By Janine Warner 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. […]
Read MoreMeasuring Web Traffic: How to track who’s visiting your website
Knowing how many people are visiting your website, where they come from, and what they do when they visit your pages is key to the success of any business or service on the web. Here are three traffic reporting services you can easily add to the pages of any web site to get detailed traffic […]
Read More css, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ecommerce, web design, web hosting, wordpressHow to Add a PayPal Buy Now Button to a Dreamweaver Website
The simplest and quickest option if you want to sell only a few products or services on your Web site is to create a PayPal button for each item you want to sell. Follow these steps: 1. Open your browser and navigate to www.paypal.com. If you have a PayPal account, log in here. If you […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ecommerceAdd an Shopping Cart in Dreamweaver with Google Checkout (it’s so easy)
In the last year, both Google Checkout and PayPal have added shopping cart features to their most basic ecommerce offerings, making it easy for anyone to sell multiple products on a web site. Training Video: Order Janine’s training video on setting up a simple e-commerce site with Google Checkout For no upfront costs and a competitive […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ecommerceeCommerce comparison: Google Checkout vs PayPal vs Amazon Payments
PayPal wins the game when it comes to the largest user base, and it supports international customers better. Google Checkout wins points for the most attractive interface and an integrated shopping cart that keeps users on your pages while they shop.
Read MoreUsing Dreamweaver to embed video hosted on Vimeo or YouTube
Instead of hosting your video on your own web server, an increasingly popular alternative is to upload video files to YouTube, Vimeo, or another video hosting site and then include special code from that site in the HTML code of your web pages. The video plays within your pages, even though it’s not hosted on […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, video, web designInserting code from Google AdSense, Flickr, YouTube, and other sites in Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver makes it easy to design web pages without ever having to look at the HTML code behind the scenes. But even though you don’t have to learn HTML, every once in a while knowing how to work with in Dreamweaver’s Code View can come in handy. In this tutorial, you’ll find instructions for using […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ecommerceHow to insert an MP3, MP4, WMV, or Quicktime Video in Dreamweaver
There is no Insert Video button in Dreamweaver, but you can add MP4s, QuickTime, and videos in almost any other type of format, if you know where to look in the Dreamweaver Insert Menu. (Read this tutorial if you’re inserting a video in Adobe Flash Video format, which uses the .flv extension) In this tutorial you […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, video, web design, web hostingHow to Insert a Flash Video into a Web Page with Dreamweaver
The day that everyone long predicted arrived. Video is no longer a novelty online and Flash video has become the darling of the web, favored by video giants like YouTube, DailyMotion, Break, and many others. What makes Flash so special? Not only does it combine good quality with great compression, it comes with a video […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, videoAdobe shut down BrowserLab in March 2013
If you’re trying to figure out what happened to Adobe Browserlab, it’s gone… Adobe BrowserLab was designed to help web designers preview how pages display in a variety of Web browsers, even if you didn’t have all of those browsers available on your won local hard drive. But in 2013 Adobe announced they were closing […]
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