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Review: Using the CSS3 Mobile Pack for Adobe Fireworks CS5

Every once in awhile a book comes along that you just gotta have a look at. ‘Using the CSS3 Mobile Pack for Adobe Fireworks CS5′ is such a book. Adobe recently announced its CSS3 Mobile Pack extension for Adobe Fireworks. Although I did have a look at the extension there was very little use documentation or information for it that I coud find. Much like a shiny shirted super hero along comes this eBook to save the day. more…

HTML5 Semantics, Adobe Digital Platform and more added to Adobe Dev Center

The Adobe Developer Connection team published and promoted the following articles and videos today: more…

Noteworthy Tip: Disabling the Notes Folder

By default in Adobe Dreamweaver the option to have Dreamweaver create a ‘_notes’ folder is enabled. Very seldom are these folders ever actually used yet Dreamweaver insists on creating them in every folder anyway. Well you can disable them, but unfortunately you can only do so one site definition at a time. There is no way to set it as a global setting. Follow these steps to disable the Dreamweaver notes: more…

Getting Spry Validation Javascript Errors?

From time to time when adding Spry Validation to form fields some users have been known to get a Javascript error that pops up  about three times when adding the validation to a form element. No one seems to know why or under what circumstances this happens – it just does. And it does it in Windows or Mac versions of Dreamweaver. Should you run into this issue there are two procedures that you can try to work around or even fix the problem. more…

Dreamweaver: Best Online Starting Points

Welcome to the World of Dreamweaver! The most common question that gets asked on the Dreamweaver Facebook page and Adobe User Forums is ‘I am new to Dreamweaver. Where is the best place to start learning Dreamweaver?’

The best places to ’start’ are:

Learn Dreamweaver | Adobe Dreamweaver Developer Center http://adobe.ly/fihG2k

And for a paid online courses – nothing beats Lynda.com

For support on how to do something specific you can visit the Dreamweaver Facebook Page or the Adobe User Forums.

These will give you a great start …. while exploring these you will come across many others that will help you with specific needs as well. Good luck and if you have any questions feel free to ask!