Dreamweaver MX 2004 and Databases
With asp, coldfusion, and php

As the Web has evolved, so too have users' expectations of it—which means that today's Web developers are being forced to deal with issues that weren't even considerations not long ago. How do you develop a site that customizes itself to individual users? How can you design your site so that even nontechnical users will be able to contribute content? To answer these questions and more, you need this book. By examining your favorite Web authoring program—Dreamweaver MX 2004—in the context of databases and the technology solutions that have grown out of them, this book/CD combo will have you moving from static to dynamic sites in no time. You don't need programming experience to construct the fictional travel tour site that's the centerpiece of this volume. Just follow along with the 16 hands-on lessons (which include side-by-side ASP PHP, and ColdFusion code), and you'll be well on your way to the interactive, easy-to-maintain, and standards-compliant sites that represent the way of the future.

Learn How To:
Use a relational database-Microsoft Access or MySQL- as the driving force behind a site

Use built-in server behaviors and application objects to assist in the rapid development of dynamic Web applications

Read and hand-code ASP VBScript, ColdFusion Markup Language, and PHP scripts well enough to understand how dynamic Web pages work, troubleshoot errors and customize scripts

Collect and maipulate user-entered data, performing calculations with it on the fly

Use SQL to pass information between your pages and the database

Validate forms using client-side and serverside scripts