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New tutorial: send a link to a friend
I’ve just published a new tutorial for a script that sends a link to a friend. It’s a very simple script, but—as long as you have a basic knowledge of PHP—you should be able to adapt it to your own … Continue reading
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An odd turn-up for the book
Yesterday, I received an invitation to review a new book about Dreamweaver. Nothing terribly remarkable about that. After all, I’m well known in the Dreamweaver community and I recently published a review of Peter Gasston’s excellent The Book of CSS3. … Continue reading
Posted in AJAX/JavaScript, Books, CSS, Dreamweaver
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What’s the difference between parameters and arguments?
When writing books aimed at beginners, there’s a difficult line to tread between giving too much and too little information. Too much information overloads the mind, running the risk of losing the reader’s enthusiasm for the subject. Too little information … Continue reading
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Accessing PHP objects’ methods and properties
A couple of participants in Boston PHP‘s self-study PHP Percolate, Jim Wright and Jared Stenquist, are confused about the use of the -> operator, which is introduced on page 44 of PHP Solutions, 2nd Edition. Since others might be in … Continue reading
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Join others learning PHP with PHP Solutions
So far, more than 90 people have signed up to join a self-study group organized by Boston PHP to learn PHP with the help of my book, PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy, 2nd Edition. This is the third … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Book of CSS3 by Peter Gasston
Several months ago, I attended a fascinating talk on CSS3 by Peter Gasston at London Web. As one of the first people to ask a question during the Q&A session at the end of Peter’s talk, I received a free … Continue reading
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Corrections for my books
I hate it when I find a mistake in a technical book—particularly when it’s one of mine. There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to learn a new concept and hitting a brick wall because the code doesn’t work. Mistakes creep … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Dreamweaver, Flash, PHP
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My book on Dreamweaver CS5.5 is now available online
My new book, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 Studio Techniques: Designing and Developing for Mobile with jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3, is now available as Rough Cuts in the Safari Online Library and Creative Edge. In spite of being published as Rough Cuts, … Continue reading
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My Next Book: Dreamweaver CS5.5 for Mobile
I’ve been burning the midnight oil since the beginning of this year, working on my next book—Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 for Mobile with jQuery, HTML5, and CSS3: Studio Techniques. The book is now complete, and is scheduled to go live on … Continue reading
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Missing file for PHP Solutions, Second Edition
A couple of readers have reported that download.php was missing from the ch07 folder of the download files for PHP Solutions, Second Edition. The zip file on the friends of ED download page has now been updated. If you downloaded … Continue reading
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