Normally, the source code for my books is available from the downloads page of the friends of ED website. However, there appears to be a problem with the friendsofed.com domain registration, and the site is currently offline. I have no idea how long it will take friends of ED to get back online, so I have uploaded the source files for my Dreamweaver and PHP books to my website (foundationphp.com).
You can find a link to the zip file for each book at the bottom of the following pages (files added for “Foundation PHP 5 for Flash”):
- Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4
- Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3
- PHP Solutions
- PHP Object-Oriented Solutions
- Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8
- Foundation PHP 5 for Flash
The problem with the main friends of ED website does not affect the friends of ED forum, where you can post any questions about the books and any problems you might encounter.
How about the code and sample files for Foundation PHP 5 for Flash? I know it’s an older book, but it’s got some great material and a lot of us are still using it.
Thanks so much, though, for posting your files for your other “Friends of ED” books. This is really upsetting, that the site registration of what at least used to be a major publisher should go down like this. It’s leaving a lot of readers high-and-dry.
I’m hunting around through some older hard-drives to see if I can recover a Foundation PHP 5 for Flash samples download.
Mike,
I scrabbled round on my hard disk and put together what I believe is a full set of download files. They might not be in the same folder structure as the original download files, but I think everything is there and labelled clearly.
I must try to update the book some day. Although the book was written four years ago, the PHP side of it is rock solid. However, the way ActionScript 3.0 works is completely different from ActionScript 2.0. I know many people are still using ActionScript 2.0, but the book is now of limited value to anyone who wants to migrate to ActionScript 3.0.
David,
Of all the How-To books I’ve bought (all of em) and read (most of em), The Essential Guide to DW CS3… was by far the most useful. I did every tutorial and learned a great deal. I used your form processor in Chapter 11 for a hairstylist appontment form and it works beautifully. I have one question though… can spambots read the email headers in the upper part of the php script? The email address I used is brand new and as far as I know only shows up in the script headers, but somehow the bast***s found it!
Not sure if munging up the address will do any good, but I’d sure like to outwit the f-tards if possible.
Thanks for your comments, Gary.
There’s no way a spambot can read the headers in a PHP script, except by sending a message through the form. Even then, the message should come to you and not send a copy to the spammer. You might find the honeypot technique I described in a post in the friends of ED forum some time ago. Many people have found it so useful, I incorporated it into the CS4 edition of the book.
David,
Working through chpter 18 in Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 I can’t find
includes/MM_XSLTransform/MM_XSLTransform.class.php
In the source files.
Marc, it’s not included in the source files because Dreamweaver creates it automatically when you use the XSL Transformations server behavior.