The Server Behavior Builder (SBB) has been part of Dreamweaver for a long time, but few people seem to realize just how useful it can be in speeding up development with PHP or other server-side languages. What makes the SBB so powerful is its ability to insert commonly used blocks of code simultaneously in different parts of the page. Just add placeholders for values that will be different each time, and Dreamweaver automatically builds a dialog box for you to fill in.
The beauty of the Server Behavior Builder is that it’s not dependent on Dreamweaver’s built-in server behaviors. You can use it with your own code or in conjunction with a third-party PHP library, such as the Zend Framework.
I’m thrilled to have been chosen to present a hands-on demonstration of using the SBB at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles at 3:30pm on Tuesday, 26 October. It’s a BYOL (bring your own laptop) Lab. I’ll be showing how to create several useful tools to speed up PHP development, and I’ll also show you how to package your server behaviors as Dreamweaver extensions, so you can move them quickly to another computer or share them with friends and colleagues.
Even if you’ve learned about the SBB from my books, this session will go into greater detail, and will be based on new material. All the necessary files will be provided. Just bring yourself and a laptop. So, register for Adobe MAX 2010 and sign up for my BYOL Lab. See you in LA!
hii david
About FULLSCREEN WEBSITES in Dreamweaver CS4
How can I fill the entire browser window, no matter what size the browser window is, it will be filled entirely.
So I like to that my website will look the same on all types of monitors;;
I have a SWF File In Dreamweaver
I have th coding from dreamweaver here;
This question has nothing to do with the blog post. Please ask your question in the Dreamweaver forum. Sorry, but I don’t have time to answer every question that comes my way.
Hi David,
I’m really getting a lot out of your book Dreamweaver CS4 w/CSS, Ajax and PHP. I have a question that I haven’t seen addressed anywhere, and thought you might know the answer off the top of your head: Do you know if Windows XP Home Edition is incapable of setting up for PHP/Apache? I had an impossible time first go-round, trying to set up virtual hosts.
The folks at Microsoft said it was because I was using XP Home Edition. People on Apache forums said that wasn’t true, and I should be able to run Apache off XP (though they were not making the distinction between Home Edition and Professional. They were German, and there might have been a bit of a language barrier issue!)
I came across this:
Unlike Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition is NOT able to join a Domain: (no possibility to define the Domain name in the Properties of your XP Home Edition system )
If I have to upgrade, I guess I should go to Window 7 and not XP Professional (which is actually more expensive! Still available, though not from Microsoft). Any advice you could give would be much appreciated.
I know you are busy and appreciate any time you can spare to respond.
Best
Paula
Well, I just visited the http://www.apachefriends.org forum, and there seem to be plenty of entries there (and some in English!) from people who have been successfully running Apache/Xampp off of XP Home Edition. So I guess it is possible. I have just done a clean install of my OS and will try reinstalling xampp and giving it another go.
However, if you want to offer some advice on whether you’ d recommend an upgrade to Windows 7 for someone using DWCS4 and attempting php/ajax, I’d love to hear your opinion.
Thank you!
Paula
The folks at Microsoft were right. You cannot use XP Home to set up virtual hosts. Get Windows 7. It’s a much nicer OS than XP. I’m not sure if Windows 7 Home Premium supports virtual hosts, but the Professional version does.
What a great book you have written here.
Thanks a million.
Hello, David.
I just purchased your book Dreamweaver CS5 and PHP. But the problem is; the page u described about installing php does not exist. The link i use is as you said:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_php_03.html
Please correct this. I need to see the setup of php on windows iis7.
Thanks.
Corrections to the book (including the updated URLs) can be found on the following page: http://foundationphp.com/phpcs5/errata.php.