Templates come in many shapes and styles on the web. You can find templates for Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress blogs and more on the web, but not all templates work in all programs. This column is about creating Templates with the .dwt extension – a step that saves time when creating custom sites in […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, templatesYou might be surprised how many people are confused about the difference between a website and a blog, and how complicated it is to answer the question about which one is better…
Essentially, a blog (short for web log) is just a special kind of web site. Blogs are designed to make it easy for anyone to post text and images to the Internet (even if you don’t know HTML, the language of web design).
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When adding shopping carts and other eCommerce services to your site, you can choose from many options. Familiar brands, such as PayPal and Google, have made major efforts to migrate their online commerce technology to the mobile platform. And a crop of new companies are emerging, with dedicated mobile services that include everything from m-commerce […]
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It’s a shocking scenario: You create a page design that looks just perfect in your favorite web browser on your own computer. You publish it on the Internet and tell all your friends. And the next thing you know, your cousin in Iowa and your friends in Brazil are telling you that it looks terrible, […]
Read More browsers, cms, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, web design, web hosting, wordpressAlthough you don’t have to learn HTML to create web pages in Dreamweaver, having a basic concept of how it works does come in handy. If at first glance you think that XHTML code looks like hieroglyphics, don’t give up too quickly. With just a little training, you can start to recognize at least some […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, HTML, 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, dwcs6Not all templates are created equally. Although they all share many of the same basic characteristics, different kinds of templates are in used for different purposes (and with different programs) on the Web today. Dreamweaver templates (extension .dwt) offer many advantages without requiring advanced programming skills. When you create Dreamweaver templates with the .dwt extension, […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs5, dwcs6, templatesThe 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, 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 […]
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