Using HTML5 in Dreamweaver CS5.5

If you're ready to dive into the latest flavor of HTML, Dreamweaver CS5.5 offers two new HTML5 Layouts, complete with CSS style rules, to give you a head start.

This lesson shows you how to edit one those layouts by editing the CSS to change the background color, font face, and other design features. Even if you've been using HTML and CSS for a while, you're sure to appreciate the head start these layouts offer and how easy it is to customize the designs in Dreamweaver.

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Use CSS to turn an unordered list into a navigation bar

Here's a great trick for turning a bulleted list (or unordered list) into a navigation bar with a simple rollover effect using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). In the old days, we created rollover effects with images, but today's text-based navigation links created with text and CSS formated with the <ul> and <li> tags, offer many advantages, including:

Text links load faster than images
Text links are easier to update
Text links are more search engine friendly

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To App or Not to App

When is it better to create a Native App, the kind that has to be downloaded from the iTunes store, vs a Web App or mobile website for browsers?

What is the difference between iPad & iPhone Apps, Android Apps, and other Native Apps, when compared with Web Apps that play in Safari and other web browsers?

This comparison table will help you better understand your options and why some sompanies are creating both a native app and a web app.

Compare App choices in our chart >

Apps Even Beginners Love

A starter guide to the best iPad apps ever

Fresh out of the box, every iPad comes with a few basic options – a web browser, maps, email program, and a few games and utilities.

You can download more games, and use apps to keep up with the news, make travel arrangements, and well… there’s an app for just about everything.

After scouring dozens of categories to find the best app on the iPad, I discovered that the “Best” app really depends on who you are, what you like, and what you’re doing. (Read Janine's review of best iPad apps)