Category Archives: Books

Essential Guide to DW CS3 in top three programming books

Posted on 27 February 2009 by David Powers

O’Reilly, the leading computer book publisher, has posted the results of a detailed analysis of the state of the computer book market in 2008. What both surprised and delighted me is the revelation that my book, The Essential Guide to … Continue reading →

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friends of ED website back online

Posted on 22 February 2009 by David Powers

The problem I reported yesterday with the friendsofed.com domain appears to have been resolved, and the main website is now back online. To get the source code for my books, go to the friends of ED downloads page, and select … Continue reading →

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Source code for my books

Posted on 21 February 2009 by David Powers

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 … Continue reading →

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New setup procedure for phpMyAdmin 3.1.x

Posted on 7 December 2008 by David Powers

I seem to be jinxed with the way phpMyAdmin “celebrates” the publication of one of my books by changing its setup process. It happened twice with Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8. I updated the instructions between the first and second … Continue reading →

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Changes in phpMyAdmin 3.0

Posted on 5 October 2008 by David Powers

phpMyAdmin, the popular front-end to the MySQL database, has issued the first stable release of the version 3.0 series. The basic functionality remains unchanged, but there are some important differences. To begin with, phpMyAdmin 3.0 requires a minimum of PHP … 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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Do you Kindle?

Posted on 14 August 2008 by David Powers

I had an inquiry the other day from a college professor in New Jersey who wants to use my book, The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3, as a text for a course he’s teaching. The only problem was he needs … Continue reading →

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Heigh-ho, it’s off to print we go

Posted on 29 July 2008 by David Powers

I got word from the production manager of my latest book, PHP Object-Oriented Solutions, that everything has gone to schedule, and the book shipped to the printers just before the weekend. It usually takes about three weeks after sending all … Continue reading →

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Special deal on friends of ED eBooks

Posted on 29 July 2008 by David Powers

friends of ED has created what it calls its Summer ’08 Hotlist—seven eBooks that are being offered at 25% off the usual price. One of them is my PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy, which is currently being offered … Continue reading →

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