David Sawyer McFarland is president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., a Web development and training company in Portland, Oregon. He’s been building Web sites since 1995, when he designed his first Web site: an online magazine for communication professionals. He’s served as the Webmaster at the University of California at Berkeley and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center, and he has helped build, design, and program numerous Web sites for clients including Macworld.com, among others.
In addition to building Web sites, David is also a writer, trainer, and instructor. He’s taught Dreamweaver at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the Center for Electronic Art, the Academy of Art College, Ex’Pressions Center for New Media, and the Art Institute of Portland. He currently teaches in the Multimedia Program at Portland State University. He’s written articles about Dreamweaver and the Web for Practical Web Design, MX Developer’s Journal, Macworld magazine and CreativePro.com.
David is also the author of CSS: The Missing Manual, and JavaScript: The Missing Manual.
David has used Dreamweaver since version 2, and has been a member of the Dreamweaver Advisory Council. He welcomes feedback about this book by email: missing@sawmac.com. (If you’re seeking technical help, however, please refer to the sources listed in Appendix Getting Help.)
Peter Meyers (editor) is the managing editor of O’Reilly Media’s Missing Manual series. He lives with his wife, daughter, and cats in New York City. Email: meyers@oreilly.com.
Sohaila Abdulali (copy editor) is a freelance writer and editor. She has published a novel, several children’s books, and numerous short stories and articles. She recently finished an ethnography of an aboriginal Indian woman. She lives in New York City with her husband Tom and their small but larger-than-life daughter, Samara. She can be reached through her Web site at www.sohailaink.com.
Nellie McKesson (production editor) lives in Jamaica Plain, Mass., and spends her spare time making t-shirts for her friends to wear (mattsaundersbynellie.etsy.com), and playing music with her band (myspace.com/drmrsvandertrampp). Email: nellie@oreilly.com.
Ron Strauss (indexer) is a full-time freelance indexer specializing in information technology. When not working, he moonlights as a concert violist and alternative medicine health consultant. Email: rstrauss@mchsi.com.
Deborah Pang Davis (Chia Vet Web site designer) created Cococello, a print and Web design boutique in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Before launching Cococello, she had the privilege of working at, among others, National Geographic Traveler, The Chicago Tribune, Toronto’s Globe and Mail, and The Seattle Times. She knew early on that life for her never included pantyhose or the pantsuit. She can be reached through her Web site at www.cococello.com.
John C. Bland II (technical reviewer) is co-founder of Katapult Media Inc. (www.katapultmedia.com) which focuses on software and Web development using technologies such as ColdFusion, the Flash platform, PHP, Java, and the .NET platform. Through Katapult, he works diligently on custom software and Web products. As the manager of the Arizona Flash Platform User Group, John continues to put back into the community which helped mold him into the developer he is today. John blogs regularly on his blog: Geek Life (www.johncblandii.com).
Murray Summers (technical reviewer), a biochemist by training, has spent the last 20 years working in the computer industry. In 1998, Murray started his Web site production company, Great Web Sights (www.great-web-sights.com). He’s an Adobe Community Expert, and previously a Team Macromedia member, a Macromedia Certified Web Site Developer, and Dreamweaver Developer. Murray has also contributed chapters and authored books about Web development.
Many thanks to all those who helped with this book, including Deb Pang Davis, the design mastermind behind ChiaVet.com, and my technical editor, Murray Summers, whose prolific critiques have provided a comfortable safety net to protect me from any embarrassing gaffes. Thanks also to my students who’ve helped me understand Dreamweaver better and always seem to come up with at least one question that I have no answer for.
Finally, thanks to David Pogue whose unflagging enthusiasm and boundless energy never fails to inspire; to my editor, Peter Meyers, who has helped make my words sharper and my writing clearer (and who also has had to endure long weekends of work to make sure this book got finished on time); to my wife, Scholle, for being such a strong supporter of my writing and a wonderful partner in my life; my mom and Doug; Mary, David, Marisa and Tessa; Phyllis and Les; my son, Graham, who has taught me that robots, spaceships, Star Wars, and Legos are much more important than writing books; and to my daughter, Kate, who helped the most by graciously agreeing to sleep through the night while I was writing this book.
—David Sawyer McFarland
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