The answer to how to create a gallery in a web page in Dreamweaver isn’t as simple as you might expect. There were some automated tools for creating galleries in previous versions of Dreamweaver, but they had limited options and used an old version of Flash. Those features were cut from the program a couple of […]
Read MoreInserting Flash Files into a Web Page with Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver can insert Flash video (.flv) files, as well as Flash files with the .swf extension. In the last issue, I used Dreamweaver to add Flash video to a Web page. In this tutorial, you learn to insert Flash files with the .swf extension. The process is similar to inserting an image file, but Dreamweaver […]
Read More dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, FlashWhy do my web pages look different in Internet Explorer than in other browsers?
Unfortunately, different web browsers display text and HTML differently, and Internet Explorer is one of the worst, and most notorious, for bad code display (especially older versions of IE). What most web designers do is test their pages in a variety of web browsers to work to make sure their pages look ‘good enough’ in […]
Read More browsers, css, dwcs3, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6I’m having trouble uploading my site changes — why?
Hello, I wonder if you can help me, I’ve been using my website for 10 years without any problems until a couple of weeks ago when I went to upload the site after knocking an item off. Instead of just synchronizing the 2 pages I’d changed, it tried to re-synchronize the whole site and got […]
Read More dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, ftp, web hostingHow do I create better URLs in my website?
Dear Janine, While adding pages to my site, I have been organizing them via subfolders locally on my hard drive. This results in web pages URL’s appearing long and messy. Is there a way to enter a tag, style, or code to change the display URL on my website? Thank you for your time, Mike […]
Read More dwcs5, dwcs6, web designHow do I change internal styles into an external style sheet?
Hello Janine, I have watched all of your Dreamweaver and CSS training videos numerous times and worked all of the projects, and I am getting the hang of css styles and rules, etc. However, I have noticed that the pre-made CSS templates in Dreamweaver have <style> in the CSS panel, which I presume is an “internal” style […]
Read More css, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6Why is the CSS in templates from ThemeForest and Woo Themes so complicated and hard to understand?
One of the things that makes it hard to ‘get’ the hierarchy or specificity of CSS that was written by someone else is that there are so many different ways to write CSS. I sometimes compare it to the art of writing prose. Not everyone who has learned to spell and understands the basics of grammar, can […]
Read More css, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6, wordpressHow do I remove Skype formatting from phone numbers on my web pages on my websites?
Skype automatically highlights any phone numbers displayed in a web browser to make it easy to ‘click to call’ the numbers. Just because you see this formatting on your computer, doesn’t mean other people see it. Skype formatting on phone numbers is specific to each person’s computer, not to the general formatting of a web […]
Read More dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6What is the difference between using Appearance (HTML) or Appearance (CSS) in the Page Properties Dialog Box?
I strongly recommend Appearance (CSS). That option will cause Dreamweaver to create CSS styles that correspond to the Page Properties settings, which is the recommended way to define page properties today. To see how this works, create a new blank page, set the page properties with the CSS option selected, and then you can study […]
Read More css, dwcs4, dwcs5, dwcs6I completely redesigned my site, uploaded it to my server, but it did not change.
Dear Janine, I redesigned my site, uploaded it to my server, but it did not change. I couldn’t find the answer in your Dummies book… maybe I am an idiot. Please help. Dear reader: Something tells me you’re not an idiot, but there are a few reasons that your new site may not be showing […]
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