Comparison Table: When is it best to create a Web App vs. a Native App?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials, Web Design

Native apps, Web apps, iTunes apps, Android apps, what does it all mean? And where does a web site fit into the brave new world of the mobile web and app stores? This comparison table will help you better understand your options and why some sompanies are creating both. A Native App vs. A Web App […]

How the iPad and iPhone turn 3 Screens Into One

Posted by Janine Warner - August 27, 2012 - Mobile Web Design, Tutorials

Television producers are their top advertisers are not the only ones who want content on all “Three Screens”: 1. The television screen; which, while it is the oldest screen in most households, is starting to undergo some radical changes with Google TV, AppleTV, and various other players attempting to fuse the Web surfing with our favorite […]

What are the advantages (and challenges) of using a blog, content managment system (CMS), or other dynamic database-driven site?

Posted by Janine Warner - August 26, 2012 - Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress

The advantages (and challenges) of a content managment system, dynamic site, or blog with a database When you store all of your goodies (the photos, posts, and such) that you display on your web pages in a database, you gain the ability to create web pages dynamically — as they are served to the visitor […]

Choosing a Blog or Content Management System (CMS): Comparing WordPress, Joomla, and Dupal

Posted by Janine Warner - August 26, 2012 - CMS, Web Design, WordPress

Here’s a quick look at a few of the most popular blogging programs and open source Content Management Systems (CMSs) and why you might choose one over another. A good CMS or blogging program can be used for something as simple as a blog or as complex as a newspaper or magazine Web site. (Not […]

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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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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