Writing

The 2nd edition of my book ‘The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks’ has now been released and is available from Sitepoint.
This updated version covers Internet Explorer 7 and newer techniques made possible by widespread use of standards compliant browsers – while always bearing in mind how to ensure accessibility of your content […]

HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, is the second edition of Sitepoint’s second ever book, originally written by Dan Shafer. I’ve updated the book to include information and advice about the latest browsers and techniques as well as rewritten the second part to explain some of the most popular CSS layouts which can be […]

Posting this mainly for the benefit of any other freelances who are trying to find out information about what to do regarding unpaid invoices following Highbury House going into receivership on January 20th.
Rob Buckley has been doing some excellent detective work and has information about the sale of various titles as well as contact […]

My latest book, Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website with Dreamweaver 8, is now available from Sitepoint. This book was written for Dreamweaver 8 and , through the process of building a standards compliant website using valid XHTML Strict and CSS, you will discover all of the new features in Dreamweaver 8 that make working […]

My book, The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks is now on sale from Sitepoint. The book contains 101, “how do I …?” questions, with practical, cross-browser solutions to those problems. They are the answers to questions I have seen frequently posted to mailing lists; explanations of commonly used techniques; and just things […]

“And the MD of all of this has set up a new publishing house - registered less than two months after the bankruptcy of Wrox - in the same industry, in a building once occupied by Wrox … “
Bruce Lawson, a former editor at Glasshaus which was part of Wrox Press and the company that […]

DMXZone are running a competition in which you can win a copy of The Dreamweaver Developers Instant Troubleshooter - free entry here.

Copies of The Dreamweaver Developer’s Instant Troubleshooter arrived today. Both Drew and I contributed to this book which has been published by Apress. I like getting my copies of a book I have worked on, when you write all you see are the Word documents complete with comments from editors and reviewers and you kind […]

The code downloads for the projects are now available on the Apress web site here.
Also, Apress have launched new support and discussion forums for their books - including all those ex-Glasshaus publications.

As of yesterday DMXzone began offering Premium Content - up-to-date articles on current issues and ideas from established authors, including yours truly!

If you need to download the source code for the projects, you can find it here.

Despite the demise of Glasshaus, Dreamweaver MX Design Projects is now shipping from Amazon.
Many apologies if you have mailed me and I haven’t got back to you, it’s been a crazy few weeks, I need to get through my inbox but it could take some time!

My publisher Glasshaus has shut down, the parent company (which also owns Wrox UK and Friends of Ed) has gone into liquidation. Financially I imagine this leaves us authors at the back of a long line of creditors, but more than that, I’m really going to miss the team at Glasshaus, all of whom are […]

The latest book I have been working on is now available. Fundamental Web Design and Development Skills is for those people who are looking to enter the market as web professionals or for those who want something a bit more real-world and up to date than the standard “how to build my homepage” books!

Dynamic Dreamweaver MX is now available for purchase. I got my copies a few days ago, it’s really strange seeing my words in print - I’m used to seeing my ramblings on a computer screen but not in a book!

We are rather well published in our household! Drew’s book Dreamweaver MX Web Development will be available in the shops mid-August.