Pogue Press

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PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual

Published 9 years ago

by Brett McLaughlin, Pogue Press

If you can build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level—creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to build a database, manage your content, and interact with users through queries and web forms. With step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and jargon-free explanations, you’ll soon discover the power of server-side programming.The important stuff you need to know: *Get a running start.
JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual

Published 9 years ago

by David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press

You don't need programming experience to add interactive and visual effects to your web pages with JavaScript. This Missing Manual shows you how the jQuery library makes JavaScript programming fun, easy, and accessible to web designers at every level of experience. You'll quickly learn how to use jQuery to help your site run smoothly and look great across multiple web browsers.
Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual

Published 9 years ago

by Chris Grover, Pogue Press

You can build everything from simple animations to full-fledged iOS and Android apps with Flash CS5.5, but learning this complex program can be difficult—unless you have this fully updated, bestselling guide. Learn how to create gorgeous Flash effects even if you have no programming experience. With Flash CS5.5: The Missing Manual, you'll move from the basics to power-user tools with ease. *Learn animation basics. Discover how to turn simple ideas into stunning animations.
Office 2011 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals

Published 10 years ago

by Chris Grover, Pogue Press

In Office 2011 for the Macintosh, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the new Outlook for Mac are packed with amazing features, but most people just know the basics. This entertaining guide not only gets you started, it also reveals all kinds of useful things you didn't know the software could do -- with plenty of power-user tips and tricks when you're ready for more. *Get four superb books in one. Learn Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook independently. *Use the programs together.
QuickBooks 2011: The Missing Manual

Published 10 years ago

by Bonnie Biafore, Pogue Press

Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2011 -- but only if you spend more time using the program than figuring out how it works. This Missing Manual puts you in control: You'll not only find out how and when to use specific features, you'll also get basic accounting advice to help you through the learning process. *Set up QuickBooks. Arrange files and preferences to suit your company. *Manage your business.
Office 2010: The Missing Manual

Published 10 years ago

by Nancy Conner, Matthew MacDonald, Pogue Press

Whether you're new to Microsoft Office or have used it for years, this clear and friendly primer helps you be productive with Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and the rest of the Office apps from day one. Learn what's new in Office 2010 and get a complete, step-by-step guide to each of its main programs, along with details on Publisher, OneNote, and Office Web Apps.
Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual

Published 10 years ago

by Bonnie Biafore, Pogue Press

Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master. *Get a project management primer. Discover what it takes to handle a project successfully
Access 2010: The Missing Manual

Published 10 years ago

by Matthew MacDonald, Pogue Press

Access is the most complex and intimidating application in Microsoft Office, but you'll tame it quickly with this book. You'll learn how to design complete databases, maintain them, search for valuable nuggets of information, and build attractive forms for quick-and-easy data entry in no time.
FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual

Published 10 years ago

by Susan Prosser, Stuart Gripman, Pogue Press

This hands-on, friendly guide shows you how to harness FileMaker's power to make your information work for you. With a few mouse clicks, the FileMaker Pro 11 database helps you create and print corporate reports, manage a mailing list, or run your entire business. FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual helps you get started, build your database, and produce results, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement.
Flash CS5: The Missing Manual

Published 10 years ago

by Chris Grover, Pogue Press

Unlock the power of Adobe Flash and bring stunning animations to life onscreen. It's easy with Flash CS5: The Missing Manual. You'll start creating animations in the first chapter, and learn to produce effective, well-planned visuals that get your message across. This entertaining edition includes a complete primer on animation, a guided tour of the program's tools, new illustrations, and lots of details on working with video.Every chapter in this book provides step-by-step Flash tutorials.
Windows 7: The Missing Manual

Published 11 years ago

by Pogue David, Pogue Press

In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary mortal, learning what this new system is all about will be challenging. Fear not: David Pogue's Windows 7: The Missing Manual comes to the rescue. Like its predecessors, this book illuminates its subject with reader-friendly insight, plenty of wit, and hardnosed objectivity for beginners as well as veteran PC users.Windows 7 fixes many of Vista's most painful shortcomings.
CSS: The Missing Manual

Published 11 years ago

by David McFarland, Pogue Press

Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers.
Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual

Published 12 years ago

by matthew macdonald, Pogue Press

Think you have to be a technical wizard to build a great web site? Think again. If you want to create an engaging web site, this thoroughly revised, completely updated edition of Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual demystifies the process and provides tools, techniques, and expert guidance for developing a professional and reliable web presence.
Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual

Published 12 years ago

by david mcfarland, Pogue Press

When it comes to building professional websites, Dreamweaver CS4 is capable of doing more than any other web design program -- including previous versions of Dreamweaver. But the software's sophisticated features aren't simple. Dreamweaver CS4: The Missing Manual will help you master this program quickly, so you can bring stunning, interactive websites to life.
Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual

Published 13 years ago

by David McFarland, Pogue Press

Welcome to Dreamweaver CS3. This new version of the popular web design software offers a rich environment for building professional sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. Moreover, it's now integrated more tightly with Adobe's other products: Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, and their siblings. But with such sophisticated features, the software isn't simple.
Office 2007: The Missing Manual

Published 13 years ago

by Chris Grover, Matthew MacDonald, E A Vander Veer, Pogue Press

Quickly learn the most useful features of Microsoft Office 2007 with our easy to read four-in-one guide. This fast-paced book gives you the basics of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access so you can start using the new versions of these major Office applications right away. Unlike every previous version, Office 2007 offers a completely redesigned user interface for each program.
Dreamweaver 8: The Missing Manual

Published 15 years ago

by David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press

Available for both the Mac and Windows, Macromedia's Dreamweaver 8 is a professional web design and development program used by millions of Internet professionals to build high-quality static and dynamic database-driven web sites. It offers drag-and-drop simplicity, streamlined HTML coding tools, and powerful database integration features. But Dreamweaver 8 is missing one vital component: a printed manual.
Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual

Published 17 years ago

by David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press

Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX 2004 is the leading software tool for the creation of Web sites and other HTML interfaces. It's remarkably capable, able to deal intelligently with everything from fonts and images to JavaScript for client-side data validation and embedded Java applets. In most cases, Dreamweaver will save you time over hand-coding--and yield better-looking pages to boot. The program's learning curve, though, isn't trivial.