Dreamweaver Tips

Stopping Untitled Documents Take 2

December 9, 2009

I feel a bit stupid. In my recent Stop “Untitled Document” in Dreamweaver post I reported what I thought was a very clever way to find pages titled "Untitled Document" using Dreamweaver's search function. It turns out there's a built-in function that will will do the job: Select menu: Site>Reports… In the reports dialog: Leave Current [...]

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Stop "Untitled Document" in Dreamweaver

December 8, 2009

If you're like most folks, you occasionally forget to re-title you pages in Dreamweaver and then look foolish when you end up with pages titled "Untitled Document" (see Google search for "Untitled Document"). I like to check all my page titles before uploading a site but it's a pain to open every document and it [...]

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Using the font tag in Dreamweaver CS4

August 3, 2009

A lot of folks are whining and moaning because Dreamweaver CS4 now enforces the use of CSS styles rather than HTML attributes for formatting. One of the things this means is no more font tag (and its related attributes). That's a good thing in my book. No more code like this: <p><font color="#003399" size="5" face="Tahoma, [...]

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Recovering Lost Site Definitions

July 6, 2009

More Dreamweaver Recovery Tips: Recover Dreamweaver Template | Recover Dreamweaver Passwords Updated: Dreamweaver CS5 and Windows Site Definition Recovery info added. My iMac recently froze up and, when I – eventually – recovered from the forced shut down and restart, I discovered my Dreamweaver preferences had been reset to the default settings and, even worse, [...]

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My Site Won't Update

June 18, 2009

Another problem often experienced by Dreamweaver noobies is: I've updated my site in Dreamweaver and it looks fine when I preview it but after I upload it the changes don't show up on the site. Let's eliminate the easiest solution first. Did you refresh your browser window? When you view a page on the web, [...]

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My Images/Style Sheets/Javascript Are Broken

June 17, 2009

I frequently get questions like this: My site works fine on my computer but when I upload it the [fill in the blank] are broken. My first response is one I use to address of lot of issues: Make sure your site is properly defined. It's critical enough that I wrote a tutorial, Define Your [...]

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An Introduction to Dreamweaver

May 7, 2009

As I mentioned earlier this week, I've been busily working to expand the amount of information we provide here at DWcourse. Well, after some long hours and late nights, I'm proud to announce the release of Let's Get Started with Dreamweaver, my introductory mini-course to Dreamweaver. It's a FREE 50+ page PDF that walks you [...]

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