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Adding email forms, subcription forms, and more with Dreamweaver
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CMS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials
The tutorial that appears below is about creating your own form in Dreamweaver and using it with an email script hosted on your own server. When I wrote that tutorial a few years ago, using a script like this was one of the only ways to add forms to a website. If you’re a programmer or […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6How do you Add Extensions to Dreamweaver from Adobe’s Exchange Site
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Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, edit, Tutorials
Even 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, dwcs4How to Add Background Images to Web Pages Using Cascading Style Sheets
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CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, edit, Tutorials
Including 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, dwcs6Comparing CSS Selectors in Dreamweaver 8 and CS3
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CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, edit, Tutorials
What’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, dwcs3Designing with CSS: The advantages of Cascading Style Sheets
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CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, edit, Tutorials
The 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, dwcs6How to use site setup to start a new website in Dreamweaver CS3 or CS4
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Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, edit
Before 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, dwcs4Why you need a web server to run WordPress or any other CMS
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CMS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials, WordPress
If you’ve ever tried to view or edit a template for a WordPress blog, Joomla site, or other dynamic technology in a program like Adobe Dreamweaver, you probably didn’t get what you were hoping for — unless you set up your computer as a Web server. One of the biggest challenges when it comes to […]
Read More cms, dwcs5, dwcs6, web hosting, wordpressHow HTML5 is changing web site design
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CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Mobile Web Design, Tutorials, Web Design
At least 4 out of 5 mobile design ‘experts’ agree that HTML5 is the future of Web design (okay, I made that up), but we’re all pretty sure we’re moving in that direction. Although many web designers are not using HTML5 yet– it is clearly the next step in markup languages for the Web, and […]
Read More css, dwcs5, dwcs6, mobile web designTroubleshooting Conflicting Styles and Other CSS Challenges in Dreamweaver
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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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