Troubleshooting Conflicting Styles and Other CSS Challenges in Dreamweaver

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, edit, Tutorials

Dreamweaver provides a great collection of tools for creating page designs with CSS, but when it comes to altering and troubleshooting CSS, things can get confusing in a hurry. To help you sort through the options, the tutorial below focuses on some of the common challenges you may face when editing CSS in Dreamweaver. 1. […]

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Creating a Navigation Bar using CSS to style an Unordered List in Dreamweaver

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials

It’s become common to format a list of links as a bulleted list, but you don’t have to show the bullets if they don’t fit in your design. Here’s a great CSS trick for turning a bulleted list into a navigation bar with a simple rollover effect. Using a bulleted list for navigation bars is […]

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Where is the Insert Flash Button option in Dreamweaver?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, FAQ

Hi Janine I have recently upgraded to CS5 from CS3, and have also upgraded to your CS5 Dummies book. In CS3 I frequently used Insert Media Flash button, but it doesn’t seem to be there in CS5, nor can I find any reference in your book. Has this function been moved, or has it been […]

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Is absolute positioning a good idea?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, FAQ

Hi Janine, I have now finished all of your courses on the Kelby training site. Loved them all. I hope you don’t mind me asking you a quick question? I think its the sort of question that an expert like you has to answer; I cannot find it in the FAQs. When creating divs in […]

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How can I design my site so that any browser window will be filled entirely?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - Browsers, CSS, Dreamweaver, FAQ

Hi Janine I have a question about FULLSCREEN WEBSITES in Dreamweaver CS4. How can I design my site so that no matter what size the browser window is, it will be filled entirely? I like that my website will look the same on all types of monitors. I have a SWF File in Dreamweaver. Shall […]

I’m interested in starting a web design business

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - Dreamweaver, FAQ, Web Design

Hi Janine, I got your Total Training for DW8 probably around 2007 and I really didn’t spend much time watching it. The only thing I did with DW was create part of a site for someone, using tables, before she finished it herself by using a simple program for non-designers, and for practice, I replicated […]

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I’m having trouble with CSS and Divs

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, FAQ, Tutorials

Hello Janine, I am stuck on an issue with CSS and Div tags. I do great up until I apply the style to float the a div to the left of my story. Once I apply that, my Sidebar content jumps out of the Sidebar div and is in the Story div. I’ve been spinning […]

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Creating Collapsible Panels with Spry in Dreamweaver

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials

Using the Spry features in Dreamweaver, you can create drop-down menus, collapsible panels, and other advanced features. You’ll find the insert options in a Spry Insert bar at the top of the work area, and editing options in the Properties inspector at the bottom of the workspace. This tutorial shows you how to create a Collapsible […]

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Create a pop-up window in Dreamweaver by launching a new browser window

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials

By Janine Warner You can use Behaviors in Dreamweaver to create many interactive features; like opening a small browser window when someone clicks on an image. This is a great way to make supplemental information available without closing the page a visitor is already viewing. When you set up a Behavior in Dreamweaver, you apply […]

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Creating Rollover Effects with the Swap Image Behavior in Adobe Dreamweaver

Posted by Janine Warner - August 25, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials

By JanineWarner Dreamweaver’s Behaviors panelmakes it possible to create complex interactive features using Javascript, even if you don’t know Javascript. And that’s cool because writing JavaScript is a lot more complex than writing HTML or CSS. Using Behaviors you can add interactive features like complex rollover effects, pop-up windows, and jump menus. When you set […]

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