Charles E. Brown & Imar Spaanjaars 
Beginning Dreamweaver MX 2004 [PDF ebook] 

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: Media Edge 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: Media Edge 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 2004Extensions.Part IV: Appendixes.Appendix A: Using ASP.NET with Dreamweaver MX 2004.Appendix B: Using PHP and My SQL with Dreamweaver MX 2004.Appendix C: Using Java Server Pages with Dreamweaver MX 2004.Appendix D: Using Cold Fusion MX with Dreamweaver MX 2004.Appendix E: Using a Remote Server.Appendix F: Integrating Dreamweaver MX 2004 with Fireworks MX2004 and Flash MX 2004.

Charles E. Brown, Ph.D., is a noted author and teacher inthe computer industry today. His first two books, Beginning Dreamweaver MX and Fireworks MX: From Zero to Hero, havereceived critical acclaim and are consistent best-sellers. He isalso releasing books on VBA for Microsoft Access and on Microsoft Front Page 2003. He is also a Fireworks MX contributor for the MXDeveloper’s Journal.In addition to his busy writing schedule, Charles conducts frequentseminars for Learning Tree International and the PC Learning Center. His topics include Java programming, using Dreamweaver, andthe Microsoft Office environment.Charles is also a noted classical organist, pianist, and guitaristwho 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 atwww.charlesebrown.net.Imar Spaanjaars graduated in Leisure Management at the Leisure Management School in The Netherlands but accidentally endedup in Information Technology (IT). After working for a largecorporation and doing some freelance work, he is now working in thesoftware development department of a small IT company in The Netherlands that specializes in Internet, intranet, and wirelessapplications. As a software architect and lead developer, he’s responsible for designing, building, and implementingmedium- to large-scale intranets and wireless solutions. Hiscurrent project involves the design and implementation of anapplication that allows employees to connect to enterprise data inreal-time while on the road using a Pocket PC running the .NETCompact Framework.When he is not busy writing software or teaching other people howto do so, Imar likes to read as much as possible about newdevelopments in the software industry. He’s a fanatic squashplayer and enjoys playing 3D shoot-’em-up games if he’sgot 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 movedfrom teaching mathematics and computer science in the public sectorto becoming VP of Research and Development at digitalorganism(www.digitalorganism.com). In 2002 Todd founded informationtechnologies portal Mind Grub Technologies (www.mindgrub.net). Toddcurrently works as a multimedia engineer for the Media Edge divisionof Exceptional Software (www.media-edge.com). Todd has workedextensively with Action Script, ASP, PHP, Lingo, and numerous otherdevelopment languages, placing cutting-edge code in severalprojects. 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 haswritten and contributed to several books, including Flash MXVideo, Foundation Dreamweaver MX, Beginning Dreamweaver MX, Advanced PHP for Flash MX, Flash MXMost Wanted Components, and Flash MX 2004 Magic.