Golden Oldies: Server Side Includes

If you are using ColdFusion, Active Server Pages, PHP or another server-side scripting language, you have the ability to create server-side include files. These are text files containing code that is inserted into your pages before the web server sends them to visiting web browsers. Because multiple HTML pages can link to the same include file, it is also possible to change the include file and have it instantly update in all of the pages that use it. Although similar to linking scripts, include Read more [...]

May 24, 2015

Dreamweaver Asset Maintenance in a New Site Build

I've recently found a whole bunch of tips, tricks and just plain common sense articles and snippets I wrote over a decade ago in relation to Macromedia Dreamweaver. Whilst they may be a slightly archaic, they are still relevant to this day in CS6 and CC versions. The following lists suggests several ways to get the most out of existing assets during a site redesign without letting those assets undermine your ability to create a new site optimized for maintenance. • Don’t throw everything Read more [...]

June 23, 2013

Free Valentines CSS Template for Adobe Dreamweaver

I've decided to upload a load of old CSS templates that I created as starting points for Adobe Dreamweaver Site Extensions, the first being a Valentines CSS website template, complete with layout PSD (Photoshop files), HTML and CSS. All free and provided 'as is', so enjoy Free Valentines CSS Template with Source Files Source Files HTML Files / CSS / Images Photoshop PSD Source Files Read more [...]

February 22, 2002

Creating a DHTML Interaction with Fireworks and Dreamweaver

In this tutorial, you will create a simple quiz interaction using Fireworks’ export to CSS option and the Dreamweaver Show-Hide Layers behavior. Few software programs enable you to create interactivity without having to do any scripting, but Dreamweaver is one of them. When you add the Fireworks export to CSS layers feature to the workflow, you have an easy way to add graphics into the interaction. Read more [...]