June 25, 2009

Displaying Styles in Design View

In Dreamweaver CS3, a feature was introduced to allow CSS style rendering to be turned OFF in Design View:

  View > Style Rendering > Display Styles

This allows you to quickly view the semantic structure of a page. It's also helpful when marking up or editing content inside elements that are not accessible in Design View for whatever reason.

Originally, this setting persisted until changed. But, many users turned off this setting without knowing what it was, and later would go crazy trying to figure out why their styles weren't rendering. So starting in CS4, this setting is always reset to ON when DW is restarted (which is a natural action to take when things don't make sense).

You can change it to default to OFF as follows:

1. Place the following code in a file called myStartup.htm :

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
  dw.cssStylePalette.setDisplayStyles(false);
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

2. Place a copy of this file in the Configuration/Startup folder so that it gets executed every time you start DW.

Notice that I gave it a generic name in case you want to add any other commands to be executed at every startup.

Posted by Randy Edmunds at 8:58 AM | | Comments (0)

June 10, 2009

CS4 Code Printing Improvements

Starting with Dreamweaver CS4, code now prints with Syntax Coloring.

The exception to this is that background colors are not printed. Code printing recognizes the "Syntax Coloring" Code View setting in the:

  View > Code View Options

menu for turning off coloring.

The "Line Numbers" setting is also recognized when printing.

Posted by Randy Edmunds at 11:42 AM | | Comments (0)

April 22, 2009

Making Feature Requests

Are you interested in requesting a new feature for Dreamweaver, or any other Adobe product?

First of all, read this excellent article by Garrett Dimon (that I found on John Nack's blog) about suggestions for making feature requests. As someone who regularly reads Feature Requests, this article hit the mark on every point.

Then use the Adobe Feature Request Form to submit your request to the appropriate Adobe product team.

Thank you in advance for keeping the great feedback coming!

Posted by Randy Edmunds at 9:03 AM | | Comments (0)

March 27, 2009

Good news for Dreamweaver video tutorial lovers

Some good news for those of you who like Dreamweaver getting started tutorials in video format. Adobe has decided to publish all of their official CS4 video tutorials on YouTube so as to broadcast them to the widest audience possible. You can see the full list of tutorials, as well as rate and comment on any of them, here:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D46F0582FED3D64E

And yes, this decision was directly geared toward those of you who might be shying away from Adobe TV.

Have fun!

Posted by Jon Varese at 4:39 PM | | Comments (0)

March 25, 2009

Dreamweaver on Adobe TV

Adobe TV has many videos for learning about Dreamweaver. Start with the following link:

http://tv.adobe.com/#pd+Dreamweaver

Use the settings on the right to narrow down the list for your interests according to Release (CS3, CS4, Other), Skill Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), and Topics (Tutorials, Demos, Tips and Tricks, and Inspiration).

Also, use the dropdown list at the top to sort the videos By Date, Alphabetically, Highest Rated, or Most Popular to help sift through the list.

Posted by Randy Edmunds at 9:06 AM | | Comments (5)