The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver with CSS, Ajax, and PHP

1 Dreamweaver's New Look-

2 Setting up a site in Dreamweaver-

3 Adding a touch of style-

4 Creating a CSS site straight out of the box-

5 Building site navigation with the Spry menu bar-

6 Adding dynamic features with Spry Effects and Widgets-

7 Going beyond the basics with Ajax-

8 Creating an online form-

9 Validating user input with Spry Widgets-

10 Introducing the basics of PHP-

11 Using PHP to process a form-

12 Working with PHP includes and templates-

13 Using server behaviors to manage database content-

14 Validating user input with PHP-

15 Controlling access to your site-

16 Working with multiple tables-

17 Searching records and handling dates-

18 Using XSLT to display live news feeds and XML-

19 Using Spry data sets-

20 Getting the best of both worlds with Spry and PHP

David Powers is a professional writer who has been involved in electronic media for more than 30 years, first with BBC radio and television and more recently with the Internet. He has written or co-authored nine books on PHP and ActionScript, including the highly successful The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP, PHP Solutions, and PHP Object-Oriented Solutions. He is an Adobe Community Expert for Dreamweaver, and provides regular support and advice on PHP and other aspects of web development in several online forums.

What started as a mild interest in computing was transformed almost overnight into a passion, when David was posted to Japan in 1987 as BBC correspondent in Tokyo. With no corporate IT department just down the hallway, he was forced to learn how to fix everything himself. When not tinkering with the innards of his computer, he was reporting for BBC TV and radio on the rise and collapse of the Japanese bubble economy. Since leaving the BBC to work independently, he has dedicated himself to website development and writing.

When not pounding the keyboard writing books or dreaming of new ways of using PHP and other programming languages, David enjoys nothing better than visiting his favorite sushi restaurant. He is the Honorary Editor of the Japan Society in the UK, and has translated several plays from Japanese.