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Well, I’ve avoided it long enough. Use NOBR when you don’t want any part of a string to break. I’ve avoided using it on phone numbers forever, basically because I’m lazy. But I finally buckled to the pressure and gave it a go. NOBR also helps avoid the dreaded widows. Here’s a sample code: <p>To [...]
There is a simple way to backup your site files in Dreamweaver. Just go to “Manage Sites” and click “Export” and it will export all your site information with logins and passwords and local paths into .ste files. Then, if you ever have to re-install Dreamweaver, you can just re-import these files and save yourself [...]
Here’s the scenario: You have a background image in your layout… like a header logo, and you want to apply a link to that logo – back to the home page, for example. In old HTML days we would have had an image file in place (not a CSS background) and apply an image map. [...]
When using Dreamweaver, it seems easy to create a Spry Menu navigation bar for your website. All you have to do is go into the CSS and change the colors, etc to match your design and you’re set… right? Well, depending on how much you have changed, the answer could be no. And sometimes your [...]
Do you want some easy code for printing a page, going back in your browser, or closing a window? Just copy and paste this E-Z code.
Null links (#) will cause a browser to jump to top of page, annoying anyone who wants the page to remain in the same scroll position when the link is clicked
When passing variables from a web page created in Dreamweaver to an SWF file, make sure you add the variable name to the path as outlined below.
A lot of display problems can arise when you have Spry menus (or any other type of drop down menu) in your navigation, and the drop down displays over a flash movie.
When dealing with users on multiple platforms and multiple browsers, sometimes browser specific changes are a necessity.
I’ve found that working with IE6 definitely has its limitations. One specific problem is that it can’t handle displaying PNG files with transparency.