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Visual CSS Editing in Dreamweaver. David Powers | Author & trainer. Introductions. Who’s this guy? Author of books and video courses on web development, CSS, Dreamweaver, and PHP Lecturer at Middlesex University, London Star-studded TA team. What’s changed in Dreamweaver’s CSS management?.
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Visual CSS Editing in Dreamweaver David Powers | Author & trainer
Introductions • Who’s this guy? • Author of books and video courses on web development, CSS, Dreamweaver, and PHP • Lecturer at Middlesex University, London • Star-studded TA team
What’s changed in Dreamweaver’s CSS management? • Everything • Well, almost everything • What was wrong with the existing setup? • Conceived when IE 6 was king • Disjointed • Limited support for media queries • Difficult to add support for CSS3
Going, going, gone • R.I.P. • CSS Styles panel • Media Queries dialog box (site-wide media query files) • Multiscreen Preview • Limited access • New CSS Rule dialog box • CSS Rule Definition dialog box
Introducing the new regime • CSS Designer • Consolidates CSS management in a single panel • Visual tools • Strong support for media queries • CSS3 properties and values • User configurable
Agenda • Set up lab assets • Explore CSS Designer • Basic usage • Move elements into position visually • CSS gradient tool • Media queries • Bling—rounded corners and drop shadows