Video Tutorial - How to use Dreamweaver 8 If you've just purchased Dreamweaver and not yet sure how to go about designing and Internet web site with it, then this is the tutorial to watch. This tutorial is recommended for beginners wanting to learn the basics of putting together their first web site. This Dreamweaver tutorial covers the following steps: 1. setting up your first webpage and giving it a title. 2. setting your page properties including background images or color, default text font and link colors etc. 3. adding images to your first Internet web site design. 4. adding...
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"How to design an Internet web site with Dreamweaver 8"
Learn how to format your webpage with Dreamweaver. This tutorial will show you how to use numerous tools available in Dreamweaver to get your webpage looking exactly as you intend. Firstly it demonstrates how to change page properties including text color, size and type as well as talk you through adding a background color or image. It then goes on to discuss css style sheets and formatting tables ie. adding columns and rows. Take some time to experiment with different webpage settings and don't be afraid to make mistakes. The important thing is to work out what looks best and...
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How to use the find and replace tool in Dreamweaver One of the most useful time saving tools in Dreamweaver is often overlooked by webmasters. The find and replace tool is fantastic for when you need to quickly delete a specific block of code that is found on numerous webpages. As this tutorial video demonstrates, you simply need to view your source code and highlight the block of text you wish to delete. Then you right click on it and choose 'replace'. From there you can opt to delete the text from either the current document only or from a...
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Defining a "Site" in Dreamweaver This tutorial shows you how to define a site in Dreamweaver. Sadly this is a process that is often overlooked by beginners and experienced webmasters. I say sadly because it can save you a lot of time in the future if you want to change around the path to any of your files. For example, if you make a webpage about flowers and a few months down the track you decide you want to move that file into a subfolder called 'nature' for instance, then what dreamweaver does is it automatically changes all your sites...
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Creating rollovers in Dreamweaver 8 Here is a tutorial for beginners using Dreamweaver 8 showing you how to make image rollovers. Before following this tutorial you will need to have two images. One for the original display and a second one for the rollover image. Rollovers can be used for images, basic butons or full blown navigation systems. It also demonstrates how to link your button to a URL (website) and how to test it before uploading to your web host. A handy keyboard shortcut mentioned in this video tutorial is F12 which brings up the page your working on...
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Dreamweaver shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts can be a real time saver when creating websites in Dreamweaver. For example, consider the time it takes to bring up code view then search for a specific line of HTML. Now imagine the time you could save if you simply pressed Control+Tab followed by Ctrl+F and typed in part of the line your needing to find. Dreamweaver then goes directly to the HTML code you need. Listed below are keyboard shortcuts I use most often when using Macromedia Dreamweaver: Ctrl+N Opens a new document to start editing. Ctrl+W Closes the current document. If it's not...
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Free Dreamweaver Extensions What are extensions? Dreamweaver extensions are small programs that you can install into your software that provides added functionality. For example, they could add a rollover navigation or an Abbreviation and Acronym addon to Dreamweaver that can be used with a simple click of a mouse. I guess you could say, extensions such as behavior addons makes Dreamweaver more efficient. How to install Dreamweaver extensions To install extensions or addons you need to download and use an Extenstions Manager. You can get these directly from the Adobe website. Download Dreamweaver Extension Manager for version 3 Download Extension...
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How to make a website that checks to see if your visitor has the appropriate browser plugins. There are numerous browser plugins that your visitor may need in order to view your website properly depending on its content. For example, Flash, Shockwave, Live Audio, QuickTime, Windows Media Player. If the website visitor doesn't have the appropriate plugin you have two choices. You can redirect them to a page that doesn't need that specific addon, or you can send them to a website where they can download the plugin. Dreamweaver makes it easy to add the code that checks for plugins....
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