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Welcome to the site. Tom Muck is a software engineer and author of 9 books and numerous articles about Adobe/Macromedia development tools, PHP, ColdFusion, SQL Server, and other web development technologies. Click the books link for more information on past titles available. The articles section has links to past and present articles written by Tom Muck. Tom was a founding member and partner with Community MX and is an Adobe Community Professional.

The Dreamweaver Extensions section has a list of Dreamweaver extensions that are available, either for free or for a small fee.

Latest Blog Items

Upgrades and Backups Pt. 2: Shrinking SQL Server Express Log Files Posted Saturday, February 26, 2011

Part 1 described how to create a bare bones SQL Server automated backup plan for a SQL Express database using a ColdFusion scheduled task. I also wanted to truncate and shrink old log files on a schedule, so came up with a stored procedure to do it, cobbled together from various   (...more)

Deployment Process in ColdFusion Builder Posted Monday, February 14, 2011

I decided to start using ColdFusion builder alongside Dreamweaver for my development. At work, we use Eclipse exclusively, but it is severely limited, and much of it doesn't work right (code hints...what the heck is hamcrestassert and why does it get inserted when I move to the next line???). I'm much more comfortable coding in Dreamweaver -- especially since the   (...more)

Upgrades and Backups: Automated Backup for SQL Express Posted Wednesday, February 9, 2011

I've been lax in my blogging and my ColdFusion duties lately. I just today installed CF 9 for the first time, and I'm usually way ahead of the curve on that. Work has been super busy, and we are stuck on CF 8 at the office for the foreseeable future. So far, the upgrade has been quick and painless. Now   (...more)

Latest Dreamweaver Extension News

Extension news Posted Monday, June 7, 2010

All available Dreamweaver extensions work without issue on Dreamweaver CS5. If anyone has any issues, please let me know via the contact form.

Extension news Posted Friday, November 13, 2009

Sale on extensions from now until 12/31/2009 -- 30% off all purchases. Use promo code "take30" when checking out.