The best way to make your site search engine friendly is to design your site so that it’s easy for search engines to ‘read’ your pages. That means doing things like adding alternative text behind your images and using the Meta description tag. In this tutorial, you’ll find a few Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tips […]
Read More SEO, social media, web designUsing templates in web design is a great way to save time on your page designs — and there are a gazillian templates you can download from the Web. But before you learn how to edit web sites with templates or themes, it’s helpful to understand the big picture: What are templates best used for, […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6Even with all the cool features in Dreamweaver, there will almost certainly come a day when you want to do things that Dreamweaver can’t do with the features that shipped with the program. Fortunately, the programmers who created Dreamweaver made it possible for other programmers to add features using the Extension Manager. The result? You […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4Check out these online resources for advanced CSS tutorials, tips, and validators. You won’t find much (if any) help with Dreamweaver at these sites, but you’ll find everything you could ever want to know about CSS, browser differences, hacks, and workarounds. The Dreamweaver Developer Center at Adobe.com Because CSS is so complex, Adobe has launched a […]
Read More cssIncluding background images in your web pages is a great way to add depth, color, and texture to your designs. You can use backgrounds in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to add decorative elements, such as textured backgrounds, gradients, and borders. Using background images in multiple parts of the page makes it possible to create rich, […]
Read More css, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6Note: The CSS layouts in this tutorial are specific to version CS3 and CS4. Previous versions of Dreamweaver, including versions MX 2004 and 8, did not include the CSS Layouts featured in this column. This tutorial shows how to edit the CSS layouts in Dreamweaver CS5 and later versions. Whether you’re new to CSS, or […]
Read More css, dwcs3, dwcs4What’s the best Selector: Class, Tag, or Advanced? Even if you’ve been working with CSS for a while, understanding (and remembering) the differences among the various types of style selectors can be a challenge. As you can see in this screenshot of Dreamweaver’s New CSS Rule dialog, the first thing you need to do is […]
Read More css, dwcs3The concept of creating styles has been around since long before the Web. Desktop publishing programs (such as Adobe InDesign) and even word processing programs (such as Microsoft Word) have long used styles to manage the formatting and editing of text on printed pages. When using styles in a word processor, you can create and […]
Read More css, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6Before you create a new website or start redesigning an old one, it’s important to first define your main root folder. This is also an important first step if you’re creating your site from a Dreamweaver Template. Defining the main folder for your website is crucial because it enables Dreamweaver to keep track of all […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4As promised, here are step-by-step instructions for setting up your computer as a Web server so that you can run — and edit — WordPress themes on your local computer. Note: Only Dreamweaver CS5 and later versions support the multiple levels of include files needed to display WordPress themes. These instructions can also be used to set […]
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