Actions for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP : training from the source
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with PHP : training from the source / David Powers
- Author
- Powers, David
- Published
- Berkeley, CA : Peachpit, 2011.
- Physical Description
- xii, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Series
- Contents
- Lesson 1. Why PHP and Why Dreamweaver CSS? -- A Rich Mix of PHP Features -- What is PHP? What Does It Do? -- A Tour of the Main PHP Features in Dreamweaver CS5 -- Lesson 2. Getting Ready to Develop with PHP -- Setting Up a Local Testing Environment -- Checking Your PHP Installation -- Using Virtual Hosts -- Setting Up a PHP Site in Dreamweaver CS5 -- Lesson 3. A Quick Crash Course in PHP -- How PHP Makes Pages Dynamic -- Taming the Unknown with Variables -- Grouping Related Values in Arrays -- Using Conditions to Make Decisions -- Using Functions to Perform Tasks -- Using Objects and Resources -- Using Operators for Calculations and Joining Strings -- Automating Repetitive Tasks -- Including External Files -- Understanding Error Messages -- Lesson 4. Restyling a WordPress Site -- Understanding the Structure of a CMS -- Installing WordPress -- Creating a WordPress Theme -- Lesson 5. Designing and Building Your Own Database -- Working with MySQL -- Creating a Database and Tables -- Creating MySQL User Accounts -- Importing Existing Data -- Lesson 6. Generating PHP Automatically with Server Behaviors -- What Server Behaviors Do -- Connecting to the Database -- Inserting Records into a Table -- Creating a Login System -- Displaying, Updating, and Deleting Records -- Evaluating the Server Behaviors -- Lesson 7. Validating input on the Server -- Introducing the Zend Framework -- Improving the Registration form -- Authenticating User Credentials with ZendA̲uth -- Lesson 8. Zending Email -- How PHP Handles Email -- Stopping Spam with a CAPTCHA -- Processing User Feedback -- Processing Other Form Elements -- Resetting Forgotten Passwords -- Unsubscribing Registered Users -- Lesson 9. Uploading Images and Other Files -- Understanding How PHP Uploads Files -- Creating an Upload Form -- Using ZendF̲ile for Uploads -- Sending Email Attachements -- Lesson 10. Inserting Data into Multiple Tables -- Assessing the Task -- Creating the Database Structure -- Building the CMS -- Lesson 11. Updating and Deleting Files in Related Tables -- Selecting Records with SQL -- Completing the CMS -- Lesson 12. Using Ajax to Refresh Content -- Enhancing Pages with Ajax -- Introducing Adobe Widget Browser -- Configuring a Widget -- Creating a Master/Detail Set -- Refreshing a Page Without Reloading -- Creating Clean URLs -- Lesson 13. Deploying Your Site Online -- Transferring a Database -- Preparing Your PHP Files -- Setting Up Your Remote Server in Dreamweaver.
- Summary
- "Follow along, step by step, as you use PHP to build web pages that serve information on demand from a database. Take advantage of the new features in Adobe Dreamweaver CSS that make it easier than ever to create and manage PHP code, as well as the improved support in Dreamwever for PHP frameworks such as Zend and PHP-driven content management systems such as Word Press, Learn the concepts and best practices that will let you create your own website with the dynamic, interactive features that users have come to expect." "The enclosed CD-ROM contains all you need to follow along with the lessons, as well as completed files to compare with your results and use as models for future projects. The disc also contains installable versions of WordPress and the Zend Framework, which are needed for some of the exercises."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780321719843 (pbk.)
0321719840 (pbk.) - Note
- Includes index.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains: files necessary to complete the exercises in this book; models for future projects; installable version of WordPress and the Zend Framework.
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