The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: CSS Features in Dreamweaver MX 2004
There's been a lot of criticism of DMX 2004 - a lot of it from us at DMXzone. But one area where it really excels is the enhanced CSS support - in fact, for many people, this is the main reason to buy the upgrade. Molly, DMXzone's resident CSS warrior, takes you through the interface changes in using CSS with DMX2004, to help you get quickly up to speed with what's good, bad and (erm..) aesthetically challenged.
Overview
Table of Content:
- The Good
- Improved CSS Rendering and Document Handling
- Updated Selector Support
- The Relevant CSS Tab
- CSS Templates and Page Designs
- The Bad
- Defining CSS Properties Still Clunky
- "Draw Layers" Feature Still Writes Inline Mark-up
- The Ugly
- Templates Very Difficult for Newbies to Use
- CSS Page Design Templates Are No Zen Garden
- Next Up
Coined "one of the greatest digerati" and deemed one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web, there is little doubt that in the world of Web design and development, Molly E. Holzschlag is one of the most vibrant and influential people around. With over 25 Web development book titles to her credit, Molly currently serves as Communications Director for the World Organization of Webmasters.
As a steering committee member for the Web Standards Project (WaSP), Molly works along with a group of other dedicated Web developers and designers to promote W3C recommendations. She also teaches Webmaster courses for the University of Arizona, University of Phoenix, and Pima Community College. She wrote the very popular column, Integrated Design, for Web Techniques Magazine for the last three years of its life, and spent a year as Executive Editor of WebReview.com.
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