Chapter 3: Getting Started with Dreamweaver MX

Chapter 3 - Getting Started with Dreamweaver MX
byGareth Downes-Powellet al.
Wrox Press 2003

Overview

Author:Tim Green

• Creating a site definition

• Creating a connection to the database

• Troubleshooting database connection problems

In the first two chapters of this book, we have guided you through installing and configuring the development tools that you need to begin working successfully with Dreamweaver MX.

Now that you have a web server running PHP, and a MySQL database server configured and ready to use, it's time to get your teeth into what this book is really about: Designing PHP web pages in Dreamweaver MX.

We'll begin by giving Dreamweaver all the information it needs to work with your development environment, by creating a Site Definition. Once your site is defined, we'll take our first look at the juicier subject of Databases, and show you how to create a database connection within Dreamweaver, which will allow you to access the MySQL database we created in Chapter 2.

Summarizing this chapter, we will discuss some of the more common problems and errors that you might encounter, and provide you with simple, no-nonsense solutions, guaranteed to keep the development blues at bay.