Microformats in Dreamweaver
23 Mar 2006
I'm a fan of Dreamweaver, having used it for years. Drew McLellan (of the WaSP Dreaweaver Task Force and who I met ever so briefly at SXSW) has just released a Microformats Dreamweaver Extension. It allows for the easy insertion of hCalendar, hCard and XFN microformats into any page you may be working on. Since comments are closed on the WaSP site, best to leave your comments on Drew's site. ...
Veerle reviews Dreamweaver 8
26 Sep 2005
Over on Veerle's blog, she takes the time to review a number of features of Dreamweaver 8. Some of the features have been staples of previous versions of Dreamweaver, like the built in site management features. New features like the Style Rendering toolbar are definitely targeted at CSS-based layout developers and will no doubt make it easier for developers to create and review their projects from...
Quick Tagging in Dreamweaver
22 Sep 2005
I touched on the Find and Replace dialog but I wanted to touch on a feature more specifically related to the design view. The Quick Tag Editor is one of those features that I use often when formatting content. The editor let’s you quickly add or edit a tag from design view. Need to quickly superscript some text or add a hyperlink but don’t want to switch to the properties panel? Select...
Find and Replace using Dreamweaver
21 Sep 2005
After seeing Dreamweaver pulled through the mud by people who deem it a poor tool for development, I’ve decided to shed some light on features that I feel have saved me countless time and may help you in your quest to produce better web sites faster. One specific feature that stands out for me is the Find and Replace tool. For all you PC users, a CTRL-F will bring the Find dialog right up....
Setting TITLE using text from H1 header in Dreamweaver
22 Jan 2005
Here's a little code snippet that might make your life easier. If you wanted to set your page title to include the text from your header (in my case, the H1 element) you can use this search and replace. Pop open the Find dialog and select Source Code from the Search drop down. Enter the following into the Find field: <title>(.)*</title>((.|\n)*)<h1>(.)+</h1> Luckily, Drea...