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 MoreQuick Look: Discover the New Features in Dreamweaver CS5
Here are some of the best new features that Adobe added to Dreamweaver CS5: 1. The New, Simpler, Site Setup Process Set up new sites up faster in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and set up multiple servers for any site. This is a great way to manage a testing server and live server for the same […]
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Before you do anything in Dreamweaver on a new site or on a site you’re opening for the first time in Dreamweaver, make sure you complete the Site Setup process. Once you’ve set up a web site, Dreamweaver displays all of the related files in the Files panel. Setting up a site also makes it […]
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Before you start building a website or blog consider your options
When I first started designing web pages, it was relatively easy — and vanilla boring.
More than ten years and a dozen books later, web design is much more complex today, and a lot more exciting.
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The CSS Layouts That Come With Dreamweaver Make CSS Design Easier Dreamweaver CS5 and CS6 include new collections of CSS layouts which you can customize to create a variety of web page designs. These layouts are designed to work well in a variety of web browsers, so they can help you avoid common problems caused […]
Read More css, dwcs5, dwcs6, web designPlanning and Managing a Web Site: A Guide for Clients and Web Designers
Even if you’re feeling pressured to get a Web site online fast, you’ll save time in the long run if you take a little time to develop a plan first. The World Wide Web isn’t going anywhere. Even if you have to get your site online as quickly as possible, your goal should be to design a […]
Read More content strategy, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, websiteHow to align images with CSS Floats in Dreamweaver
If you’ve ever been frustrated by the limitations of V space and H space (that’s vertical and horizontal space for those unfamiliar with HTML), you’re going to love what CSS can do for your images. As you’ll learn in this tutorial, using CSS to create styles for your images instead enables you to quickly and […]
Read MoreTest Your CSS Before You Publish with Expression Web
Cascading Style Sheets are great for creating designs on the Web, but with these powerful design options come many chances to make mistakes… How to run a CSS Report in Expression Web: 1. Choose Tools > CSS Reports. 2. Under the Errors tab in the CSS Reports dialog, specify whether you want to check […]
Read More expression-webHow to Test Web Site Accessibility with Microsoft Expression Web
Creating Accessible Web site designs means creating pages that can be viewed by anyone on the web, including those with disabilities who use special browsers to “read” pages to them. Designing accessible Web sites has the added advantage that it can boost your search engine rankings. Turns out the same rules for accessibility are good […]
Read More expression-webMake Global Updates with Dynamic Web Templates in Expression Web
When you create a web site with Dynamic Web Templates you can simplify your design work, create new pages faster, and make global updates. The three pages in the site shown in this example were all created from a Dynamic Web Template. Some of the areas of the template are editable, for example, I can […]
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