Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-06 Thread Raena Jackson Armitage
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:44 PM, Ben Dodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you're using a mac then I must highly recommend TextMate (http://macromates.com/) as the best text-editor I've ever used. It has full syntax highlighting but it's real power comes with snippets, code blocks you can

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-06 Thread Nancy Gill
It has full syntax highlighting but it's real power comes with snippets, code blocks you can program yourself. Dreamweaver also has a Snippets panel with built in snippets and you can easily create your own in whatever category you wish and store them there, whether it be CSS snippets,

[WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread James Jeffery
I've been thinking about buying the new version of Photoshop and Illustrator, as i just purchased a new dual core iMac. Currently i use BBEdit but im thinking about switching to Dreamweaver as i might aswell purchase the creative suite. Is the new dreamweaver any good for us developers? This may

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I think its very handy even though i hardcode most stuff. Its good for organizing your work flow, with document tabs and what not. The code is pretty clean these days and theres a good built in validator. I think even object embedding (.flvs and what not) is pretty unobtrusive. Sorry if thats

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Frank Palinkas
Hi James, It may also be worth looking at Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008 Web Designer Express Edition - it's completely free (It has nothing to do with the Expression series of tools). It has IDE Source Code Editors for (X)HTML, XML, CSS, and JavaScript, etc. You can also download the limited

RE: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Ted Drake
. If not, you may want to consider cheaper options Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kevin mcmonagle Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:48 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3 I think its very handy even though

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Ben Dodson
Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kevin mcmonagle Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:48 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3 I think its very handy even though i hardcode most stuff. Its good

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Jason Pruim
On Apr 4, 2008, at 7:19 AM, James Jeffery wrote: I've been thinking about buying the new version of Photoshop and Illustrator, as i just purchased a new dual core iMac. Currently i use BBEdit but im thinking about switching to Dreamweaver as i might aswell purchase the creative suite. Is

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Michael Horowitz
I use dreamweaver for my (x)html coding. Even though I primarily do hand coding but like it to see what my visual looks like. When I get to PHP I switch to Crimson Editor. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 Jason Pruim wrote: On

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Ian Chamberlain
James, why not take advantage of the free 30 trial of Dreamweaver? - Original Message - From: James Jeffery To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 12:19 PM Subject: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3 I've been thinking about buying the new version of Photoshop

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread fiona herbert
Hi James. I am new to the developing world. I do have dreamweaver cs3 and think it is absolutely great and would recommend it to anyone. Regards Fi On 4/4/08, James Jeffery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking about buying the new version of Photoshop and Illustrator, as i just

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Michael Horowitz
One thing to realize is dreamweaver does often use non web standard rules for creating HTML. While it can help you create code it is not a substitution for knowing code. Michael Horowitz Your Computer Consultant http://yourcomputerconsultant.com 561-394-9079 fiona herbert wrote: Hi James.

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver CS3

2008-04-04 Thread Naveen Bhaskar
H james... If you want to code visually ..dreamweaver cs3 is a good option.It has a very good css editor also.I use both dreamweaver and microsoft visual studio for my coding and I feel both are good. but always check manually for web standards :-) I suggest you to download the trial versions

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions

2008-02-11 Thread Patrick H. Lauke
kevin.erickson wrote: I am trying to get advice/recommendations for Dreamweaver extensions that will help with accessibility plus any others that make for must-have's. Any particular aspect of accessibility? There are some extensions that aid in automated validation of local pages, though I

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions

2008-02-11 Thread E Michael Brandt
://www.divahtml.com/products/scripts_dreamweaver_extensions.php. Those look great! Kevin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E Michael Brandt Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:50 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver

RE: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions

2008-02-11 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
Michael Brandt Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 2:50 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: I am looking for extensions that aid in detecting errors on pages, missed alt tags, etc. Why not just Validate the page? E. Michael

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions

2008-02-11 Thread E Michael Brandt
Erickson, Kevin (DOE) wrote: I am looking for extensions that aid in detecting errors on pages, missed alt tags, etc. Why not just Validate the page? E. Michael Brandt www.divahtml.com www.divahtml.com/products/scripts_dreamweaver_extensions.php Standards-compliant scripts and Dreamweaver

[WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions

2008-02-11 Thread kevin.erickson
Hello, I am trying to get advice/recommendations for Dreamweaver extensions that will help with accessibility plus any others that make for must-have's. Thank you, Kevin Erickson VDOE Web *** List Guidelines:

RE: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions

2008-02-11 Thread Erickson, Kevin (DOE)
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver Extensions kevin.erickson wrote: I am trying to get advice/recommendations for Dreamweaver extensions that will help with accessibility plus any others that make for must-have's. Any particular aspect of accessibility? There are some

RE: [WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS

2005-05-08 Thread Murphey, Kay
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Street Sent: Saturday, 7 May 2005 4:43 PM To: Web Standards Group mailing list Subject: [WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS Hi, We're developing a website from a layout a client purchased from some online layout service

[WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS

2005-05-07 Thread Joshua Street
Hi, We're developing a website from a layout a client purchased from some online layout service (of course, .PSD and table-based HTML layout only), and they were going to manage their content using Dreamweaver template files... but when we turned the layout to something CSS-based it went and made

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS

2005-05-07 Thread David
Yep, Dreamweaver MX04's design view shows a lot of css layout incorrectly. (especially floats). Sometimes it gets pretty close but normally doesnt. I've always wondered why they dont just make the design view render like that of a good browser. e.g firefox. Has anyone else seen this kind of

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS

2005-05-07 Thread Kim Kruse
Hi Joshua, Why not ask this question on the MacroMedia news groups. I'm 100% sure they have the right answer for you (I'm not sure but it might have to do with design time style sheets... or something like that :) Kim Joshua Street wrote: Hi, We're developing a website from a layout a client

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS

2005-05-07 Thread Hope Stewart
Hi Joshua, Which version of Dreamweaver are you using? I use MX 2004 on a mac (which probably has different quirks to the win version) and am not having the problems you describe, though I've only been using CSS-based layouts for a few months (and am heavily using templates). The problem I am

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver templates and CSS - THREAD CLOSED

2005-05-07 Thread russ - maxdesign
As was hinted at by Kim, this is off topic. THREAD CLOSED The mail list does not cover - Non-Web Standards related issues and support - Detailed software support such as using a browser, installing a server, installing any tools etc. http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm If you have

RE: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-16 Thread Sam Hutchinson
://www.actiontransporttheatre.co.uk/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Ellis Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 02:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute] Hi all This is a good discussion

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-16 Thread David R
Post below: Michael Wilson wrote: I use Dreamweaver MX 2004 and, although I'm not certain what settings I may have changed since the initial install, I don't recall making any major adjustments to the preferences since that time. I believe I ticked on Make document XHTML compliant and set the

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-16 Thread heretic
Hi, Michael Wilson wrote: What would you consider to be the key standards and accessibility settings for Dreamweaver that some of us might be overlooking? The settings I recommend to people at work Accessibility tab: Enable all of the Show Attributes when Inserting options Code Format

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-16 Thread James Ellis
Dreamweaver does, however, still fail on the object tag, especilly for the Flash template. Hi David Have your tried exporting a compliant template from Flash itself? Not sure if you can do this in DW? I did some experiments in this last year http://www.webqs.com/experiment.php?id=15

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-15 Thread Terrence Wood
isn't the DWMX editor essentially homesite anyway? I'm a mac user so I've never seen or used homesite. Terrence Wood. On 2004-12-16 2:39 PM, heretic wrote: Realistically... we probably could have stuck with HomeSite :) -- You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-15 Thread James Ellis
Hi all This is a good discussion, lets try and keep it on how to apply the mentioned software to create standards compliant content rather than a rundown of its various features and comparison to other software. Cheers James admin On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:41:42 +1100, Natalie Buxton

[WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-15 Thread designer
Hi Mario and all, - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Standards Macromedia Contribute Also, I must admit I'm growing rather weary of all the negative remarks about Dreamweaver. From my humble perspective I use

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-15 Thread heretic
Hi all (hmm, this would be a de-lurk..), Also, I must admit I'm growing rather weary of all the negative remarks about Dreamweaver. From my humble perspective I use Dreamweaver MX 2004 I must say I agree. As with all tools, you find out how best to use them and what (if any) downsides there

Re: [WSG] Dreamweaver : was [ Standards Macromedia Contribute]

2004-12-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
This is probably getting OT... The DW editor isn't much like homesite at all anymore. Many more advanced features. It is worth downloading the free demo and having a look using CODE VIEW. Lots of built in things I like - the Oreilly's pocket guides, the inbuilt validation controls and the

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-17 Thread Will Jensen
Dave, You need some tranquilizers man. You did miss my point. Macromedia sells a product that purports to work with IE and most other browsers. Macromedia DreamWeaver MX has a defective template. Simple as that. A minor problem that could have been avoided by a bit more careful checking before

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-17 Thread csslist
lol well i took the comment probably different then you meant it but microcrap chooses to avoid the main stream in hopes that everyone does things their way or pay the price. (can we say Monopoly?) now when MM made those templates im sure they worked just fine especially in IE and the

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-16 Thread csslist
ok maybe its just the way u said this but its gotta be the dumbest thing i have ever read [quote]I imagined MacroMedia would not turn out a template that did not work in all browsers on all platforms.[/quote] i mean come on if it makes u feel better to pass some blame then blame who it is

[WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-15 Thread Will Jensen
I want to use the DW, Page Design CSS - Left Halo Nav template. It works well in all browsers, except it does not properly render in IE 6 on a WinTel PC. The problem seems to be with the Capsule Story element which is part of a table. In IE 6 Win the Capsule Story table begins after the bottom

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-15 Thread Natalie Buxton
Hi Will I have DW MX and setup the template here and could not duplicate the issue on IE6/WINXP. Which IE/WIN combo are you running? Natalie On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:40:19 +0300, Will Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to use the DW, Page Design CSS - Left Halo Nav template. It works

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-15 Thread Johannes Reiss
Original Message - From: Will Jensen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 5:40 PM Subject: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004 I want to use the DW, Page Design CSS - Left Halo Nav template.It works well in all browser

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-15 Thread Will Jensen
I am running IE 6 on Win 2K Adv Server. This is an interesting wrinkle. I imagined MacroMedia would not turn out a template that did not work in all browsers on all platforms. I used a 1024x768 screen resolution and if I resize the IE6 window horizontally the capsule story section drops down

Re: [WSG] DreamWeaver Template Left (or Right) Halo Nav in DW MX2004

2004-11-15 Thread Will Jensen
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Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-19 Thread Ian Lloyd
On 18 Mar 2004, at 09:41, Jeremy Flint wrote: how many are successfully using the WYSIWYG on a consistent basis and doing standards compliant work? Sooner or later, you have to get into the code. I have used DWMX for a long time and managed to keep standards up to par, but mainly because I

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-18 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hugh Todd wrote: Macromedia decided to license the Opera HTML-rendering engine just as they did with Contribute 2 to provide more faithful layout rendering than before, although this does seem to come with a performance price at times. The review is here:

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hugh Todd wrote: I'm not sure why this should be so, because I have an idea the rendering engine is now Opera. Just for the record Hugh, Dreamweaver uses it's own custom rendering engine. Macromedia Contribute uses Opera's rendering engine on the Macintosh, which is where you might be getting

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-17 Thread Jeremy Flint
. -Original Message- *From:* Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, March 17, 2004 6:57 PM *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Subject:* RE: [WSG] dreamweaver I meant to mention (but forgot) a couple of great features for someone whos converting a site to web

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-17 Thread Hugh Todd
Kay, Your reply sent me off to the web for a search. Couldn't find much, but this is what Creativepro.com's review says: Macromedia decided to license the Opera HTML-rendering engine just as they did with Contribute 2 to provide more faithful layout rendering than before, although this does

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-17 Thread scott parsons
In my opinion in order to do css and html professionally you have to get into the code But many people use DW (or contribute) who do not code html etc professionally (eg. content managers, IAs, GDs, java developers), and this is where the design view comes in very handy. Luckily if you get

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-17 Thread Leo J. O'Campo
Jeremy how many are successfully using the WYSIWYG on a consistent basis and doing standards compliant work? I've used DW for 5+ years and always used the design view first and then I'd have to clean up DW's verbose code by hand, but back then it was as standard as standards were. i would say

[WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-16 Thread Peter Ottery
anyone using dreamweaver? as far as 100% valid transitional and strict xhtml sites go, can dreamweaver have its preferences etc manipulated enough to be to produce markup and css exactly the way you want? I've always used homesite religiously to handcode sites but may need to look to

RE: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-16 Thread Phillips, Wendy
: scott parsons [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 17 March 2004 3:49 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] dreamweaver I use DW 2004, and rate it most highly. Since I pretty much just use the code view the html produced is mostly down to me... but even the design view

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-16 Thread Sean A Corfield
On Mar 16, 2004, at 8:45 PM, Phillips, Wendy wrote: - validate in the program itself as strict /transitional etc One gotcha is that DW doesn't spot the following problem: a href=index.cfm?event=fooarg=barfoobar/a (It should convert to amp; in this or at least warn that it is non-compliant)

Re: [WSG] dreamweaver

2004-03-16 Thread Leo J. O'Campo
On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 11:27 PM, Peter Ottery wrote: can dreamweaver have its preferences etc manipulated enough to be to produce markup and css exactly the way you want? Pete Actually dreamweaver is an html scripted application internally. You can change or extend any part of the