2. Coding highlighting
This helps you quickly scan your code as well as
spot any errors. With each type of code there is a
different set of highlights to help you differentiate
between HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript and the list
goes on.
This is really useful if you have a lot of code on a
page that is a mix of HTML and dynamic
languages like PHP or ASP.
3.
4. Code Suggestion
Where I really love this feature is
when writing CSS, for example a popular
CSS property is “font family Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif;”, now I could write
all 41 characters or I could
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6. Code and Design View
It is at this point I part ways with
the purists, they will disagree with
using a Design View when the
browser is where the true rendering
of your code can be seen. However
I use the Code View to keep a firm
grip on my code and the Design
View to see the basic changes.
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8. Code Validation and Accessibility Checks
Mistakes can be quickly found and accessibility
issues can be highlighted during the coding
rather than after it is uploaded to a server and
put through an online tester. DW’s Code
Validation and Accessibility Checker is an great
first line of defence against errors and sprint
towards Accessible Web Standard code.
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10. Properties Bar & Insert Images
The properties bar is one of my best HTML creating
friends, it helps me make links, bold and italicise,
create ordered / un-ordered lists very quickly. This is
idea for when you are concentrating on content and
not code. For example highlight some text and type
where you want it to go when clicked.
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12. Dreamweaver Templates
DW templates use a series of standard <!– html
comments like this one –> so it is easy to to do a
Save As on a existing page created from a
template and make a new page. Once you go back
to DW you can do global template updates as
normal and your new pages will be updated as
normal.
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14. Tabs and Connected Files
One really useful thing about tabs is the little * that
appears next to the file name when you are editing,
this signifies you have not saved changes. Being
able to notice this really helps me explain to
learners why they are not seeing any changes they
just made in their browser.