Dreamweaver Tips

Web Images and Photoshop Smart Objects in Dreamweaver

November 21, 2011

I've had a number of questions about web images and Dreamweaver recently so I thought I would share this video from my Dominate Dreamweaver Course. Inserting Photoshop Smart Objects into web pages with Dreamweaver and using the Image Preview dialog to explore the JPEG, GIF and PNG image formats and the related options. Duration 17:12 [...]

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Back up site definitions before updating Dreamweaver

August 13, 2011

In spite of a few reports of serious bugs in Dreamweaver CS5.5, it has, for the most part, proven to be a solid and stable release. But that doesn't mean you should take the upgrade process lightly. For instance, I recently came across a report of site definitions being lost when some Mac Users upgraded [...]

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Adobe, Help Me (if you can)

June 27, 2011
Adobe Helpless

How to open Adobe Help in your Browser Like the Beatles, "I'm feelin' down…" And this tweet from John Olson pretty much sums it up. I dont think I can be anymore clear on how much I hate the Adobe help system. Adobe Community Help app BLOWS! Give me html help back plz June 16, [...]

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Templates: Find all pages using the same template

April 13, 2011

I recently received this question from Darlene Hart: Is it possible to identify which pages have been generated by a specific Dreamweaver template without actually making a change to the template and choosing to update?  I want to document which files are associated with each of my templates and I would be thrilled to find [...]

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Highlighting the current page in a Spry menubar on a template-based page

January 12, 2011

Duration: 7 minutes Here's a follow up to my earlier post about highlighting the current page in a Spry menubar. In this video you'll learn a technique which will allow you to perform the same trick on a menubar which is locked by a template. In the process you'll learn to use the powerful but [...]

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Using Photoshop Smart Objects in Dreamweaver

January 11, 2011

Duration 6 minutes I recently asked for suggestions for videos and tutorials and Jim McKibben asked “how to effectively use Dreamweaver with Adobie Creative Suite?” That’s a pretty broad subject, but I thought I’d start by demonstrating how you can integrate Photoshop Smart Objects into your Dreamweaver workflow. I hope you’ll find the video helpful. [...]

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Highlight the Current Page in a Spry Menu with CSS

January 9, 2011

duration: 7:38 How to use CSS to highlight the link to the current page in your menus (including Spry menubars). As an example, the "Home" link will be highlighted on the Home page, the "Contact" link on the contact page, etc.  

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