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April 27, 2005

Behaviors and Templates in Dreamweaver

This week in class we covered the following topics:

In Dreamweaver:

• Behaviors apply to elements such as links or images
• Window > Behaviors - Show Pop-up menu
• Always use the alt attribute in dialogs
• About the target attribute
• Template updating process:
  1. Create new template or save page as template
  2. Modify template, save
  3. Yes to update template instances
  4. Save any open template instance
  5. Preview template instance
• Think of template as your digital type-stamp. You'll still need to update/save/put your stamped copy

Regarding maintenance:

• Resizing images - use Fireworks, or skip the whole process and use ImageMagick on the server
• See Gallery.menalto.com

Regarding Flash:

• Flash decompiler for Mac

Regarding Design:

• Page-reload flash issue - be careful, some users may expect it

Homework:

Create and publish a site design with two or more JavaScript Behaviors in it using Dreamweaver. Email URL to the class list.

Next Week: How to Crash Dreamweaver!

Posted by at April 27, 2005 12:10 PM