Hand coding is the only way to go - except! There are some things that are just easier and nicer to do with a visual editor. CSS editing with preview. Just like when I develop my s…

does anyone know of any night classes in Socal to learn this stuff? I'm more of a learn by watching kind of person than reading from a book kind of person . . . .

I haven't used the latest version of Dreamweaver, but I'd suggest not buying it. Google gives higher page ranks to pages that are properly coded, it is better to code to web stand…

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c I haven't used the latest version of Dreamweaver, but I'd suggest not buying it. Google gives higher page ranks to pages that are properly …

Quote: Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - I had no problems with my latest page at all. It validates as XHTML-strict 1.0 and I didn't have to do any manual tweaking. Once agai…

Quote: Originally Posted by jay3ld used it.. and i like it allot better than version 7.. they seemed to step back a bit from the use of css like in version 7 everything you di…

yea sooner or later the page displays. it even does this in a php page i have that is 10,000 lines! when im viewing it in code. yet. textedit displays it just fine... i think dre…

Quote: Originally Posted by - - e r i k - - I had no problems with my latest page at all. It validates as XHTML-strict 1.0 and I didn't have to do any manual tweaking. Once agai…

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock 2. Does Dreamweaver fix all the myriad IE bugs that crop up, like float margin bugs and box model problems? I spend 30% of my develop…

Quote: Originally Posted by jay3ld yea sooner or later the page displays. it even does this in a php page i have that is 10,000 lines! when im viewing it in code. yet. textedit…

your right it does do that. but mine goes all the way to 2359 before doing this

Quote: Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock Two questions: 1. Is Dreamweaver producing standards-compliant xhtml pages using proper div layouts and semantic mark-up, or is it ch…

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c Can I see a page designed with the latest Dreamweaver - a page where the code wasn't altered from what DW created? http://selskapsspesial…

i have had to fix more dreamweaver pages that were total crap than i care to remember. tables height tags with nested tables with one pixel gifs in them - BURN IN HTMHELL macromedi…

Dreamweaver 8 isn't Dreamweaver MX or Dreamweaver 4. Table-layouts are a thing of the distant past and the current generation of WYSIWYG-editors acknowledge that and work perfectly…

show me. (meaning point out a site you or someone else did in dw8 and are proud of the source code)

Quote: Originally Posted by mania show me. (meaning point out a site you or someone else did in dw8 and are proud of the source code) He just did, two or three posts up. ht…

i guess i should add - in WYSYWIG view not by hand coding. edit - oh that page - not bad source but fairly simple.

Did DW automatically generate those external stylesheets and Javascript rollover over routine file?

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c Did DW automatically generate those external stylesheets and Javascript rollover over routine file? you know I hope that rollover image…

I am not even close to a real web developer, but I have used DW 8 and I like it a lot. I realize there are many arguments against its use, but one thing I've noticed is that it ca…

Quote: Originally Posted by surferboy I am not even close to a real web developer, but I have used DW 8 and I like it a lot. I realize there are many arguments against its use,…

Quote: Originally Posted by besson3c Did DW automatically generate those external stylesheets and Javascript rollover over routine file? There is no javascript-rollover at a…

Oh, and I've also set CSSEdit as my external editor for stylesheets in DW. Works great

Maybe I'm just a simpleton, but why are you coding 1500+ line pages? Google won't spider that far into a page, and neither will most people. Break it up. Also, CSSEdit rocks my wo…