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All Dreamweaver Tutorials on Video
Server Side code and Dreamweaver
Using Server side code means
that when open a document that’s
on a web server, the server processes the include instructions and creates
a new document in which the include instructions are replaced by the
contents of the included file this can have the extension shtml or you
can even
use PHP . PHP and Dreamweaver Tutorials
We shall carry on from our last set of Dreamweaver tutorials in which we where using server side includes and php files, in this set of lessons we shall connect to a MySQL server and pull the text and images out of a database.Dreamweaver Tutorials on MySQL & PHP
Framesets in Dreamweaver
Frames can get complex, and indeed
can also be used for passing information in pages that are hidden from
the
viewer,
there
are
much better
ways to do this using scripting like JavaScript, PHP or ASP. Dreamweaver
does make using frames a lot easier, but always ask if you really need
to use them, in this tutorials we will not only show you how to use them,
but we will hightlight when you should not. Using Frames Dreamweaver
Tutorials
Creating Frames in Dreamweaver.
Dreamweaver allows you to view and edit all of the documents within a frameset.
This allows you see how the framed pages will look in a browser as you work
with them. Some aspects of this can be confusing at first . Remember that each
frame displays a separate document.
Dreamweaver allows you to view and edit all of the documents within a frameset.
This allows you see how the framed pages will look in a browser as you work
with them. Dreamweaver tutorials on creating frames
Custom Framesets and Advanced techniques:
A frame set can do more than help layout your wed site, you can send hidden
data from page to page using a hidden page, how is this possable, we
this tutorial will show you how, but to give you a insight you set the
main frame to 100% and the other frame to 0%, the page in the hidden
section will never be seen no matter what size the browser window is.
Advanced Dreamweaver Tutorials using Frames
Customizing the frames
Ok we have over standard frameset and our pages, but lets say that you
wish to split the frames or even add a function where clicking on one
button will load to pages into the frameset, in this tutorial we will
use JavaScript to carry out this task. Custom Framesets Dreamweaver Tutorials
CSS in Dreamweaver MX2004
Before we get started on this next
set of Dreamweaver tutorials, I would first like to run over a few points
on
formatting
text,
we shall
be covering this in great details, but reading this first will help you
understand what we are hoping to archive. As well as using the old way
i.e font tags we shall be changing the color and size using CSS style
sheets, if this sounds very boring you are in for a shock, sit back and
watch what CSS can do for you. CSS Styles Dreamweaver Tutorials
Formatting in Dremaweaver
CSS is much better at setting out
text in a web document, but some of the layout styles in CSS may not show
the same in Dreamweaver as in a browser. Some properties in CSS are don't
render the same on different platforms, it is therefore very important
to check all your pages first. We shall in this tutorial be using different
browsers to test the pages in first, we shall also be puting in some
error deliberately so you can see the out come.Advanced CSS Styles Dreamweaver
Tutorials
Setting fonts, padding and layout in Dreamweaver:
Laying out you design in Photoshop first, we then show you how to import
the file into Fireworks where we can slice the image up and create the
HTML, then comes the hard part, fitting it all together in Dreamweaver,
this tutorial will show you how to re-create the page by using Padding,
font size and CSS, while the font tag is now depleted it is still supported
and will be for some time to come, using the font tag can still be useful
for things like HTML email. Font control Tutorials using Dreamweaver
Using a External Sytle Sheet
Up until the release of Dreamweaver MX2004 support for CSS was limited
and to have any control you would have to use third party products such
as topstyle pro. Part of the many new features in MX2004 comes advanced
CSS editing and even tag hints, to how a over view of how this product
works view our Dreamweaver MX2004 Tutorials
PHP and Coldfusion
More people are switching to PHP to produce dynamic web sites, the
power of PHP as grown and the fact that it works with great ease with MySQL
is a major plus factor. PHP and MySQL when used with Dreamweaver provide
you with so many options that one set of tutorials would not be enough, hence
we have produced a full training course on CD. PHP - Coldfusion Dreamweaver
Tutorials