The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver
CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP by
David Powers
Great Book If You Are Learning Dreamweaver, Css And Php
With over 3 million users worldwide, Adobes Dreamweaver is the most
popular web development software in the world, and it just took another
step forward with CS3, the new version released in 2007. Having come a
long way from its humble beginnings as a simple web design tool, CS3
allows you to rapidly put together standards compliant web sites and
dynamic web sites with server-side languages and Ajax, and much more.
To complement this great new application, David Powers has written the
ultimate guide to itThe Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 teaches you
everything you need to know about the application, from setting up your
development environment environment to publishing your sites and
applications on the web, and everything in between. Takes you
through your development environment set up Covers everything you
need to create both standards compliant web sutes, and dynamic web

applications Teaches several real world techniques using a series of step
by step tutorials What youll learn How to set up your ideal
development environment, using Mac OSX/Windows, Apache (and IIS on
Windows,) Apache, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin Creating standards
compliant web sites using CS3s XHTML and CSS features Creating
dynamic web applications using CS3s PHP and Spry Ajax server
behaviors Building several real world web site functions, such as form
validation, random quote generator, search function, user
management/login pages, dynamic Ajax gallery, and much more.
Creating an interface design in Fireworks CS3 and importing it into
Dreamweaver CS3. How use Dreamweaver CS3s XML functionality, to
consume RSS feeds, and create Spry data sets Using includes,
templates and master detail pages. How to publish your site after youve
created it Summary of Contents Chapter 1: Dreamweaver
CS3Your Creative Partner Chapter 2: Building Dynamic Sites with Ajax
and PHP Chapter 3: Getting the Work Environment Ready Chapter 4:
Setting Up a PHP Site Chapter 5: Adding a Touch of Style Chapter 6:
Creating a CSS Site Straight Out of the Box Chapter 7: Building Site
Navigation with the Spry Menu Bar Chapter 8: Sprucing Up Content with
Spry Widgets Chapter 9: Building Online Forms and Validating Input
Chapter 10: Introducing the Basics of PHP Chapter 11: Using PHP to
Process a Form Chapter 12: Working with PHP Includes and Templates
Chapter 13: Setting Up MySQL and phpMyAdmin Chapter 14: Storing
Records in a Database Chapter 15: Controlling Access to Your Site
Chapter 16: Working with Multiple Tables Chapter 17: Searching
Records and Handling Dates Chapter 18: Using XSLT to Display Live
News Feeds and XML Chapter 19: Using Spry to Display XML Chapter
20: Getting the Best of Both Worlds with PHP and Spry
Personal Review: The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3
with CSS, Ajax, and PHP by David Powers
I have been a software developer for over 25 years, and have learned
virtually all languages and technologies informally, through reading books
and/or spending time with others versed in a particular discipline. Prior to
purchasing this book my experience has been in traditional language
development and operating systems, with only very limited HTML, CSS
and web development knowledge.
I originally purchased and use Adobe CS3 for the design products:
InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, and never gave much thought to
Dreamweaver. However, after stumbling across this book on Amazon, my
interest was piqued and I wondered if I could leverage the power of a tool
like Dreamweaver (sorry, hard-core HTML hackers!) without sacrificing the
ability to control my own destiny in terms of going beyond the basics of a
WYSIWYG tool with programming of PHP, JavaScript, and AJAX.
I am very pleased to report that not only is the product, Dreamweaver,
capable of delivering both efficiency and power, but this book is a nearly
perfect way to learn both. The author works with you like an experienced

teacher throughout, often repeating steps and concepts early in the book
so that they "stick", then about the time you think, "OK, I know this
already", he lets you know he believes you probably get the concept and
spends progressively less time on the rote, focusing on the issue at hand.
I recommend this book for anyone who is looking to explore using
Dreamweaver as a web development tool. You will quickly be creating
sites that are powerful and configurable using CSS, AJAX, and PHP.
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