Category Archives: AJAX/JavaScript

New tutorials and articles

Posted on 23 January, 2010 by David Powers

I have just added to my site a tutorial on converting a Spry Menu Bar into a server-side include. I have also been busy adding a bunch of brief articles to the Dreamweaver Cookbook on the Adobe site. I answer … Continue reading →

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Adding an Adobe Bridge web gallery to a site

Posted on 24 September, 2009 by David Powers

For the past two versions, Dreamweaver has come bundled with Adobe Bridge, a program that’s designed to make it easy to sort through visual assets, such as photographs, PDFs, and Flash movies. The idea behind Bridge is that it gives … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX/JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Flash | 36 Comments

Customizing a Spry Menu Bar

Posted on 20 September, 2009 by David Powers

About a year ago, Adobe asked me if I would become a moderator for Dreamweaver Community Help. The idea was to encourage people to use the Dreamweaver online Help files more frequently on the assumption that people would be more … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX/JavaScript, CSS, Dreamweaver | 25 Comments

Grab an eBook for $10

Posted on 5 March, 2009 by David Powers

My publisher, friends of ED, is feeling in a generous mood. Each Thursday until further notice, it’s offering a selected friends of ED eBook for just $10. The catch? You have to snag it within 24 hours. This week’s $10 … Continue reading →

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Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4—Coming soon

Posted on 23 September, 2008 by David Powers

Adobe has officially announced the forthcoming release of Creative Suite 4, including Dreamweaver CS4, which I consider to be the most significant upgrade to Dreamweaver since 2002. Over the past few months, I have been beavering away rewriting The Essential … Continue reading →

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Linking to Spry panels—updated tutorial

Posted on 18 September, 2008 by David Powers

I’ve had a lot of positive reaction to my tutorial about linking to specific panels of Spry tabbed panels and accordions, but several people have found it difficult to adapt the code to work with a collapsible panel. In response … Continue reading →

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Essential Guide goes to fifth printing

Posted on 2 June, 2008 by David Powers

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 … Continue reading →

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Stunning new Dreamweaver in public beta

Posted on 27 May, 2008 by David Powers

Many people were underwhelmed—wrongly in my opinion—by the last two releases of Dreamweaver. Well, Adobe has been working for the past year on the next version (Dreamweaver CS4), and it’s taken the bold decision to release it as a public … Continue reading →

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Join me in an online seminar

Posted on 26 March, 2008 by David Powers

All this week, Adobe is running Adobe Developer Week, a series of seminars on web development. On Friday 28 March, it’s my turn to give a talk called “The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP”. If … Continue reading →

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Spry tutorial: linking to a non-default panel

Posted on 9 February, 2008 by David Powers

Several readers have asked me to explain how to create a link to a specific panel in a Spry tabbed panels widget or accordion. The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 shows how to do this from the same page, but … Continue reading →

Posted in AJAX/JavaScript, Books, Dreamweaver | 43 Comments