Nielsen
Studio 10 Web Graphics
Portland Oregon
9. Robert Bruchs | July 20th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Does the 5th printing contain all of the corrections listed on the friends of ED site?
Also, would there be any special pricing if the “The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP” was purchased in both hardcopy and e-book form at the same time?
10. David Powers | July 20th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Hi, Robert. To the best of my knowledge, all corrections are made each time the book is reprinted. friends of ED usually contacts me ahead of a reprint and asks if I have any corrections, so I assume they are all incorporated. However, I don’t receive a copy of the reprinted version, so I haven’t been able to check.
As for a special price for buying the the hard copy and ebook at the same time, it’s a great idea, but it’s not currently available. I would like to see the ebook version available more cheaply. Unfortunately, ebooks are frequently pirated, so I think publishers are reluctant to drop the price. Some Apress/friends of ED books are now available in Kindle versions (Amazon.com’s ebook service, currently available only in the USA). However, my books aren’t part of the Kindle offering yet.
11. Ivan Gepner | August 11th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
David - I am a college professor teaching a course in advanced internet technologies - including dreamweaver, css, php and xml. Your book is perfect for my course. Here is my problem - we are experimenting with using the Kindle for half the class this semester to see if an ebook reader has an advantages for student learning. As you know - this book is not available in a kindle version - I wrote to Friends of Ed to see if this could be arranged but they did not reply. Is there anything you could do to get them moving in this direction in the next few weeks?
12. David Powers | August 13th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Ivan, my editor is checking. As far as I know, friends of ED plans to release quite a few books in a Kindle version. I’m currently revising The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3, and updating it for CS4, which is due to be released some time later this year. No publication date has been set for the revised edition, because we don’t yet know when Dreamweaver CS4 will be released.
Are you aware, though, that the current edition is available in PDF format through the Apress online store? There’s a link on the book’s page on the foED site. I think you can get a discount if you buy the PDF version in bulk for your students.
I’ll post again when I hear back from my editor.
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