Category Archives: Dreamweaver

PHP Solutions and two other books now on Kindle

If you’re in the United States and own a Kindle, you can now get PHP Solutions, PHP Object-Oriented Solutions, and Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8 delivered wirelessly to you in just a minute after placing your order on Amazon.com. This … Continue reading

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Essential Guide to DW CS3 in top three programming books

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

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

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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Dreamweaver crashes and unexplained errors

In my experience, Dreamweaver is a very stable program; but like all software, it occasionally misbehaves. There have been a lot of reports recently about Dreamweaver crashing on start up. Nearly everyone affected is using an Acer computer. Apparently, there’s … Continue reading

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New setup procedure for phpMyAdmin 3.1.x

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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Video tutorials: local PHP testing server in Dreamweaver

Defining a local testing server in Dreamweaver isn’t difficult, but a surprising number of people get it wrong. So, I have created a couple of video tutorials that describe the options and then take you through the actual process in … Continue reading

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Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4—Coming soon

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

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?

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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