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Training from the Source

David Powers

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP: Training from the Source
David Powers

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David Powers has been writing about Dreamweaver, PHP, CSS, and web development since 2003. This is his twelfth book on the subject. David started developing websites in 1994, shortly after assuming the role of Editor, BBC Japanese TV. He needed a way of advertising the fledgling channel in Japan but had no budget. So, he begged the IT department for a corner of server space and singlehandedly developed an 80-page bilingual website, which he regularly maintained for the next five years.

After a career spanning three decades in radio and TV news, David left the BBC in 1999 to work independently. Hes an Adobe Community Professional and Adobe Certified Instructor for Dreamweaver. Youll often find him giving help and advice in the Dreamweaver forums and Adobe Developer Centerto which he has contributed many popular tutorials and training videos. He greatly enjoys traveling and taking photosall the photos used in this book were taken by him.

David has also translated a number of musical plays from Japanese into English, and he likes nothing better than sushi with a glass or two of cold sake.

For several years Ive bent the ears of the long-suffering Dreamweaver engineering team to improve support for PHP. Wow! They certainly came up trumps. My thanks to Devin Fernandez, Scott Fegette, Don Booth, Randy Edmunds, Chris Bank, Virgil Palanciuc, Jon Michael Varese, and the many others who have helped me dig deeper into Dreamweaver over the past few versions to understand the programs strengths and weaknesses (yes, there are someand Im sure the team is already working on eliminating them).

Im particularly grateful to Scott, one of the Dreamweaver product managers, whose idea it was to get me to write this book. I hope its not too far removed from what he was hoping for. Scott passed my name to Victor Gavenda, the Executive Editor at Adobe Press, while attending Adobe MAX at Los Angeles in 2009. For those of you who dont know, MAX is an annual geekfest thats a mixture of presentations by leading web professionals, sneak peeks into Adobes future technology, and wild parties (Scott plays a mean guitar).

Victor welcomed me into the Adobe Press/Peachpit family with grace and courtesy. My thanks go to him and to the two editors who worked directly with me on the book, Rebecca Freed and Anne Marie Walker. Thanks also to the production team for going the extra mile to make the code easier to read.

Finally, I mustnt forget Tom Muck, a true Dreamweaver and PHP expert who checked the text and code for technical accuracy. This is the third book weve worked on together. Tom always manages to keep me on the straight and narrow, spotting important details Ive missed and suggesting ways to improve the text. Any mistakes that remain are my responsibility alone.