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CSS: Taking It Out For A Test Drive
In my previous article, we took an in depth look at the new Unified CSS Panel, the new visual aids for helping to give the user a clearer picture of what the CSS is doing to a given page, and the rendering improvements in Dreamweaver 8. I think we all agreed that, once again, we have a whole new CSS ballgame.
But there is nothing quite like trying out something yourself. You can believe everything I’m telling you but what I can’t tell you is whether or not it will work for you. Will this improve workflow for your individual situation? I really think I can shout a resounding YES! But I don’t blame you for wanting to try some of this yourself.
This article is part of the new interactive e-book; Dreamweaver Crystal Gazer: The Power Of Dreamweaver 8
And so you shall. In this article, we are going to build a page with the new CSS unified panel and put it through some of its paces. We will do this from the standpoint of inline CSS “in the head” which makes it easier to see what is going to happen and why.
In the next article we’ll return to the case study and create an external CSS sheet and work with some different ways to work with CSS in Dreamweaver 8. There are many ways to achieve what you want and we’ll try to show you as many of them as we can. Enjoy!
Nancy Gill
In early 1996, Nancy Gill picked up her first book on HTML and permanently said goodbye to the legal field. She has been busy ever since developing web sites for businesses, organizations and social groups in Central California and occasionally beyond. Nancy has served as a member of Team Macromedia since late 2001, first with UltraDev and then moving to Dreamweaver when the programs were consolidated in 2002. She also serves as Assistant Manager for the Central California Macromedia User's Group.
Nancy is the co-author of Dreamweaver MX: Instant Trouble-Shooter and technical editor for several Dreamweaver and Contribute related books, including the well-known Dreamweaver MX 2004: A Complete Reference. She also penned the first ever Contribute article for Macromedia's Own Devnet "Getting Up to Speed with Contribute in 10 Minutes".
Nancy has three children, two in college and one in high school. Offline, she enjoys various sporting activities, is a wild NFL football fan and sings in the church choir.