RE: FLASH: RE: Learning HTML (now: Dreamweaver)

[Robinson, Keith]

I've not had the pleasure to look into all of the cool features of v2, I have the eval copy but I doubt I'll be able to buy DW2 anytime soon (budget reasons here) I hope I have some time to delve deeper, we shall see.

I do have Cold Fusion 4.0 and it offers similar formatting features, but they don't seem to be worth the effort so set up.  I do the vast majority of my coding by hand anyhow, and have numerous templates already set up.

The "clean up HTML" feature you mentioned I'm sure would be of great help for when I get content from non-web-types pushed through Word's internet assistant or Frontpage....

<yuck>




> Roger Smith wrote:

> > Cold Fusion is awesome. I think you need to have

> > the hand building expertise

> 

> Or use Dreamweaver 2. On the CD it has readymade ColdFusion objects... you

> can design data-driven sites in a visual environment.

> 

> 

> Keith Robinson wrote, in part:

> > The [Dreamweaver] code is usually fairly clean (being a coder and

> > accessibility person it's not clean enough, and I have to tweak

> > the HTML afterwards almost every time, not too much....but c'est la vie.)

> 

> Keith, have you explored the control you have over default formatting in

> Dreamweaver 2.0 yet? It was possible to control this a bit in DW1.x, but

> 2.0 adds quite a bit more here. I'm not sure what types of edits you're

> making, but you may be able to front-load them and have the tool apply your

> desired formatting itself.

> 

> First place to check is the preferences dialog. There are deeper levels of

> control if you edit the "SourceFormat.profile" file directly.

> 

> 

> Handy tip: If you get some messy HTML from someone else, then you can

> usually do an excellent job of fixing it with three different processes:

>   --  Use "tables to layers" and back again to clean tables (with optional

> layer snapping if the table has 1-pixel rows)

>   --  Use the "Clean Up HTML" command to remove unused or redundant tags

>   --  Use the "Apply Source Formatting" command to format the entire

> document in your preferred style.

> 

> 

> Sidenote: In version 2.0, Dreamweaver has broken from the pack... it's no

> longer just an editor, but more a high-powered development platform for web

> professionals. Still does HTML editing, sure, but there's a *very* rich

> world in there...!

> 

> 

> jd

> 

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