Managing a Website in Dreamweaver


Defining a site is the first step to managing a website within the framework of Dreamweaver. Now that you've learned about the site definition features built into both the Basic and Advanced screens, let's take a look at the features built into Dreamweaver to help you manage your website.

Managing a site in Dreamweaver begins with the Files panel. Shown in Figure 4.20, the Files panel outlines folders and files in your defined site, allows you to manipulate filenames and placement as you would be able to within your operating systems file explorer, features views for local, remote, and testing server, allows you to quickly Get and Put files, and even check out files if working in teams.

Figure 4.20. The Files panel outlines various features for working with a defined site.


A complete list of features outlined within the Files panel is detailed here:

  • File menu: Displays a list of drives, folders, files, and defined sites. Although most of the icons appear similar to your operating system's file browser, Dreamweaver includes green folder icons near the bottom of the list to represent defined sites. Also at the bottom of the list, the Manage Sites option appears that, when clicked, launches the Manage Sites dialog.

  • View menu: Use the View menu to select from Local, Remote, Testing Server, and Site Map views. Local and Site Map views show as soon as they are selected from the menu. Testing Server and Remote views appear when they are selected and the Connect button is clicked.

  • Connect: Clicking this button connects to the remote or testing server assuming the connection, login, and password are valid. To connect, Testing Server or Remote view must be selected from the View menu first. Furthermore, the testing and/or remote servers must be configured in the Site Definition dialog.

  • Refresh: Assuming the Refresh Local File List Automatically option on the Advanced tab is not checked, you can click this button to refresh the folder and file list.

  • Get/Put: Allows you to quickly upload and download files from and to the remote or testing server. We'll discuss this option later in the chapter.

  • Check In/Check Out: Allows you to quickly check in and check out filesassuming that this option was enabled when the site was defined. If it wasn't, selecting this option now provides you with a dialog that asks you to enable it.

  • Expand/Collapse: Expands the Site File list to its advanced and more detailed state. We'll discuss this option next.

  • Folder/File window: Lists all folders and files in the defined site.

  • Status bar: Subtly located at the bottom of the Files panel, the status bar displays the title of the page as your cursor rolls over it. After a file has been selected, the status bar displays the size of the file in bytes. Also available in the status bar is a small globe icon and Log button. Clicking the Log button opens the FTP log and displays detailed messages about the status of activity on the FTP server. Clicking the globe icon (which animates when file activity is present) displays the File Activity window, which provides a detailed list of files currently being transferred.

Now that you've seen the feature list in this panel, let me offer a taste of the power behind site management in Dreamweavermore specifically, link validation. To see this in action, try selecting an important file from our list (such as index.htm) and drag it into the Assets folder. Immediately, the Update Files dialog appears similar to Figure 4.21.

Figure 4.21. Dreamweaver detects that a file is being moved to a new folder and immediately asks you to update all references to and from that file.


As you can see from the dialog, Dreamweaver detects that you're trying to move a file from one location to another. Because references exist to and from that file, Dreamweaver detects this and asks you to update all files that make references to and from index.htm. Because all these files assume that index.htm is in the root directory, if this feature didn't exist, references to this file would be broken or we'd have to manually open all files in our site, search for all references on each page, and manually correct them. By clicking the Update button, Dreamweaver scans all the files in the list and fixes all the references to and from that file automatically. To move the file back to the root, simply drag it back from the Assets folder into the root of the defined site. The same process of detecting and fixing the references occurs.

CAUTION

After you've defined a site, it's important that file movement be done through the Site File list as opposed to the operating system's file explorer. Doing so ensures that file references are automatically updated by Dreamweaver. If you move files using the operating system's file explorer, Dreamweaver never gets a chance to detect reference changes and you'll ultimately end up with broken links/references in your files.


Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg. You can see more options available from the Site Management window by selecting the Expand/Collapse icon to expand the Files panel into the Site Management window. As you can see from the callouts in Figure 4.22, new features become available.

Figure 4.22. The Site Management window provides advanced features for managing a defined site.


The list of new features is highlighted here:

  • View Site FTP Log: Clicking this option opens the FTP Log in the Results window and displays a text-based log of FTP activity for your defined site.

  • Site Files View: Choose this option to display a list of local files in the right pane and remote files on the left pane. The is the default view.

  • Testing Server View: Choose this option to display a list of local files in the right pane and testing server files in the left pane.

  • Site Map View: Choose this option to display a list of local files in the right pane and the visual site map in the left pane. We'll discuss this feature in more detail later in the chapter.

Also notice the file view columns we configured when we defined the site. As you can probably tell from Figure 4.22, our Checked Out By column is hidden. If you decide that you want to view the column again, you can revisit the File View Columns category for the defined site by simply choosing the File View Columns option from the View menu.

Uploading Files to a Remote Server

Although the Site Management window includes advanced features for managing your defined site, its true power lies in the fact that it's actually a built-in FTP client. Because this is the case, we can easily connect to our remote server and transfer files by simply dragging from the local pane and dropping the files into the remote pane. Although it's possible that you might not have a remote server defined, I'll attempt to demonstrate the functionality here:

1.

Click the Site Files View button.

2.

Click the Connect button. Assuming that your connection, login, and password are valid, your remote site files appear in the left (Remote Site) pane and the Connect icon displays a green light.

3.

Select and drag a file from the Local Files pane into either a folder or the root in the Remote Site pane. Immediately, a dialog similar to the one shown in Figure 4.23 appears.

Figure 4.23. The Dependent Files dialog allows you to include all dependent files in the FTP process.


What you're seeing is yet another site management gem. All we've done is drag one file from the Local Files pane over to the server. Dreamweaver, recognizing that the HTML file being transferred includes dependent images, alerts you of this. If you choosing Yes from the dialog, Dreamweaver will automatically transfer all these files for you, sparing you the trouble of manually locating all images and media elements that may also need to be transferred manually.

4.

The Background File Activity dialog appears, showing a progress indicator that describes the status of the file transfer. Although the dialog initially appears in a minimized state, you can expand the Details pane by clicking the small arrow icon next to the Details label to reveal a detailed file transfer list similar to Figure 4.24. The real beauty in this updated dialog however (previous Dreamweaver users will attest to this) is that it can be minimized. If you're transferring a lot of files and you have other work to do in the meantime, you can simply click the Hide button to minimize the Background File Activity dialog to the task bar. Previous versions of Dreamweaver forced you to wait for the file transfer to complete before you could move on with other work.

Figure 4.24. The Background File Activity dialog displays a detailed list and progress indicator for the overall transfer process.


NOTE

The Background File Activity dialog allows you to minimize Dreamweaver and resume working with your operating system. However, you cannot continue working with files in your defined site while there is file transfer activity.

5.

To see the files that were copied over in the browser, I'll navigate to the website. The time stamp on the page proves that my files were indeed transferred over and are not "live."

Of course, the reverse process (selecting files from the Remote Site pane and dragging them into the Local Files pane) is also possible.

For the simplicities this built-in FTP client offers, it's still somewhat of an involved method. The next section introduces you to the same process of transferring files, but this time we'll use the Get and Put options.

Getting and Putting Files

The downside to using the Site Management window is that you have to manually connect to your remote site and then drag and drop files over. Its distracting to your workflow because you have to expand the site management window first, essentially taking you away from your work. A simpler method of transferring files from your local computer to your remote computer is that of getting and putting files. By using the Get and Put (Ctrl+Shift+D and Ctrl+Shift+U) options located in the File Management submenu in the Document bar, you can easily transfer files you are working on to and from your remote server with the simple click of a button. As an example, I'll open the index.htm file. Next, I'll select the Put option from the File Management submenu in the Document bar, as shown in Figure 4.25.

Figure 4.25. Use the Put option to quickly transfer an open file without disrupting your workflow.


As you'll notice, Dreamweaver automatically connects to your remote server and then presents the same dialog asking if you want to upload dependent files. Choosing Yes uploads index.htm as well as all files associated with index.htm. Also, Dreamweaver remains connected to your remote server. You can see that this is the case by the green connect icon in the Files panel.

Of course, you can use the Get and Put options directly from the Files panel as well. By simply selecting a file and clicking the Put icon (represented by the up arrow button) in the Files panel, the same functionality can be achieved.

Synchronizing Local and Remote Files

Although it's great to be able to transfer files from your local computer to your remote computer, the truth is, most people work in an environment where a local computer can actually be represented by two computers. In this scenario, keeping accurate folder and file structures between two local computer instances can be extremely difficult. For instance, earlier in the chapter I used the example of having two working locations. Assuming that you do work at home and at the office, you would have two local computers: One for your office and one for your home (see Figure 4.26).

Figure 4.26. Your workflow could be such that you work from home and the office.


You could potentially do work from home, upload your files to the remote server, go to the office, do some more work, and then accidentally upload over files you had done work on from home. To prevent any such disasters from occurring, use the site synchronization feature built into Dreamweaver. Available from either the Files panel menu or the Site menu when the Site Management window is expanded, the Synchronize Sitewide option launches the Synchronize Files dialog similar to Figure 4.27.

Figure 4.27. The Synchronize Files dialog facilitates the synchronization process between the local and remote computers.


The Synchronize Files dialog displays the following features:

  • Synchronize: This menu includes two options. Choose between synchronizing the entire site or selected files within a site.

  • Direction: This menu includes three options. Choose between putting newer files to the remote, getting newer files from remote, or getting and putting newer files. It's important to note that the synchronization process transfers only the newest files. This assures that your remote or local files are consistently updated based on the newest possible files from the respective computer.

  • Delete remote files not on local drive: Select this option to delete the files on the destination site that don't have counterparts on the origin site. This check box is disabled if you select the Get and Put newer files option.

Because I've uploaded only the index.htm file and associated images, I'll choose the Entire "Dorknozzle" Site option from the Synchronize menu, choose the Put Newer Files to Remote option from the Direction list, and click Preview. Dreamweaver then scans the folder and file structure on both the local and remote computers, compares the two, and then presents a list in the Synchronize window, similar to Figure 4.28, of newer files that need to be uploaded to the remote computer.

Figure 4.28. Dreamweaver presents a list of newer files that need to be transferred.


As you can see from the callouts in Figure 4.28, the Synchronize window includes numerous features for managing the synchronization of files including:

  • Files: This label simply displays a count of files that will be updated.

  • Action column: Based on the Direction you picked from the Synchronize Files dialog, this column displays either a Get or Put text label and associative icon. Furthermore, if you mark files to be ignored or deleted, this column displays the associative icon and text label.

  • File column: Displays the filename that will be updated.

  • Status column: Displays the status of the file whose properties you decide to manipulate using the button bar in the bottom-left corner of the window.

  • Show all files: Displays all files regardless of synchronization necessity.

  • Get: When a file's action has been changed to Ignore, click this button to return the action to Get.

  • Put: When a file's action has been changed to Ignore, click this button to return the action to Put.

  • Mark for Deletion: Marks a specific file for deletion.

  • Ignore: Changes the action for a file from Get or Put to Ignore. This allows you to change your mind about a file at the last minute without having to cancel out of the Synchronize window.

  • Mark as Synchronized: Sets the action of a file to Synchronized and immediately removes it from the File list.

  • Compare: Uses the "diff" program you specify in File Compare category in the Preferences window to compare a particular file on the remote server with one on the local server. More on setting up a file comparison program is provided in Chapter 5, "Defining Preferences."

When you're happy with the options in the Synchronize window, click OK to begin the update. Immediately, the Synchronize window closes and the Background File Activity window opens displaying the status of the transfer. When the update completes, click the Close button to close the Background File Activity window. To see the successful transfer of files, try running the site synchronization feature one more time. This time when you run it, a dialog stating that a synchronization is not necessary appears similar to Figure 4.29.

Figure 4.29. If no synchronization is necessary, a dialog stating that appears.


Cloaking Files

Cloaking files is the process of hiding files from typical Dreamweaver operations such as global find and replace, site synchronization, and so on. For instance, you might decide to keep original Photoshop PSD files, Fireworks PNG files, Illustrator AI files, Flash FLA files, and so on in your Assets folder. Although files such as these are important to the overall design of your site, they serve little purpose in terms of how your pages function. In this situation, you might want to cloak the entire Assets folder to speed up search features such as site synchronization (Dreamweaver simply ignores anything that is cloaked). Cloaking files in Dreamweaver is easy and can be done directly from the Files panel. Simply select the folder (I'll choose the Assets folder), right-click it to access the context menu, choose the Cloaking option, and select Cloak.

After you've cloaked the folder, the icon changes to a green folder with a red line through it to visually remind you that the folder is cloaked. You can also use the Files panel Options menu to cloak and uncloak files. Let's use this method to uncloak the Assets folder: Select the Assets folder, click the Files panel Options menu, and choose Site, Cloaking, Uncloak.

If you perform the site synchronization operation while the Assets folder is cloaked, the Assets panel is excluded from the search. Of course, you can also cloak all files with specific extensions by checking the Cloak Files Ending With option in the Cloaking category of the Site Definition window when you define your site. With this check box selected, you have the option of creating a space-delimited list of files that should be cloaked site wide. By default, all PNG and FLA files are cloaked.

Building a Site Map

You can use the site map as a visual representation of the navigation and structure of your website. This is increasingly important as your websites become more complex in their page count and navigation structure. As you saw in the beginning of the chapter, the Map View option, available from the View menu in the Files panel, displays a hierarchal list of pages in your site similar to Figure 4.30.

Figure 4.30. The Map View option in the View menu generates a site map of your site.


As you can see from Figure 4.30, the site map always uses index.htm as the top-level page and displays pages linked two levels deep. You can always see additional linked pages by pressing the plus/minus keys on your keyboard.

NOTE

Dreamweaver always detects index.htm and automatically makes that the top-level page of the site map. If your main page is not called index.htm, you can right-click your main page in the Files panel and choose the Set as Home Page option. This effectively makes the page you choose the top-level page for the site map.


To maximize the viewable area of the site map, you can expand the Files panel into the Site Management window. If you're already in Map view, notice that the viewable area of the site map is expanded when you click the Site Map icon in the toolbar (see Figure 4.31).

Figure 4.31. Expand the Files panel to maximize the viewable area of the site map.


You can also show the site files in a pane to the right of the site map by holding down the Site Map icon and choosing the Map and Files option from the submenu that appears (see Figure 4.32).

Figure 4.32. Select the Map and Files option from the Site Map button menu to display the files in a pane to the right.


One of the benefits to using the site map is that it becomes easier to manage page titles and links. For instance, you can easily use the point to file icon directly on a page in the site map and drag it over into a file in the file list to quickly establish a link (see Figure 4.33).

Figure 4.33. Easily create links from pages to files by dragging the point-to-file icon into a file in the list.


Even better than linking to existing files using the point-to-file icon, you can easily create a new file from the site map and have it link directly from a file of your choice. To demonstrate this functionality, follow these instructions:

1.

With the site map open, select the index.htm (home page) icon of your site to highlight it.

2.

Right-click the file to open the context menu and choose Link to New File.

3.

When the Link to New File dialog appears, enter the name for the file (such as sample.htm), give it a title (such as Sample Page), and choose some text for the link (such as Link to Sample Page). The dialog should resemble Figure 4.34.

Figure 4.34. Use the Link to New File feature to create a new page and link to that page from the index.htm file.


4.

When you've configured the information, click OK. Notice that a new icon is created in the map with a line connected to the page you selected. The downside to this method is because the physical link is placed at the bottom of the page, formatting must still be performed.

5.

If you'd like to remove or change the link after it has been established, right-click the page to access the context menu and choose either the Remove Link or Change Link option.

You can easily modify the titles of documents as well. Choosing View, Site Map Options, Show Page Titles reveals the page titles similar to Figure 4.35.

Figure 4.35. View the page titles by choosing the Show Page Titles option from the View menu.


With the title view active, click once to highlight the file, and then click a second time in the text area. This makes the text editable with a blinking cursor. To change the page title, simply type the new title for the document and press Enter.

After you've configured the site map the way you want it, you can easily convert it into a BMP or PNG file. To do this, choose File, Save Site Map. Navigate to the location on your computer where you want the site map to be saved, type a filename, choose what type of file you want to save it as (BMP or PNG), and click OK.

Checking Links Sitewide

By far one of the biggest benefits of defining a site in Dreamweaver is so that Dreamweaver can verify and fix links for you automatically. As your sites grow in proportion, so will the number of internal and external links in the site. By using the Check Links Sitewide option located in the Site menu, you can check the integrity of all paths to links and files in your site. In fact, Dreamweaver's link checker can verify the following:

  • Broken Links: Broken links are hyperlinks that are not referenced properly. They generally are linked to a file that does not exist in a particular directory or, in most cases, are simply miss-referenced.

  • External Links: This report lists external path references in your site. Because Dreamweaver has no way of really checking for external links, it will, at the very least, list them so that you can check them manually.

  • Orphaned Files: Orphaned files are files that exist in folders in your site but are not directly referenced by your web pages. Assets, for instance, always appear in this list even when they are cloaked. Dreamweaver is simply providing a list of the files so that you can later go into your site and perform manual clean up of unused files.

Before we demonstrate the process of checking links, let's actually create a broken link in our new sample.htm page. You can do this by opening sample.htm, placing your cursor on the page, and choosing the Hyperlink option from the Insert menu. When the Hyperlink dialog appears, enter values in the Text text box and enter a broken path in the Link field. Your values may be similar to mine (see Figure 4.36).

Figure 4.36. Purposely enter a broken reference to index.htm so that we can see the Check Links Sitewide feature in action.


Click OK and save the page. Now we're ready to check the links. Checking links in your site can be accomplished using one of two methods. First, you can check the links for an individual file, and second, you can check links for an entire defined site. Because the process for both is similar, I'll demonstrate the check links site-wide feature here:

1.

In the Files panel, highlight the defined site, right-click to access the context menu, and choose the Entire Local Site option from the Check Links submenu. The Results window appears with the Link Checker tab highlighted.

The Check Links submenu also features the Selected Files/Folders option. If you didn't need to check the links for the entire site, you can simply highlight the files and/or folders and choose this option. Also, the path we took to open the Link Checker is merely one method. Like every other feature in Dreamweaver, the Check Links feature can be accessed using numerous methods: the Link Checker can also be accessed directly from the Site menu by choosing Check Links Sitewide. Alternatively, you can choose the Check Links Sitewide option from Site submenu located in the Files panel Options menu.

2.

With the Link Checker open, you'll notice a few options. First and foremost, in the top-left corner is the Show drop-down menu which offers the three options for link reports. Also notice that the dialog box is divided into two columns; the left side is the problematic file, and the right is the link causing the problem.

3.

To fix the broken link, simply double-click the document in the Files column in the left pane. This opens the document and highlights the problematic link. Make sure that the Properties Inspector is visible and change the link in the Link text field of the Properties Inspector. Alternatively, click the troubled link in the Broken Links column on the right side of the dialog box. Now you can either type the link manually or click the folder icon to search for the appropriate file. After the file is found, the correct path is added and the reference to the broken link disappears from the list.

You can also check the external links in your site by choosing the External Links option from the Show menu. As you can see from Figure 4.37, the Link Checker pane lists all the external link references, including the link to the public website and the mail link we created in the previous chapter.

Figure 4.37. Check the external link references in your site by choosing the External Links option from the Show menu.


Of course, you can also change the link references in this list, however they won't ever be removed from the list. Dreamweaver always lists all external links regardless of whether you know they're correct or not.

Finally, you can view orphaned files by choosing the Orphaned Files option from the Show menu. As you can see from Figure 4.38, all files not directly referenced from an HTML file are shown as orphaned.

Figure 4.38. Orphaned files are listed when you select the Orphaned Files option from the Show menu.


If you've determined that a file is no longer needed, you can select it from the list and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Doing this permanently deletes the file.

Additional options exposed in the Link Checker window include the following:

  • Play icon: Although the Play icon exists as a way to re-execute the Link Checker, holding down the icon displays options for checking links for the current document, the entire site, or selected files/folders within the site.

  • Stop icon: As your site grows in size, so will the search time. If the search becomes excessively long, click this icon to stop the link checker's search.

  • Save icon: Click this option to save a text-based report of broken links, external links, and orphaned files.

  • Status bar: Check the status bar at the bottom of the Result window to see a total count of files scanned as well as a breakdown of total broken, external, orphaned files.

When you're satisfied with results of the Link Checker, minimize the panel or choose the Close Link Checker option from the panel Options menu.

Changing Links Sitewide

One of the simplest and most time-efficient methods of managing links in your site is the Change Links Sitewide feature. This feature, available by choosing the Change Links Sitewide option from the Site menu, allows you to quickly change the name of all instances of a specific link reference in your site. To demonstrate this feature, assume that Mike in Marketing decided that he no longer wants the navigation item Company Directory but instead wants it to read Employee Directory. Aside from changing the link on every page, you must also have to rename the file, essentially breaking all references to that file. A quick way to fix this, without launching the Link Checker, is to use the Change Link Sitewide feature, shown in Figure 4.39, to quickly change all link references from companydirectory.htm to employeedirectory.htm.

Figure 4.39. Use the Change Link Sitewide feature to quickly change references for a link.


When you click OK, Dreamweaver scans and fixes all instances of the file.

Creating Site Reports

One of the basic premises behind site management is having the ability to check your work against various factors before considering your site done. Are you sure that every page has a title? Did you add alternate text to all your images for accessibility's sake? Is your HTML clean enough to be considered valid? These questions and more can be answered by running site reports on your site. Available by selecting Reports from the Site menu, the Reports dialog features numerous options for customizing site reports (see Figure 4.40).

Figure 4.40. Use the Reports feature to run checks on HTML and workflow processes.


The Reports dialog is split into two parts. The first part, the Report On menu, simply allows you to choose whether to run site reports on the current document, the entire current local site, selected files within the site, or a specific folder. The second part of the dialog is the Select Reports pane. It is from this pane that you'll choose the options for reporting. These options include the following:

  • Checked Out By: When Checked Out By is selected, the Report Settings button in the bottom-left corner of the dialog becomes active. Click the button to search for an individual who has files checked out. It's important to know that this value is case sensitive; however, you don't need to type in someone's entire name. For example, if you were looking for Zak Ruvalcaba, you could simply type Zak, zak, or even Ruvalcaba.

  • Design Notes: When this option is selected, the Report Settings button becomes active. Click it to bring up a new dialog where you can enter the Design Note to search for and how to search for it. When searching for a Design Note, you must enter a condition for the search to meet.

  • Recently Modified: Choosing this option makes the Report Settings button active. Click this button to launch the Recently Modified dialog, which allows you to customize time range, modified by, and server location filters for recently modified files.

  • Combinable Nested Font Tags: Use this option to perform searches for unnecessary uses of multiple Font tags. If, for some reason, there is more than one Font tag around a particular area of text, most likely it's because each Font tag has a different attribute. For example, the following Font tags <font size="3"><font face="Arial"></font></font> could be combined to read <font face="Arial" size="3"></font>. This option alerts you of this condition.

  • Accessibility: As you'll see in Appendix A, "Accessibility," this option reports glaring accessibility issues. Checking this option also makes the Report Settings button active which, when selected, allows you to configure various potential accessibility issues to report on.

  • Missing Alt Text: This option searches all <img> tags within your document to find missing alt attributes.

  • Redundant Nested Tags: This option checks to see whether tags are nested inside themselves and removes them as necessary. For instance, <em>Visit Dorknozzle's website<em>today!</em></em> could be combined to read <em>Visit Dorknozzle's website today!</em>. This option alerts you of this condition.

  • Removable Empty Tags: Use this option to report on any tags in your HTML documents that do not contain anything. Here is an example of an empty tag: <font></font>. Because the tag doesn't contain anything, it's not needed and should be removed.

  • Untitled Documents: Use this handy option to run reports on duplicate titled documents, non-titled documents, and documents titled as the Dreamweaver default of "Untitled Document."

To run a site report, follow these steps:

1.

Choose the Reports option from the Site menu to open the Reports dialog.

2.

From the Report On menu, choose the current document (if a document is open), the entire current local site, any file you might have selected in the Files panel, or a folder. For this example, I'll choose the Entire Current Local Site option.

3.

Now that you've selected what you're going to report on, the next thing to choose is what report you want to build. You can choose from any one of the options discussed in the preceding bullet points. I'll choose all the HTML reports except for Accessibility.

4.

Click the Run button to generate the report.

5.

Dreamweaver scans the document and presents the site report as a list in the Site Reports tab of the Results window similar to Figure 4.41. Dreamweaver displays an icon symbolizing the severity of the error (a question mark means a minor error or one for which the user might have to provide more info; a yellow warning means that the error is slightly more severe than minor and that the page might fail in certain aspects when validation is performed; and a red x means a critical error or that the page will fail if validation is performed), the filename in which the error appears, the line number in code on which the error appears, and a description of the actual error.

Figure 4.41. Site Report results are displayed in the Site Reports tab in the Results window.


6.

Similar to the Link Checker, you can double-click the error in the Results window. Dreamweaver automatically opens the document in Code view and focuses your cursor on the exact line that contains the error.

7.

You can also save the report for later use. To do this, click the Save icon on the left side of the Results window. Dreamweaver saves the file in an XML format, allowing you to later format the report into a web page, a spreadsheet, or a database table.

After you've fixed errors, you can run the report again by selecting the Play icon to re-open the Site Reports dialog.




Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed
ISBN: 0672327600
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 237
Authors: Zak Ruvalcaba

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