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CSS: My Way
A while ago, we dissected the Unified CSS panel, took an in-depth look at the CSS rendering changes in Dreamweaver 8 and were duly amazed at the CSS Layout Aids that make it so easy to see the integral parts of the CSS layout at a glance. Then in Article 5, we tried the whole thing out, making our first page using only the CSS tools available in Dreamweaver 8. We made extensive use of the Unified CSS Panel, but we also used the traditional CSS dialog to create our initial CSS. It was then a snap to make changes in the Unified Panel.
This article is part of the new interactive e-book; Dreamweaver Crystal Gazer: The Power Of Dreamweaver 8
Now that we know how to do that, in this article, I am going to show you a few things about how I like to do CSS. I have gone the full gamut from creating everything in the design tools of Dreamweaver to handwriting the code for the entire page in code view. I have created, I have reused code and I have developed a little set of snippets which I am giving to you with this article. They are by no means the start to every page you will ever make, but they quickly give you a start to much of the design that is standard too much of what I do and I pass them along to you in hopes that you may find them beneficial.
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.