Insert Bar Object Extensions the Easy Way Support
Dreamweaver MX 2004 has some rather neat little features hidden away in the interface. One of these is the History panel. Hit Shift and F10 and a rather drab little panel will open up and record every change you make whilst you're writing away in Design Mode.
Not very special you might think, but aside from speeding up your workflow when stepping back and forward through undo commands, the History panel is the first step towards creating your own commands to speed up annoying repetitive formatting tasks.
Combine this with the merest understanding of XML, HTML and JavaScript, and you're well on the way to customising your Dreamweaver installation and creating a rather grand sounding (but really not that difficult to implement) Insert Bar object extension.
Read on for a quick delve into a quick and easy way to improve your Dreamweaver MX 2004 productivity.
Matt Machell
A man of many talents, Matt has been a web designer, technical editor, and jewellery picker. He is currently on contract for the Birmingham City University, producing pages for research centres.
He has tech-edited a dozen books on web design and development for glasshaus, Apress and Sitepoint.
He likes music with loud guitars and games with obscure rules.
His website can be found at: http://www.eclecticdreams.com
He lives in Birmingham with his girlfriend, Frances, and a horde of spider plants.