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Submitted by smile66603 on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 19:38.

I was wondering if most people here hand code their site when they use CSS for layout, or do they use the CSS capabilities in DreamWeaver.

I'm one of those people Jeremy was talking about in the session 6 webinar. I've been hand coding HTML and CSS since 1997, and started using DreamWeaver around 1999. I've always used tables for layout and I'm really trying to break the habit. I'm very familiar with CSS, but not really the layout features. I should be able to pick it up quickly, but even after I learn it, I will probably want to use DreamWeaver. I think knowing HTML and CSS gives me a huge advantage when DreamWeaver does something I don't like and I want to fix it.

I was just hoping to hear from some of the people who use the CSS layout capabilities in DreamWeaver to see if you think they’re any good.

Thanks.
James

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Dreamweaver has a lot of

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Submitted by Jeremy Palmer on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 20:44.

Dreamweaver has a lot of nice CSS features. You can design an entire CSS site in Dreamweaver without looking at the code, but I think it's still a good idea to learn CSS layout fundamentals so you can understand what's happening on the page.

Here are some of my favorite CSS resources:

Beginning CSS Web Development from Novice to Professional
http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781590596890

HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS
http://www.sitepoint.com/books/css2/

Sitepoint CSS Reference:
http://reference.sitepoint.com/css

Dreamweaver also has some nice CSS tips in the help guide.

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Submitted by webclay on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 20:29.

Definately go with handwritten CSS codes. For layout wise there are tons of free css layouts out so you can do a short study, use the free ones or simply build your own. It isn't that hard to go into if you spend some time of understanding the boxmodel.

For me, handcoded css is

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Submitted by jordanh on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 22:17.

For me, handcoded css is much better. It definitely has its own advantage. Using the built-in features in Dreamweaver can be frustrating sometimes.

Here's a very good resource site with lots of tutorials and topics related to website design. This one talks about CSS floating - http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/01/css-float-theory-things-you-s...

Happy building!

Jordan

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