MX won't display CSS in Design View

I built a site for a client using CSS for the layout. The
client wants to do her own updates with Dreamweaver MX. We've found
that the layout does not show in Design View, so she's doing minor
updates in code view (which she's comfortable with).
A secod site she manages was done with tables and displays
properly in Design View.
Can I assume that the problem is just that MX does not
display CSS layout? She needs an answer so she can ask her boss to
spend the money for an upgrade.
-Jesse

Yes .. I agree. :)
However .. I would still recommend Contribute for a
non-webpro.
Nancy
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> "Nancy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> CSS display improved markedly as of DW 8. Even
better with CS3.
>>
>> I would be hesitant to give a client Dreamweaver
however .. I would
>> rather recommend giving a client Contribute.
>>
>>
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>> "JesseLY" <[email protected]> wrote
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>> news:g2orog$d4k$[email protected]..
>>>I built a site for a client using CSS for the
layout. The client wants to
>>>do
>>> her own updates with Dreamweaver MX. We've found
that the layout does
>>> not show
>>> in Design View, so she's doing minor updates in
code view (which she's
>>> comfortable with).
>>>
>>> A secod site she manages was done with tables
and displays properly in
>>> Design
>>> View.
>>>
>>> Can I assume that the problem is just that MX
does not display CSS
>>> layout? She
>>> needs an answer so she can ask her boss to spend
the money for an
>>> upgrade.
>>>
>>> -Jesse
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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"southdaytona" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hey guys, I'm working on learning CSS. One problem I'm
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> while
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> example the
> location of a div will be totally different.
>
> It seems like it would be very hard to design this way.
Why doesn't
> dreamweaver attempt to reflect what it looks like in one
of the browsers.
> Is
> this just the way it is when designing with css? If so,
how the heck do
> people
> do it? Do you just have to keep previewing the site
every time you change
> the
> css?
>
> Using dreamweaver MX
>
> thanks, mike
>

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> Hi there,
>
> I'm a pretty experienced dreamweaver user, using for 3
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>
> Now, if I convert them back to .html it works just
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>
>
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3814/untitled1vv4.jpg
>
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faithkkuddles888 wrote:
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There are many "web forum features" that we don't see,
thankfully.
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>>
>> Try VIEW | Style Rendering > Display Styles.
>
>
> To note, many of the users here who provide the answers
use an NNTP
> connection for speed, or other reasons, and do not see
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> are only a web forum feature.
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