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Should I use pixel, pica, em or rem to set the size when I create styles with CSS?

Posted by Janine Warner - September 23, 2013 - CSS, CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, FAQ, Responsive, Tutorials
Sizes for CSS Styles

When you create CSS Styles, you can specify sizes for fonts and other elements in so many ways that confusion (and frustration) can set in pretty quickly. Historically, most of us used pixels or ems as the sizes of choice (see explanations below), but today an increasingly popular choice is rem, a seemingly magical option […]

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How to use the CSS rule definition panel for styles in Dreamweaver CS6

Posted by Janine Warner - March 3, 2013 - Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials

The CSS Rule Definition dialog in Dreamweaver makes it easy for you to choose among the many CSS options you can use to define the formatting and other options you want to include in any style you create. The following article provides an overview of the many options available in this CSS dialog. Bookmark this […]

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Creating Responsive Designs with CSS Media Queries

Posted by Janine Warner - December 29, 2012 - CSS, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Mobile Web Design, Tutorials

Responsive web design is a great way to create website that work on small and large screen sizes. Responsive design involves creating one HTML page and then designing multiple style sheets to change the display based on the size of the screen where the page is viewed. This article reviews how to use media queries to target style sheets based in the width of the browser window.
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Creating websites with Dreamweaver HTML templates (.dwt)

Posted by Janine Warner - September 16, 2012 - Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials

Templates come in many shapes and styles on the web. You can find templates for Adobe Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress blogs and more on the web, but not all templates work in all programs. This column is about creating Templates with the .dwt extension – a step that saves time when creating custom sites in […]

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What’s the difference between a website & blog?

Posted by Janine Warner - September 16, 2012 - Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress

Dreamweaver vs WordPress

You might be surprised how many people are confused about the difference between a website and a blog, and how complicated it is to answer the question about which one is better…

Essentially, a blog (short for web log) is just a special kind of web site. Blogs are designed to make it easy for anyone to post text and images to the Internet (even if you don’t know HTML, the language of web design).

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Language Support in Dreamweaver CS5 & CS6: 37 Languages Including Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Turkish

Posted by Janine Warner - September 14, 2012 - Dreamweaver CS5, Tutorials

SPELL CHECK IN 37 LANGUAGES: SI, OUI, JA, DA, YES! As the Internet becomes increasingly multilingual it’s great to see Adobe upgrade the spell check features in Dreamweaver to handle 37 languages (previous versions supported less than half that many). To change the dictionary to any of the included languages, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) […]

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Review: What’s the Best Way to Add eCommerce Or a Shopping Cart to a Website?

Posted by Janine Warner - September 13, 2012 - Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, ecommerce, Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress

When adding shopping carts and other eCommerce services to your site, you can choose from many options. Familiar brands, such as PayPal and Google, have made major efforts to migrate their online commerce technology to the mobile platform. And a crop of new companies are emerging, with dedicated mobile services that include everything from m-commerce […]

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How to Test a Website in Different Browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome

Posted by Janine Warner - September 13, 2012 - CMS, CSS, Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS3, Dreamweaver CS4, Dreamweaver CS5, Dreamweaver CS6, Feature-Front, Tutorials, Web Design, WordPress
Firefox Browser Test

It’s a shocking scenario: You create a page design that looks just perfect in your favorite web browser on your own computer. You publish it on the Internet and tell all your friends. And the next thing you know, your cousin in Iowa and your friends in Brazil are telling you that it looks terrible, […]

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Quick Look: Discover the New Features in Dreamweaver CS5

Posted by Janine Warner - September 11, 2012 - Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS5

Here are some of the best new features that Adobe added to Dreamweaver CS5: 1. The New, Simpler, Site Setup Process Set up new sites up faster in Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 and set up multiple servers for any site. This is a great way to manage a testing server and live server for the same […]

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How to set up a website in Dreamweaver CS5

Posted by Janine Warner - September 11, 2012 - Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver CS5, Tutorials, Video

Before you do anything in Dreamweaver on a new site or on a site you’re opening for the first time in Dreamweaver, make sure you complete the Site Setup process. Once you’ve set up a web site, Dreamweaver displays all of the related files in the Files panel. Setting up a site also makes it […]

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