This tutorial is designed to give you a head start on the many ways you can customize a drop-down menu in Dreamweaver. Since version CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver has included the Spry framework, which is a set of widgets you can use to create drop-down menus and other advanced features for your web pages. The Spry […]
Read MoreCreate a Drop-Down Menu with Spry Features in Dreamweaver
This tutorial shows you how to create a horizontal drop-down menu for site navigation using the Spry widget in Dreamweaver. The Spry framework is a set of widgets Adobe added in version CS3. This collection of tools makes it easier to add advanced features, including e drop-down menus and collapsible panels. These features are included […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6Add a Slider to your Web Pages with the jQuery PowerSlider in Dreamweaver
Seems all the cool sites have a big, rotating box at the top of the front page. If you want to showcase a few featured items in a rotating slider (the way I’ve done on the front page of this website), the PowerSlider is going to make your day — and you don’t even have […]
Read More dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, extensionsHow do you add Extensions to Dreamweaver from Adobe’s Exchange Site
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 More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, extensionsWhat’s the Best Program for Creating Web Graphics?
Sorting through all the Web design and image editing programs available can be confusing. That’s why we created this review to help you find the best program for your project (and budget). The most popular image editors are Photoshop Photoshop Elements, and Fireworks, and the most popular Web design programs, include Dreamweaver, GoLive, and Expression […]
Read More graphicsMeasuring 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, wordpressRegister Variations and Misspellings of Your Domain Name and You’ll be Easier to Find
Can your friends, family, and customers find your web site – even if they can’t spell or don’t know about your clever abbreviation? I am amazed when I type a domain name into a browser and don’t find the site I’m looking for. I must confess, sometimes it’s because I’ve typed it wrong or assumed […]
Read More web design, web hostingHow to register a domain name (anyone can do it!)
The address for your Web site is called its domain name, or URL. It’s what visitors type into a web browser to find your Web site. When you register a domain name, you create an address for yourself on the World Wide Web. For example, this Web site has the domain name DigitalFamily.com. The www part of any […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, web design, web hosting, wordpressHow to use Adobe Dreamweaver to design a WordPress blog post, or edit a WordPress theme
Dreamweaver CS6 provides much better support for WordPress than any previous versions, but you’ll still have to set up a local testing environment if you want WordPress files to work on your local computer the way they work on your server. How does Dreamweaver work with WordPress? You can create a completely custom dynamic site […]
Read More change how a wordpress blog looks, customize blog appearance, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, edit wordpress blog, web design, 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 […]
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