Hi,
I have switched from Dreamweaver to WeBuilder 2007 and would like to know if it is possible to design my page only using preview mode. I am not familar with html.
Thank you,
maggiejene
Designing in Preview Mode
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Re: Designing in Preview Mode
Hi maggiejene,
WeBuilder is not a WYSIWYG editor so it's not possible edit the preview mode.
You can get the preview mode & the code together on one screen so you can see your changes taking place with the "Horizontal Split" and "Vertical Split"
There are lots of useful items in the Insert and Format menus to help build your code.
Cheers,
Mike
WeBuilder is not a WYSIWYG editor so it's not possible edit the preview mode.
You can get the preview mode & the code together on one screen so you can see your changes taking place with the "Horizontal Split" and "Vertical Split"
There are lots of useful items in the Insert and Format menus to help build your code.
Cheers,
Mike
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Re: Designing in Preview Mode
I'd recommend a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) editor like Nvu.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2129079/nvu
This is based on Mozilla Composer. Its great for knocking up small HTML pages.
Basic HTML isn't too hard to understand, and again, I'd recommend HTMLDog to get to grips with the basics.
http://www.htmldog.com/
If you don't know any HTML, then unfortunately, WeBuilder isn't going to be the editor for you. As Mike has said, WeBuilder has some menu options to help insert some code, etc, but if you don't know what the code does, you won't know why your page isn't looking great, or working as it should.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/downloads/2129079/nvu
This is based on Mozilla Composer. Its great for knocking up small HTML pages.
Basic HTML isn't too hard to understand, and again, I'd recommend HTMLDog to get to grips with the basics.
http://www.htmldog.com/
If you don't know any HTML, then unfortunately, WeBuilder isn't going to be the editor for you. As Mike has said, WeBuilder has some menu options to help insert some code, etc, but if you don't know what the code does, you won't know why your page isn't looking great, or working as it should.
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davenz
Re: Designing in Preview Mode
nVu has not been updated for years, although the original release was basically sound. Someone has continued it with Kompozer, whihc seems pretty solid, and Seamonkey contains the original netscape-type HTML editor (Composer). As far as WYSIWYG goes, there aren't many in Dreamweaver's class, though you could check out lesser software like Coolpage, CoffeeCup's Visual Site Designer, Pablo Software's WYSIWIG Web Builder or similar. The other option, though not cheap either, is Microsoft's Expression Web 2, which works very well.
Dave.
Dave.
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Re: Designing in Preview Mode
...dragging this thread out of the dust, it's the only one that came up when I searched for "Kompozer"... I'd like to see some features from Kompozer added to WeBuilder which would make this a much more robust tool. Similar to DreamWeaver, in Kompozer you can select an area in the preview screen and it will then be highlighted in the code screen.
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Re: Designing in Preview Mode
This has been requested several times, and is due to a limitation in the preview control used, rather than the Blumentals developers just not bothering to impliment it.
Also, this is a feature request, and should therefore not be in the support section. Grr. Bad boy.
Also, this is a feature request, and should therefore not be in the support section. Grr. Bad boy.
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Re: Designing in Preview Mode
I'm a broken record but alt+tab + firebug is basically this. be sure to actually use the firebug "inspect" shortcut (ctrl+alt+c) and click on the bit you want to find in your code. firebug will show you where it is. one better, it'll give you the line numbers for *all* of the css declarations that are effecting the element. such an epic win.
also, get used to using the find feature via keyboard shortcut. if you're trying to get to a list item with the text "hello" in it, just search for it. get cozy with the "find+next" shortcut too!
once you get used to these you wont miss the dreamweaver click-to-jump-to-code thingy at all.
also, get used to using the find feature via keyboard shortcut. if you're trying to get to a list item with the text "hello" in it, just search for it. get cozy with the "find+next" shortcut too!
once you get used to these you wont miss the dreamweaver click-to-jump-to-code thingy at all.