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Extensions

Customize the content of the DMXzone tab

Question:


How can I customize the content of the DMXzone tab on the Insert/Objects bar in Dreamweaver? Read More
Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver acronyms & terms cheat-sheet

Wondering what some web or DW (Dreamweaver) acronyms, abbreviations, or terms can mean? Here's your cheet-sheet... Read More
Basics

Images do not display!

Question:


I have uploaded my site and my images don't show. When I open the pages in Dreamweaver they do show. Read More
Dreamweaver

Win2k and FTP errors

Windows 2000 FTP errors (user permissions error?)

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Extensions

Toggle checkbox, stop form submitting

Question
My form keeps submitting when I apply the Toggle Checkboxes behavior to a button.
How do I stop this from happening?

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Basics

Blue line around images

Why do I get a thick blue line around images when I insert them into dreamweaver? It does not happen all the time and it shows when I preview the page in the browser. Read More
Dreamweaver

Disable button when none selected

Q:

How can i disable a button within a form untill a selection is made, for example when using a poll form ?

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Dreamweaver

FrontPage & Dreamweaver Problem

Since I installed Dreamweaver 4, FrontPage 2000 has not opened properly. Read More
Dreamweaver

Auto Window Print

Q

How can i initialize the print function in JavaScript for a printable page, so that the user doesn't need to click a print-button ?

A

Just put this little script in your page and it will initialize the print pop-up automatically.

<script>
if (window.self) window.print();
</script>

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Dreamweaver

Preventing Ultradev Crash

Do you experience lot of crash with UD ? Especially when manipulating tables and cell attribute ? Or sometimes just when typing text ?

Well, Macromedia has a technote (14849 : http://www.macromedia.com/go/14849) Where they say that Microsoft MDAC may cause some trouble...

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Basics

Does DW support MS Frontpage Extensions??

FrontPage uses Server Extensions and I would like to know does Dreamweaver support these extensions?

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Basics

Validating Radio Buttons

Question:


Is it possible to validate a form that has radio buttons? I want to be sure that at least one of the buttons is checked before the form is being submitted.

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Basics

Your site on CD ROM!

I would like to create a site in Dreamweaver and then publish it on a CD-Rom.  Is there a way to do it without messing up the links?
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Basics

AutoScroll

How do you get rid of those "ghost scrollbars" when a page needs no scrollbars? Read More
Dreamweaver

Resizing browser windows to suit your monitor

I have created a website using both Dreamweaver 4 and Importing Fireworks 4.

How can I make my site resize to fit the browser window viewing it.  The pages look great on my monitor; however, when I view with a larger monitor, the page looks very small in comparison to the monitor with a lot of screen space around it.

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Basics

Scrub the links!

Is there any way to get rid of the dotted focus lines that appear around
buttons after they are selected?
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Basics

Decoding Forms!

When I submit my forms created in Dreamweaver I get a blank e-mail with an attachment that has an *.ATT extension. Why is this?  Read More
Basics

Redirecting pages automatically

I want to have an index.htm, which has a flash movie that displays
the company logo; I want it to redirect to my frameset.htm when done. How do I get it to do this? Does Dreamweaver help show me how to do this or am I going to have to learn the code?

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Basics

I am about to be arrested please help!

When I try to open DW I get an error message saying that I have performed an illegal operation and Dreamweaver is going to be shut down. Am I about to be arrested or is there something else? Read More
Basics

Moving computers!

I  moved my sites from one computer to another and lost all my site definitions. It seems like everytime that I move my local root folder to another location I have to redefine sites. When I moved the template folder all the pages looked awful, why is this?

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Extensions

Where do I find the Extension Manager from Macromedia!

I have heard so much about extensions but how do I "install" them into my Dreamweaver product? Read More
Basics

How to make the textlink without underlining

How do i make a textlink that is not underlined? Read More
Extensions

Setting FTP Permissions

I need to set-up my cgi form submit to have 755 permission. The only problem
is where do I find it?

I have read  Dreamweaver help files but been unable to find it - Please help!

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