Category Archives: Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver CS5.5—More Than a Point Release

Finally, I can reveal details of the version of Dreamweaver that I’ve been experimenting with for the past few months. Officially, it’s called Dreamweaver CS5.5, which makes it sound as though it has a couple of extra features, but not … Continue reading

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Files for Kindle version of Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP

The files accompanying Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP: Training from the Source are on the CD-ROM at the back of the printed book. So, what do you do if you have bought the Kindle version and there’s no CD-ROM? Depending on … Continue reading

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Get the best out of the DW Server Behavior Builder

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 … Continue reading

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DW CS5 with PHP book on Rough Cuts

If you would like to get early access to my next book “Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP: Training from the Source”, the first six chapters (of 12) are now available as Rough Cuts in Creative Edge and Safari Books Online. … Continue reading

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New extension to convert colours to RGBA

CSS3 offers a new way to define colours: RGBA. This extends the RGB (red, green, blue) colour model to include alpha transparency. Unfortunately, RGBA does not accept hexadecimal values for colours. So, I have created a free Dreamweaver extension that … Continue reading

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Lorem and More updated for Dreamweaver CS5

During testing of Dreamweaver CS5, I discovered that my filler-text extension, Lorem and More, caused it to crash under certain circumstances. I have updated the code in the extension to make it compatible with Dreamweaver CS5. Please download Lorem and … Continue reading

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Dreamweaver CS5 is good news for PHP devs

So, Adobe has finally released details of Creative Suite 5, and you’ll be able to get your hands on it at the end of this month. As the author of a forthcoming book on Dreamweaver (Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP: … Continue reading

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New tutorials and articles

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

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

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Customizing a Spry Menu Bar

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

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