Entries Tagged as 'Blogs'

I completely redesigned my site, uploaded it to my server, but it did not change. I couldn’t find the answer in your Dummies book.. maybe I am an idiot..

November 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Something tells me you’re not an idiot, but there are a few reasons that your new site may not be showing up. Here are a some things to check. 1. Make sure you uploaded your site to the right place. On many web servers, if you use the FTP info they send, you enter the [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Browser Testing · Dreamweaver 8 · Dreamweaver CS3 · Dreamweaver CS4 · Dreamweaver CS5 · Dreamweaver MX · Dreamweaver MX 2004 · expression web · Links · Teacher's Corner · Web design · web servers & hosting

Where do I insert the Google Checkout shopping cart code?

September 29th, 2011 · No Comments

Janine, I just watched your class on E-Commerce on Kelby Training.  It was an excellent class for someone like me, but  I am experiencing a little difficulty in adding the Google checkout to my site. I have no problems adding the code for the items, but that 2nd piece of code that you said to [...]

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Why do my web pages look different in Internet Explorer than in other browsers?

August 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Unfortunately, different web browsers display text and HTML differently, and Internet Explorer is one of the worst, and most notorious, for bad code display. What most web designers do is test their pages in a variety of web browsers and work to make sure their pages look ‘good enough’ in all of them. Because the [...]

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How do you create photo galleries in Dreamweaver CS5?

July 26th, 2011 · No Comments

The answer to how to create a gallery in a web page in Dreamweaver isn’t as simple as you might expect. There were some automated tools for creating galleries in previous versions of Dreamweaver, but they had limited options and used an old version of Flash. Those features were cut from the program a couple of [...]

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Tags: Blogs · cgi scripts · CSS · Dreamweaver CS4 · Dreamweaver CS5 · Fireworks · Flash · Links · Templates · Web graphics

How do you add text to an image so that the text appears when someone rolls a cursor over the image in a browser?

June 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Good question. Dreamweaver includes the Alt text field when you insert images, but it has no easy way to add the title attribute, and that’s what you need if you want the text to appear when you roll a cursor over an image in IE. Here’s an example of what it looks like: <img src=”photo.jpg” [...]

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How to fix broken images when using GoDaddy’s Preview DNS with WordPress?

April 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Special thanks to Dale Ellis dale@ellismultimedia.com for this guest post. I hope it saves you the grief he suffered: I recently redesigned a site for a client with WordPress and hosted it on GoDaddy. Unlike a standard blog where we would be starting off from scratch, there was already an existing site, hosted on another service, [...]

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What’s the difference between web hosting and domain registration?

March 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Domain registration and hosting are two separate services. Many companies offer both, but they are completely different services. Here’s a metaphor that may help you understand the difference — it confuses a lot of people. Think of a hosting company like an apartment you rent, a place where your web site can live. Think of [...]

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Tags: Blogs · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Teacher's Corner · Web design · web servers & hosting · WordPress

Please help with connecting to WordPress.

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Hi Janine, I am reading your new book Dreamweaver For Dummies and saw in your book that you discuss WordPress and CS5. I purchased CS5 to work with WordPress and have yet to successfully get it working with my various WordPress installations. I am not a real developer and would prefer to not create a [...]

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What should I name my web URL in the server setup on a Mac?

June 7th, 2010 · No Comments

Hello Janine, I have a couple of questions regarding instructions you gave on your recent training video thru Kelby Training. First, I am on a Mac and would like to know what to name my web URL in the server setup. You indicate Localhost for Windows. Is it the same for Mac? Second, is the [...]

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Do you have any recommendations on sources for Dreamweaver templates?

January 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Hi Janine, I’m writing in part to tell you how much I’m enjoying your book, although I’m still very new to the concepts, the Dreamweaver program, and web-design in general. I’m also asking if you might have any recommendations on sources for Dreamweaver templates. I’ve downloaded a some from various Web sites, and I’ve found [...]

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