Beginning Dreamweaver MX 2004
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This outstanding team of authors shows you how easy it can be to create and
maintain dynamic, powerful Web sites using Dreamweaver MX 2004. Our hands-on
tutorials guide you step by step through building three complete Web sites:
a personal site, a dynamic sports site complete with user preferences, and a
configurable online catalog built from reusable components. Along the way, you
will learn all the skills you need to work confidently with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
You will also learn about Dreamweaver MX 2004's built-in support for ASP, ASP.NET,
JavaServer pages, and PHP, and ColdFusion MX programming languages.
In this book, you will learn how to
- Understand and manipulate the code Dreamweaver MX 2004 generates
- Create, implement, and modify Cascading Style Sheets
- Add dynamic effects with DHTML
- Apply authentication and authorization techniques to protect your sites
from unauthorized users
- Store, retrieve, and display dynamic data
- Design your sites with a modular system
- Install and use Dreamweaver MX 2004 extensions
If you are new to Web development, this is the perfect guide to help you start
creating attractive, functional Web sites quickly and easily using the Dreamweaver
MX 2004 tool.
If you have already done some Web site programming in the past but you're new
to Dreamweaver, this book will show you how to develop your sites with the skills
you already have, but in far less time and with fewer bugs using Dreamweaver
MX 2004.
Table of Contents
About the Authors.
Introduction.
What Does This Book Cover?
How Is This Book Structured?
Section 1: The Cooking Place.
Section 2: The Soccer Site.
Section 3: MediaEdge and Building Blocks.
The Appendixes.
Why Not Try . . . .
Who Is This Book For?
What You Need for This Book.
Conventions.
Part I: The Cooking Place.
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Chapter 2: Creating a Web Site.
Chapter 3: Site Structure, Navigation, and Content.
Chapter 4: Style Sheets and Templates.
Chapter 5: Layers, Behaviors, and Dynamic Effects.
Chapter 6: User Interaction with ASP and Forms.
Part II: The Soccer Site.
Chapter 7: Adding Logic to Your ASP Pages.
Chapter 8: Keeping Track of Users.
Chapter 9: Securing Web Sites.
Chapter 10: Personalizing Web Sites.
Chapter 11: Getting Information from a Database.
Chapter 12: Retrieving and Displaying Data from Databases.
Chapter 13: Storing Information in a Database.
Part III: MediaEdge and Building Blocks.
Chapter 14: Designing an Effective Site with a Modular System.
Chapter 15: Creating the Building Block.
Chapter 16: Creating a Content Management System.
Chapter 17: Completing the Building Block Structure.
Chapter 18: Going Beyond with Dreamweaver MX 2004 Extensions.
Part IV: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Using ASP.NET with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Appendix B: Using PHP and MySQL with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Appendix C: Using JavaServer Pages with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Appendix D: Using ColdFusion MX with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Appendix E: Using a Remote Server.
Appendix F: Integrating Dreamweaver MX 2004 with Fireworks MX 2004 and Flash
MX 2004.
About the Authors
Charles E. Brown, Ph.D., is a noted author and teacher in the
computer industry today. His first two books, Beginning Dreamweaver MX and Fireworks
MX: From Zero to Hero, have received critical acclaim and are consistent best-sellers.
He is also releasing books on VBA for Microsoft Access and on Microsoft FrontPage
2003. He is also a Fireworks MX contributor for the MX Developer’s Journal.
In addition to his busy writing schedule, Charles conducts frequent seminars
for Learning Tree International and the PC Learning Center. His topics include
Java programming, using Dreamweaver, and the Microsoft Office environment.
Charles is also a noted classical organist, pianist, and guitarist who studied
with such notables as Vladimir Horowitz, Virgil Fox, and Igor Stravinsky. It
was because of his association with Stravinsky that he got to meet, and develop
a friendship with, famed 20th-century artist Pablo Picasso.
Charles can be contacted through his Web site at www.charlesebrown.net.
Imar Spaanjaars graduated in Leisure Management at the Leisure
Management School in The Netherlands but accidentally ended up in Information
Technology (IT). After working for a large corporation and doing some freelance
work, he is now working in the software development department of a small IT
company in The Netherlands that specializes in Internet, intranet, and wireless
applications. As a software architect and lead developer, he’s responsible
for designing, building, and implementing medium- to large-scale intranets and
wireless solutions. His current project involves the design and implementation
of an application that allows employees to connect to enterprise data in real-time
while on the road using a Pocket PC running the .NET Compact Framework.
When he is not busy writing software or teaching other people how to do so,
Imar likes to read as much as possible about new developments in the software
industry. He’s a fanatic squash player and enjoys playing 3D shoot-’em-up
games if he’s got the time for it.
Imar lives in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Todd Marks is an avid developer, designer, instructor, and author
of information display technologies. In 2000 Todd moved from teaching mathematics
and computer science in the public sector to becoming VP of Research and Development
at digitalorganism (www.digitalorganism.com). In 2002 Todd founded information
technologies portal MindGrub Technologies (www.mindgrub.net). Todd currently
works as a multimedia engineer for the MediaEdge division of Exceptional Software
(www.media-edge.com). Todd has worked extensively with ActionScript, ASP, PHP,
Lingo, and numerous other development languages, placing cutting-edge code in
several projects. Todd’s efforts have earned three Flash Film Festival
nominations, a Macromedia Site of the Day, two ADDYAwards, and several educational
partnerships. Todd is a Macromedia Certified Developer, Designer, and Subject
Matter Expert, and has written and contributed to several books, including Flash
MX Video, Foundation Dreamweaver MX, Beginning Dreamweaver MX, Advanced PHP
for Flash MX, Flash MX Most Wanted Components, and Flash MX 2004 Magic.
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