Interactive Llama

I have not tested Dreamweaver CS3, but prior versions of the program do a mediocre job of displaying CSS correctly. For instance, div tags do not always display correctly without inline style tags–which we all know is such a coding faux pas. This has led to a departure from using a WYSIWYG editor and to using the browser to construct webpages. Below are the best aids I have found in debugging and editing webpages in the browser Mozilla FireFox. (more…)

With the prevalence of DHTML, much less AJAX, I have begun to use separate Cascading Style Sheets for development and publishing. Since styles override each other, the easiest way to accomplish this is to add a second style sheet link after the publishing CSS link and comment it out when one wants to test the page.

“dev.css” contains “display: block;” within all classes that in the publishing CSS contain “display: none;” much like that below:

.profile_box { display: none;} (index.css)

.profile_box { display: block; } (dev.css)