- Dreamweaver User Guide
- Introduction
- Dreamweaver and Creative Cloud
- Dreamweaver workspaces and views
- Set up sites
- About Dreamweaver sites
- Set up a local version of your site
- Connect to a publishing server
- Set up a testing server
- Import and export Dreamweaver site settings
- Bring existing websites from a remote server to your local site root
- Accessibility features in Dreamweaver
- Advanced settings
- Set site preferences for transferring files
- Specify proxy server settings in Dreamweaver
- Synchronize Dreamweaver settings with Creative Cloud
- Using Git in Dreamweaver
- Manage files
- Create and open files
- Manage files and folders
- Getting and putting files to and from your server
- Check in and check out files
- Synchronize files
- Compare files for differences
- Cloak files and folders in your Dreamweaver site
- Enable Design Notes for Dreamweaver sites
- Preventing potential Gatekeeper exploit
- Layout and design
- CSS
- Understand Cascading Style Sheets
- Laying out pages using CSS Designer
- Using CSS preprocessors in Dreamweaver
- How to set CSS Style preferences in Dreamweaver
- Move CSS rules in Dreamweaver
- Convert inline CSS to a CSS rule in Dreamweaver
- Work with div tags
- Apply gradients to background
- Create and edit CSS3 transition effects in Dreamweaver
- Format code
- Page content and assets
- Set page properties
- Set CSS heading properties and CSS link properties
- Work with text
- Find and replace text, tags, and attributes
- DOM panel
- Edit in Live View
- Encoding documents in Dreamweaver
- Select and view elements in the Document window
- Set text properties in the Property inspector
- Spell check a web page
- Using horizontal rules in Dreamweaver
- Add and modify font combinations in Dreamweaver
- Work with assets
- Insert and update dates in Dreamweaver
- Create and manage favorite assets in Dreamweaver
- Insert and edit images in Dreamweaver
- Add media objects
- Adding videos in Dreamweaver
- Insert HTML5 video
- Insert SWF files
- Add audio effects
- Insert HTML5 audio in Dreamweaver
- Work with library items
- Using Arabic and Hebrew text in Dreamweaver
- Linking and navigation
- jQuery widgets and effects
- Coding websites
- About coding in Dreamweaver
- Coding environment in Dreamweaver
- Set coding preferences
- Customize code coloring
- Write and edit code
- Code hinting and code completion
- Collapse and expand code
- Reuse code with snippets
- Lint code
- Optimize code
- Edit code in Design view
- Work with head content for pages
- Insert server-side includes in Dreamweaver
- Using tag libraries in Dreamweaver
- Importing custom tags into Dreamweaver
- Use JavaScript behaviors (general instructions)
- Apply built-in JavaScript behaviors
- About XML and XSLT
- Perform server-side XSL transformations in Dreamweaver
- Performing client-side XSL transformations in Dreamweaver
- Add character entities for XSLT in Dreamweaver
- Format code
- Cross-product workflows
- Installing and using extensions to Dreamweaver
- In-App updates in Dreamweaver
- Insert Microsoft Office documents in Dreamweaver (Windows only)
- Working with Fireworks and Dreamweaver
- Edit content in Dreamweaver sites using Contribute
- Dreamweaver-Business Catalyst integration
- Create personalized email campaigns
- Templates
- About Dreamweaver templates
- Recognizing templates and template-based documents
- Create a Dreamweaver template
- Create editable regions in templates
- Create repeating regions and tables in Dreamweaver
- Use optional regions in templates
- Define editable tag attributes in Dreamweaver
- How to create nested templates in Dreamweaver
- Edit, update, and delete templates
- Export and import xml content in Dreamweaver
- Apply or remove a template from an existing document
- Edit content in Dreamweaver templates
- Syntax rules for template tags in Dreamweaver
- Set highlighting preferences for template regions
- Benefits of using templates in Dreamweaver
- Mobile and multiscreen
- Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
- Understand web applications
- Set up your computer for application development
- Troubleshoot database connections
- Removing connection scripts in Dreamweaver
- Design dynamic pages
- Dynamic content sources overview
- Define sources of dynamic content
- Add dynamic content to pages
- Changing dynamic content in Dreamweaver
- Display database records
- Provide and troubleshoot live data in Dreamweaver
- Add custom server behaviors in Dreamweaver
- Building forms using Dreamweaver
- Use forms to collect information from users
- Create and enable ColdFusion forms in Dreamweaver
- Create web forms
- Enhanced HTML5 support for form elements
- Develop a form using Dreamweaver
- Building applications visually
- Build master and detail pages in Dreamweaver
- Build search and results pages
- Build a record insert page
- Build an update record page in Dreamweaver
- Building record delete pages in Dreamweaver
- Use ASP commands to modify database in Dreamweaver
- Build a registration page
- Build a login page
- Build a page that only authorized users can access
- Securing folders in Coldfusion using Dreamweaver
- Using ColdFusion components in Dreamweaver
- Test, preview, and publish websites
- Troubleshooting
Use visual aids for layout in Dreamweaver, including setting rulers, setting layout guides, using guides with templates, using a layout grid, and using a tracing image.
Set rulers
Rulers help you measure, organize, and plan your layout. They can appear on the left and top borders of the page, marked in pixels, inches, or centimeters.
- To toggle rulers on and off, select View > Design View Options > Rules > Show/Hide.
- To change the origin, drag the ruler-origin icon (at the upper-left corner of the Design view of the Document window) anywhere on the page.
- To reset the origin to its default position, select View > Design View Options >Rulers > Reset Origin.
- To change the unit of measure, select View > Rulers, and then select Pixels, Inches, or Centimeters.
Set layout guides
Guides are lines that you drag onto the document from the rulers. They help you place and align objects more precisely. You can also use guides to measure the size of page elements, or emulate the folds (visible areas) of web browsers.
To help you align elements, you can snap elements to guides, and snap guides to elements. (Elements must be absolutely positioned in order for the snap feature to work.) You can also lock guides to prevent them from being accidentally moved by another user.
Create a horizontal or vertical guide
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Drag from the corresponding ruler.
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Position the guide in the Document window and release the mouse button (reposition the guide by dragging it again).Note:
By default, guides are recorded as absolute pixel measurements from the top or left side of the document, and are shown relative to the origin of the ruler. To record the guide as a percentage, press the Shift key while you create or move the guide.
Show or hide guides
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Select View > Guides > Show Guides.
Snap elements to guides
- To snap elements to guides, select View > Design View Options > Guides > Snap to Guides.
- To snap guides to elements, select View > Design View Options > Guides > Guides Snap to Elements.
When you resize elements, such as absolutely-positioned elements (AP elements), tables, and images, the resized elements snap to guides.
Lock or unlock all guides
Select View > Design View Options > Guides > Lock Guides.
View and move a guide to a specific position
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Hold the mouse pointer over the guide to view its position.
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Double-click the guide.
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Enter the new position in the Move Guide dialog box and click OK.
View the distance between guides
The unit of measure is the same as the unit of measure used for the rulers.
Emulate the fold (visible area) of a web browser
Select View > Design View Options > Guides, and then select a preset browser size from the menu.
Remove a guide
Change guide settings
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Select View > Design View Options > Guides > Edit Guides, set the following options, and click OK.
Guide color
Specifies the color of the guide lines. Click the color swatch and select a color from the color picker, or type a hexadecimal number in the text box.
Distance Color
Specifies the color of the lines that appear as distance indicators when you hold the mouse pointer between guides. Click the color swatch and select a color from the color picker, or type a hexadecimal number in the text box.
Show Guides
Makes guides visible in Design view.
Snap to Guides
Makes page elements snap to guides as you move elements around the page.
Lock Guides
Locks guides in place.
Guides Snap to Elements
Snaps guides to elements on the page as you drag guides.
Clear All
Clears all guides from the page.
Use guides with templates
When guides are added to a Dreamweaver template, all instances of the template inherit the guides. Guides in template instances, however, are treated as editable regions, so users can modify them. Modified guides in template instances are restored to their original location whenever the instance is updated with the master template.
You can also add your own guides to instances of a template. Guides added in this manner are not overwritten when the template instance is updated with the master template.
Use the layout grid
The grid displays a system of horizontal and vertical lines in the Document window. It is useful for placing objects precisely. You can make absolutely-positioned page elements automatically snap to the grid as you move them, and change the grid or control the snapping behavior by specifying grid settings. Snapping works whether or not the grid is visible.
Show or hide the grid
Select View > Design View Options > Grid > Show Grid.
Enable or disable snapping
Select View > Design View Options > Grid > Snap to Grid.
Change grid settings
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Select View > Design View Options > Grid > Grid Settings.
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Set the options and click OK to apply the changes.
Color
Specifies the color of the grid lines. Click the color swatch and select a color from the color picker, or type a hexadecimal number in the text box.
Show Grid
Makes the grid visible in Design view.
Snap to Grid
Makes page elements snap to the lines of the grid.
Spacing
Controls how far apart the grid lines are. Enter a number and select Pixels, Inches, or Centimeters from the menu.
Display
Specifies whether the grid lines appear as lines or dots.
Note:If Show Grid is not selected, the grid does not appear in the document and no changes are visible.
Use a tracing image
You can use a tracing image as a guide to re‑create a page design that was created in a graphics application such as Adobe Freehand or Fireworks.
A tracing image is a JPEG, GIF, or PNG image that is placed in the background of the Document window. You can hide the image, set its opacity, and change its position.
The tracing image is visible only in Dreamweaver; it is not visible when you view the page in a browser. When the tracing image is visible, the page’s real background image and color are not visible in the Document window; however, the background image and color will be visible when the page is viewed in a browser.
Place a tracing image in the Document window
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Do one of the following:
Select View > Design View Options > Tracing Image > Load.
Select File > Page Properties, then in the Tracing Image category, click Browse (next to the Tracing Image text box).
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Navigate to your image file and click OK.
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In the Page Properties dialog box, specify the transparency for the image by dragging the Image Transparency slider, then click OK.
To switch to another tracing image or change the transparency of the current tracing image at any time, select File > Page Properties.
Show or hide the tracing image
Select View > Design View Options >Tracing Image > Show.
Change the position of a tracing image
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Select View > Design View Options > Tracing Image > Adjust Position.
To precisely specify the position of the tracing image, enter coordinate values in the X and Y text boxes.
To move the image 1 pixel at a time, use the arrow keys.
To move the image 5 pixels at a time, press Shift and an arrow key.
Reset the position of the tracing image
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Select View > Design View Options > Tracing Image > Reset Position.
The tracing image returns to the upper-left corner of the Document window (0,0).
Align the tracing image to a selected element
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Select an element in the Document window.
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Select View > Design View Options > Tracing Image > Align with Selection.
The upper-left corner of the tracing image is aligned with the upper-left corner of the selected element.
Set tracing image properties
Set properties for a tracing image (which is an image file to use as a guide in designing your page).
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Do one of the following:
- Click File > Page Properties
- Click Window > Properties, and click Page Properties in the text Property inspector.
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From the Page Properties dialog box, select Tracing Image. You can configure the following options from this panel:
- Tracing Image: Specifies an image to use as a guide for copying a design. This image is for reference only, and does not appear when the document is displayed in a browser.
- Transparency: Determines the opacity of the tracing image, from completely transparent to completely opaque.